Marin supervisors approve county’s storm disaster declaration
A series of severe storms packing wind-driven rain caused power outages, flooding, road closures and landslides. On Thursday, a mudslide carried a
"Declaring a state of emergency allows us to expedite repairs on the impacts of the storm damage as well as to seek state and federal reimbursements," County Administrator
Supervisors unanimously approved the resolution and requested
Hymel said he hoped to have an initial estimate of the cost of the storm's damage by mid-week.
After a similarly damaging storm in the winter of 2016-17, the
"This reimbursement was for rental of pumps, sandbags, and tree and fence damage only,"
The levee breach near
"The flooding of these lands ultimately contributed to the flooding of
Even though it wasn't the county's levee that failed, Marin public works stepped in to assist by building sandbag walls on both sides of the breach to hold back
"You guys did a great job," Supervisor
Hymel said, "Our fix was an instrumental first step, but it wasn't the conclusion of the work that needs to be done to reopen
Klock said
"What they're doing should be a more permanent fix," Klock said. "It should really help."
"The report I heard was the water level in the downtown area was right at the lip of the creek," Long said. "We shouldn't have to depend on a levee breach that floods a highway and the surrounding fields to deal with our flooding problems."
In addition to this issue, Long said,
"Unfortunately, the voters did not support a tax measure to raise those funds," Long said.
In the
Speaking during public open time at Tuesday's special meeting, former Marin County Counsel
Woodside said geologic hazards in this context are broadly construed to include landslides and flooding. He said such districts have the advantage of focusing money raised by the district on one issue, thus easing the concerns of some taxpayers that the money might be ill spent.
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