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t <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2004-. 132 <br /> I <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD <br /> OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING FEDERAL <br /> DISASTER REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL <br /> FROM PRIVATE ROADWAYS FOR HURRICANE <br /> FRANCES AND HURRICANE JEANNE. <br /> WHEREAS, Indian .River County suffered catastrophic losses due to the direct <br /> effects of initially, Hurricane Frances, and subsequently , Hurricane Jeanne, and <br /> WHEREAS, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne were each officially <br /> recognized and declared disasters by the local, state, and federal government agencies <br /> having appropriate legal authority to do so; and <br /> WHEREAS, the direct impact of two hurricanes on a single community within a <br /> period of three weeks is historically unprecedented; and <br /> WHEREAS, the magnitude of two combined disasters has generated massive <br /> amounts of hurricane-generated debris throughout unincorporated Indian River County <br /> on both public and private property; <br /> WHEREAS, the combined effects of Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne <br /> has caused the removal of hurricane-generated debris throughout unincorporated <br /> Indian River County on both public and private property to be in the public interest as <br /> necessary to eliminate immediate threats to life, public health, and safety of all of the <br /> residents of the County; <br /> WHEREAS, Section 206.224 of Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations <br /> allows assistance to be provided for the removal of debris and wreckage from publicly <br /> and privately owned lands and waters, when it is determined that the removal of such <br /> debris is in the public interest; <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 206.224 of Title 44 of the Code of Federal <br /> Regulations, removal of debris and wreckage from publicly and privately owned lands <br /> and waters is in the. public interest when it is necessary to eliminate immediate threats <br /> to life, public health, and safety; eliminate immediate threats of significant damage to <br /> improved public or private property; or ensure economic recovery of the affected <br /> community to the benefit of the community-at-large; <br /> WHEREAS, many of the residents of Indian River County live .in private <br /> communities on private streets where Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> reimbursement would not normally be granted; and <br /> F:\attorney\mef\HURRI CANE FRANCES\DEBRIS RESOLUTION Jeanne and Frances.doc <br />