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Council approves Timber Ridge final plat after debate over drainage; tabling motion fails
Summary
After extended discussion about stormwater and potential backyard flooding, the Raymore City Council approved the Timber Ridge final plat (Bill 39-68) 6-2; a separate motion to table the item pending a comprehensive wastewater/drainage study failed 2-6.
The Raymore City Council on May 12 approved the Timber Ridge final plat despite extensive council and public discussion about stormwater runoff and drainage impacts on nearby backyards.
Staff presented the final-plat application and described outreach and technical changes since the preliminary approval, including updated street names to comply with the city’s street-naming policy and a developer proposal to route runoff into a detention basin on the southeast corner of the new subdivision. Public Works staff and the project engineer described a revised approach that uses a swale to carry water from an adjacent apartment property (the Depot) into the new subdivision’s detention basin rather than relocating existing field inlets.
Council debate focused on whether the proposed measures would adequately address standing water and accelerated runoff that neighbors say now ponds near Derby Avenue. Council Member Baker moved to table the ordinance until completion of a “comprehensive and detailed wastewater management plan,” arguing that the record lacked sufficient infrastructure detail. The motion to table failed on a roll call vote, 2-6.
After tabling failed, Council Member Delgado moved approval of Bill 39-68; Council Member Holman seconded. The council approved the first reading in a 6-2 vote (six yes, two no). Staff noted the developer’s written commitments in the development agreement to address drainage between the new subdivision and the existing neighborhood and that public improvements (sidewalk and street lights) will be installed with the plat.
Sean Siebert, who identified himself in the meeting as having an engineer role for the project, told council the developer will cooperate with staff and the adjacent Depot property owners to obtain access needed to implement the drainage solution. Engineering staff said the city will not accept infrastructure for dedication until drainage work meets city standards.
The council’s vote allows the plat to move forward to the next procedural steps; staff and the developer will continue to refine drainage design and coordinate easement and construction work required by the development agreement.
