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Resident urges halt to Deltic Timber development, says construction caused flooding and disrupted house sale
Summary
Neighborhood resident Melissa Muse told the board that development work has caused repeated flooding for 15 months, said a buyer backed out of a sale, and urged the city to pause the project and require the developer to fix drainage problems; no developer response was recorded in the meeting.
Melissa Muse addressed the board during public comment, saying her neighborhood has experienced flooding for roughly 15 months that she attributes to nearby development activity. Muse said she had a city engineer in her home previously and that a recent home closing fell through because the buyer backed out after discovering water in the house. She asked the city to force developers to stop work and remedy the drainage problems they created.
"If we cannot be a warning for the city, let us be the example for the next development," Muse said, urging the board and staff to examine prior approvals and require remediation. She named Deltic Timber when urging the board to ask "the hard questions" of the developer.
Muse also criticized the city's responsiveness, saying she had repeatedly called city planning and city engineering and received no return calls; she singled out that some council members had been responsive but said others did not return calls. The mayor asked Muse to leave contact information with staff so the city could follow up.
What happens next: staff were asked to obtain her contact information and follow up with city planning and engineering; the transcript records no developer response during the meeting.
"Again, I'm asking for the development to stop," Muse said. "It's 6 in the morning, 6 days a week...we are the ones being affected as they're building their multimillion dollar homes behind us."
