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Pacific Hopes to Move Forward with Flood-Related Buyouts

The city of Pacific says it wants to move forward with a voluntary buyout program for residents with flood-prone property along the Meramec River.

May 7, 2008, 10:43 AM CDT

PACIFIC, MO — The city of Pacific says it wants to move forward with a voluntary buyout program for residents with flood-prone property along the Meramec River.

The city received 117 responses to a survey asking residents if they want to pursue buyouts through a federal program. Only 11 people said they weren't interested.

But the community outside of St. Louis must cover 25 percent of the program's cost and needs to figure out a way to do that. City officials say they may ask for money from a state "rainy-day fund."

About 200 homes and businesses in Pacific were damaged during river flooding in March.

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