The Arcadia City Council will convene a special meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 to discuss progress on debris removal and additional plans that may be needed. The City began a clean-up strategy Saturday morning with crews working 12-hours per day from the north and south ends of town towards the middle.
Meanwhile, Arcadia, which last week estimated costs of the storm at $2 million-plus, would like to get a more accurate count for potential state and federal emergency disaster aid and is therefore joining with L.A. County in asking home and business owners to report their storm-related costs. Damage reports and cost estimates that are given to the County will be forwarded to the State. It is important that the State and Federal government have an accurate sense of the true cost of this emergency to local governments and private property owners and businesses in order to follow up with disaster relief funding.
Residents should report their storm-related costs to the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, which is tallying estimates countywide. Visit www.211la.org to submit your information online, or call 211. If you have any questions about this reporting, please call the Arcadia Fire Department at 574-5100.
After you file those reports, the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce would also like to gather summaries of damages suffered by its members. Please e-mail short description and cost of damage to Info@ArcadiaCaChamber.org.
— By Scott Hettrick