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City of Pompano Beach,FL WITT 1O'BRIEN'S Disaster Recovery Management Services ■ for the grants recovery.Additional Project Officer level team members will be added as necessary to supplement and provide detailed oversight of assessing damages,preparing scopes of work and cost estimates and collection of appropriate supporting documentation. Inspections and Damage Assessment x.)Interim inspections,final inspections,supplemental Project Worksheet generation and final review Witt O'Brien's can work with staff in the various city departments and their consultants to determine exactly what the City has done or wants to do to address damages. Sometimes the best solution is not to rebuild the facility as it was,but to improve it or pursue alternatives. With this information in hand,we can work with city personnel to evaluate damaged facilities with an eye toward identification of eligible damages and strategizing about ways to incorporate as many of the related costs as possible to achieve the City's vision for recovery as it relates to that project. This may even include the identification of opportunities to pursue code upgrades or the addition of • Section 404 or 406 hazard mitigation funds to make the repaired facility less susceptible to damages in the future. Witt O'Brien's will then help prepare the PWs for both large and small projects (or can work with FEMA on their development),using City provided information and documentation,so as to maximize reimbursement potential and to create documentation that is less likely to result in unnecessary delays in payment from FEMA and the State of Florida. Witt O'Brien's can also provide in-house building estimators and industrial specialists to complete an inventory of business and personal property,including fixtures and equipment,and develop specifications for the complete restoration and repair of all damaged facilities. These specifications will include local labor and material costs as well as any issues resulting from code upgrades since properties were constructed. Our experts will work with those of the insurance company from the beginning of the adjustment process and with FEMA in order to determine potential issues and resolve them as soon as possible. This early dialogue has the benefit of providing an opportunity for our experts to build a relationship with all parties,perhaps encouraging rapid resolution to future disputes. Appeal Services and Negotiations -it)Appeal services and negotiations At first glance,it may seem that the appellate provisions of the Stafford Act and its implementing regulations are so straightforward that outside expertise should not be essential to ensure that eligible Public Assistance applicants receive all the benefits they are entitled to receive after presidentially-declared emergencies and major disasters. However,the provisions of the Stafford Act and Its implementing regulations provide a tremendous amount of discretion in interpretation. Witt O'Brien's staff have years of experience at all jurisdictional levels implementing the provisions of the Stafford Act.These provisions include sections 402 (General Federal Assistance),403 (Essential or Emergency-Assistance),404(Hazard Mitigation),406 (Repair,Restoration and Replacement of Damaged Facilities),407 (Debris Removal),422 (Simplified Procedure),423 (Appeals),and 424(Dates of Eligibility)of the Stafford Act.In addition,the regulations implementing these Public Assistance-related provisions of the Stafford Act are lengthy and complex. September 4,2014 Page 142