" Behrens St. Bridge area, Old Town District between Main Street and Jefferson, Eggleston St., Vallejo St., Napa and Yount Streets and original downtown. Forget the Oxbow area for now; this is a new development which serves a very small % of Napa's population or need. Take care of those properties which have been established the longest, which have an extensive role in Napa's history and which have supplied the coffers of the City with plenty of tax revenue as a result of gentrification in the area which resulted in higher; much higher, home values. "

" Until and when there is a realistic flood control plan, insure the Army Corps of Engineers dredges the river each and every year until the river is deeper or wider. "

" No way, they should do it in the order that makes sense from a financial and engineering standpoint, as originally planned. I feel for those who live in Napa Creek's flood zone, but I feel for those who live in the rest of the flood zone as well. No one knows for sure whether they got flooded worse the last few times due to development as they claim, or due to where the rain fell and other uncontrollable factors. Or actually if it is even true that they got flooded worse. In any case, the way you build a flood project has to be done in logical steps or you cause more flooding along the way for some people. Also, costs are a huge factor, and if they jump ahead and do Napa Creek out of order that will run the cost up considerably in a project that is already extremely expensive and underfunded. "

" Fortunately, the Army Corp of Engineers studied the effects of moving Napa Creek out of sequence and determined there are NO hydraulic (engineering) reasons not to do so as all necessary downstream work on the River has been completed. The Corp and Flood District have never stated that working on the Creek out of sequence will increase the cost of the Flood Project. The 413 residences and 125 businesses affected by Napa Creek flooding have never claimed that their flooding in 2005 was worse than the River flooding. They only argue that the Creek floods nearly every other year while the River floods every 7 to 10 years. The City is burdened with financially recovering from Creek floods nearly ever other year. That is why the City Council and Flood Board agreed to move Napa Creek up in the schedule(River work will continue until at least 2013, then Napa Creek will begin). Prior to 1986, floods on Napa Creek were few. It is a well established fact that development in any watershed increases the amount of storm water reaching the creek. This is known by City, County, State and Federal govts and is why the State now requires that most new development detain this additional storm water and release it slowly to match predevelopment levels. But these regulations were not implemented by the City until a few years ago after the majority of development in the Napa Creek watershed had been completed. That is why flooding has increased in frequency on the Creek and on many other waterways in Napa. We've always wanted a win-win situation that is equitable to all. We have written supporting letters for grants that would fund Napa Creek independently of the Project and lobbied DC for funds. "

" yes I am a river rat{live on the river} I am always in my boat in the wharf or downtown. There is a lot of debris that needs to be cleaned up to make that river flow smoother. for instance the other day in the oxbow I hit a tree that was stretched across the whole river{ a big tree probably 10 feet at least}. I havent seen a dredger up there for a while? "

" Obviously The Napa Creek / Behrens St. project should be first and foremost above any further work ANYWHERE else. The Veteran's park, Hatt Building Flood wall, Oxbow Market and The Copia areas (All for the Almighty Tourists) should NEVER have been given precedence over the Residents and Business's in the Napa Creek/Downtown area. Of course all the New Hotels,(New & Pending) Restaurants and wine shops are in no danger of flooding. Let's see how much higher the water comes in our Buildinss this next time with all the New Raised Obstructions approved and built. Last flood was the worst in The Napa Creek area since 1986.... Coincidence?? "