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I1UN'ISTRY PAPER NO. ~ 1--/79 RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME FOR FLOOD DAMAGE

IN WESTERN JAMAICA CONSEQUENT ON JUNE 12 FLOOD R,~_ Il\TS

Members of this Honourable House will recall that on

the 12th of June, 1979, l··iestern ,Jamaica was ravaged by flood rains. ~he Meteorological Division of the Ministry of Public

Utilities estimates that over 85 billion gallons of water were

released in this area within a 24-hour period Rnd that the return

period of this phenomenon varies fr0m between 50 to 150 years. The severe hydro-geological and drainage problems which ensued, were caused by the combination of this tremendous rainfall, together with the less spectacular, but very damaging rains which had. been falling in the disaster area during April and Hay.

The results are well known. Forty-one persons lost their lives. Houses were washed away,- crops destroyed, bridges wrecked, roads severely scoured, ·blocked or demolished and, indeed, even now, while the flood waters have receded from Leamington, Enfield, Exeter and Chigwell, the town of New Market still lies buried under 80 feet of water.

2. The Government took immediate steps to assist the communities in the disaster area.

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ft the national level, the Honourable Prime Minister established and chairs a National Committee ~onsistihg of represen-. tatives of the Government, the Opposition, the Clergy and the

Voluntary Services. At the ministerial level, I have th~ honour

to chair an inter-ministerial committee which receives and considers reports from the two organizations to which was allocated the task of undertaking and facilitating action in the disaster area. The first of these is the Pm~rgency Operations Centre which was mobilized at and by the Ministry of 2oci~l Security,

and the Honourable Minister of that Ministry has tabled a report which will bring to the House's attention the very excellent work done by all concerned with the Centre. The second is the Feconstruction Task Force, e stablished sq as to facilitate the formulation and implementation of a co-ordinated reconstruction programme. Both of these were assisted at the parish level by Parish Committees, established on a bi-partisan basis, which were abl e to give v~luable Rnd much needed guidance and adv~ce.

3. The Task Force was established on the 19th of June, 1979. Its functions were set out as follows:-

i) co-ordinate all reconstruction proposals and

prepare plans for implementation in short,·

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medium and long terms;

identify technical assistance needs and seek assistanc e on a comprehensive basis through relevant channels;

projectize plans so as to facilitate quick funding by local, bi.:later!3.1 and internationP.l funding agencies;

1v) ensure that implementation proceeds as quickly Rs possible.

4. Initi ally, the Task Force included the widest r 2nge

of Government tgencies which would be involved in th~ reconstruc­

tion exercise . It was subsequently expanded to include non­

gove rnmental agencies such as the Council of Voluntari Social

Services, the Private r·ector Organization of Jamaica and the .

,T2maica Council of Churches, which contributed considerably to

the discussions and decision-taking process. The Task Force,

the members of which are listed at Appendix I, defined its areas

of operation as follows:-

1) Comprehensive planning at the local, parochial and regional levels

2) Roads, bridges and drains

3) Water and sewerage

4) Public utilities

5) Health

6) Hou.sing

7) Agriculture

8) Amenities and facilities

Action teams were est8blished, where necessary, to facilitat e

quick planning and implementation. A list of these action teams

is at Appendix II. A provisional programme was e$tablished, as

follows:-

a) datR collection and collation

b) plan preparation

c) projectieing of plans and funding of projects

d) implementation

- 2-3 weeks

- 1-6 months

- 1-8 months

- 1-24 months

Task Force meetings have been held regularly, and to date seventeen

progress reports have been issued.

I will now set out for information, the progress mad~

in the abovementioned areas to date.

5. Data Collection and Collation

Data collection was the first priority of the Task

Force. Most of the agencies involved responded magnificently to

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the chall enge and data regarding degree and type of damage in

all a r eas listed at paragraph 4 above , were collected and

collated, most of this being done within the first two months

of the establishment of the Tas~ Force. More detailed analysis continues to be done, however, and this forms an important part

of the medium and long term planning which is underway. A list

of studies done so far is a s follows:-

1) "Hydrological fl.ppraisal of Damage in v,Jestern J amaica caus ed by June 12, 1979 Flood Rains -Vols. I-IV" prepnred by Water Resourc ~ s Division of the Ministry of Local Government

2) "Assessment of Flood Damage in He stern Jamaic ail -Interim Report July 1979 prepared by the Geological Survey Division of the Ministry of Mining 2nd Natur al nesources ·

· 3 ) "Preliminary Statement on Flood Stricken Areas" prepared by the Town Planning Department of the Ministry of Finance and Planning

4) "The New Market Area 11 prepared by the Town Planning Department of the Ministry of Finance and Planning

5) "The Final Report of Flood Rains in Western J amaice. 12th June, 1979 " prepared by the Clima t e Branch· of the Meteorological Division of the Ministry of Public Utilities and Transport ·

6) "Gene rcl Outline for the Structuring of a Strategy and Elaboration of a Plan of Reconstruction", prepared in June 1979 by General Ricardo Peralta Mendez , from the Inter-American Development Bank

7) "The Churches Response to the June Flood Disa ster " by Fred Cuny, prepared by the Jamaica Council of Churches

A critical factor in this area was the completion of aerial survey

photographs of the disaster a r ea which is proving most valuable in

the planning exercise . And here, I would like to thank publicly

!~lean J amaics Limite d, which met the ·tota l cost of this exercise.

I should also like to mention here Mr. J. S. Tyndale-Biscoe, who, immediately after the flood, produced, free of charge, aerial photographs of the entire flood stricken area, as his contribution to the national effort.

6 . Plan Preparation

The planning action team was, naturally, very involved in the data collection and. collation exercise. An immediate

priority was to identify flood prone areas, indicating l~vel of risk involved. This was urgently needed so as to ensure that

reconstruction did not take place in high risk areas. Simila rly, t he t eam gave high priority to identifying lands on whQch reloca ­tion could proc eed. These exercises were completed -within the

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first four months. Concurrently, work proceeded on detailed

planning for short and medium term r e construction works and on

outline planning for longer term r e construction including

comprehensive drninage plans which would help to reduce the . intensity of damage from future flood rains and hurricanes.

In this connec tion, it should b e note d that plans have been

p r epared for a n ew settlement in the New Market area at Mocho.

These p~ans have b een discussed and agreed with the people in

the area. A similRr nlan has bGen prepared for LeRmington a nd

will b e discuss e d with the people in the area shortly. A pla n

in respect of Chigwe ll is now in preparation. /\. comprehensive

plan of deve lopment for the r eg i on requires further in-depth

studies, and should b e ready by April, 1980. At this point,

I would like to pay tribute to the meny professionals who,

individually and through thei r Associations, made known the ir

interest and ability to assist in both the planning and implemcmte.­

tion exercis e , some of whom went so far as to present in writing

their ideas for th~ pla nning process end so contributed to the

work that has b een and still is proc eeding.

7. Financing

.As is well known, many countries and inte rnational

agenci e s rende r e d valuabl e assistance to us in our hour of n eed.

Details of such assistance are at Appendices III and IV. /.ppendix

·III sets out ass istance, both in cash and kind, received on a

genera l b as is for the r e construction programme, and Appendix IV

shows sources of p r oject fina ncing. It will be seen thai .approxi­

mate ly $44.7 million h as b een mobilized with a further $13 million

being in process. These amounts will meet ou~ requirements for

this financial year and are r e flected in the Second Supplementary

Es timates .

8. Implementation

Implementation has bee n proceeding in all the various

fields as is set out below:

Roads , Bridge s and Drains: There are two main prog r 8mmes

in this area. Main roads and related infrastructure works are dealt

with by the Ministry of Works, while local authority works are dealt

with by the r elevant Local Authoriti es . under the aegis of the

Ministry of Loc a l Gove rnment . The Ministry of Works initially

identifi ed n progrnmme for.the West , casted at ~1 3 1 650 million.

So far, funds totalling $11.8 million have b een or are in the

process of b e ing finnlized. It is expec t ed that the remaining

~~1 .78 million can b e obta ined from budge tary sources. In every

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c a s e , the funding ngen c y h a s b een r e que sted to agree to r e tro­

a ctive fina ncing . This h as ene~l e d the Ministry to proceed

with works on the b a sis o f urgency a nd need. So far, approximate ly

$5.3 million h a s b eeh sp ent. The initiatives taken by the Ministry

t ogethe r with the highly v a lue d ~ ssistnnce received from the

Ba uxit e Comp a ni e s, en a bl ed us to r eop e n main roads and bridges

in a r e l a tive ly short time n nd I would like to pay tribute ~o

a ll involve d in this e x e rcis e . Sp ecia l tribute must also b e p n id

to the Constructi on Bn t talions of the U.S. Atlantic fleet; wh o

c a me to this country in Septemb e r a nd, between them and the end

of Nove mbe r, unde rto ok t en proj e cts in the parish of Westmore iand.

The s e include d a v a ri e ty o f works r anging from repairing wa sh-·

outs, to c o~ruction o f ma j o r dra inage structures in the following

site s : -

.1) Barha m Bridge

2 ) Swee t Ri ve r

3) Wa t e r Wo rks

4) Route A- 2 wa sh- outs (Bluefields to Sav-la-mar)

5) Ca v e Lower Switchba ck

6) Ca v e Gully

7) Auchindown

8 ) Ormiston

9) Blue fi e l ds

~11 the work agr ee d on i or the s e pro j ec ts h a s be e n completed

e xc ept f or the construction of·':the · sup er-span at Blue fields.

A tea m of t en men is b e ing l e ft b ehind for three weeks to complete

this proj ect. The Sea Be e s a lso a rra n ged for a team of two

en g ineers t o visit a nd a dvi se on a me thodology for dealing with

the New Ma rke t La k e . The Gov e rnment is most grateful for this

a ssista nc e from the U. S . A., whichnes r e sulted in the sp e edy

compl e tion of urgent infra structure wo rks a t a compa ratively low

cost. At this p o int, I wish t o s a y tha nks also to the Kaiser

Bauxite Compa ny which, by tra n sporting urgently needed materials

a t v e ry short notic e , e n abl ed the Sea Bees to complete these works.

Loc a l Authoriti e s initia lly i d entified damag e to the

tune of $13.4 million in the disaste r a r ea , of which $4.7 million

were r e quire d for e xp enditure u p to March o f 1980. Sinc e then,

the Septe mb e r r ains h a v e c r eated addi t i on a l damage in the a~ea .

We we r e f ortuna t e t o b e a bl e to n egotiate a loan of $6.7 million

from the Ca ribbean De v e l opment Ba nk to unde rtake these works.

The Ba nk r e sp onded promp t l y a nd with s ensitivity to our need and

h a s b e en of g r eat a ssista nc e , n o t only in a pproving the loan,

but a lso in s e tting t e rm s tha t sp ok e t o our needs rather than to

the criteria norma lly imp o s e d f o r such infra structure loans.

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Immedinte work to r e op en roads and bridges was undertaken and

so far app r oximately $1 .4 milli~n has b een spent. Consultants

have prepared and agreed program~es with the relevant responsibl e

offic e rs and work in a ll four parishes is proceeding. The

majority of the programme is scheduled for completion in six

months.

Major We.ter Supplies: The National i·Ve. ter Authority

indicated that '~2 .4 million were r equire d for this ite m. This

loan h as b een g r anted by the Caribbean Development Ba nk and

works a r e procee ding. So far, approximately $500,00Q h a s b een

spent, and it is expected that the programme will be comple t e d .

by November of 1980.

Minor Water Supplies: These r equire an expenditure

of npp r oximately ~~ 1 million. Of this, the Inter-Ame rice.n Devel op-

·ment Bank has approved rescheduling of approximately J~0.827

million for purch.?.se of materials and equipment for the project.

J.,n npplicat i on for s:tn additional no 0 356 million is now being

sought from another international agency. At this point, I would

like to pay tribute to the officials and Boards of the World B~nk

and the inter-American Development Bank who sent a t eam to J ama i c2

shortly after the flood Pnd who worked o~t with us a programme

of r escheduling of approved resources which en abled us to proc eed

with the necessary works in good time.

Public Utiliti e s: The Jamaica Public Service Company

recorded damage of $2 . 2 mi llion. Approval wa s given by the Wo~ld

Bank and the Inte r-American Development Bank to apply existing

loan funds to meet these costs and the work is well underwa y.

Damage r e corded by the Jamnicn Telephone Company wns

mini mal and has b een met from their own resources.

The Jamaica Ra ilwa y Corporation required funds t o the

tune of ~1. 3 million, which has been obtaine d from the Caribbean

Development Bank. $ 133,186 has b een spent to da t e and it is

est ima ted that the works should be completed by May of 1980

Health : The Ministry of Health h a s done an excellent

job in prevention of epidemics in the disaster area. Personne l

from the Ministry, including Medic a l Officers of Health at the

parish l e v e l a n d WHO p e rsonne l, worked round the clock to ensure

a high l evel of preventive care . The Ministry has prepa red two

projects f o r ep idemi ol ogical surveillance and environmental

control, which h8ve b een submitted for funding to the Swedish

Government and are to be administered by the World He a lth Organiz a ­

tion. The s e programme s r equire expenditure o f approximately

$400,000 . In addition, app roaches hPve b een made to a local

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b auxite compa ny t o fund a l eptospirosis surveillance programme

a t a cost o f a bout ~150,000. The Ministry was fortunate to

r e ceive donati ons in c a sh a s we ll a s in~uipment and materials.

A list of the s e is a ttache d at Appendix V. These materials and

don a tions we r e us e d to i mple ment the immediate disease control

programme , which wn s critica lly n e c e ssary immediately after the

flood. The three progr amme s identified above will, hopefully,

b egin shortly, and will en able the Ministry to maintain their

high standard of prev entive work in the disaster area. A site . .

for one n e w h ealth clinic h a s b een identified in New Market and

construction of this should b e starte d early in the new year.·

Housing : The Housing Ta sk Force, after its initia l

inve stigations, r e c ommen de d aga inst t emporary housing and

prep a r e d a progr a mme f or mobilizing the majority of the housing

r e quired within six months . The programme called for the

construction o f 58? n ew h ous e s, 300 of which are for indigents.

The units f o r indigents a r e . pre f a brica t e d by the Ministry of

Housing and e r e cte d by the Loc a l Authorities, under the guidanc e

of th~ Ministry o f Loc a l Gov~rnment. The units for sale are

she ll hous e s which n r e a v a ilabl e in wood or cement in two size s,

24x10 and 20x10. An e xp erimenta l unit made of aluminium h 2 s·

b een built by Alpro j a m in c ombina tion with the Urban Development

·Corporati on. This unit is n ow l oc a t e d at Truro Pen, Westmore l and,

and is b e ing t e sted in t e rms o f a cceptability and marketability.

The mobilizing o f ma t e ri a ls has been a major proble m

in this prog r amme . The Ta sk Forc e h a s received valued assista nc e

fr om Me ssrs. Ted ~armington a nd Pe t e r Mo ss-Solomon, in orga nizing

the orde ring and scheduling o f lumb e r. Caribbean Construction

Comp a ny h a s a ssign e d a memb e r of its staff to the Task Forc e on

a part-time b a sis f o r three months t 6 a ssist in monitoring the

distributi on of lumbe r a n d c ement. The a rmy also has given

inva luable a ssista nc e in t m c ollection, storage and transport2-

ti on of c ement.

De spite many probl ems, this amb~tious programme which

is set out a t App endix VI is proc eeding well, with implementa ti on

b e ing underta k en by the Ministry o f Housing, the Ministry of

Local Gov e rnm en t , t h e Locn l Au t h ority, Su g3r Industry Housing

Limite d, the Nnt i on n l Hnu s.ing Trust nnd the UDC. I would like

h e r e t o p a y tribute t o the Boa rd and staff of the National Housing

Trust which r eacte d i mmedi ate ly ~nd p ositively by 3ssigning

$5 milli on f o r l oans to f l ood suffe r e rs for mortgages for new

h ous e s a nd f o r r ep a irs. Loans a r e a v a ilable to non-contributors

2 s well a s c ontributors t o the Trust, a nd in order to assist

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furth er, mortgage es n r e r e quire d to pay only 10% of income

for the first y en r o f the l oan. In addition, the Trust has

r e lnxed the requirement t o Rllocate by random selection in

this particular case . Credit must also be given to Mutual

Life, which made avail able a loa n of ~~250,000 for the housing

programme. I a lso wish t o p0y specia l tribute to Alcan Jama ica

Limite d, which h a s indica ted its willingness to allocate grnnt

funds to a ma ximum of 1 356,000 for housing for indigents on

the basis o f agr eed crite ri a .

Agriculture : The loss to the agricultural · sector·

wa s estimate d a t $16.0 milli on. This includes loss of crons,.

live stock and f a rming infrastructure. The cost of rehabilita­

ti on and r e construction in the short and medium terms is set

a t $8.2 milli on a nd the long t e rm .$7. 6 million. Fundints for

the agricultura l s ecto r ·to d nt e h~s b e en organized from grant

a nd loan progra mme s. Grants of npproximately $4.3 million and

l oan of ~p11.5 milli on ha v e b een identified to finance the effort

of reconstructi on.

The grant funde d e lements c a me from international

instituti ons nnd a numb e r 0f fri endly countries, whi~e the l o2n

programme c onstitute d, in the ma in, a re-organizing of prioritie s

within our own r e s ourc e s.

The ma in thrust a ft e r the disaster was to quickly put

b a ck e conomic life into agriculture and this took the for~ of .

l and prepara tion, the e stablishment o f crops, the distribution

o f livestock f eed, f e rtilize rs, chemic nls, medication, farm tools

a nd planting mn t e ri ols. The a b ov e e ffort affected approximately

10,000 farm e rs c ov e ring a b out 15,000 ncre s of land. ·

Apart from the dire ct r e h 2bilitation programmes, the

Ministry of Agriculture h a s a lso c onc entrated on special programme s

d e sign e d t o improve utilizntion o f r e s ources (e.g. resiting of

f a rms on the b a sis o f a n integr a t e d c ommunity), and to e stablish

n mo r e effici ent o r ganiza ti on a l fram ework. In other words, the

objec.ti ve sought wa s n o t s o much r e cnnstruction, properly speaking ,

but the r e -deployment o f Pctiviti e s on more efficeint b a ses. In

this r e ga rd, the acc 8l~rati on of the First Rural Development

Pro j cc t, th e Self Sunro rti n~ Fnrmc r s D ·vc l opment Procramm~ nnd

o the r structure p r o g r a mmes in agriculture was re-mobilized. In

a ddition, the UNDP sp ecia l pro j ect o f $1.78 million came on

stre am as a new progra mme t o c ons olida t e the re-construction

e fforts. The U.N. bas, as is well kn0wn, assisted us in many

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~rens in the r e li e f progr2mme . In the reconstruction programme,

th u grant of ~1.78 million so gene rously approved by the 34th

Se ssion, is being used to implement 8n integrated rural develop­

ment project at Chigwell. It is an exciting project and one

which will set guidelines for future projects of this kind.

/;mt::mi ties And Facilities: Damages to r1inistry of

Education instRllationswere estimated at $2.4 million. I am

pleased to note here that the USt iD were extremely helpful in

thi s mAtter, and quickly ag r eed to r~allocate $~ .4 million for

r epa irs in the disaster area . The remainder of funds r equired

is being provided through the budget. Simila rly, funds for the Ministry of Youth 2nd Sports, Natur a l Resources Conservation Dep a rtment and Post and Telegraphs a r e being funded through the

Supplementary Budget to the tune of $676,000.

The Task Force is, of course, not a pe rmanent body.

It is expected· tha t by March of next year, it will have fulfilled its function, and will acco rdingly be phased out, except for the CDB programme in which it is named as having a specific respon­sibility.

MFA File No. 155/04

P. J. Patterson Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affa irs

11tb DeceQber, 1979.

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AP ~END IX I

REHABILITATIOI\J AI'.JD RECONSTRUCTION TASK FORCE

Agency for .::>ubl ic Information

Jamaica Development Bank

Ministry of Agr-iculture and the following Agencies ·Jamaica Agricultural Society

,\Jattonal Sugar Company

Su'Sar Industry Authority Sugar Industry Housing

Ministry of E~Jucation

Ministry of Finance and the following Divisions and Agencies Development Division

Land Valuation Division Netional Planning Agency :·--Jegril Area Land Authority Projects Analysis and Monitoring Company Town Planning Department

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Housing

'Ministry of Industry '31 Commerce and the following Department 31 Agencies SEOCO Jamaica Nutrition Holdings State Trading Corporation

Trade Administrator's Department

Ministry of Local Government and the following Agencies Hanover Parish Council St. Elizabeth ~arish Council St. James Parish Council Westmoreland Parish Council N~tional Vvater Authority

Ministry of Mining~ Natura l Resources and following Divisions & Agency Geological Survey Division Natural Resources Conservation Authority Vvater R e sources Division Metereological Office

Ministry of National Security And the following Department

Jamaica Defence Force

Ministry of Pensions and Social Security and the Emergency Rcl i e f Committee

Mini s try of Public Util iti cs .:md the following Agencies

JC1maic<:'l R<lilway Corporotion Jamaica T e lephone ComDa ny Jrmnica Public Service Comoany

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Ministry of R egione1 l ~. P:;rl i :::J m entary Affa~rs and the .fotlowirg Agancy United Sugar Worke rs Co- ope r Btive

Ministry of Wo rl-<s f\/ \inist r·y of Youth ?x Sports r nd the f ollowing Agency Soci Al D e v e lop:llent Commiss ion

?rime Ministe r ' s O f fice .::- n d the following A gency N a tional Hou sing Trust

Urbc n D c v e lo;>ment C orpot·e> tion Pe rsonne l

.'v \ini s try o f' F oreign Aff;:~ i r s

C ouncil o f Volunt:'l t~y Soc i 2l Sc~ rvices

-.J a maicG Counc il o f Chl . .H~ches

t-:>rive t e S ector Org~ni zation of -..! Drn <3 ica

Pr'ofe ssion2l S oci -=::: ti e s Associ c tion of -..! <.! m o. ica

APPmJDIX II

FLOOD REHABILITA'l'ION AND RECONS'rRUCTI0!-1

A CO::.' I 01'1 TENI[S

FLANNING: Mrs. ~lossom Samuels , Town Planning Depart ­ment, Chairman

Other representatives of Town Planning Agency

Repr0.sentativ0s of National Plannina Agency Water Resourc e s Division l1etereologi.cal Off icc Geology & HinQs

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Ministry of Housinq -Sites and F::erviccs ·

Urban DGvelopment Corpora ... tion

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Identify areas safe .for rebnilding a nd preparP. a comprehe nsive cto.velopment plan for the disaster areas.

ROJ\.DS . & DRJ\INS Mr. Bunny Kirkpatrick, r1inistry of t•Jorks, Chairman

Other·rcpresentatives of Miistry of Works R8pres e nta tives of the Ministry of Lo~al

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Local Authorities Urban Deve lopmont. Cor­

poration National Plannina Agency Ministry of Fore ign

1\ffairs

PurposE!: Cl nar a ll roads wherever possible.

Sp.:;cial Team for CDB Loan~

Identify medium and long-term · construction necessary to maintain onrl/or es tablish a rationa l r ond nehmrk in the dis;1stc~r areas .

~rs. Gloria Kniqht, Urban Development Cor-. poration, Chairman

Other representatives of the Urbnn Develop­ment Corporation

Rcprcscntutivc~ s of the Hinistry of TJorb.; " 11 Ministry of Local Gove rn-

mc nt. II '' National Planning .Tirrcnc y " " ·,Jamaica P.ailway Corporation 11 11 National Wate r Authority

The Mayor ) The Sccrot~ry )Parishe s of St. Eliznbath, The Superint0ndo.nt)Westmoreland, Hnnovcr and

) St. .James .

Purpose ~ To act as a directorate of th0 Task Force to monitor COB funded projects in the work be ing implemented by Local Authorities, Ja~aica RAilway Corporation & ThG National Wate r 1\.uthority.

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HOUSING:

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Cllr. Vin Hemming, National water Authority, Chc.irman

Re presentatives of the Ministry of Local Government

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" Ministry of Fore ign ~ £fairs National Planning A9ency

Purpose: Unde rtake irnrrh~diate repairs to all wata r systc~ms and identify P.lCdium ~nrl long-term construction nccc ss~ry to provide a suitab l e water syste~ in the di~aster are as.

!'>1r . Rob•:!rt Steph ·.~ns/ Mr. De nnis ~·?ong, National Honsing Trust r

Ch.:l.irrnan Representative s Rn~ Consultants of the

Suaar Industry Bousin0 R(~presentative s of the Ministry of Housing

11 " t·~ inistry of Local GovE~ rnr"h<nt

Pur-pose :

" " Local 7mthoritics " II ninistry of For8ign l\.f fa irs 11

' ' Nation,:tl Planning l\gcncy " " Town Planning D·:JpartMent " " Urban De vc lopP.lent Corpo,rat ion

~o assess housing damages 8nd loss and to determine nee ds in r e spe ct of new units and repairs t~ existing units"

Hon. De smond Lc 'l.ky~ Hinistry of 1\gricultur c , Choirmn.n

Other r~prescntative s of the Ministry of l\gric1..1lture

Representatives of the ~linistry of Foreign 1\ffairs

" " National Planning .Acency ,, 11 Urban Development Corporation

Purpose ~ To assess the nature, and costs of flood damage and identify the means for rehabilitation.

HEALTH : Action Team operating a s part of Emerqe ncy Relief Op~rations.

PUBLIC UTILITIES: nction by Jamaica Public Service Company . J,'1maica TG l e phono Company and th.-::. ,Jamu.icn. Railway Corporation ~e ll underway - no n0e d for team.

l\HENITIES I\ND FACILITIES : No need for team.

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Source

Aust ralia

UNIC EF

US AID

Connecticut Group thru' Jamaica Consulat e

Alcoa

Central Soya

Jamaica Livestock Assn.

Thermo P l asti cs Ltd. and Kingston Industrial Works

Citibank

Ka i ser

ltlpa rt

Reyno l ds

I.C.D.

0. 1\.S .

Dutch

Australian C. A.D.E.C. I.D.B. E.E.C. Shell Co.

Reynolds Jamaic e Mines Trinidad

Kaiser Chemicals Savannah

ASS ISTANC £ RECEIVED - FOREIGN AND LUCAL

Re c e iv e d

72 tons livest ock feed

Drugs, utencils, first ·aid kits etc .

Building materials, food

Lante rn s , nails, pipe fittings

Bui l d ing materials, food

Animal feeds

Day old chicks·

Materials

Bui l ding materials

Prefab aluminium for health clinic

Building supplies , spare parts

1,100 ft. 4 1 8" armco culvert

r·1aterial s

Materials (housing)

50 tons fertilizer Hc:ty, forks, etc.

325 tons mixed f ertilizer

13,000 tons fertilizer

APP ENDIX 111

Value

$ 26,000

$ 78,750

$ 350,000

$ 2,704

$ 21,887

$ 5,000

$ 100,000

$0.36 million

$0.05 million $0.03 million $0.18 million $0.32 milli on

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APPEND IX IV PROJECT FINANCING

LST L\~A TI:Il NJ: :-GO\ 1: .. iT ~.!!:. "'T r-:o:'l--GO\ 'ER. \."\li:NI' ~-GOVERNMENI' 6J!XiEI' SUPPLEMENI'ARY G\'I'EIJORY 0,\'.!AGE JlN)JNJ 1\J 'P~NID FUJ\TII!-G IN Plu::FSS REALLCCATID HEAU..CX:ATI Cl>l BULGEr

I.. KlAOO & DRAINS

(a) MJ.nistry of Works 13.650 10.2 (EEC . 890 ( I.AOO) .. 780 1.78 (Fed. Rep. ot (Ger=.ny

(b) Ministry of Local Govt . 13.4001 6.7 (CTil)

II. WAT'ill SUPPLY

(a) National Water Authority 2.429 2.4.29 (em) (b) Ministry of I..oc;aJ. Govt. 1.0 .355 (UNia:F ) .827

III.. ruBLIC UTILITIES

(a) Jru'mica Public Service 2.2 2 . 2 (World ~ & ( lAm

(b) Jannica Te lvpho ne Co . .030 .030

(c) J'!f!Riea Railway Corp . 1.33i 1.331 (CDB)

IV. HEAL1H

Mater' .cal:; & £;·u.lj .. f!ICD t . 915 1.334 (Contrihutio ns nr; nt App. V.)

EnviTonr-cntal Heal tb & . 558 ( .4.18 81.-o-d..isb Govt . Ep i daniolc>bical Survey ( .. 150 Kais er B:rux:i.te Projects

Building Repairs .250 .250

NE.">~ Buildi.ngs .. 250 .. 250 (World Bank)

V. I:ruSJ:NJ

Indigent 1.0 .. 355 Alcan Ja. Co . . 250 .250 Public

Contributions

Ministry of l:!ousing 1..7 1..7 Ioirastructure

Fa.nn BouSing 2.0221

1..7 (World Bank)

Other Housing 5 .. 0 5.0 Nat. lhusing Trust

VI. AGRlaJL'l1JRE 1.8 .. 91 (1.. 7 UNDP i.7 EEC 4.7 3.9 2 .9 ( . 9 D::mors listed ·

at App .

VII. A\l:ENITIES & FACILITIES

(a) Ministry of E(l.ucation 2.489 . 526 t.JN:ES:D 1..4 USAID .563

(b) Ministry of Youth & .057 .057 Sports

(c) Natural Resource .524 : .524 ..

Conservation Dept .

(d) FI:Jst & Telegraphs .095 .095

' 67.81 20.00 13 . 35 11 .967 4.71 8.119

1. Gap to be funded in 1980/81 ~ $10 million .

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APPENDIX V

LIST OF MATERfALS- HEALTH

SOURCE

A y c rst Liberctlon th,~u' St. Paul's Church

British Government

British R e d Cross

H n iti

U~'\.JICEF

U$SR

USAfD

Inter A lliance

Trading Corp.

Finland

Swe de n

EEC

Be; l gi.um

N2tional Union of Hospitc l :>nd H G2lth C C' r c Employe.:;s

ITEM

Vitamin Tr:>bl ets

Drugs

Alf'l zone Tabl e ts

Drugs

Drugs, Surgical Instruments e tc

C'· UA NT ITY APPROX, COST

20,000

J$47, 6lC

5 37 S.W Frs $7, 128

not available

J$30, 867.05

Medic lnes Sw Frs $200.00

MGdlcCl.l Supplies Sw Frs $1, OOG, 000

Medicines J$tol, 720

Chlorine lO drums

First Aid Kits 40 J.$1, 400

First Aid Kits 60 J$2, too

Livestock M ec'ication J$90,000

IV\elathion, Di 2 z:inon - 6 d rums Chemic.:::l s - 3 drums J$17' 500

V nccine

"

·-

Type of Programme

NE\'l UNITS Indigent

Build on own Land

HOUSING SCHEM.~S Shrewsbury __ _ Truro Pen Bluefields Newmarket

Leamington

Chigwell

Total New Units REPAIRS

Indigent

Loans

Tote.l repairs .

Estic:1ated Number Required

300

50

66 51 17 50

18

30

582

500 .

100

6oo

APPENDIX VI · ._~

FLOOD DAMAGE ·- HOUSING PROGRAMME

Amount completed to date

30

26 39 7

102

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Amount in process

58

50

40 12 10

170.

70

-70

Estimated completion date

End of February

Comments ·

This programme was delayed in starting because lumber was not available. When the lumber arrived in August, it had to be treated. Construction was therefore started in October.

End of February This project has been delcyed by diffi­culties experienced by the applicant~ in providing evidence of land ownership.

f.nd of December First week of DE:cember First week of December End of March This project was delayed because of dif­

ficulties in securing and purchasing land. This problem has now been solved and the project is with the Local : uthority for e.pproval.

Mid February This project was delayed because of dif­ficulties in securing land. This problem is now solved and the project is with NHT and the Local Authority for approval.

End of March This is part of the F.N. ~1 million project and approval is awaiting agree~ent of project co-ordinator

End of February

End of March

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This programme was delayed by non-availabili" ~ of treated lumber. This programme has been delayed by difficul­ties in establishing security for loans.