Mission urges residents to report storm damage
The hope is to receive assistance from the
The two-day heavy rainfall last week hit the city particularly hard on Thursday, flooding many streets especially along FM 495 where a nearby drainage canal overflowed. The city reported seven inches of rain over four hours.
Last week, County Judge
However, it is ultimately up to President
Mayor Armando O'Caña said gathering that information would still be useful for planning purposes.
"The importance of this form is that it will give us a basic general idea of the total damages from Thursday to now that we have received inside the city," O'Caña said. "Besides, it is important to be able to declare it as a national disaster. It is also a tool that we're going to use for planning, our future planning for our drainage system."
The city council unanimously voted to request proposals and statement of qualifications for engineering services for a drainage assessment.
"The main point is that I need this form to be completed," O'Caña said. "Go to our website, give us the data so we can have the data so we can be able to make data-driven decisions."
The form, available in English and Spanish, requests information such as the water level in a structure, percentage of the damage, the building type, whether it is rented or owned, whether a person has home owner's insurance, property value, estimated income and estimated loss.
It is for
"We want to make sure that the public understands that the city of
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