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The South Platte River peaked at 18.79 feet. Evans city officials said it reached 500 to 1000-year flood levels. It displaced 600-1,000 residents in Evans including the people living in more than 203 mobile homes in Bella Vista and Eastwood Village.
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FEMA and local building officials tour affected neighborhoods and red-tag all the mobile homes as unsafe to occupy.
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City of Evans Requested FEMA help in removing debris and flood-damaged mobile homes, which remained largely untouched since September. The city cited health and fire safety threats. The city is denied.
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Bella Vista Owner received bid for site clearing and mobile home disposal. The total cost was $228,498. The contract offers discount if a “second contractor” removes some homes at no charge.
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Crews working for Craig Shriver of Riverside Storage and Recycling began to apply for certifications from Weld County to move some of Bella Vista’s flooded homes to new locations.
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A company called Almighty Construction began applying for installation permits in Federal Heights for former Bella Vista mobile homes.
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Tipster told 9Wants to Know he had concerns about the safety and quality of severely flood-damaged mobile homes that have been moved into the Kimberly Hills neighborhood in Federal Heights.
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After heard from 9Wants to Know, Colorado Division of Housing issuesd letter to manufactured housing installers, inspectors and local building officials reminding them of fraud laws and responsibilities for disclosing flood damaged mobile homes.
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Eastwood Village Cleanup began.
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City of Federal Heights issued Stop Work Orders for 9 homes in Kimberly Hills, which appeared to have repairs for flood damage without proper permits. The city has since issued 10 more Stop Work Orders
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Installation permits began to expire for flood damaged homes in Kimberly Hills. Building and zoning officials mulled whether to order removal of affected homes. They said they’ve changed city policies to identify flooded mobile homes within days of their arrival in Federal Heights.
