Rebuild Iowa member surveys Clarksville flood damage, Shell Rock meeting

Sen. Rob Hogg was in Clarksville on Wednesday, Sept. 28 to survey the flood damage.
In 2009 and 2010, Hogg chaired the Senate Rebuild Iowa Committee, which he said formed specially to help rebuild and proactively employ lessons from the 2008 floods.
Under Gov. Chet Culver, the Hazard Mitigation (Disaster Prevention) program was set up.
Under Gov. Terry Branstad, its incarnation is the Iowa Flood Mitigation program. He noted it has bipartisan support, including from Democrats such as Sen. Amanda Ragan of Mason City, whose area includes Clarksville, and himself, of Cedar Rapids.
The Iowa Flood Mitigation program has two components, Hogg said: sales tax retention and a grant program that he said was intended to be state-funded but has not been.
Read the full article in the October 6 edition of the Star.
 
 
PHOTO ABOVE:  POINTING OUT FLOODING at Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, on Wednesday, Sept. 28 for Sen. Rob Hogg, at center, and one of his daughters, is City Clerk Larry Betts, at left. In the background, algae blooms on floodwaters from Sportsman’s Park, waters which recently covered this stretch of C33, breaking the temporary sandbag levee. In 2009 and 2010, Hogg chaired the Senate Rebuild Iowa Committee, which formed specially to help rebuild and “do things proactively” with lessons from the 2008 floods. (Clarksville Star photo)