Sacramento, CA (1888PressRelease)
June 07, 2007 - The Sacramento Metro Chamber endorses the West Sacramento Flood Control assessment district election currently being conducted by mail ballot.
The Metro Chamber’s board voted to support the assessment, which will raise $84 million to help pay for levee improvements to achieve 100-year flood protection.
“The efforts in West Sacramento for flood control are critical to the citizens and the business owners alike,” said Matt Mahood, Metro Chamber president & CEO. “The Metro Chamber worked hard to pass the recent successful SAFCA flood protection assessment election in Sacramento. We hope that its overwhelming passage by voters will energize residents in West Sacramento to approve their assessment.”
Approximately $400 million is needed to pay for levee repairs in West Sacramento, with an approximately 79 percent federal and state match that will help pay for the entire project. Ballots were mailed in May and are due back by July 10, with results announced on July 16. A simple majority of property owners is needed for the ballot measure to win. More than 12,000 properties are in the proposed district.
“One of the other important reasons the Metro Chamber endorses the flood protection assessment for West Sacramento is that the city is part of the Capital Region Core strategy to improve the riverfront and downtown districts,” Mahood said. “A strong regional core reaps many dividends for outlying areas. It needs protection and improvement to provide business and recreational resources for residents and visitors.”
Flood protection is the Metro Chamber’s ongoing top public policy priority. The topic will be one of the issues that Metro Chamber members bring on June 20 to State Advocacy Day at the Capitol, when they will have private meetings with the region’s elected state officials on appropriations of Proposition 1E flood protection bond funds, transportation bond funds and other allocations.
Contact Michael Faust, senior vice president of public policy,
at 916-321-9115
or mfaust ( @ ) metrochamber dot org for more information dot
The Sacramento Metro Chamber is the largest chamber in Northern California, encompassing a six-county region, with a membership of nearly 2,500 businesses, which represent more than 190,000 employees.
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