Politics & Government
Hearings Set For Draft Report On Flood Mitigation In Ross Valley
The public is encouraged to review the draft report during the 45-day public comment period, which runs through Nov. 27.
MARIN COUNTY, CA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed its draft environmental impact report on the Corte Madera Creek Flood Risk Management Project.
The report presents five potential flood mitigation project alternatives that address flooding in Ross Valley.
The alternatives are intended to improve public safety and protect residential and business properties along Corte Madera Creek in Ross and Kentfield.
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A 45-day public comment period on the report ends Nov. 27. Copies of the report are available in the Fairfax, Larkspur, Ross and San Rafael libraries.
The Corte Madera Creek Flood Risk Management Project addresses a different flood risk area in Ross and Kentfield that requires a separate and distinct flood mitigation plan than the recently certified San Anselmo Flood Risk Reduction Report.
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Ross Valley has experienced significant flooding for decades.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Marin County Flood Control District have been working with the Town of Ross and its community since 2016 on a flood mitigation strategy that will complete an unfinished
portion of a previous project the Army Corps of Engineers built in Ross Valley in the 1970s.
The Army Corps of Engineers has been working on the draft environmental statement and impact report for two years.
Community meetings on the report are scheduled at Ross Town Hall on Oct. 23 for Ross residents, Oct. 24 for Ross commercial businesses and Oct. 25 for Kentfield and unincorporated Marin County.
A public meeting for those in the broader Ross Valley Watershed will be scheduled in November but it is open to all residents.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the report at its meeting on Nov. 13.
A final environmental impact statement and report is expected to be ready for certification and a potential recommendation in September 2019.
By Bay City News Service
Photo: This fish ladder in the concrete channel may be removed as part of the potential Corte Madera Creek flood control project. Photo via County of Marin
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