INFRASTRUCTURE$183,975,227

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a $4

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bold

t $2,

992,

566

Cedar R

apids $8,118,098

Centerville $1,193,120

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5,90

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ly $

1,05

2,10

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0,681

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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

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ous

Lo

catio

ns $

1,24

5,33

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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.