What they did is develop a portal whereby the public could sign in, register and tell them about the damages at their house to be investigated.” “On a flood, by the time you get out there and look, the water’s receded, the damages had been done. “This disaster was not like what we usually see in a tornado where you can drive around and you can see the damage,” he continued. FEMA will be here, later this week or early next week. “The last 30 days they worked very hard to accumulate the data needed. “(EMA) jumped on it quickly and they have been working diligently,” Knight said. Unlike the destruction of recent tornadoes, the needed threshold of uninsured losses was met for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to come in with assistance of $2.76 million in Jefferson County and $8.2 million across the state. Knight also presented a form from the county’s Emergency Management Agency that laid out the disaster declaration process from the flooding that swept across the county Oct. Pursuing Disaster Declaration for Flooding 5 committee meeting and have been available for public review since then at the Office of the Board of Registrars at the Jefferson County Courthouse, Room A-410. The three plans were presented during the Oct. We’re in a position to really showcase Jefferson County and Birmingham.”Ĭommissioners also moved to the agenda the three redistricting plans that will be considered following public hearings on Thursday. “It’s an opportunity to shine a light on us again and shine a light on us in a positive manner.

“There will be guaranteed 30-second commercial slots for the stakeholders,” he continued. “There will be eight teams and all the games will be played here at Protective Stadium,” Knight said, adding later that a potential conflict with World Games could move the title game to Legion Field. The pledged funds will pay for people to open and run the stadium. The city of Birmingham is matching the $500,000 that the county could provide. Knight, who also sits on the board of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the bureau has approved paying $2 million for the USFL project. The resolution was moved to the agenda of Thursday’s commission meeting and will be considered for passage at that time. Jefferson County commissioners Joe Knight and Lashunda Scales in the 11.2.21 meeting (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.)Ĭommissioner Joe Knight today presented a resolution for Jefferson County to contribute $500,000 to help bring the United States Football League to Birmingham.

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