Woodland Flood Control > Rexroad.com

Tuesday was an important day for Woodland in the drive for a flood control solution.

I don't need to detail the painful history of the attempts to provide flood control. It would just be fair to say that the City of Woodland and several individuals (including me) have pretty much spent all our poltiical capital on the flood control issue. We were back at square one until Tuesday.

The Executive Director of the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is Tim O'Halloran. He has the confidence of most opion leaders in the region. More importantly, he has the knowledge and skill to help guide this process.

Two weeks ago the City of Woodland and the Flood Control District each committed to $100,000 a year for two years to have someone focused on finding a flood control solution for Woodland. Having a well-trained person wake up every day lookign or a flood control solution for Woodland is what we have needed for a long time.

The County added $200,000 on Tuesday. This means that $600,000 is directed at finding a solution to this major problem.

Tim and his organization are the right people to guide this process. First of all, they are in control of much of the water from the time it leaves Clear Lake. Second, since the solution probably will involve a sum of the parts effort -- they are well situated to deal with the "up creek" issues. Finally, the district has done a great job with administering their programs over the years and have solid good-will in the community.

The reason Tuesday was important is that the County finally did more than hold a listening session on the issue. They commited to $200,000 worth of effort to finding a solution. I'm thankful that all four of my new colleagues supported this effort. Tuesday was a big day for Woodland.

It is absolutely true that we are not too far away from where we started on square one. However, for the first time since I can remember, we seem to have everyone acknowledging that we have a problem and willing to spend resources on solving it. Amen.

Comments

By YoloCalVet @ Friday, March 23, 2007 12:41 PM

Tim & Co. are just the folks to get the job done. This is what we should expect from our local government....solutions and not lip service. Kudos to you and all involved. Hopefully. FEMA will have to look elsewhere to rake in flood insurance premiums to pay for Louisiana & Florida's annual disasters...don't they wish they had a "Can-Do" crew like us?

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