Committee forwards two HOA dredging applications to full council with 20% funding recommendation

The Roswell committee voted Jan. 27 to forward two homeowners-association dredging-assistance applications — Nesbitt Lakes and Chickering Lake — to the full mayor and council, with staff recommending a 20% reimbursement and a budget amendment to identify funding.

City environmental staff outlined the city’s dredging assistance policy and the two applications. "Funds will be reimbursed upon project completion," said Brian Smith of Environmental Public Works, describing the policy’s requirement that applicants hold a land disturbance permit before an application will be evaluated and noting reimbursements only cover dredging operations, not outlet modifications or landscaping.

Staff told the committee Nesbitt Lakes (Lower Nesbitt) has a 320-acre drainage area and 256 acre-feet of storage; the application estimates about 4,500 cubic yards of dredged material — roughly 450…