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Corte Madera holds town hall after king-tide floods; town prioritizes Marina Village berm and a preparedness playbook
Summary
At a special Flood Board meeting, town staff reviewed the early-January king-tide flooding, outlined immediate response improvements (sandbag stations, pump operations, debris collection) and identified raising the Marina Village berm as the top near-term capital priority while pursuing state and federal grants.
Corte Madera officials and residents met at a special Flood Board town hall to review severe tidal flooding that struck parts of town in early January and to map next steps for both immediate preparedness and longer-term flood protection. Town Manager Adam Wolf framed the meeting as a community conversation to gather damage reports and to plan short-term operational thresholds alongside multi-year projects.
Chris Good, the town's director of public works, attributed the flooding to a confluence of a predicted king tide (about 7.1 feet) plus low atmospheric pressure, storm surge and strong winds that produced tides roughly 1.5 feet higher than forecasts. He said the closest gauge in Richmond recorded a high tide of about 8.71 feet. Good noted that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's base flood elevation for Corte Madera is 10 feet for a 100-year flood,…
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