After helping clear Beach Road of debris left behind by Typhoon Soudelor, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office is now training its sights to remove debris inside Saipan\u2019s villages.<\/p>\n
Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang said his office continues to receive calls from people in villages requesting for debris removal, mostly trees blocking pathways or lying on top of their homes.<\/p>\n
Apatang earlier said his office is working with the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Lands and Natural Resources\u2019 Division of Parks and Recreation in cleaning up the island. The Emergency Operations Center is coordinating the islandwide cleanup effort.<\/p>\n
Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office special assistant Henry Hofschneider said the EOC directs the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office on where to clean up.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut yes, we are already clearing debris in the villages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In related news, Hofschneider said they have already spoken with two representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess the damaged facilities of the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, but hey have had no updates so far.<\/p>\n
The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office animal shelter in Lower Base will need more than $100,000 to repair the damage sustained from Typhoon Soudelor. Hofschneider said that FEMA had given them 60 days since Aug. 19 to come up with the shelter\u2019s damage cost and what needs to be repaired.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we met with the FEMA representatives, they gave us what we needed to put for documentation\u2026So we still don\u2019t have the cost of damage yet and what they will be giving us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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