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DAYTON— City of Dayton Mayor Craig George and County Commissioner Merle Jackson are leading efforts to find out how to go about establishing a flood control district in Columbia County.

Guest speaker Kirk Holmes, an engineer with consulting firm PERFEET, spoke to representatives from the city, county, WSDOT, Anderson Perry & Associates, the Army Corp of Engineers, and others at St. Joseph’s Parrish Hall, on April 20, about the steps Kittitas County took to form a Flood Control Zone District, in 2012.

Holmes, who is a former Kittitas county engineer and public works director, said flood frequen...