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The Levee Board met today. Video posted below of the entire meeting. Nothing exciting. Just updates on dealings with the Corps and the federal government. Dallas Quinn of the Pearl River Vision Foundation introduced the board members of the newly-created foundation. The Northside Sun recently reported:


"The revised plan, called the One Lake Plan, is a scaled down version of McGowan’s original Two Lakes Plan, but would still incorporate shoreline development and create a stable lake for recreational purposes. More importantly, it would reduce flooding by the river by 96 percent in a 100 year flood, which has a one percent chance of occurring each year.

At its April 11 meeting, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District (levee board) voted unanimously on a resolution adopting the One Lake Plan as the board’s preferred local plan, and bringing on McGowan and the Pearl River Vision Foundation (PRV) to negotiate terms for evaluating the proposal with the corps.

What’s more, the foundation has agreed to enter into talks with the federal regulatory agency at no cost to taxpayers. “We hope that if we can come in there with a different group and a plan that’s more environmentally friendly, we’ll have some success,” McGowan said.