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DeBary residents press council on repeated flooding; city outlines engineered fix for easement
Summary
Summerhaven residents described repeated yard washouts after hurricanes; city manager said the damaged city easement will be reengineered, with an external engineer finishing plans in about 30–45 days and a revised cost estimate of about $150,000–$200,000 and FEMA bidding requirements.
Kathleen Joslin, a Summerhaven resident, told the City of DeBary council that repeated stormwater washouts around her home have left neighbors paying for emergency repairs and living with an unfinished city easement that washed out during Hurricane Milton.
Joslin said the family paid more than $2,000 each in supplies and that a city-constructed drain and fill on the side of her house washed away during the storm. “It washed out. Richard had come out and, make a long story short because I'm running out of time. We ended up filling the hole ourself and placing the grass because it was told to us that it was our fault,” she said.
The matter matters to nearby homeowners because the damaged area sits in a platted city…
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