People living in the city of Orange must have Harvey-related debris from home damage to the curb by August 17, City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre told the city council Tuesday.
FEMA is supposed to reimburse the city 90 percent of the costs of the debris pickup with an end deadline of August 23. Oubre said the debris needs to be out by August 17 so the city’s grapple truck assigned for debris pickup can get to it. He said a property owner who has not gotten debris out by that date will have to have a contractor take care of it or make other arrangements.
Qualified debris must come from damage that occurred during the tropical storm that brought 60 inches of rain to the area on August 29-30, 2017. Some property owners are still working on clearing out flood-damaged items from houses. Trash from new construction does not qualify.
People who have put storm debris out should call city hall customer service at 883-1081, or the public works department at 883-1900.
Oubre said city crews have been picking up the debris since the debris contractor left. The city so far has spent nearly $100,000 on picking up the debris. FEMA is to reimburse 90 percent.
One of the city’s grapple trucks has been dedicated to picking up storm debris. Oubre said because of rain days at the end of June and the debris pickup, the regular routes for the grapple trucks are running about two weeks behind in monthly brush pickup.
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