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Kerrville held its first city council meeting Tuesday evening since the devastating Fourth of July floods. The city renewed its disaster declaration and began discussing how the cleanup will work.
The city plans to use 28 acres of soccer fields to pile up tree debris.
"We need a massive amount of space,” said assistant city manager Michael Hornes. “I'm not sure exactly the numbers of debris, but it's in the millions of cubic yards, and it's kind of an unimaginable concept."
Kerr County officials are asking residents to delay cleaning their properties until debris drop-off sites are established. The county will update its Facebook page with site locations.
Kerr County enacted a burn ban earlier this week after debris fires were interfering with search efforts.
The city must also repair a water plant, as well as bridges and sidewalks.
The search operation continues to find all who went missing during the flood.
"I wish to God there was a way we could have warned them,” said Mayor Joe Herring Jr.
