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Residents press Highland Village on drainage at Scenic; city says planned projects will address problem areas
Summary
During public comment, resident Jim Elias accused past engineers of rerouting drainage and creating an unauthorized discharge onto private property; the public works director said the city is aware of localized drainage problems and has drainage projects and CIP updates intended to address erosion and misrouted flows.
At the Jan. 8 town hall, resident Jim Elias used the public-comment portion to press the city about persistent drainage and erosion in the Scenic area, describing a 2021–22 redesign that he said rerouted large volumes of water and placed a sizeable pipe discharging into a neighbor’s yard without proper easements.
"They rerouted all of the city drainage around Scenic...and they put what I call a water cannon in my neighbor's yard that is not supposed to be…
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