Flood Management
Move the Flood Management Plan from goals to a funded multi-year capital program with public milestones and audit trails.
Zone 7 manages 37 miles of streams and flood channels across the Tri-Valley watershed. Recent atmospheric river events have caused widespread damage to the channel system, with bank erosion and sedimentation driving costly repairs. Climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are increasing flood risk in real time.
Finish the Flood Management Plan
Zone 7 completed Phase 1 of its Flood Management Plan in 2022 and is now developing Phase 2: the means and methods to achieve the goals. The plan will be updated every five years. The next board has to move it from a planning document into a funded, multi-year capital program.
Public milestones, audit trails
Capital projects of this scale need public milestones and audit trails ratepayers can read. Board service is a job, not a title. The board should be able to answer, in plain language, what was promised, what was delivered, and what it cost.
Climate-adaptive design
Update design standards to reflect twenty-first century rainfall patterns. Storm events are becoming less frequent and more intense. Infrastructure designed for a different climate has to be measured against the climate we actually live in.