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8.FEMA Public Assistance Unmet Need
<br />Due to the damages incurred from the flooding of 2015, the City needs approximately $1.7Mto restore
<br />and complete projects identified throughout the community that received direct damage from the
<br />flooding. The goals of these projects are to allow damaged buildings, parks, and other facilities to return
<br />to pre-flood conditions. To date, the City has received funding of approximately $330,000 for these
<br />projects. A summary of the total damages (referred to as project cost), funding received (FEMA and
<br />others), and unmet needs is outlined in the table below.
<br />Summary of Calculable FEMA PA Program Unmet Need
<br />FEMA Public Assistance Category Project Cost FEMA PA Unmet Need
<br />A -Debris Removal$164,504.00$123,378.00$41,126.00
<br />B - Emergency Protective Measures $419,950.00 $314,962.50.00 $104,987.50
<br />C - Road Systems and Bridges $2,466,785.00 $1,850,088.75.00 $616,696.25
<br />D - Water Control Facilities $572,650.00 $429,487.00 $143,163.00
<br />E - Buildings, Contents, and Equipment $1,819,000.00 $1,364,250.00 $454,750.00
<br />F – Utilities $210,057.00 $157,542.75.00 $52,514.25.00
<br />G - Parks, Recreation and Other Facilities $1,445,400.00 $1,084,050.00 $361,350.00
<br />Total $7,098,346.00 $5,323,759.00 $1,774,587.00
<br />9. Unmet Need for Public Infrastructure/Resilient Critical Infrastructure
<br />Activities
<br />As noted in the Housing section above, the City is determined to address the conditions that have
<br />allowed for repetitive losses due to flooding. Not only have there been these two events within six
<br />months of each other, but in the last 20 years there have been multiple flooding events that have
<br />caused loss within the City. Residents of the City have increasingly indicated to the City Council and
<br />other leaders that they want the infrastructure improved to prevent this ongoing occurrence.
<br />Additionally, research indicates that had the infrastructure prior to these events been of a sufficient and
<br />appropriate nature, much of the damage to homes and businesses could have been alleviated or
<br />mitigated. Therefore, it is the opinion of the City leaders that much of the damage to Housing was
<br />exacerbated by a failure of the infrastructure in place, and to stop this from happening in the future, the
<br />City must invest its Recovery money in upgrades to its Infrastructure system.
<br />The City has evaluated multiple projects with activities under each Category from above that could
<br />provide the repair and replacement of public infrastructure resulting in the improvement in the
<br />resiliency and sustainability of the City in the face of future floods and other events. The CDBG-DR
<br />Infrastructure Study analyzed eight projects located in the areas most damaged by the floods. These
<br />project costs for Public Infrastructure improvements are enumerated in the table below.
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