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VIDEO
  Larry Warner Productions captured the Sycamore Park area just after the flood crested early in the morning on Dec. 31, 2005.
Larry Warner's Flood Video

PUBLICATIONS
Marin Countywide Plan:Flooding Technical Background Report March 2002

County of Marin Flood Control Study
1957 Flood Control Zone No. 3.  This study recommends flood mitigation measures and give the history of flooding in Mill Valley and Tamalpais Valley prior to 1957.  This is a large file - 3.2 MB.

Southern Marin Emergency Response Planning Group: Shake'N' Break Emergency Preparedness Newsletter on the History of Flooding in Mill Valley from 1925-2005.

CITY OF MILL VALLEY COMMUNICATION

Mill Valley City Council
The City Council meets on the 1st & 3rd Mondays each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Mill Valley City Hall, 26 Corte Madera Avenue.
www.cityofmillvalley.org/citycouncil-main.html

Mill Valley Preparedness Committee:
P.R.E.P: Personal Responsibility for
Emergency Preparedness Handbook
www.cityofmillvalley.org/boards-emergency.html

Mill Valley Library-C.E.R.T. Program
www.millvalleylibrary.org/mvtown-cert.html


Wayne Bush, P.E., City of Mill Valley Public Works Director/City Engineer

2-17-06 Bush Memo to the City Council RE: Follow up on Flooding Actions
3-27-06 STA Memo to Wayne Bush in response to his 2-17-06 Memo to City Council
3-29-06 Bush Response to STA Memo on 3-19-06

COUNTY OF MARIN

County of Marin Public Works Flood Control and Water Conservation District
This site has links to Real Time Precipitation and Stream Gauges, publishes Creek Rating Tables (Stage - Discharge) and oversees the MCSTOPPP and FEMA Flood Insurance programs in Marin. Note that their Board of Directors meetings are webcast and archived on the site.

www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/pw/main/floodcontrol.cfm

Marin County Emergency Services - Weather - Floods
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/ES/main/EEP/weather/flood.cfm

Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program www.mcstoppp.org


WEB LINKS
National Weather Service
Up-to-the-minute weather information can be found at the: www.noaa.gov

MAPS
Where is the Sycamore Triangle?
Map of the Sycamore Triangle Association area:

Note the red star indicates the location where the Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio creek was dammed by a debris. The floodwaters flowing onto Sycamore Av can be viewed in the Larry Warner Productions movie at approximately 7:49 minutes into the video.

Where was the 2005 Flooding?
Preliminary Map of the Flood Damaged Property in Mill Valley from the County of Marin Storm Recovery Information web site.

City of Mill Valley Creek Ownership Maps
The purple lines indicate the portions of the creeks for which the city is responsible.
Lo-Res     Upper Creek    Lower Creek

C.E.R.T. Division Map
A map of the seven C.E.R.T. Divisions for the City of Mill Valley


IN THE NEWS

7/19/2008
Flood control concept prompts meeting
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_9937572?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com-www.marinij.com

11/11/2007
Board to pursue flood answers for Mill Valley
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_7437514?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com-www.marinij.com

11/3/2007

Flood control officials to discuss maintenance
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_7365154


NEWS ARCHIVE

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4/12/06
Marin flood control study OK'd
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3701972

4/12/06
Relentless rain stokes fears of floods, slides

www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3701976


4/10/06
Lise Stampfli-Torme: Flooding is a regional problem
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3693228

4/09/06
Attorneys take aim at flood losses
www.marinij.com/newyearstorm/ci_3691235

3/28/06
Ross Valley flood effort must succeed
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3647442

3/26/06
The politics of flood prevention
www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3641809

3/24/06
Ross Valley panel seeks solutions to flooding
www.marinij.com/newyearstorm/ci_3635336

2/08/06
City accepts some blame for lack of storm warning
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3487661

2/05/06
Mill Valley Council ready to hear flood complaints
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3478998

2/3/06
Time to turn anger into action
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3471627

1/30/06
Shops try to recover from flood damage
Some stores race to reopen; others close their doors

tinyurl.com/pasj2

1/29/06
Dick Spotswood: All talk, but no remedies to prevent disasters
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3450220

1/29/06
Kentfield flood victims slam officials
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3450261

1/29/06
Hal Brown: Flooding solution takes resolve
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3450221


1/26/06
Joan Lundstrom: Flooding solution is long overdue
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3439213

1/25/06
Serious questions about the floods
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3435782

1/21/06
Left out to dry:  Mill Valley pressed to provide answers
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3424763

1/15/06
Inaction made Marin flood damage inevitable
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3405333

1/15/06
It's time to break flooding stalemate
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3405337


1/13/06
Nancy Donnelly Praetzel: Flood-control choices do exist
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3399299

1/11/06
Flood protection measures pay off
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3391727

1/11/06
1200 Marin homes damaged in flood
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3391752

1/8/06
Project proposed in 2000 might have saved Ross
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3383115

1/8/06
Doomed from the first drop
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3383122


1/4/06
Drenched
www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3360283
or
tinyurl.com/p7776


1/1/06
A long wet day in pictures
www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3360884

12/31/05
Extensive flooding in Mill Valley
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3772332

12/31/05
Storm damage extensive throughout Marin