Port Richey residents tell Pasco County new trailer park fill and permits are worsening flooding near U.S. 19

Port Richey resident Wanda Casanoff told the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 that new fill and a permitted expansion of a trailer park next to her home are blocking drainage and causing repeated flooding on her property near U.S. 19.

“My name is Wanda and I live at 6608 Status Lane in Port Richey… they're allowing 25 trailers to go in there, and they done come in there and brought all this dirt and along the easement against my property… Now every time it rains, we're flooded,” Casanoff said during the public-comment period.

Casanoff said the problem is long-standing and involves multiple jurisdictions: “There's the city, there's the county, and… FDOT,” she said, adding that routine rain — not just storms or hurricanes — is flooding her property. She told commissioners she is a senior citizen on Social Security and has put about $30,000 into her house and cannot afford further damage.

A person on the dais noted a prior grant of $2,300,000 and said a plan is being worked on; the speaker asked Brent (identified in the record) and Ken to be involved. Casanoff said she had a meeting scheduled with the City of Port Richey that night and “on the 20 fifth” planned a meeting with the manager of New Port Richey.

Casanoff said the Motel 6 nearby is slated for demolition and implied that related site work may affect local drainage. The public comments did not include a formal motion or vote; county staff said they would coordinate with city partners and the individuals who asked to be involved.

The board did not announce specific engineering work, permit revocations, or enforcement actions at the meeting. Staff asked Casanoff to pursue city-level meetings and said county personnel would coordinate on the drainage plan tied to the previously mentioned grant.