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Pinehurst residents demand urgent action after repeated flooding; engineer cites blocked inlets
Summary
Pinehurst residents told the River Ridge CDD on June 25 that recurring flooding has become unsafe and demanded immediate, high-priority fixes. District Engineer Charlie Krebs identified blockages and ordered inlet cleaning; the board requested a written remediation plan and timeline.
Pinehurst residents pressed the River Ridge Community Development District Board of Supervisors on June 25 to make repeated neighborhood flooding their top priority, saying recent storms produced 'unprecedented flooding' and that residents may pursue legal options if the district does not act quickly.
Resident Mike Dugan read a prepared statement saying Pinehurst has been "galvanized in one voice" and demanding a "quick absolute commitment" from the district that addressing Pinehurst flooding is now a No. 1 priority regardless of cost. Ed Nowak, another Pinehurst resident, told the board the redesigned drainage system "is flawed and unacceptable" and demanded a "final, proper redesign" and expedited resources while hurricane season is underway.
District Manager Chuck Adams asked for a drainage update. District Engineer Charlie Krebs said he inspected Pinehurst after receiving video from staff, found leaves and debris on a grate and blockages in some drains that are preventing pipes from emptying. Krebs said MRI inspected and began cleaning pipes and that some Pinehurst drains may be over 25% blocked. "The problem is the blockage," Krebs said, and he committed to having MRI clean the inlets.
Board Chair Bob Schultz asked Krebs to prepare a written plan describing how the situation will be resolved and to provide an estimated timeline to the board, Mr. Long and the Pinehurst neighborhood representative. The board did not adopt any immediate policy changes that day; the engineer's cleaning work and the requested plan are the next steps recorded in the minutes.
The meeting record shows residents offering to help financially and warning they will pay for sandbags during future storms if the district does not act. The district's planned next steps include inlet cleaning by MRI and a formal written remediation plan from the district engineer; no specific redesign, funding allocation or schedule beyond those commitments was adopted at the June 25 meeting.
The board confirmed the Lake & Dry Retention Audit Report will appear on the July agenda and said it will continue discussing drainage improvements at future meetings.
