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Winter Springs schedules Dec. 18 vote to adopt stormwater master plan ahead of rate study
Summary
City staff and consultants told commissioners the stormwater master plan identifies 12 priority capital projects and a pond‑maintenance policy; the commission will consider adopting the plan at a special Dec. 18 meeting, a prerequisite to a public rate study in January and February.
Mayor Kevin McCann said the commission set a Dec. 18 special meeting to consider adoption of the stormwater master plan, advancing a multistep process that will feed a later rate study.
The plan, presented by Clete Saunier, the city’s director of public works and utilities, and consultant Matt Brosman of Kimley Horn, identifies 46 areas of interest and a prioritized list of 12 capital improvement projects. Brosman said the city coordinated with Seminole County’s recently finalized watershed models and that the master plan’s outcomes — the prioritized capital improvements and a pond‑maintenance policy — are inputs staff needs before undertaking a formal rate study.
"Those two items are gonna be key inputs to the development of that rate study," Brosman said, explaining that the timing and scale of implementation (for example, a five‑year versus a 20‑year program) and alternative funding approaches such as grants or financing will affect future rate structures.
City staff told the commission they will deliver the full report in advance of the Dec. 18 special meeting so commissioners can review the documents before voting. If the commission adopts the master plan on Dec. 18, staff plans two public outreach meetings tied to the rate study: a tentative first presentation Jan. 26 and a second presentation Feb. 9.
Mayor McCann and other commissioners asked for the final packet in time to conduct due diligence ahead of any vote. Saunier said some maintenance‑policy decisions — notably how private, public and hybrid ponds are treated — will also influence the rate analysis and therefore must be resolved or clearly guided by the commission before the financial modeling begins.
The commission did not vote immediately on the master plan at the Dec. 8 meeting; instead staff scheduled the Dec. 18 special meeting for a formal adoption vote and to present related documents.
Looking ahead, staff said the rate‑study public meetings will present alternative multi‑year rate structures and will analyze how different implementation timelines and potential grants affect customer rates, giving residents a chance to review and comment before any rate action.
