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Show Panguitch City workers .have much of the flood damage repairs completed and with assistance from FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, funding for th'.s bridge on Center Street should be forthcoming. Work began last moniS. Flood Damage Repair Work Is Underway Flood repairs from damage caused by last spring's flooding totaling $39,145 are underway in Panguitch. Long before actual repairs began, many hours of concentrated effort went into paper work required to meet the specifications of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. Mayor Jon Torgerson and City Manager Bruce Fullmer pushed to meet deadlines set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to apply for federal aid for Panguitch. Panguitch is eligible for aid under FEMA's Disaster Response and Recovery Program. Panguitch officials were required ! to keep records of every man-hour ; and all equipment used during the ; flood emergency to provide information to the agency. Documentation was required on all information submitted in order to recoup funds spent by the city. Claims submitted by the city were reviewed on July 20 by W. Adrian i Liddell, federal inspector for the Corps of Engineers, and Carvel Wayland, state inspector with the Division of Water Rights. Inspectors completed damage survey reports on each area of concern for which the city had claimed damages. Four areas were cited, all located along Panguitch Creek, with multiple claims at more than one of them. All but two of the claims were approved for aid by the agency. Panguitch City was sent specific guidelines governing contracting for repairs authorized by the state. The guidelines instructed the city in how to make application for small purchase procurements, doing formal advertising, handling sealed bids, competitive negotiations and other facets of working with the agency. As outlined, the proposed work will include complete replacement of the bridge at Center Street and 350 West, the bridge leading to the Forest Service compound, at a cost of $24,100. The specific project will include replacement of the traffic bridge and stabilization of banks and road repair. The new bridge will be 20 feet long and 22 feet wide and will meet current hydraulic requirements and City subdivision standards. All funding is paid 75-percent by FEMA, 12.5-percent by the state of Utah and 12.5 percent locally. Local funds are raised through a two-mill raise in tax levies. The second part of the work will include repair of the traffic bridge at the city park which will incorporate placing concrete around the footings, restoration of banks and lawns, and a new bituminous surface on the bridge and approaches. FEMA approved $1,570 for the project. (See FLOOD Page 6) Flood (Continued from Page 1) Work underthe special funds will also include rebuildling and stabilizing the wall, at the par with the wall to be built of concrete and i banks restored with rocks. The area from the channel to bank will be filled in with dirt ready to replace lawn, all at a cost of $1,474. Grading, replacement of topsoil and planting of the lawn between the tennis courts and covered recreation area will cost $591. Repairs will also be made to the city-owned diversion structure located one and one-half miles West of the City. The city will also be reimbursed for sandbagging costs and for cleaning of debris at the site with most of the $6,541 allotted for this part of the overall project going to the contractor for work done during the actual flooding period. , Another $3,698 will be spent to clean up debris from the channel ! and sandbagging costs incurred . . overall during the heavy spring i flooding. Funding to repair the tennis courts and for irrigation diversion failed to meet approval at $5,000 ! each. |