Moore receives stormwater program report as neighbor warns new Broadmoor Heights development is flooding streets

The Moore City Council received a report on the city's 2024'25 stormwater quality program and heard a public comment alleging that a nearby addition is sending excess runoff into an established neighborhood.

Lauren Purcell, an associate planner with the Community Development Department, told the council the city operates under the MS4 general-permit framework and summarized activities from the past fiscal year, including classroom outreach to about 175 elementary students, outreach to roughly 150 summer campers, two community collection events for paper and electronic waste, and social-media education on fertilizer use and post-mowing cleanup. She said staff inspected about 66% of regulated industrial sites and completed 1,148 construction-site inspections; staff also inspected 115 private and public detention ponds and found one violation. Purcell said the city received 35 stormwater complaints this year and responded to or inspected all of them within 24 hours. She noted the city completed a state Department of Environmental Quality audit on Oct. 9 and said staff purchased a HORIBA U50 water probe and stormwater sampling bottles to improve monitoring.

"We will continue staff training and stakeholder education on the importance of stormwater," Purcell said, and outlined goals to expand school presentations, build post-construction notification and inspection programs, and enlist privately owned detention-pond owners to self-inspect and report results to the city.

During citizens forum, Mark Jones, who said he lives at 3313 Carroll Circle adjacent to the new Broadmoor Heights addition, told the council that since work began the neighborhood has experienced "nothing but water, water, water." Jones said new drainage routes and a recently built pond are allowing silt and runoff to travel down Southeast 33rd to his property and that maps and plats indicate multiple easements directing stormwater in that direction. He said he brought printed plats and emailed a video of a trouble spot and asked the city to review the materials.

Mayor Mark Ham told Jones council members and staff would review the submissions and have the city manager follow up. The council formally received the stormwater report; no additional council action was requested at the meeting.

The city report includes counts and purchases (175 students reached; ~150 campers; 66% industrial inspection rate; 35 complaints handled within 24 hours; 1,148 construction inspections; 115 detention pond inspections; one recorded violation; procurement of a HORIBA U50 probe) and staff said the city will use DEQ staff as a resource going forward.