FLORIDA MAN DIES IN BAY COUNTY CRASH LOCAL & STATE | B1 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | B1 PARKER STILL RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL Monday, October 14, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Panama City approves mitigation projects By Patrick McCreless all approved, would require during its regular Tuesday
[email protected] a 25% match or $31 million meeting. The projects will @PCNHPatrickM from the city. The project be added to a similar list of applications come a year projects the Bay County PANAMA CITY — Panama after Hurricane Michael Commission plans to vote on City leaders on Tuesday devastated the city and its at its next meeting. The entire approved 17 projects for infrastructure, all of which list will then be submitted possible federal funding to are still recovering. to the state and the Federal strengthen the city’s infra- “These are projects that Emergency Management structure against future will help us to create resil- Agency for review. hurricanes. iency and redundancy to Specifically, the projects The projects focus mostly harden our city to withstand are being submitted through on upgrading the city’s aging a natural disaster such as the federal Disaster Miti- sewer system, but also on a hurricane in the future,” gation Act of 2000, which making fire department said Mark McQueen, city supports efforts to help buildings more wind resis- manager. cities prepare themselves for tant. The approximately $124 The Panama City Commis- Vehicles slosh through fl ash fl ooding in downtown Panama City million-worth of projects, if sion approved the projects See MITIGATION, A6 earlier this year.