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Evans Flooding
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. -
Red Tags
FEMA and local building officials tour affected neighborhoods and red-tag all the mobile homes as unsafe to occupy. -
Flooded Trailers Removed
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. -
Bella Vista Received Mobile Home Disposal
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. -
Flooded Trailers Moved To New Locations
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. -
Almighty Construction Applyed For Installation Permits
A company called Almighty Construction began applying for installation permits in Federal Heights for former Bella Vista mobile homes. -
Flooded Trailers Moved Into Kimberly Hills
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. -
Division of Housing Issued Letter About Fraud Laws
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. -
Cleanup
Eastwood Village Cleanup began. -
Federal Heights Issued Stop Work Orders
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 -
Installation Permits Expired
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.
