Scott Stoddard

Darin had wanted to have a conference call with, at least the Mayor and Shelly Thomas (Andrews), who is the Environmental Coordinator for Water Quality; and Scott Stoddard, who is the Army Corp manager for the 595 funds.
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Scott informed Darin that right now there are probably 50 or so applications pending, however only small number have completed both the letter and application.
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Scott suggested that we do not complete this assessment until we are 45% completed in the design phase of the project, not during the study.

Scott Stoddard, intermountain representative for the US Army Corps of Engineers, admits that funding for this project has been put on hold because of the Army's other big project right now: the war in Iraq.Stoddard says there's a good possibility, however, that in the new fiscal year there will be money in the budget for the City Creek project.

In 1910, 2 miles of City Creek were culverted in a pipe below North Temple Street in the central area of Salt Lake City.
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Stoddard says planning of the project is in the feasibility stage, but he feels confident the project would go forward as soon as federal funds can be released.It is a joint project of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers."We have our fingers and toes crossed that when the fiscal year starts that funding will be restored," Stoddard says.

Although some residents and business owners in the area were at first nervous about the open-channel proposal, Stoddard says they changed their minds when they learned more about the hybrid nature of the new flood control efforts and were assured that the city's old flood problems would not return.

Because community support for this project is very strong, he expects that if the federal funding does not come through as planned, local government officials might start lobbying their congressmen for assistance.The local delegation has expressed support for the project, but they haven't been asked to propose legislation to fund it.

Without the concrete box culvert, which is about 12 feet wide and 8 feet high and can carry hundreds of cubic feet of water per second, this creek would flood Salt Lake City nearly every year, according to Stoddard, who is a civil engineer.But just as in the Seattle project, the underground pipe is not going away; it's just being supplemented by an attractive and useful open channel.The aboveground channel will carry 3 to 5 cubic feet of water per second."Most of the flow during high runoff times will stay in the pipe," Stoddard adds.
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Scott Stoddard, intermountain representative for the US Army Corps of Engineers, admits that funding for this project has been put on hold because of the Army's other big project right now: the war in Iraq.Stoddard says there's a good possibility, however, that in the new fiscal year there will be money in the budget for the City Creek project.

In 1910, 2 miles of City Creek were culverted in a pipe below North Temple Street in the central area of Salt Lake City.
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Stoddard says planning of the project is in the feasibility stage, but he feels confident the project would go forward as soon as federal funds can be released.It is a joint project of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers."We have our fingers and toes crossed that when the fiscal year starts that funding will be restored," Stoddard says.

Although some residents and business owners in the area were at first nervous about the open-channel proposal, Stoddard says they changed their minds when they learned more about the hybrid nature of the new flood control efforts and were assured that the city's old flood problems would not return.

Because community support for this project is very strong, he expects that if the federal funding does not come through as planned, local government officials might start lobbying their congressmen for assistance.The local delegation has expressed support for the project, but they haven't been asked to propose legislation to fund it.

Without the concrete box culvert, which is about 12 feet wide and 8 feet high and can carry hundreds of cubic feet of water per second, this creek would flood Salt Lake City nearly every year, according to Stoddard, who is a civil engineer.But just as in the Seattle project, the underground pipe is not going away; it's just being supplemented by an attractive and useful open channel.The aboveground channel will carry 3 to 5 cubic feet of water per second."Most of the flow during high runoff times will stay in the pipe," Stoddard adds.

Greg Schlenker, Ph.D., Geologist, with Kleinfelder Engineering is at left, next to Scott Stoddard, P.E., Hydrologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Salt Lake Planning Office, serves on the Flood Hazard Committee.
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At the right of Scott is Stephanie Wallace, Salt Lake City, Department of Economic Development who manages the Salt Lake Gateway Project, works with Scott Stoddard in upgrading an older section of downtown Salt Lake, including seismic resistance.
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At the right of Scott is Stephanie Wallace, Salt Lake City, Department of Economic Development who manages the Salt Lake Gateway Project, works with Scott Stoddard in upgrading an older section of downtown Salt Lake, including seismic resistance.

"We see lots of instances where folks try and do the right thing and and put in safeguards - retention basins, diversions and channels," says Scott Stoddard, Intermountain Region representative for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Utah's early settlers never faced these issues, according to Stoddard, because most had the good sense to build their cabins well above or well away from the water - close enough to get to it, but far enough away to avoid the consequences when the floods and mudslides came.
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"People who have been through a 100-year flood think they won't have to deal with it again in their lifetime, and that couldn't be further from the truth," Stoddard says.

Scott Stoddard, intermountain representative for the US Army Corps of Engineers, admits that funding for this project has been put on hold because of the Army's other big project right now: the war in Iraq.Stoddard says there's a good possibility, however, that in the new fiscal year there will be money in the budget for the City Creek project.

In 1910, 2 miles of City Creek were culverted in a pipe below North Temple Street in the central area of Salt Lake City.
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Stoddard says planning of the project is in the feasibility stage, but he feels confident the project would go forward as soon as federal funds can be released.It is a joint project of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers."We have our fingers and toes crossed that when the fiscal year starts that funding will be restored," Stoddard says.

Although some residents and business owners in the area were at first nervous about the open-channel proposal, Stoddard says they changed their minds when they learned more about the hybrid nature of the new flood control efforts and were assured that the city's old flood problems would not return.

Because community support for this project is very strong, he expects that if the federal funding does not come through as planned, local government officials might start lobbying their congressmen for assistance.The local delegation has expressed support for the project, but they haven't been asked to propose legislation to fund it.

Without the concrete box culvert, which is about 12 feet wide and 8 feet high and can carry hundreds of cubic feet of water per second, this creek would flood Salt Lake City nearly every year, according to Stoddard, who is a civil engineer.But just as in the Seattle project, the underground pipe is not going away; it's just being supplemented by an attractive and useful open channel.The aboveground channel will carry 3 to 5 cubic feet of water per second."Most of the flow during high runoff times will stay in the pipe," Stoddard adds.

"If the city and the railroad can work it out, this project will be a success," said Scott Stoddard, the Army Corps of Engineers' Utah representative."That's the major hurdle.
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"That means the railroad is much more likely to help and work with us because they want that area straightened out," Stoddard said.
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"The habitat has been obliterated there for 100 years," Stoddard said.