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“Flood control projects within a river basin are necessarily interrelated Accordingly it is vitally important that the FCZD body furnish holistic flood control recommendations and plans that work for the entire community”

“We believe that the best option for the urban areas is to work toward levee certification, so that credit is given for the levees in FEMA flood hazard mapping as it continues to evolve over time.”

“Jim Voetberg, P.E., Director, Skagit County Department of Public Works, welcomed the new AC members and challenged them to “be heroes” by recognizing the devastating impact severe floods have on everyday activities, and to work collaboratively on flood management plans most likely to result in meaningful flood damage reduction measures benefiting all County stakeholders.”

Skagit County Public Works Department Public Announcement of upcoming 2nd meeting of the Advisory Committee.

Document put together by consultant “Triangle”, titled Initial Questions Needing Responses in CFHMP Process.

Updating for June 2008 totals.

“If the Salmon is to ever reach their historic levels in the Skagit River we must employ better logging and agricultural practices, curtail urban drainage and pollution, re-create the natural estuaries, increase spawning habitat areas, do a better job of regulating the flows from the dams and severely curtail the placing of nets in the river. I absolutely believe that unless these practices are instituted the Skagit Salmons demise is not only apparent but guaranteed. We will have no one to blame but ourselves.”

This document identifies the examinations, reports, studies, GDM, and other documents written about the Skagit River and was updated with 34 new reports spanning between 4/9/2003 and 2/28/2008. Most of these documents I have copies of and am willing to make available upon request. The original list of Jan. 24 1999 was compiled with Corps of Engineers assistance.

Corps requests "to be a cooperating agency in the preparation of the environmental documentation" of the Baker River Project, Project Number P-2150-033.

“If FERC includes the addition of29,000 acre-feet of storage at Lower Baker Dam as part of the license review for the Baker River Project, this would significantly complicate and delay the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) review for the license.”

“As the letter states, we are deeply concerned about the letters the Corps of Engineers has submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), suggesting that the additional flood control storage at the Lower Baker Reservoir is a mere "place holder" in the new license to be issued to Puget Sound Energy for the Baker River Hydro-Electric Project. . . . The new license, once issued by FERC, will be in place for up to 45 years and we need to ensure that adequate provisions for flood control are included and not delayed by the Corps process for many years, or even decades”.

Seven pages of exhibits showing how the Government of the District of Columbia attempted to cooperate with FEMA.

PSE one-page handout describing their "fish enhancement" efforts.

PSE handout giving basic facts about Lower Baker Dam and surrounding PSE facilities.

PSE handout giving basic facts about Upper Baker Dam and surrounding PSE facilities.

Press Release: "PSE’s new Baker River $50 million fish passage system generating success in first few weeks of operation"

“With more than 200,000 juvenile sockeye already collected, the out-migration is peaking as the second highest total run on record and may be on pace to shatter the existing record” with new PSE fish gulper.

Request to Corps "to work within the framework of the FERC NEPA process to meet its NEPA responsibilities regarding the flood control elements of the settlement agreement" and independent review of the Pacific International Engineering (PIE) hydrology & hydraulics (H&H) model of the Skagit River.

Resolution used to justify emergency fill on Cockreham Island training levee.  See R20080250.

“This document provides a review of Pacific International Engineering's "Skagit River Basin Hydrology Draft Report - Existing Conditions", August 2007, and its Appendices A through J. The review focuses on PIE's development of unregulated flood frequency curves for the Skagit River near Concrete. Limited review is also provided of regulated flood frequency curves and synthetic flood hydrographs for the regulated condition as developed by PIE.”

Interim Review of US Army Corps of Engineers Lower Skagit River Flo-2d Model by nhc

“Skagit County has requested that nhc review the Flo-2D model used in the draft Skagit River Flood Insurance Study (FIS) as one part of its overall review of the study. Concerns with the hydrology portion of the study are being separately addressed and will not be reiterated here. Ultimately, it is the base flood elevations determined from the Flo-2D model that are at issue as these will be used to evaluate development potential and determine flood insurance premiums.”

Skagit County Commissioners decide to remove 600 linear feet from the Cockreham Island training levee.

“I write to follow up on the issue of additional flood storage, raised during the May 29, 2008 Skagit FACT field trip to PSE’s Baker River Hydroelectric Project.”

“This report presents an update of Skagit River hydrology conducted by Pacific International Engineering (PI Engineering) under an Agreement for Engineering Services authorized in June 2007 by the City of Burlington. The information and results of the analyses presented herein are intended for use in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Study (FIS).”

Burlington City Attorney Scott Thomas responds to Will Honea's e-mail by outlaying concerns about obtaining Lake Shannon storage behind Lower Baker Dam and the Corps GI process.  The e-mail has been redacted to remove e-mail addressees and hyperlinks have been added to link to relevant documents.

Packet of information the Skagit County Commission used to approve the activation of the Skagit County Flood Control Zone District.  Updated to have the final, signed resolution.

Opening remarks and "presentation of participant interviews".

Map from June 9, 2008 Skagit County Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee meeting showing possible floodplain management projects for the Skagit River Basin.

An excellent discussion of flood insurance versus flood control from Melissa L. Gaffney, a reporter for The Courier: Voice of the Bayshore of Middletown, New Jersey and the blogger behind SableMinded.

Recollections of Slipper's early childhood & stories of Tarheels.

Witness of Hurricane Katrina and 2007 Centralia Flood aftermath speaks on rebuilding in the floodplain.

New link to FloodSafety.com.

Updated for May 2008 totals.

This document identifies the examinations, reports, studies, GDM, and other documents written about the Skagit River and was updated with 31 new reports spanning between 4/9/2003 and 2/28/2008. Most of these documents I have copies of and am willing to make available upon request. The original list of Jan. 24 1999 was compiled with Corps of Engineers assistance.

A/C announces appointment to Skagit County Flood Control Zone District Steering Committee and publishes his questionnaire regarding the Skagit County Comprehensive Flood Control Management Plan.

Video page updated for both Skagit21 and other meetings.