I'M TIM MCGONIGAL..
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY LEADERS
ARE ASKING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND A GRANT FOR
FLOOD MITIGATION
PROJECTS IN THE HELENA VALLEY.
TAKE VO
THE COUNTY PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A
FEMA GRANT TO WORK
ON REDIRECTING STORM WATER INTO
THE GRAVEL PIT AT THE HELENA
TRAP CLUB.
THEY'RE NOW ASKING FOR MORE THAN
A MILLION DOLLARS IN
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, TO REPLACE
CULVERTS AND REGRADE DITCHES
ALONG SIERRA ROAD. THE COUNTY
WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A 25
PERCENT MATCH
FOR THE MONEY.
THAT MATCH WOULD COME FROM THE
100-DOLLAR
ASSESSMENT ON PROPERTIES IN A
FLOOD MITIGATION DISTRICT
COMMISSIONERS CREATED LAST YEAR.
TAKE SOT: XX:19
OC:..PARTICIPATION ON THEIR
PART. "THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
THIS FUND HAS ALWAYS BEEN
DEDICATED TO,
THAT'S WHAT WE CONTEMPLATED WHEN
WE FIRST STARTED TALKING
TO RESIDENTS ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT MOST RESIDENTS
REALIZE THAT, IN ORDER TO MAKE
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER AND
SAFER IN THE LONG RUN,
THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME
PARTICIPATION ON THEIR PART."
CONT.
VO
THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
ENGINEER SAYS HE HOPES TO HEAR A
DECISION FROM FEMA LATER THIS
MONTH.
IF THEY APPROVE THE MONEY,
COUNTY LEADERS HOPE TO FINISH
THESE IMPROVEMENTS BY NEXT
