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Clawson councilors seek engineering study to price fixes for chronic neighborhood flooding
Summary
At an April 22 budget workshop, councilmembers and staff agreed Clawson lacks a comprehensive engineering analysis of chronic flooding in neighborhoods including Broadacre/Bywood and Elmsford; staff outlined localized fixes and rough cost ranges and recommended funding targeted studies to produce firm price tags for the budget.
Clawson councilmembers at a April 22 budget workshop pressed staff for engineering studies to quantify solutions and costs for chronic neighborhood flooding that has persisted for more than a decade.
Jamie Gills Takonochi, a Clawson resident who spoke during public comment, warned that “our revenue is not growing as fast as inflation” and urged the council to prioritize spending on infrastructure that reduces harm to residents. Councilmember Timlin said the council needs data: “I want to know if we what funds we'd have if we wanted to [commission an] engineering study for these…
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