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Council reviews plan to ‘naturalize’ Chadwick Village ditch; federal permits and mitigation required
Summary
City staff presented a concept to relocate and naturalize the Chadwick Village ditch to reduce backyard standing water; staff estimated design/permit/construct at about $350,000 but no funding was approved.
Lebanon City Council on Feb. 10 heard a staff briefing and resident comments about long‑running drainage and standing‑water problems in the Chadwick Village neighborhood and reviewed a high‑level concept to relocate and naturalize the ditch.
City staff said the ditch is regulated as a federal "water of the U.S." and that any change will require U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits, wetland mitigation and design work. Because federal permitting requires some on‑site wetland function, staff said a reconfigured, naturalized channel would still hold water at certain times of year even though it would no longer sit directly at the edge of backyards.
Why it matters: Residents and council members described repeated flooding and standing water that affects backyards,…
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