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Councilor urges City Solicitor to investigate adding storm drains near Lakeview Place and Park Road; motion seconded
Summary
A councilor moved that the City Solicitor's Office draft correspondence to Lynn Water and Sewer to assess the feasibility of installing additional storm drains near Lakeview Place and Park Road to address longstanding flooding; the motion was seconded and referred for follow-up.
During the April 8 meeting a councilor introduced a motion asking the City Solicitor's Office to draft a letter to Lynn Water and Sewer asking the utility to study the feasibility and cost of installing additional storm drains in the vicinity of Lakeview Place and Park Road.
The councilor said homeowners in the area experience recurring flooding "every time it rains" and asked that city staff investigate what steps are feasible and how expensive they might be. The motion was formally seconded on the record; no formal vote count was recorded in the transcript snippet other than confirmation the motion was seconded.
The motion sought a staff-led inquiry to "get the wheels moving" on possible solutions and to return information about feasibility, cost and next steps. The council did not adopt an appropriation at the meeting; the item was presented as minor new business seeking investigatory action by the City Solicitor's Office.
Next steps: the motion requests the City Solicitor to prepare correspondence to Lynn Water and Sewer and return with findings; the committee/council did not set a deadline during the meeting.
Quotations in this item are taken from the councilor who introduced the motion: "Every time it rains, the homeowners are really getting whacked. I just kinda want to make an official motion that we can...get the wheels moving in these issues."
