BURBANK GETS $1.4 MILLION GRANT FOR SEISMIC RETROFITS.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - The city has received a $1.4 million federal grant for seismic retrofits of aging municipal buildings and infrastructure. The Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical grant will go toward strengthening five Burbank government buildings - the Field Services Administration building, the Police Pistol Range, the Water Reclamation Plant, the Starlight Amphitheater and the Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Refuse Locker Room. As part of the grant, the city will contribute about $480,000 to the projects. ``I am very pleased by this news,'' Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. , D-Calif, said in a statement. ``The federal government has an important responsibility to help local municipalities safeguard their critical infrastructure before disaster strikes. Burbank is one of three California cities and one county getting a total of $8.7 million. The others are Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. County, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and San Diego. Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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