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Resident urges printed stormwater plans and accuses city of misleading residents about ditches, lagoon impacts
Summary
At the start of the meeting Stan Johnston, a resident and engineer, told the committee a 1966 plan shows cross‑sections the city says it uses for ditches and canals but that Titusville has none of those features; staff confirmed the document was emailed and said the stormwater master plan is in budgeting. The committee scheduled further stormwater and desalination discussion for upcoming meetings.
A resident who identified himself as an engineer told the Titusville Technical and Environmental Committee that a 1966 cross‑section plan in the committee packet does not match observable drainage infrastructure in town and called the discrepancy evidence the city has "lied to us" about flood control and sustainability.
"We've been lied to for 60 years," Stan Johnston said during the public‑comment period, showing an 11-by-17 plate he said lists 16 cross sections that range from 70 to 170 feet wide. "Not one of them. Not one of them. The people that we have trusted have not done their job." Johnston urged the…
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