The City of Seldovia is considering Resolution 26-29 to authorize submission of a FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant application and commit local match funding for the Seldovia Upper Dam Rehabilitation Project. This indicates the city has identified structural or resilience needs at the Upper Dam and is moving into a competitive federal hazard-mitigation funding program. The resolution will set the framework for engineering scope, cost share, and timeline once the grant is applied for and, if successful, awarded. For vendors, this is a pre-RFP signal that technical assistance may be needed now for grant scoping, benefit-cost analysis, preliminary design, and later for full engineering, environmental review, and construction management. Firms with BRIC experience can approach the city to support application development and position for downstream design and construction work.

Upper Dam rehabilitation will likely require detailed engineering, hydrology, permitting, and constr...