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SLPS: FEMA has created 12 tornado-recovery projects; insurance in peer review, mitigation accepted
Summary
Saint Louis Public Schools staff told the board that FEMA has created and costed 12 recovery projects after the May tornado, mitigation measures were accepted and insurance review recently advanced to peer review; next steps include final FEMA review and issuing RFPs for contractors.
Saint Louis Public Schools officials gave the board a preliminary FEMA update, saying all 12 disaster-recovery projects have been created by FEMA, costs have been estimated and mitigation measures were accepted and included in project scopes.
The board was told the cost figures are preliminary and will change as inventories and invoices are finalized. FEMA has moved projects through coordination with the district's insurer and, according to the presentation, all projects moved from "pending insurance completion" to "insurance peer review" just before the meeting. The district will receive FEMA's completed projects, review them, and then put the work out for bid.
Why it matters: the projects cover school repairs and mitigation steps meant to reduce future storm damage; insurance coordination and federal review…
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