The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 266, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Page: 3 of 12
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Wednesday, September 24,2008
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City
update
Accepting Neyj Patients
• Geriatrics (Older Adult Care)
Food, water, ice:
Baytown’s water is safe
to drink.
City Hall and city ser-
vices are open for busi-
ness with public safety
and recovery a priority.
Municipal Court is
open for operations only.
Arraignments and trials
have been cancelled for
this week.
Most parks are open for
daylight hours only.
Construction permits
are required, however,
some permit fees will be
waived for some roof and
siding repairs. No permits
are needed for fences to
be replaced or repaired at
existing locations.
Call 281-221-5245
For Details!
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About five portable build-
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Lee, three at the Lee Annex
building and two at Alamo
Elementary), are not expect-
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My wife has been off work
for a week and with the evac-
uation and mortgage, we’re
in deep.”
! The storm has made life
rough on the Hatten’s. When
, asked if he’d consider
rebuilding, Brian said the
prospect seems a harrowing
one, as it’d be their second
bout. Still, he said he’s
become quite attached to the
Lakewood community.
“This is about the best dam
neighborhood I have ever
seen in my life,” he said.
Recalling the generator he
brought from Dallas that did-
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Centives for the 2008-2009
school year, a $58,668
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for ventilation systems,
and a continuation of fer-
tilization services with
Trugreen Chemlawn and
pest control with
Pestmaster Services.
Approximately half of
the city is still without
power.
CenterPoint’s priorities
include essential govern-
ment services such as
public safety, waste
water, utilities, traffic
control, hospitals, and
other critical services.
Residential area? are
last priority.
The City is in daily
briefings with
CenterPoint and elected
officials to ensure they
know our needs and have
our list of priorities.
Several city facilities are
still without power.
A link on the
CenterPoint site
(www.centerpointenergy.c
om/ statcities/home/html)
shows current outages.
City Business:
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have to make up some time,”
Sultis said.
Superintendent of Support
Services Pete Cote assured
board members that the
schools that have been
cleared for students’ return .
are safe &d waterproof.
“We’ve accomplished a
lot,” Cote said. “We’ve got a
lot of people out working
hard.”
Volunteers from the district
and staff have been on the
job" for roughly 12 to 14
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(FEMA).
“A FEMA adjuster came
out and he was a really nice
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Even as the family toiled
through the wreckage, a
neighbor pulled a truck
beside them to ask how they
were doing.
“We’ll have to wait and see
what the insurance says to
decide what we’ll do, but we
sure love it here,” Brian said.
After gathering a few items
from the wreckage, Brian
and Christopher got into their
vehicle to leave home once
again. With Sadie and Grace
settled in the back, Brian and
Christopher set off to report
back to the rest of the family.
“The second time you lose
your house, it’s the same
feeling as the first, except a
little worse,” Christopher
said.
Storm Debris
and Garbage: 1
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Household garbage col-
lection has resumed, but
volume is creating some
delays.
Curbside recycling is
planned to commence
again next week.
Debris contractors
(Bamaco and DRCO have
crews working daylight
hours throughout the city
picking up debris. As of
Saturday, contractors and
crews had collected over
48,000 cubic yards of
debris.
Debris on private prop-
erty is the responsibility
of the owner. Property
owners should move
debris to curbside and
1 keep all debris or trash
out of ditches, storm
drains and streets.
Residents are asked to
separate their storm
debris into four piles:
vegetation, building/con-
struction materials,
household appliances and
household hazardous
waste (paint, etc.)
The West Main Street
drop-off center was
severely damaged in the
storm and there is no
public drop off site for
any materials at this time.
n’t work, Brian explained
how a neighbor offered up
his own generator, as
guy, but I felt like it was just Christopher has asthma,
for show,” Brian said. “We
need help right now, but
FEMA won’t kick in until
large, wooden rod, a glimmer after our insurance is settled,
of a smile spread across
Brian’s face when his cane
materialized amongst the
rubble.
“Still good as new,” he said
as he examined the cane’s
gold-toned handle.
The family’s two German
Shepherds, Sadie and Grace,
looked on patiently as their
masters sorted through the
mess. One of the dogs had
surgery just before the storm
hit and her pain medication
was lost in the wreckage.
“She’s been really tough
about it,” Brian said.
While the dog’s ailments
are one tragedy, Brian too is
at a medical loss. His own
pain medication and some
necessary medical equipment
were also destroyed.
The family is currently
staying in a local rental home
to ease the commute to their
Lakewood house - though it’s
difficult to still classify it as
such. Their rental home
■ doesn’t yet have electricity.
Paying a mortgage, rent
and a slew of other bills, the
• Hatten’s have found no relief
from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency
“Even after you have to
replace everything, your
heart is still in there.”
The rebuild process is
especially hard for the
Hattens, as Brian is disabled.
Supporting his steps with a
five days.”
District officials consid-
ered renting a generator for
the two campuses they’re
concerned won’t have power
in time, but the 200 kVA
generators would cost
$40,610 a week and require
about $400 worth of fuel
each day.
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to hear how much time stu-
dents will make up for days
missed due to Ike, (which is
decided by the state).
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“We don’t want to have any here.
Some have expressed con-
cern about not having a place
to stay while they work to get
citizens electricity.
To solve this problem, the
city .is prepared to offer what-
ever services it can, (a place
to sleep, shower facilities and
even food if necessary), to get
workers here, DonCarlos said.
“So far we have found
space for-250 linemen in vari-
ous places in the city starting
with the Baytown Police
Academy,” DonCarlos said.
The city has offered these
spaces to CenterPoint in an
effort to get power back as
quickly as possible and is cur-
rently waiting on an answer.
City officials are pulling
out all the stops to get power
hack to all of Baytown.
“We will find support ser-
vices to get these crews out
here,” DonCarlos said,
Baytown Sun photo/Tara Sullivan
Brian Hatten pulls furniture off of his wife’s beloved china cabineL One of the few items rescued from
the fire that ravaged the Hatten homestead just last year, the cabinet did not make it through a sec-
ond time around.
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Instead of having all stu-
dents start at once, those at
campuses not yet ready to
receive them will return to
classes when it’s possible -
which members of the dis-
trict believe will be Oct. 6.
“Sometimes you have to
change your stance because
of the things that happen
around you,” Sultis said.
There were unforeseen cir-
cumstances in this case and it
doesn’t make since to relo-
cate students for the short
period of time CenterPoint is hours a day, working from
predicting, Sultis said. “ran m ran’t
The temporary move
would also be difficult for
teachers, she added.
“By the time they bring
their school supplies in, it’ll
be over,” Sultis said. “We
don’t want to move the entire when teachers are tentatively
school to another location for are expected to go back to
fivo Have ” school.
“All the rest of our porta-
bles should be usable by the
end of this week,” Cote said.
Although some might have •
tarps on them, he added.
District officials will also
discuss the steps that will
need to be taken to receive
Federal Emergency
The district is still waiting Management Agency
1 hear how much time shi- (FEMA) funding this week.
It’s going to cost $1.54
million just to fix all of the /■ “'
roofs in the district, Cote 7
said.
valuation, the college was with a company called Ad-
still able to provide staff
raises and maintain the
same level (if not improve- maintenance service con-
ment of) their programs. ------
“This is good proof of
what great work you guys
are doing,” Regent Pete
Alfaro commented.
Regents also approved a
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DonCarlos said local
CenterPoint representatives
have been great at working
with the city and all that
employees are doing to
restore power is appreciated.
But the city is trying to get
even more workers to the
Baytown area.
“We know that CenterPoint
is working very hard in all
areas to get power up,”
DonCarlos said. “We have
asked CenterPoint what we
. can do to help speed up
repairs.”
The idea is - more crews
working to restore power
means less days citizens are
without it.
CenterPoint representatives
havetoldthecitythat crews
are freeing up in Houston,
Beaumont and other areas.
The problem is getting them
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Clements, Clifford E. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 266, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 2008, newspaper, September 24, 2008; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1190687/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.