INFRASTRUCTURE$183,975,227
Ott
umw
a $4
,181
,485
Hum
bold
t $2,
992,
566
Cedar R
apids $8,118,098
Centerville $1,193,120
Des
Mo
ines
$6,
448,
113
Iow
a C
ity $
5,90
5,10
9
Mad
rid $
2,06
0,00
0
Man
ly $
1,05
2,10
0
Wat
erloo $1
0,681
,250
Others $6,369,951
Ced
ar R
apid
s $1
4,12
9,72
3
Louisa County $5,212,027
Iowa
City $
5,81
0,34
5
Des Moines $14,881,674
Ackley $1,270,175
Alden $1,319,500
Brooklyn $1,554,000
Cedar Falls $3,959,300
Cedar Rapids $10,412,886
Clear Lake $2,360,000Des Moines $4,100,276Eddyville $3,943,989
Marshalltown $2,492,000
Mason City $4,479,561
Others $10,047,603
Clarksville $1,992,000Coralville $5,000,000
Parkersburg $1,498,660
Anamosa $3,059,000
Others $567,896
Iowa City $15,024,153
Palo $6,538,394
Columbus Junction $689,000
Co
ralville $5,538,242
Ed
dyv
ille
$343
,546
Vari
ous
Lo
catio
ns $
1,24
5,33
5Lo
uis Co
unty $1,339,155
Co
lumb
us Junction $912,000
Nashua $1,103,201
Creston $1,289,500
Black Hawk County $2,860,293
NON-FEMA MATCH: $178,204,861
FLOOD & DRAINAGE: $25,841,095 SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS: $45,939,290 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS: $50,358,549 STORM SEWER INSTALLATION: $23,372,334 PARKS & RECREATION: $2,860,293 SPILLWAY REPAIRS: $1,289,500
WASTEWATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS: $3,626,896WASTEWATER PLANT INSTALLATION: $15,024,153WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS: $1,103,201WATER SYSTEM INSTALLATION: $6,538,394WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATION: $912,000BRIDGES & BYPASSES: $1,339,155
FEMA MATCH: $5,770,366
STORM SEWER INSTALLATION: $4,525,031 OTHER FEMA MATCH: $1,245,335
Non-FEMA Flood & Drainage Improvements Location — Under $1,000,000Columbus Junction $689,000
FEMA Match Flood & Drainage Improvements Location — Under $1,000,000McGregor $505,006
Other Non-FEMA Sanitary Sewer Improvements Locations — Under $1,000,000Avoca $148,772Bancroft $521,540Birmingham $653,341Brandon $453,287Britt $402,208Chelsea $516,877Conrad $819,039Elkader $374,707Elliott $263,250Fonda $145,530Garnavillo $900,150Lawler $362,670Leland $304,060Livermore $496,200Montour $813,600Ogden $385,000Pisgah $288,555Reasnor $87,250Sheffield $682,016Shellsburg $494,557Sigourney $934,994
Other Non-FEMA Storm Sewer Improvements Location — Under $1,000,000Cambridge $823,600Elgin $869,950
WHERE THE MONEY WENTAbout 20 percent of CDBG disaster recovery funds were spent on infrastructure projects.As the inner ring shows, the vast majority of CDBG infrastructure spending — 94 percent — went to fund projects for which there was no FEMA funding available. The remaining 6 percent served as a match for FEMA funds.
The middle ring shows the programs to which the monies were allocated. New and improved storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and flood drainage claimed more than 81 percent of the funding. Those expenses included levees, stormwater detention basins, and pumping stations. Other projects included new and improved water and wastewater plants and repairs to spillways, parks, bridges and bypasses. The outer ring shows the city, county, or region in which the money was spent.
SPENDING CDBG FUNDS 20X FASTERIowa set new records in the speedy delivery of recovery money to disaster victims.
Disaster recovery isn’t a drag race; it’s a marathon. Still, the faster disaster recovery money gets into the hands of those who need it, the more quickly that recovery can begin.
By that measure, Iowa was a winner — even in a race fraught with obstacles.
Thanks to the measures mentioned in this chapter, Iowa spent the funds four times faster than any other state with a major disaster — and nearly twenty times faster than Texas did during both states’ recovery from storms.
Iowa spent money more than 19.5 times faster than Texas.
TEXAS HURRICANE RITADisaster Declaration: September 24, 2005Funding Spent as of June 2008(33 months after declaration):$15.6 million or 52% of federal recovery CDBG funds awarded to localities
IOWA FLOODS/TORNADOESDisaster Declaration: June 25, 2008Funding Spent as of June 2009(12 months after declaration):$100 million or 63% of federal recovery CDBG funds awarded to localities
Texas: $427,000/monthIowa: $8,333,333/month
— Source: State of Iowa
Elkader $792,093Farragut $294,000Fremont $750,488Glidden $454,500Lake Mills $950,000Rockford $381,000St. Ansgar $372,000Wesley $682,320
FEMA Match Storm Sewer Installation Location — Under $1,000,000 Eddyville $343,546
FEMA Match Wastewater Plant Improvements Locations — Under $1,000,000Lamont $378,324Mason City $100,427
Non-FEMA Wastewater Plant Improvements Locations — Under $1,000,000Collins $292,273Spillville $275,623
FEMA Match Water System Improvements Location – Under $1,000,000Iowa City $151,163
FEMA Match Water Treatment Improvements Location — Under $1,000,000Mason City $110,415
INFRASTRUCTURE — NON-FEMA MATCH:$178,204,861This program assisted projects that FEMA or other sources could not fund but that were nevertheless critical to recovery according to the criteria for awarding funding to infrastructure spelled out on page 79. Examples included rebuilding, repairing, or improving damaged water and sewer systems; separating sanitary sewer systems from storm sewer systems; installing new or larger-capacity storm drainage systems; rebuilding and improving roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure; building levees, floodwalls, flood gates to keep floodwaters out of neighborhoods and business districts; installing, improving, or enlarging stormwater detention basins that stored runoff until it can be returned to a river or waterway; and installing lift pumps to remove water from detention basins and expel it safely into a river or other waterway. These projects were subject to a per-project maximum award of $5 million.