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B8 TUESDAY AUGUST 22, 1972 Council unanimously accepted City Manager Noland's recommendation that an application be filed for Federal funds, in the amount of $1,783.81, through the Office of Emergency Preparedness, as reimbursement to the City for costs incurred in repairing damage to City water and sewer systems caused by Ita ,June 23, 1972, Hurricane Agnes during the period June 21, 1972/with the following resolutions being unanimously adopted toward the filing and obtaining said funds: ,,- I. WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of June, 1972, the President declared a "major disaster" in the State of Virginia under the provisions of public Law 606, 9lst Congress and WHEREAS, Martinsville, is a public entity within said State; NOW THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, by City Council of Martinsville that the Office of Emergency Preparedness be and hereby is requested to provide funds for the following: To replace destroyed six inch sewer line and approximately 150 feet of fence at the wastewater treatment plant; repair the damaged manhole and refill all ~eas where dirt washed away from the sewer lines. To place sand bags around treatment units at both water plant and wastewater treatment plant to avoid flood damage. Total Cost, $1,783.81 (See Attached Copies of Damage Survey Reports for Breakdown of Cost). This body certified that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the requested funds are eligible under Public Law 606, 9lst Congress. ,"~ II. In accordance with the prov1S1ons of paragraph 12, b (5) of the Basic Plan of the Commonwealth of Virginia Natural Disaster Assistance Relief Plan, which became law on May 5, 1972, the following resolution is adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that as a result of severe flooding of many areas of this City during the passage of Hurricane Agnes, during June, 1972, this Board/Council declares that an emergency existed in the City of Martinsville for the period from about June 21st until approximately June 23rd, 1972. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Mr. Thomas B. Noland, the City Director of Civil Defense, is authorized and directed to take such action, and to make such applications that may be necessary, to insure that maximum assistance is rendered to the inhabitants of the City of Martinsville, by local, state and federal agencies.