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Residents say Rush Creek drainage work unfinished; council asks staff for update and tables wetland easement hearing
Summary
Neighbors of the new Rush Creek Reserve development told the council the developer, MNI, has not completed promised drainage work. Council directed staff to prepare an update on responsibilities and escrow mechanisms and continued a related wetland easement public hearing to Feb. 13 at the applicant’s request.
Residents near the Rush Creek Reserve development told the Corcoran City Council that drainage and culvert work promised by the developer is unfinished, and asked the city to intervene.
Karen Limengood, who lives at 8105 County Road 116, said she and neighbor David Foy agreed with the developer to place a culvert on the property line to handle drainage from the new development but that the work has not been completed and the installed features are inadequate. Limengood said the installed culvert is too steep and rutted; she said steel rebar had been placed beside a private gravel drive to delineate the culvert and that water is not properly flowing to Rush Creek as intended.
Foy said the channel north of the shared driveway is clogged with brush and debris and that inspections in 2023 and 2024 did not resolve the problems. He told the council the condition causes water to slow and back up onto his land during heavy rains. Both residents said dealing with the Elm Creek Watershed District and other agencies had complicated progress, and they asked the city to take a more active role enforcing commitments in the development agreement.
Council member Quinnt (speaker requested staff action) asked staff to prepare an update that clarifies the developer’s obligations, what escrows or financial assurances exist, and what enforcement mechanisms are available. City staff confirmed the related agenda item (7a), a public hearing on a Rush Creek Reserve wetland bank easement vacation, was pulled from tonight’s agenda at the applicant’s request and that the council would adjourn and continue the public hearing to Feb. 13 at Corcoran City Hall to avoid additional public-notice procedures.
Ending: The council did not take enforcement action at the meeting. Staff was directed to provide a detailed update about the Rush Creek Reserve drainage issues and the developer’s contractual obligations before the continued hearing in February.
