Council directs staff to draft stormwater pond prioritization policy; Community Development lists project timelines

Community Development and Engineering Director Margie Pozin presented an update on July 22 that centered on how the city might prioritize privately owned, failing stormwater detention ponds for analysis and remediation if a revolving loan fund or other financing mechanism were developed. Pozin said staff prepared a draft prioritization approach focused on risk, financing options and policy tradeoffs and that affordability for homeowners is the largest concern; she reported that analysis for two of the ten ponds considered so far has cost nearly $50,000.