CONTENT PAID FOR BY UPPER BRUSHY CREEK WCID
ANNUAL UPDATE FROM THE DISTRICT
DIRECTORS
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS The District will start construction on a new dam (Dam 101) in May of this year. This project will be the largest undertaking since the original dams were built in the late 1950s and 1960s. This dam will mitigate the most flood risk of the three identified projects to address flooding in the Lake Creek watershed. While some of our dams are eventually absorbed into public parks, this dam is located on private property. To find out more about the new dam, please visit our website at www.ubcdams.org/Dam-101 . Estimated completion is Winter of 2025. The rehabilitation at Dam 22 at CR 139 is substantially complete, revegetation is currently in process. This project included draining the existing lake to allow for the reconstruction of the dam and primary spillway conduit. The completed rehabilitation project at Dam 15 at Paloma Lake repaired wind erosion and added armor to minimize future erosion. Lake levels returned to normal with seasonal rains. Rehabilitation at Dam 14 at Meadow Lake has been divided into two phases. Phase 1 will address cracking on the backside of the dam. Estimated completion is Winter of 2023. Phase 2 will protect the auxiliary spillway and the dam from excessive erosion during extreme storms.
CASEY CLAWSON Place 1
ED ORLIN Place 2
2ND BOND ISSUANCE $31+ MILLION FUTURE CAPACITY
WE ARE HERE
1ST BOND ISSUANCE
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$51+ MILLION MOSTLY ALLOCATED
#2
Voters approved bond funding in November 2020 allowing the District to develop and complete projects more quickly (and cost-effectively) than cash funding. The District received extremely competitive bids for its first bond issuance securing an interest rate of 2.89% for the initial $51+ million dollars of bonds which allowed the Board of Directors to lower the tax rate to .0175 per $100 of valuation.
GREG BRILL Place 3
Dam
@CR 139 Rehabilitation
Dam
@CR 137 Study
Dam
@Spanish Oak Creek Rehabilitation
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22 14 101
21 19 15
8 9
Dam
@Meadow Lake Rehabilitation Ph. 1 New Construction
Dam
@Forest Creek Study @Paloma Lake Rehabilitation
Dam
@Ganzert Lake Rehabilitation @Smith Lake Rehabilitation
JEREMIAH D. WILLIAMS Place 4
Dam
Dam
Dam
LYLE GRIMES Place 5
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