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Wilson Avenue resident urges council to keep flood buyout on its agenda
Summary
Resident Hannah Brick described repeated flooding of Wilson Avenue, marked the three-year anniversary of the event and asked the council to "continue to keep Wilson Avenue and the flood buyout in city council conversations," seeking updates on progress.
Hannah Brick, a University City resident at 1079 Wilson Avenue, urged the City Council to keep a pending flood buyout for Wilson Avenue on its agenda and to provide residents regular updates. Brick told the council the neighborhood has lived with repeated flooding for years and said recent rains renewed anxiety for her family.
"Please continue to keep Wilson Avenue and the flood buyout in city council conversations," Brick said, noting she and her husband track river gauges and recorded the river rising to 8.36 feet on July 9. She said the community will mark the three-year anniversary of the flooding on July 26 and recalled river readings above 10 feet in August, October and November, including a November peak above 14 feet that spilled into homes.
Brick thanked Dr. Wagner and Mr. Girdler for restoring internet service after recent storm damage, which allowed residents to monitor rainfall and river gauges. She said recurring flooding has caused ongoing anxiety, lost time and property damage and asked the council to continue discussing FEMA and other flood-safety projects.
The council did not take formal action on the buyout at the meeting; Brick spoke during the non-agenda public-comment period. No staff timeline for the buyout was offered during her remarks.
