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Neighbors press Muncie sanitary board to address chronic drainage, cite stormwater fee concerns
Summary
During public comment at the April 1 Board of Sanitary Commissioner meeting, residents called for city action on a problematic drainage system on Harvard Avenue and questioned whether stormwater fees collected by city and county governments are being used to fix local drainage.
Tammy Harris, of the Morningside Neighborhood Association, told the Board of Sanitary Commissioner on April 1 that persistent drainage problems on Harvard Avenue are beyond what nearby homeowners can reasonably maintain and asked the board to step in. “Im just up here to bring more awareness to the issues that were having on Harvard in our neighborhood,” Harris said.
Harris said residents are worried that the maintenance burden will fall to homeowners who cannot afford repairs. She disputed a claim made at a prior drainage-board meeting that the covert drainage…
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