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Oswego resident proposes $100-per-foot riverfront easement fund, cites 1996 flood risk
Summary
John Gordemas urged the commission to consider purchasing riverfront easements to protect floodplain and public access, citing the 1996 flood and estimating a $100-per-foot purchase model (an estimated $528,000 total). He asked how to move the idea into park/conservation planning and raised soil and detention-basin concerns.
John Gordemas of Oswego told the commission he had taken a related idea to the village board and urged officials to consider a riverfront-easement program to protect floodplain land and create a walking/bike path and water-feature amenities. “I\'m proposing a $100 per riverfront foot along the way,” Gordemas said, offering that formula as a starting point for budgeting and noting it could be…
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