pe idT. Scott Batchelor andCynthia Kopkowski, The DailyReflectorState and local representativesfrom areas hit by flooding afterHurricane Floyd met in Raleighon Wednesday seeking to pre-serve state flood-recovery funds."We had a kind of open,freewheeling discussion aboutwhere we are on Floyd recovery,the effect of the recent recoveryand what's going to be paid andnot going to be paid," DavidKelly, director of the N.C.Redevelopment Center, saidThursday.The meeting with Kelly, the manwho administers flood recoveryfunds. was called by state Rep.Edith Warren of Farmville andincluded Greenville " CityManager Marvin Davis and PittCounty planner James Rhodes.In order to meet a growing statebudget shortfall, Gov. Mike Easley last week took $150million from a fund created bythe state Legislature to helpsurvivors of Floyd.That equated to about $11million for the city ofGreenville. Davis said."I think that we opened the doorfor some discussion," Davissaid. "We conveyed to Mr. Kellythat a unilateral action on hispart (to eliminate) some catego-ries (Of funding) ... was notgood. oMaybe the governor's officewill see how important this is toflood survivors of eastern NorthCarolina. � he said. Nearly 700 Greenville residentsremain to be served by the statefunds. anticipating either repairmoney or dollars to replacedevastated homes.Many who entered contracts onnew dwellings expecting to re-ceive promised funding will beleft in the lurch, Davis said. -"There are a lot of horrorstories, and there will be morehorror stories coming up," hepredicted.At least 33 Pitt County familiesoutside Greenville will be af-fected by the defunding.The budget proposed in theSenate last week further slashesthe relief fund, leaving $15million for statewide use."If you take another $100million, you will effectively shutflood recovery down," Rhodessaid.Rhodes shared the story of a PittCounty family whose impendingmove is jeopardized by theproposed cuts.Today, the family is scheduledto close the sale of theirflood-damaged home, whichthey repaired with buyout funds.They were to move into a newhome during the next twoweeks, with $14,000 in stateacquisition and relocation recov-ery funds paying the differencebetween their current home anda new, comparable home thatcosts more.Under the proposed cuts, reloca-tion funds would be in thegreatest danger of elimination.Rhodes asked legislators whathe should tell that couple andthe other five families eligiblefor relocation funds left vulner-able by the Senate plan.Answers won't be available untilthe state's attorney general re-views the situation, state offi-cials told local governmentsThursday.In Pitt County, about $156,000is needed to help these familiesrelocate, Rhodes' office esti-mated. About $1.5 million isneeded to replace 23 families Thomes, and another $36,000 isneeded to repair four families TJune 14, 2002 - June 28, 2002Local ¢ Officals try saving Floyd fundshomes, according to the office."We went with a lot of ques-tions, we got some answered,but we probably came away withjust as many," Rhodes said."We knew that we weren't goingto need all the money, but weneed to retain - and nowpossibly restore - what waspromised. oEverything's up in the air."As a result of the meeting,legislators instructed the localgovernment representatives toestimate how much they need tokeep the promises made to theirresidents. They want a report onthat information sent to the N.C.Redevelopment Center by noontoday."| think we came to someconsensus there that a surveywould be helpful to see exactlyhow much money was neededand if any of the local govern-ments at this point might havesurplus they can reallocate,"Kelly said."Edgecombe County has sentback $1 million that they over-estimated or found they didn'tneed, � Kelly said. "It would benice to find some of thosesurprises out there."Kelly said he has "no feel" forhow much money might beuncovered.Davis praised the local membersof the state Legislature forfighting the good fight."Our local Pitt County legisla-tive delegation is really pursuingthis vigorously, � he said. "They.have been strong advocates intrying to get this flood moneyrecovered. �T. 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