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Resident raises flooding and sewer-backup concerns; public works details I&I projects and homeowner fixes
Summary
A resident told the council heavy rains caused basement backups and manhole covers to blow off. Public Works staff explained the city's infiltration-and-inflow (I&I) program, the role of sump pumps and backwater valves, and offered follow-up inspections and guidance.
At the council’s public-comment period, resident Julie Phipps described basement flooding after a severe rainstorm and asked what the city will do to protect underground infrastructure as new development proceeds.
Phipps said water “came back up through my drains” after concentrated rainfall and that the storm surge was strong enough that, she was told, the pressure “blew off the manhole covers.” Phipps asked whether temporary or interim steps are available for citizens whose basements flooded and whether the new apartment developments' stormwater…
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