Monday, April 10, 2006

Flood Mitigation for all of the Sycamore triangle neighborhoods

Yesterday (April 9th, 2006 ) I attended one of the foundational meetings of a new group effort to support the property owners whose homes and businesses reside in the geographic area known by the Mill Valley City Counsil as the Sycamore Triangle, part of the larger County of Marin District #3 Flood Control Zone. Part of the purpose of the group is to learn about the many different government bodies, rules, regulations, issues, and private interest groups (environmental, cultural, etc.) who have a say or want to participate in the management of waterways that bring flood waters to our neighborhoods.

I'm trying to track down official references to the phrase "Sycamore Triangle" to determine if it has official meaning assigned by a study or a tract of land, or if it merely has been coined to represenet the neighborhoods formed by the three intersections: (1) East Blithedale Ave. & Camino ALto Ave., (2) Camino ALto Ave. & Miller Ave. and (3) Miller Ave. & East Blithedale Ave. (via Millwood Ave.). To be truthful Miller Ave. and East Blithedale never actually intersect, they are joined by Throckmorton Ave. in downtown Mill Valley, where after Miller terminates and East Blithedale becomes West Blitedale Ave.

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