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Residents and members urge committee to explore site-level stormwater fixes after local flooding reports
Summary
Members and residents described standing water and flooding at neighborhood locations and urged the committee to invite stormwater engineers and explore lot-level solutions such as berms, landscaping and composting to reduce runoff and pooling.
During the meeting members raised local stormwater and water-conservation concerns, asking the committee to consider practical, lot-level interventions and to invite technical staff to advise.
Speaker 5 described an event where flooding reached a crosswalk on Rawhide and Josie and said standing water near a spillway approached the road. "Where the whole thing was completely flooded over all the way to the cross," Speaker 5 said, urging the committee to look for solutions. Speaker 2 described persistent standing water at a home that did not drain for days and suggested soil grading, berms or landscape work to slow runoff and reduce mosquito hazards.
Speaker 4 recommended inviting the city’s stormwater engineers in March to brief the committee and begin a conversation about practical measures that homeowners can use to reduce runoff. Members discussed connecting this topic to the built natural environment subcommittee and to future agenda planning.
No specific funding amounts, engineering analyses or formal policy actions were proposed during the meeting; members asked staff to place stormwater mitigation on a future agenda for further technical discussion.
