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Residents and drainage officials raise water, dewatering and oversight concerns over Kingsbury PUD
Summary
During the Kingsbury PUD hearing residents and drainage-board and stormwater officials pressed county staff on water budgets, dewatering permits, monitoring and the drainage board's continuing role; staff said dewatering requires permits and local post-construction controls remain enforceable.
Several residents and local officials told the planning commission they want clearer answers on water use, dewatering, monitoring and local oversight before large projects proceed in Kingsbury.
Hugh Glasgow said the ordinance "seems like a shortcut," asked what exactly might locate there and raised the practical problem of road access through the area. Jeff Mitzner, president of the drainage board, asked whether the MS4 stormwater program will replace the drainage board's role in flood control and urged coordination: "I just wanna make sure that we're not getting kicked out of this completely," he said, while noting he supports the PUD in principle.
Paul Vicari, the county's stormwater management director, said developers must provide drainage studies and dewatering plans and that permits and conditions will be attached to operations-and-maintenance agreements. Vicari said the county can require baseline monitoring and twice-yearly post-construction monitoring and that violations could be enforced through permit conditions and recorded covenants.
Commissioners pressed for clarity on whether water-use estimates and dewatering amounts will be verified with meters or reporting. Staff answered that dewatering will require permits with conditions and that monitoring requirements will be elaborated in development plans and permit conditions; they said the joint zoning ordinance and local post-construction review allow the county to adopt standards that are stricter than federal construction-stormwater minimums.
Provenance: Public commenters' remarks on water and drainage begin with Hugh Glasgow's comment and continue through questions and staff responses on dewatering, water budgets and jurisdictional coordination.
