Survey of Flooding Damage

The Woodstock Advocate is initiating a survey of property losses in Woodstock as a result of the rainfall on August 6-7, 2007.

Why are we doing this?

The Woodstock City Council is uninformed as to the TOTAL losses incurred by residents as a result of the August 6-7 rainfall. Until it knows the total losses AND the reasons for these losses, it cannot move forward on a decision to spend money for any liability associated with these losses and to incur expense to avoid similar problems in the future.

The City of Woodstock refused my request to address the total losses by residents. Beginning two weeks after the flooding, I asked the City Council to send a letter to all residents, asking about damage and loss.

I believe the number of damaged properties was far under-reported in the Baxter & Woodman engineering report. Only “known” addresses were reported. Because the City so quickly announced that it had no liability for losses, I believe many who suffered losses did not report their damage to the City.

Pick up a survey from one of The Woodstock Advocate news boxes of in front of Read Between the Lynes Bookstore and Angelo’s. Photocopy it for your neighbors and friends who suffered losses. Fill it out, photocopy it and see that the City Manager, Tim Clifton, receives it. If no surveys are in the boxes, email me at Gus@WoodstockAdvocate.com and I’ll email one to you as a Word attachment.

And let me know that you have submitted it.

And show up at City Council meetings and voice your opinions. This is NOT old news. As of the October 2 City Council meeting, this rain and its flooding are only two months past. Keep this on the front burner…