1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:07,530 Hello . I'm Colonel Mark Himes , Yamaha 3 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:09,752 district commander for the U . S . Army 4 00:00:09,752 --> 00:00:12,370 Corps of Engineers . And I'm excited to 5 00:00:12,370 --> 00:00:15,250 join Mayor Kathy Crane in the city of 6 00:00:15,250 --> 00:00:17,970 Hamburg on this important project . 7 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:21,330 Agreement to raise flood protection 8 00:00:21,340 --> 00:00:24,560 around the city of Hamburg city of 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,150 Hamburg was devastated , but the floods 10 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:31,090 in 2019 and this project will allow us 11 00:00:31,090 --> 00:00:33,960 to increase the flood risk management 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,620 benefits of this critical 13 00:00:35,630 --> 00:00:38,250 infrastructure . It saves our town 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,320 without this levy . We 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,710 have no reason to rebuild this Section 16 00:00:45,710 --> 00:00:49,340 11 76 project agreement allows us to 17 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:51,790 join in partnership with the city of 18 00:00:51,790 --> 00:00:55,090 Hamburg to raise the ditch six levy an 19 00:00:55,090 --> 00:00:58,160 additional 8 ft . We have businesses , 20 00:00:58,170 --> 00:01:00,392 you know , interest right now that if , 21 00:01:00,392 --> 00:01:02,559 like Kathy said , you know , you build 22 00:01:02,559 --> 00:01:04,559 a levee to the 1919 elevation , you 23 00:01:04,559 --> 00:01:06,670 know they will come back . And that's 24 00:01:06,670 --> 00:01:08,892 what we that's Our main goal is that we 25 00:01:08,892 --> 00:01:11,059 get that levee built . You're going to 26 00:01:11,059 --> 00:01:13,281 see people come back . You're gonna see 27 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:15,503 businesses grow . We've had a long term 28 00:01:15,503 --> 00:01:17,226 relationship with the corps of 29 00:01:17,226 --> 00:01:19,281 Engineers . We don't always We don't 30 00:01:19,281 --> 00:01:21,614 always agree . We don't always disagree . 31 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:25,460 Um , we know we wanted them to 32 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,120 build our levee because you guys build 33 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,430 good levies and that's what we want . 34 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,100 Is a good Levy again Excited 35 00:01:34,110 --> 00:01:36,850 about this project agreement ? Look 36 00:01:36,850 --> 00:01:39,450 forward to working with the city and 37 00:01:39,450 --> 00:01:41,560 upcoming construction this spring .