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<br /> <br />The recovery effort for Kinston-Lenoir County following <br />Hurricane Fran was guided by two objectives: I) To <br />snbstantially or permanently reduce flood hazards in <br />Kinston-Lenoir County; and 2) To revitalize existing residential neighhorhoods and husiness development in a <br />long-ternl effort lO empower citizens to be self-sufficient, and in the process to improve their quality of life." <br /> <br />structure sustained major flood damages, with total iosses <br />estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, The community <br />also experienced major environmental problems, caused in <br />part by the fallure of the sewage treatment piant, which <br />resuited in major spills of raw and partially treated sewage <br />into the Neuse River, In short, the unprecedented property <br />damage and economic iosses, coupled with the substantial <br />social, economic, and environmental problems, created <br />enOnTIOUS challenges for locai officials who have accepted <br />the responsibility for developing a recovery stl"Jtegy for <br />Kinston-Lenoir County, <br /> <br />Acquisition/Relocation Strateb'Y <br /> <br />OOF_o.... <br /> <br />. :r.;u;tii:ti:B~!;t~1;~,p"i"- <br />0"". <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />1 .,.f..,~ <br />, , <br />1,:~1' ",> -, <br /> <br />'~~-.)l:':' <br /> <br />,(;:I'-~- <br />,'r.oo.__.... <br /> <br />~. ~Zh <br /> <br /> <br />", <br /> <br />;j~;j,~t~1ttrJ~~mjllii~~~~!~ <br />~,:";,:,;;,f II )"" <br />,-n ,.~. <br />,.,,~i:. ..t~I.1't: "', <br />L' "'t'.!. I III~"~. f,' <br />. ",...;, <br />.~ ~~ ..~~ <br />",,-.,. ,~",," <br /> <br />. Acq.AstOOll <br />Proper1l1'a <br /> <br /> <br />0," <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />m' <br /> <br />Figure 2.6 Acquisiliou !'roper/ies ill tbe Ci(r of Killstoll <br /> <br />The centerpiece of the recovery and redevelopment strateb,), for Kinston-Lenoir County from Fran and Floyd is <br />the acquisition of more than 400 residential structures, three mobile home parks, aod 68 vacant lot" The <br />goal is to pennanently eliminate repetitive flood hazards and public safety risks in Kinston-Lenoir County, <br /> <br />The acquisition project, among the largest ever undertaken, is a muiti.year effort that will cost approximately <br />$31 million, of which $15 million will he funded through the Hazard ~litigation Gmnt Progmm, $12 million <br />in Community Development Biock Grant (CDBG) funds ,wd IIUD Disaster Recovery Initiative (DRI) funds, <br />and $4 million in state funds, <br /> <br />Improving the Quality of Life <br /> <br />At the outset, the goal of this initiative has been <br />to improve the quality of life of the citizens of <br />Kinston-I.enoir County through a muiti-objective <br />approach to hazard mitigation and sustainable <br />development. The strateb'Y has been to integrate <br />and leverage federal, state and community-hased <br />resources to carry out progmms that not only <br />move families out of the floodplains, but also <br />addresses affordabie housing. employment, job <br />training, tbe economical use of renewable <br />resources, and self-sufficiency, <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 2,7 <br />rbis Kinston bOllse <br />wllsjlooded during <br />Frail. acqllired and <br />mcated witb illlGP <br />fitllds (photo lit <br />le}I), and sllhse- <br />quently j/ooded in <br />Flo}'d <br /> <br />Hurricane Floyd: An Opportunity to Measure tosses Avoided <br />'nlrollgh the Acquisition of Flood-Prone Properties <br /> <br />On September 22, 1999, the Neuse River crested at 38,6 feet or II feet <br />above normal river levels, and the citizens of Kinston-I.enoir County once <br />again experienced the full impact of torrential rains and flooding - the by- <br />products of Hurricane Floyd, The flooding from Hurricane Floyd (and <br />Hurricane Dennis), which crested over three feet higher than Hurricane <br />Fmn, is considered to be hetween a 50-year and a I OO-year fluod event." <br /> <br />27 <br />