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Committee forwards $180,000 capital project to restore North Ottawa Dunes
Summary
The Planning & Policy Committee voted to forward a $180,000 capital improvement project to the Board of Commissioners to fund ecological restoration at North Ottawa Dunes after documented damage from emergency dewatering tied to 2020–2021 flooding.
The Ottawa County Planning & Policy Committee voted to forward a $180,000 capital improvement project to the Board of Commissioners to fund restoration and ecological improvements at North Ottawa Dunes.
Speaker 2 moved to create the project and forward it to the board; the motion was seconded and approved. Committee discussion identified the work as a response to damage linked to Holiday Hills flooding and prior emergency dewatering.
Jason, a parks staff presenter, said the funding is already secured. “We received funding from the drain district as well as the insurance authority,” he said, and described emergency dewatering work in 2020 and 2021 that was authorized under an emergency license and later documented as causing ecological impacts.
Commissioners asked why the request is coming now; Jason said staff spent two years assessing ecological impacts, working with the drain district and filing an insurance claim before converting the repairs into a capital project.
A roll-call vote recorded Tibbles, Miedema, Dortzema and Berry as voting yes; the motion passed and the project will be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for final action.
The committee did not identify a project timeline in the discussion; further implementation details and scheduling will be set when the Board of Commissioners considers the project.
