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Drainage committee to draft easement language after volunteer-led research
Summary
Skyline’s newly formed Drainage Committee presented research on easements and asked the council to hold a work session to develop ordinance language; volunteers also offered to salvage city historical records.
Nancy Kluck, a volunteer on Skyline’s newly formed Drainage Committee, told the council the committee has been researching easements and is drafting proposed language for ordinances to protect drainage infrastructure. She recommended a council work session to review and finalize the easement language and suggested that a council member serve on the committee to streamline future work.
Janet Nelson, a resident who raised the topic during public forum, said she would seek community support and suggested signage and fundraising for a memorial bench at the local tennis court. The council expressed support for the committee’s work and for citizen volunteers to help organize and preserve city records.
The proposed work session would focus on clarifying easement definitions and enforcement mechanisms; no ordinance text was adopted at the meeting. Council members asked staff to coordinate scheduling for the joint work session and to include a council representative on the committee.
The council did not take a formal vote on an ordinance; next steps are a scheduled work session and continued drafting by the Drainage Committee.
