Montgomery County Meets With State Leaders On Harvey Recovery

From Montgomery County

CONROE, TX — County Judge Craig Doyal, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack and many state and federal officials attended the Hurricane Harvey Federal/State Housing Strike Team Meeting on Monday to discuss the county’s vision of its disaster recovery action plan.

The meeting hosted by Beth Van Duyne, the regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, consisted of key officials in the disaster recovery process, including Pete Phillips of the Texas General Land Office’s Community Development and Revitalization team and Kevin Hannes, the federal coordinating officer for FEMA.

The strike team meeting focused on three key issues:

• Housing
• Infrastructure
• Economic revitalization

“I appreciate the willingness of Ms. Van Duyne, Housing and Urban Development, and other key officials to come to Montgomery County to hear our concerns, address our questions, and provide some important information,” Doyal said.

The information the county receives will help toward obtainng more funds the county can use toward recovery.

“We want to make sure we provide the best possible recovery options for our constituents as well as make sure we receive every penny we can in order to perform much needed flood mitigation studies, and then use those studies to follow through with action to better prepare us for storms of this magnitude,” Noack said.

Montgomery County will continue to stay in constant contact with the GLO, HUD and FEMA to make sure the county brings the most effective method of recovery to residents.

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