House Resolution 39 - Introduced PAG LIN H.R. ________ S.R. ________ 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY ALONS, JACOBY, SMITH, SCHUELLER, WENDT, 1 3 THOMAS, QUIRK, KELLEY, FICKEN, WENTHE, 1 4 PALMER, HUSER, ABDUL=SAMAD, REASONER, T. OLSON, 1 5 R. OLSON, MAREK, SWAIM, BAILEY, GAYMAN, ZIRKELBACH, 1 6 PETERSEN, D. OLSON, OLDSON, SHOMSHOR, 1 7 BUKTA, WHITAKER, WHITEAD, GASKILL, FREVERT, 1 8 MASCHER, REICHERT, COHOON, BELL, LYKAM, 1 9 THEDE, BERRY, H. MILLER, KRESSIG, HEDDENS, 1 10 T. TAYLOR, D. TAYLOR, SCHULTZ, RAYHONS, 1 11 DRAKE, TYMESON, SODERBERG, PETTENGILL, 1 12 BAUDLER, RAECKER, HAGENOW, GRASSLEY, COWNIE, 1 13 WINDSCHITL, SORENSON, HORBACH, ARNOLD, 1 14 HUSEMAN, SWEENEY, KOESTER, DE BOEF, PAULSEN, 1 15 ROBERTS, WORTHAN, HELLAND, TJEPKES, WATTS, 1 16 L. MILLER, DEYOE, FORRISTALL, RANTS, DOLECHECK, 1 17 SANDS, LUKAN, S. OLSON, SCHULTE, HEATON, 1 18 MAY, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, UPMEYER, WAGNER, 1 19 KAUFMANN, and STRUYK 1 20 A Resolution honoring those Iowans who volunteered 1 21 their time and efforts providing aid and assistance 1 22 during the June 2008 flood. 1 23 WHEREAS, the June 2008 Iowa flood exceeded what 1 24 were considered 500=year=flood limits, with nine Iowa 1 25 rivers cresting at record levels and causing vast 1 26 amounts of damage; and 1 27 WHEREAS, as a result of the flood 83 counties were 1 28 declared disaster areas, hundreds of Iowa cities and 1 29 towns were impacted, and Iowa's agricultural economic 1 30 losses are estimated to exceed $2 billion; and 2 1 WHEREAS, volunteers were desperately needed to help 2 2 restore homes, businesses, and the University of Iowa 2 3 facilities damaged by the ravaging flood, and Iowans 2 4 from all walks of life stepped forward to provide that 2 5 help; and 2 6 WHEREAS, during the summer and fall of 2008 2 7 thousands of volunteers from Iowa and from surrounding 2 8 states worked tirelessly, filling sandbags, shoring up 2 9 sagging levees, and later clearing debris and 2 10 restoring flood=damaged homes and businesses; and 2 11 WHEREAS, the recovery effort continues to this day, 2 12 evidenced by Governor Culver's signing of House File 2 13 64 on February 2, 2009, which appropriated $56 million 2 14 for flood recovery efforts; NOW THEREFORE, 2 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 16 That the House of Representatives honors all Iowans 2 17 who stepped forward in a time of crisis providing aid, 2 18 comfort, and hope to their fellow Iowans following the 2 19 flood of 2008. 2 20 LSB 1798HH 83 2 21 jr/nh/14.1