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Mayor outlines options and next steps after flooding town hall; grant-writing to follow
Summary
Mayor Joe Gavin reported results of a FEMA-funded flooding town hall and presented options including storm-sewer improvements, flood walls along Blacklick Creek, purchase of at-risk properties, and converting Civic Park to a retention area; staff will begin grant writing and additional resident meetings.
Mayor Joe Gavin told Reynoldsburg City Council on Feb. 20 that a recent FEMA-funded flooding town hall offered likely solutions to long-standing flood problems and that staff will begin grant writing and targeted stormwater planning.
The mayor said the town hall, the third held under a FEMA grant, presented options ranging from quicker storm‑sewer improvements to larger, longer-term measures such as installing flood walls along Blacklick Creek, buying vulnerable properties and returning purchased…
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