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Consultants recommend countywide data hub and explore regional stormwater district to address Hamilton County overland flooding
Summary
Consultants from Raftelis and Voice of Your Customer told Hamilton County commissioners at a March 17 staff meeting that fragmented governance and inconsistent standards hinder responses to overland flooding and recommended a centralized data hub, short-term coordination steps and feasibility work on a regional stormwater entity.
Henrietta Locklear, senior vice president at Raftelis, and Crystal Kendrick of Voice of Your Customer presented findings and recommendations on overland flooding to the Hamilton County Commission at a staff meeting on March 17 (the transcript does not specify the year). Locklear said the review found “there is not a single overarching authority in Hamilton County that is specifically focused or has dedicated funding to address large scale overland flooding,” and that responsibility for related tasks is dispersed across multiple agencies.
The consultants described a four‑milestone project: data collection, program and funding review, consensus workshops and a final report. They said two stakeholder workshops with about 19 staff produced a consensus definition of “overland flooding”…
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