DEAR EDITOR:
In 1994 after moving from Sunnyvale to Morgan Hill, my family
and I experienced our first flood.
DEAR EDITOR:
In 1994 after moving from Sunnyvale to Morgan Hill, my family and I experienced our first flood. I wrote letters to the City Council and was told it was a 100-year rainfall and it should not occur again. Every year since then, the 100-year rainfall to one degree or another seems to reappear.
It came once again on Monday, Dec. 16,. My truck parked at the curb is nearly under water as I write. The estimated water outside my front door is over three feet. One cannot safely walk or drive out and no one can safely drive in. All we can do is wait and watch the water rise.
I would understand it if I was near a creek or stream, or in a designated flood zone but I live in a medium-density subdivision of track homes in Morgan Hill where this should not occur. Our property and our lives should not be at risk. We are building a community center, aquatic center, recreation center, sports complex, library and alike but what we should also be doing is insuring the health and well being this community. Though those projects are important, they are secondary to protecting lives and property.
Though my daughter and I were able to take our canoe out (we have pictures) and enjoy our new lake front property to the delight of our neighbors, this should not occur. There are those less fortunate such as those along La Jolla, La Mar, Via Largo and Via Navorna. Some of these neighbors can be seen pumping water from their homes. I am sure there are others. Unfortunately, the retention pond in the area, which is engineered to lessen the impact, appears to have survived unscathed (Now there’s a policy that needs further review).
At this time I call upon each and every elected and appointed official to finally resolve the flooding issue to seek out legislators, federal agencies and others and to secure the appropriate funding so that the 100-year flood really occurs once every 100 years.
It is really time to settle the issue before further loses occur and families are harmed.
Mark Grzan, Morgan Hill
Submitted Friday, Dec. 20
