Dan Cirucci: Christie Announces Added Fed Sandy Relief Grants

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Christie Announces Added Fed Sandy Relief Grants

The Christie Administration announced yesterday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $70 million in Public Assistance grants for multiple Superstorm Sandy recovery, repair and debris removal efforts throughout the state. Grants were awarded to the municipalities of Upper Township and Jersey City, as well as the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) and the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority. Today’s grants announcement follows President Obama’s authorization of FEMA to increase its federal cost-share for Public Assistance grants associated with Sandy recovery in New Jersey from 75 percent to 90 percent.

Upper Township received federal funding for the use of contract labor to permanently re-nourish sand and dune grass on Strathmere Beach to preexisting levels before Sandy. Jersey City received federal funding to make repairs to Sandy-damaged City Hall, which include flood repair work and the disposal of demolition debris.

Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority and the PVSC also received federal funding to repair Sandy-damaged facilities. PVSC will use their grant for repair work to the PVSC Clarifier Building, which sustained severe damage and destruction to the facility’s entire electrical and water purification system due to flooding. Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority will use their grant to repair three facilities: the Main Pump Station, the Maintenance Building and the Grit Facility. Hardware and electrical wiring at all three Bayshore facilities were damaged or destroyed as a result of Sandy.

A Public Assistance grant was also awarded to DEP for the use of contractors for the removal of sand and sediment debris throughout New Jersey’s central waterways. Waterway debris removal is approximately 95 percent complete, with state officials continuing to identify and remove debris remaining in isolated waterways in the state.

The recipients, total project costs and FEMA grant amounts are as follows:

· UPPER TOWNSHIP (Cape May County) The total cost of the grant is $2.46 million. FEMA’s share of the cost is $2.21 million.

· JERSEY CITY (Hudson County) The total cost of the grant is $2.06 million. FEMA’s share of the cost is $1.85 million.

· BAYSHORE REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY The total cost of the grant is $1.15 million. FEMA’s share of the cost is $1.03 million.

· PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSION The total cost of the grant is $5.82 million. FEMA’s share of the cost is $5.24 million.

· NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The total cost of the grant is $66.37 million. FEMA’s share of the cost is $59.74 million.

Public Assistance reimburses local and county governments and certain nonprofit organizations for eligible disaster-related costs including emergency protective measures, debris removal and public infrastructure repair or replacement costs.

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He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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