Anna Jameson

Town of Hamilton

The Town of Hamilton participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing of mitigation measures is based (and will continue to be based) upon continued participation and compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program. There have been 131 losses collectively reported since 1980 amounting to more than

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2.7 million in flood insurance claims paid for buildings that have a total value (from FEMA data) of

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4.8 million. In 2004 the Town of Hamilton established the Hamilton Public Development Authority (PDA) to develop and implement a permanent flood mitigation solution for Hamilton. The PDA includes representation from the town, Skagit County, tribal government, The Nature Conservancy, and Skagit County Community Action Agency. This inter-organizational collaborative is chartered to facilitate the transition of Hamilton residential and business areas from the floodway. PDA activities include developing town relocation program plans, securing real land for town relocation, managing infrastructure, capital facilities and affordable housing development, promoting the transfer of population from floodway areas in Hamilton and identified areas of Skagit County, and facilitating the restoration of developed riparian corridor areas to open space for flood storage, long-term habitat, fish and wildlife conservation, and conservation-minded recreation purposes. PDA activities are collectively identified as the Skagit Wild and Scenic River Floodway Mitigation and Town Relocation Program.