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Call the meeting to order for CDD 13.

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Okay, we have roll call.

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We have everyone here except for, um, Mr.

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Mr Law. Is that better? Can you hear me now?

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Barely. Barely. I'll try to talk loud. Uh, count.

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Supervisor Law is not here, and Supervisor Oli is not here,

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but we do have a quorum, so we're good.

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So if we could all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance,

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and then after that, a moment of silence.

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I pledge Allegiance

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and through Republic for which stands,

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one ation under God in the middle of liberty and justice.

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So we'd like to welcome everyone here

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to the CDD 13 meeting

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and all of the attendees that are here.

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And if anyone has any public comments,

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please approach the podium.

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State your name, your address, and your comment.

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Good afternoon. My name Cliff Weiner. I live on,

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Hi name is Cliff Weiner.

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I live on Duvet Lane in District four.

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I'm district four chairman of the board.

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I am here before you to ask you

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to request staff hopefully to become part

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of the multimodal pass discussion group.

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Tina, you're well aware of this as I've been

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before them many times.

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The last resolution we had, they turned down.

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So now I am doing it by going through districts.

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Yesterday I was at the A a C, and

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before this I was at District 12.

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They both agreed to become part of it.

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1, 2, 4 is part of it.

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Five will be part of it next week, and seven,

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and probably six, hopefully, and some others.

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So I'm asking you guys to consider asking staff

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to bring the resolution back

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because PA will not be part of it this time.

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It's gonna be the individual districts

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and staff needs to know which districts wanna participate

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so they can include that in the resolution.

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Hopefully you guys will choose to join us.

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There are many safety issues on the multimodal paths in

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districts one through 13 that need to be addressed.

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Hopefully you guys will choose to join us. I hope so.

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Thank you for your time. Thank you.

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So for this item, um, it is up to the board as, uh,

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supervisor Weiner stated the project wide.

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Um, and Ms. Williamson, you know, as well,

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elected not to participate in that.

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They thought that the decision should all be made at

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the project wide meeting.

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Um, the multimodal path discussion group is just that,

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it's a discussion group.

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No action can be taken or formal decisions made.

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Um, but what staff is looking for is a,

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a essentially a final decision from each board.

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Would you like to participate in that group?

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And if so, then we will bring that resolution

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as you will be a party to it.

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It is completely up to the board, um,

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each individual residential district to, um,

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determine whether or not that's something

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you would like to send a member to.

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Knowing that no decisions would be made there,

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everything would have to come back pretty much in your area

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to PWA for consideration.

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And is that something we discussed today

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or do we add it on our agenda

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for our next meeting to discuss?

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Um, you would add it on your, I mean, if you don't want

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to do it, it dies.

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Now. If you want to include yourself, then we will add you

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as a party to the resolution

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that will go on everybody's agenda next month.

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Carrie, we we wanna be on that board.

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I agree. Okay. Do I have consensus? That's fine. Okay.

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So the resolution will be, um, on your,

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your agenda next month.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Good afternoon. Regarding the flooding, uh,

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recently in Una on the streets,

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I'm gonna read a statement here For two years,

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officials were informed by UNA residents.

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The standing water was always visible near the top

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of the large grate in the middle

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of the road on Mabel Terrace, with a concern expressed

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that the system would be easily overwhelmed if a

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large storm order would occur.

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Officials said they would look into this as predicted.

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Dozens of homeowners were impacted

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by the stormwater drainage system being overwhelmed.

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All the northern end of Woodington circle, about a quarter

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of a mile, as well as numerous streets intersecting

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with Woodington Circle had large ponds of deep water,

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standing water covering driveways for up to three days.

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Cars going through this flooding were sending waves up into

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people's garages with many residents standing vigil

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outside their homes, signaling approaching cars to slow down

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to prevent these waves.

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Residents posted countless photos

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and videos of this flooding on Facebook.

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So the exact impact of this is well known

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and is not being exaggerated.

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There were weeks of posts

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and conversations about this flooding on Facebook.

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If the rain had continued for even another day,

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the flooded marsh already over the return retaining walls

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and on people's backyards would've submerged the

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houses in swamp water.

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At one point, an official commented on Facebook

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that the system was designed to handle storms

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that only occur one every 100 years.

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Also, someone mentioned

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that the system is functioning as designed.

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It is worth noting that a storm

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of the strength hit the villages in 2017

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and caused a lot of damage.

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So rather than every 100 years,

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we might expect to see this again.

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More recently, people in official vehicles came to the area

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to look at these large ponds in the roads.

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In some cases, these officials spoke with residents

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who came out of their homes seeking information about

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what was planned to prevent this from happening again, only

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to be told again, it was being looked into.

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I was required to pay a $20,000 bond

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that I was told was for infrastructure.

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This is a lot of money myself

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and all my neighbors expect that our bonds will provide,

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at the very least, basic functioning infrastructure,

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basic functioning drainage.

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The system did indeed function

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as planned in the rest of Una.

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So telling us that flooding was normal, um,

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is on unacceptable residents who changed the exterior

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of their homes without permission can be fined for being out

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of compliance and expected to bring it back into compliance.

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We believe that your drainage system in this portion

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of deluna is not functioning and is out of compliance,

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and we expect you to bring it back into compliance.

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My remarks are not intended as re as rhetorical.

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I'm asking you to please address the

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remarks that I've just made.

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Thank you,

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Sir. Sir,

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sir, we do. I'm sorry.

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We need your name and address for the record, please.

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Uh, yes. My name is Bill Steele.

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The address is 3 2 4 6 Mabel. Thank you. And deluna. Yep.

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And Madam Chair, this is on the agenda,

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so if you would like, we can certainly move this up.

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Um, we do have the engineers here as well to, um,

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answer any questions that the board may have.

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So it's up to your prerogative if you would like

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to wait till that piece of the agenda or pull it up.

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Should we ask how many people are here in

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support of this that night?

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I, I'm okay moving it up. Are y'all okay? I, I agree.

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Yeah, let's move it up. So Mr. Harris did put together, um,

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a presentation on this as well as we have attached a lot

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of information and correspondence that we've had, um,

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with both the board and residents.

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Good afternoon. Mike Harris, district Property Management.

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The stormwater drainage system in the villages is designed

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to manage excess water.

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The stormwater drainage system in the villages is designed

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to manage excess water,

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directing it into surrounding basins,

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in some cases overflow from these basins

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into nearby wetlands.

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In nature preserves the stormwater management system

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complies with all federal, state and local reg regulations.

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Key requirements include sizing pond systems prevent

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flooding for homes during a hundred year storm

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and ensures the downstream properties are not affected.

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During rain events. During Hurricane Helena,

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high winds caused an equalization pipe in the north end

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of the wetland adjacent to a residential basin to float

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resulted in elevate, resulting in elevated water levels.

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This issue was promptly addressed, which indicated

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initiated a reduction of water levels.

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However, the high water levels delayed the complete drainage

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causing standing water on the roadways.

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During Milton, no water entered residential homes.

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After the storm, we conducted comprehensive inspection

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of the drainage system and found

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that the stormwater outlet in the wetland

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to the west was severely clogged.

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The blockage was cleared

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and within 16 hours,

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water levels in the wetlands dropped one and a half feet.

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Additionally, debris along the outfall of wetland W three

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were removed to improve flow.

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Ongoing monitoring has shown significant reductions in the

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water levels, conseque.

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Consequently, the system performed as designed

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and we have implemented further basin monitoring,

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stormwater drain inspections

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and drainage maintenance to ensure continued effectiveness.

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We have a member of the engineer team

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and the district's water management team here

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to answer any questions you may have.

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So, Ms. Mr. Harris, when you say the,

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the system functioned as designed, it functioned

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as designed knowing that, not knowing at the time

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that there was a pretty big clog in one of the valves?

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That is correct. So there was not a necessarily a

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failure to the system.

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There was a failure in which we did not know

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that the valve was clogged.

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And, um, once it was corrected, it,

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it then functioned like it should.

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We did get calls from residents that said

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that they were afraid that something was happening.

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We did go out there numerous times

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and we did not see that clog.

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So that is something that we have moving forward

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that we know that in that area that is a potential issue.

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And so not only will it be checked more routinely, but

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before we have large storms events like this, uh,

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we will certainly make sure that

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that area is checked as well.

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Um, again, Mr. Harris is here, the engineers are here, um,

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that design and, and help function the system.

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So I I, I hesitate to have a whole bunch of back and forth.

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I don't know how you wanna handle it.

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If you want all of the residents to come up first,

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voice their questions and comments, and then have staff

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or the engineers address it,

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that probably would be best to, to do.

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I guess I have one question. I mean,

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I know we're gonna monitor it and we'll monitor it

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before a storm comes,

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but is there anything that we should do

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additionally preventatively to keep it from clogging?

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No, I think the two factors, again, the,

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the, the floating pipe.

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What was, what started the factors?

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It raised the levels there, which didn't allow the water

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to move, you know, successfully into

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that area as fast as it should.

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And then again, when, when, when the, the pipe was clogged,

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it just compounded the issues with those two issues fixed.

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The system is functioning properly.

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Okay, so the meetings are recorded,

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so unfortunately you can't speak unless you're at the podium

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and give your name and address.

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Um, and I think, uh, Madam Chair said she would turn it over

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to residents first and then we can have the engineer

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or Mr. Harris address any questions.

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My name is Enid Chela. I live at 32 34 Mabel Terra.

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Um, I, my street was impassable for four days,

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which is hard to believe that I couldn't leave the house.

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Nobody even came by to say, you guys, okay.

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The hydrant across the street from me was totally submerged.

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I could not see it when I called water management a couple

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days later, I was told that the pipe in the wetlands,

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or swamp, whatever you wanna call it, had broken free.

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I wasn't told that it was clogged.

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The other issue is I've called repeatedly

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that the storm drain in front of 32 30 Mabel

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is constantly have water in it.

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I, yes, Jacobs was there yesterday

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working on another issue.

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I showed them the water. They said there

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should be no water in there.

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There was still water in there today.

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It's never dry, even in the dead of summer. It's never dry.

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My name is Kim Platt and I live on 43 98 Shannon Loop.

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And I want to just address the storm sewers

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and the street flooding and the preserve as well.

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It all goes together. Um,

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there is over 282 inch diameter

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of storm drain pipes

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that flow directly into the preserve and the pond.

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And only one 15 inch drain that is

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far on the far end of the preserve

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that the drain water drains out of.

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I took a picture today to see where the water was at

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and it's still high.

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Um, we still have a lot of, um, water in the, what we now

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consider swamp land.

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Um, normally that's not the case,

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but for the last year, that is the case.

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Hence why we are having water in the storm sewers

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and, um, during the hurricane flooding in the streets.

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So how do we prevent this from happening?

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I like the fact that you did take action

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and you did clean out the, the drain discharge

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that you should have been watching all along.

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Um, second, you need to provide some kind of strainer

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or cage to keep this only 15 inch intake from

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being clogged again.

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Otherwise, we're in the same boat

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for the following hurricane season.

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We can't have, um, storm sewers that are

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being flowed into the, the preserve

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and in the preserve higher than the storm sewers.

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It doesn't, it doesn't work

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and it doesn't take a civil engineer to figure that out.

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Additionally, the drain

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that is already in existence in the preserve

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is way too high.

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I have pictures. I'd love to share 'em with you.

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It's way too high. The preserve is still underwater,

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and so we have a high potential of it turning into the same

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situation of the drain not flowing correctly.

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Um, so I wanna address the, the drain itself.

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It's only 15 inches, um,

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and it goes over 150, um,

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feet long to get to the other side of the next

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preserve, which I call woods.

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Um, and we need to have some kind of pump

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for emergency drainage.

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Um, we are in a location that, yep, we do get, um,

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hurricane conditions and yep, we do get flooding.

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So how are you going

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to prevent this from happening, happening again?

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We don't wanna wait till after the storm.

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We want to solve the problem before this storm. Thank you.

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Hello, my name's Mark, mark Mattis.

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Uh, 4 5 3 4 Bird lane. Just some local history.

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2021 in 2021.

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Hear that We had the same storm

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problem in August of 2021.

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We had a massive rain.

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Who was the lady right here, front of her house,

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all flooded the same way.

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And all those basins I've been watching 'em

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and Belville is warn along, uh,

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within circle the back.

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No, we're all full. I was a plumber for 20 years.

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I know two things. SHI he runs downhill

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and those basins are not supposed to be full.

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Come on. Engineering. Who is the, come on really?

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Come on. That's ridiculous.

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Those patients should be empty

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and they go down to the pond, retention pond.

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And there either you're gonna make deeper those retention

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ponds or you're gonna do what this young lady said,

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put a lift station over by the, it's gonna,

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I know it's all about money, but we pay

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and pump that stuff.

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Dig a trench with a six inch pipe going across the street,

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March bend Trail down to those ponds that weren't

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that full across from the pool.

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Up the hell out of there.

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Why are we waiting for this

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to happen again? It's gonna happen again.

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This is the third time

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I know it costs money.

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And listen, I take construction.

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You put a pump's house there, it looks pretty

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behind the pool, the damn trench,

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not anybody's yard across the street, down the walkway,

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down to those other ponds.

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And when it, the storm's coming, just lower the level

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and that's all you gotta do.

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Otherwise, unless you're gonna dig up that pipe coming off

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of winding circle under those houses,

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which I know you're not gonna do

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that, that's not gonna happen.

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Uh, yeah,

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you're not gonna re you're not gonna reconfigure the pump

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the pipes from winding the circle.

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That's not gonna happen. But the lift station,

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that's something you could do.

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Yeah, it costs money, but we paid our bonds.

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We shouldn't be waiting for the next flood. Shouldn't wait.

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Do something about it.

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Amy Hoffman, 44 23 Whittington Circle.

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It's pretty clear that you're all prepared today with,

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um, your presentation and what you found

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and what has been done and that you're going to monitor.

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I have two, two things to address.

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How many of us here called

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before Helene to tell them that there was standing water

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in the storm drain?

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How many of you called

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before Milton to tell them there was standing water

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in the storm drains?

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How many of you got a call back? I did.

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How many got a personal visit

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when we were all sort of out in our streets in our

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driveways, trying to make people slow down

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and not whip water into our garages?

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We all talked about what we told Bart,

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Right? Bart?

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Bart and his, um, assistant very good,

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returned my call, came to my house twice,

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and their message was oddly similar.

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And when we talked in the streets, the people that we,

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when we were discussing, we were all noticing

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that we were told the same thing.

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And that was that this is not a problem.

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It's because the marsh is high, we're good,

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we're monitoring it.

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You will have a little bit of standing water in your road.

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But Bart told me,

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and I don't know if he told any of you this, that he said,

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we're gonna be monitoring this

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and we have trucks at the ready with pumps

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that are gonna come when needed to pump these out.

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So I don't want you to be worried Mrs. Hoffman,

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because we're watching this.

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I took pictures every two hours on Wednesday during Milton

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because I was watching the pond go up

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and I saw Bart at about one 30 come over

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to the part where the fence is.

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And I felt good about it

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because I thought someone's watching,

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they're gonna do something.

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We watched, I went

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to bed thinking I was gonna be okay.

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And when I woke up after a couple of hours

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and looked out my window

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and saw the water right near my cement

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pad, I was afraid.

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Like I I didn't think that it would ever be like that.

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We were told to call the emergency number

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if we were having a problem, which my husband

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and I both did that morning.

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They came out at four 30

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and continue to tell us the same story

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that they can't do anything with the swamp

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because it's state and federal regulated.

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We can't move the water. There's nowhere to put it.

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I'm gonna tell you, we walk on ERO path

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and there are ponds there that are consistently not full.

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Were they fuller after this storm? Absolutely.

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But there is a place to put this water.

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You're Gonna put in place more monitoring.

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What does that mean to us?

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I like how many phone calls do, do you need

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before someone's gonna go and look

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and say, oh, there's a, there's um, you know, a blockage

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5, 10, 20 people call.

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I mean, I mean, what's the, what's the threshold?

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How, how are you gonna monitor? What does that mean?

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What does that look like to us?

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And why were we told there were gonna be trucks

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that would pump things and they didn't do it.

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They didn't do it.

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If we had had one more inch of rain,

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we wouldn't have had it designed as it was supposed to be.

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Are there no answers to that?

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How many calls you need before you're gonna come out

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and take the, the residents serious

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that are living there every day looking

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at all the standing water?

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I mean, am I right?

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I've never felt so vulnerable.

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I used to think, you know, I haven't been here

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a couple years, came from mid Ohio,

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worried about hurricanes.

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I never thought like I, my house is built.

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Well though the drainage system,

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the water system here is awesome.

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We tell our families all the time when

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they're calling us, are you okay?

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Are you okay? We're like, oh, it's the best system.

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We didn't tell our family what it looked like

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after,

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Not to mention all the garbage and the snakes

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and everything that were left from all the water

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and, uh, goodness knows what else was in that water.

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I think some, I think we need

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to be told, I don't know.

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I think in, in addition to more monitoring, we need to know

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what that monitoring looks like to us.

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We need to know what that means.

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Are you gonna come 12 hours before the storm?

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Six hours before the storm? Three hours?

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How are you gonna let us know that you're doing that?

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Can we get some kind of like, communication, you know, like

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for the residents of Una, some email thing

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that goes out saying we're coming out at these times

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because we'll be watching.

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We're all, well not me, but most of us are retired.

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So we, and, and if there's,

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and if there's gonna be will there trucks,

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we are making notes for all of the questions and staff

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or the engineer based on who should respond.

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We'll respond to all

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of your questions once the public portion is finished.

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Cool. I know I had a lot.

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Hi. Um, good afternoon.

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My name's Debbie Billy, I live at 4 3 8 9 Casey Court Villa.

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Um, I'm gonna touch on a lot of things.

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I, with everything that everybody's said so far, I used

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to be an educator for many, excuse me, many years.

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And there is such a disconnect with

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what happened with this storm.

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Um, a vacuum there is, um, for example, I have a friend

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that's insert with the, um, villages

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and you have a commander.

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You have somebody in charge and that's delegate.

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Or there needs to be put in place to fill this vacuum then

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that before the next storm, there needs

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to be somebody in charge who, who will put out

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what steps are gonna be done

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to alleviate all these types of problems.

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Um, who's gonna touch base, whether it's by email

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or text with the individuals of DA Luna.

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There needs to be a very strong,

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and we have a lot of veterans here

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and a lot of military people.

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They're very capable.

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Sorry, They're very capable of helping.

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Sorry.

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Okay, sorry. I'm nervous. Okay.

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They're very capable of helping, um,

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to maybe put something in place.

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Um, and also the other concern is,

517
00:27:30.025 --> 00:27:32.605
and this is something we have in common with the developers,

518
00:27:32.745 --> 00:27:34.005
is resale value.

519
00:27:35.465 --> 00:27:40.125
The villages real estate do not want our,

520
00:27:40.265 --> 00:27:42.525
our property values to go down in value

521
00:27:42.525 --> 00:27:45.405
because it affects the bottom line of the, the developer.

522
00:27:46.395 --> 00:27:49.085
Okay? We as homeowners don't want our prices

523
00:27:49.225 --> 00:27:50.965
of our homes to go down either.

524
00:27:51.745 --> 00:27:53.365
So we have something in common together.

525
00:27:53.385 --> 00:27:55.485
So I think we all need to work as a team

526
00:27:55.545 --> 00:27:57.645
and get this resolved as soon as possible.

527
00:27:58.025 --> 00:27:59.845
To me, it's not a hard task to do.

528
00:28:00.525 --> 00:28:01.605
Engineering did what they did.

529
00:28:01.665 --> 00:28:03.925
Who was the per, who was the company that moved all

530
00:28:03.925 --> 00:28:05.605
that dirt and put in the drainage pipes

531
00:28:05.605 --> 00:28:08.205
and all, I will tell you, if it's Tri-County Landscaping

532
00:28:08.205 --> 00:28:11.165
and Fencing, they did a lousy job on my property.

533
00:28:11.165 --> 00:28:14.085
And many people throughout south of 44.

534
00:28:14.905 --> 00:28:16.445
Um, that's another story.

535
00:28:16.865 --> 00:28:18.805
But who, who, who are the companies?

536
00:28:18.805 --> 00:28:19.965
Should somebody be fired?

537
00:28:20.605 --> 00:28:22.285
I mean, there's accountability here

538
00:28:22.425 --> 00:28:25.165
and um, there's very upset, uh, resident.

539
00:28:25.165 --> 00:28:26.285
The other thing that happened

540
00:28:27.025 --> 00:28:29.965
and where now, uh, behind the privacy fences put in

541
00:28:29.965 --> 00:28:31.165
by Tri-County Fencing

542
00:28:31.165 --> 00:28:34.805
and Landscaping collapsed, found out this not only happened

543
00:28:34.805 --> 00:28:38.605
before the storm in different villas through different parts

544
00:28:38.605 --> 00:28:40.845
of duna, uh, different areas.

545
00:28:41.125 --> 00:28:42.365
I found out, um,

546
00:28:42.695 --> 00:28:45.845
Tri-County said they put it up decoratively one screw it

547
00:28:45.845 --> 00:28:48.365
goes in two inches to your knuckle into the,

548
00:28:48.505 --> 00:28:49.845
if they're on top of a wall,

549
00:28:50.115 --> 00:28:53.005
they said there's no support putting into those posts.

550
00:28:53.065 --> 00:28:55.645
So in the meantime, all that fencing collapsed.

551
00:28:55.645 --> 00:28:57.725
And we as homeowners now gotta pay the price

552
00:28:57.725 --> 00:29:00.525
to put it back up, which could cost 15

553
00:29:00.585 --> 00:29:02.205
to 2000 a piece or more.

554
00:29:02.845 --> 00:29:06.205
I know there's also fencing, um, that were put in the ground

555
00:29:06.205 --> 00:29:09.165
that stood much better and didn't collapse as much.

556
00:29:09.185 --> 00:29:10.285
So that's another problem.

557
00:29:10.505 --> 00:29:13.645
The other problem I saw is driving back late at night,

558
00:29:14.005 --> 00:29:16.565
I had my daughter visit me, excuse me.

559
00:29:16.565 --> 00:29:19.285
And she's like, mom, why isn't there isn't anything on Marsh

560
00:29:19.285 --> 00:29:21.405
Bend Trail like a blinking light?

561
00:29:21.475 --> 00:29:24.365
Like caution or an officer there to say,

562
00:29:24.365 --> 00:29:25.765
don't go down on that street.

563
00:29:26.225 --> 00:29:28.485
Uh, same with Warnell. It was dark at night.

564
00:29:28.785 --> 00:29:32.365
If somebody came around and uh, uh, didn't know the area and

565
00:29:32.365 --> 00:29:33.725
and they would've gotten stalk

566
00:29:33.725 --> 00:29:35.165
or who, they would've been scared.

567
00:29:35.495 --> 00:29:39.805
There was no per precau, no, um, caution lights or anything.

568
00:29:39.905 --> 00:29:41.325
Safety is an and,

569
00:29:41.345 --> 00:29:43.965
and I know community watch was called by so many of us.

570
00:29:44.195 --> 00:29:45.405
Nothing was done there.

571
00:29:46.065 --> 00:29:50.645
Um, the other thing is

572
00:29:50.645 --> 00:29:54.285
that there needs to be, um, this is gonna happen again.

573
00:29:54.985 --> 00:29:57.165
Um, might not, I hope it doesn't,

574
00:29:57.185 --> 00:29:58.725
but it's probably gonna happen again.

575
00:29:58.905 --> 00:30:02.085
It, we had till November 30th till hurricane season's over.

576
00:30:02.625 --> 00:30:05.085
So we're all very concerned. But again, this is a problem.

577
00:30:05.285 --> 00:30:06.925
I think that needs systematically.

578
00:30:06.925 --> 00:30:10.365
There's a vacuum and we need commanders, people in charge.

579
00:30:11.065 --> 00:30:13.725
Um, there needs to be a whole thing written.

580
00:30:14.305 --> 00:30:16.685
We know what's going on for accountability

581
00:30:16.825 --> 00:30:18.165
for everybody involved.

582
00:30:18.975 --> 00:30:19.975
Thank you very much.

583
00:30:25.515 --> 00:30:27.765
Good afternoon. My name is James Tufe.

584
00:30:27.845 --> 00:30:30.485
I lived at 4 3 4 5 Whittington Circle.

585
00:30:31.445 --> 00:30:33.565
I was affected by the storm front and back.

586
00:30:34.325 --> 00:30:35.575
I were right on the preserve.

587
00:30:37.365 --> 00:30:41.185
We talk about the storm, you know, a hundred year storm,

588
00:30:41.915 --> 00:30:46.425
maybe they were designed for a hundred years for rain.

589
00:30:46.895 --> 00:30:49.625
They are not designed for two feet of runoff

590
00:30:49.895 --> 00:30:51.945
that came into the preserve or the ponds.

591
00:30:52.455 --> 00:30:53.865
Your drainage system

592
00:30:54.455 --> 00:30:57.465
goes directly into the preserves, directly into the ponds.

593
00:30:58.535 --> 00:31:00.825
There's no filtration system.

594
00:31:01.365 --> 00:31:04.025
You're polluting everything that it goes into off the road.

595
00:31:04.555 --> 00:31:07.545
Every oil drop of oil transmission fluid,

596
00:31:08.605 --> 00:31:11.225
Jacobs garbage truck, whatever they drop on the ground

597
00:31:11.925 --> 00:31:14.465
is being washed into these preserves and ponds

598
00:31:15.125 --> 00:31:16.705
and nobody's addressed that at all.

599
00:31:17.325 --> 00:31:19.465
So I live on a polluted reserve.

600
00:31:20.805 --> 00:31:23.145
Now the other part is you, what do you do

601
00:31:23.145 --> 00:31:24.665
with simple physics?

602
00:31:25.035 --> 00:31:26.305
Water seeks its own level.

603
00:31:26.965 --> 00:31:28.545
You have two feet of runoff, a foot

604
00:31:28.545 --> 00:31:30.225
of rain builds up three feet,

605
00:31:30.795 --> 00:31:32.225
three feet has to go somewhere.

606
00:31:32.765 --> 00:31:34.665
You wonder why you got water in your drains.

607
00:31:34.765 --> 00:31:38.145
The water was coming out into the road eventually raising up

608
00:31:38.245 --> 00:31:39.745
and affecting people's homes.

609
00:31:41.105 --> 00:31:42.865
I think more than a lot of things,

610
00:31:42.865 --> 00:31:47.145
you gotta address the runoff off the road on, on Facebook.

611
00:31:47.505 --> 00:31:51.275
I don't know who it was, talked about, the sewers, sewer,

612
00:31:51.275 --> 00:31:52.915
the seal has nothing to do with it.

613
00:31:53.305 --> 00:31:56.985
This is all to do about runoff. 12 inches of rain.

614
00:31:57.205 --> 00:31:58.985
Any pond of preserve could handle it.

615
00:31:59.335 --> 00:32:03.385
They cannot handle two feet of runoff, excuse me, coming off

616
00:32:03.385 --> 00:32:05.865
that road or whatever.

617
00:32:05.865 --> 00:32:08.745
People's lawns, everything that's running back into the pond

618
00:32:08.805 --> 00:32:12.235
of preserves that should be addressed.

619
00:32:12.895 --> 00:32:14.075
And if you can control that,

620
00:32:14.135 --> 00:32:15.635
you might be able to control your water.

621
00:32:17.395 --> 00:32:20.255
You know, in the meantime, I just had to pay $200

622
00:32:20.355 --> 00:32:23.055
for pest control to get a rat outta my garage

623
00:32:23.125 --> 00:32:24.775
that came up through the water.

624
00:32:25.365 --> 00:32:27.255
There's rats all over the place now.

625
00:32:27.835 --> 00:32:31.415
It, you've created a total balloon of a mess

626
00:32:31.795 --> 00:32:33.375
by not having this water control.

627
00:32:34.505 --> 00:32:37.245
And to wait for a pump truck is too late.

628
00:32:37.545 --> 00:32:40.725
You must address it now before it happens again.

629
00:32:42.065 --> 00:32:44.125
And I appreciate your time. Thank you.

630
00:32:51.055 --> 00:32:52.765
Hello, my name is Beth Melling.

631
00:32:52.765 --> 00:32:55.485
I live at 43 89 Whittington Circle.

632
00:32:56.305 --> 00:32:58.965
Follow up with some of the things the other people said.

633
00:32:58.985 --> 00:33:00.205
You know, this gentleman came up

634
00:33:00.205 --> 00:33:02.965
and explained they had cleared the drain.

635
00:33:03.095 --> 00:33:05.725
Don't worry about it. No homes took on water.

636
00:33:06.115 --> 00:33:07.845
Well, I'll tell you, and I like the

637
00:33:07.845 --> 00:33:08.925
other gentleman that just spoke.

638
00:33:09.265 --> 00:33:12.725
Uh, we live on the pond and the pond came up over between us

639
00:33:12.745 --> 00:33:13.805
and our next house.

640
00:33:14.225 --> 00:33:17.285
So we were virtually on an island for several days.

641
00:33:17.465 --> 00:33:20.085
And I mean, the water was halfway up my front yard.

642
00:33:20.485 --> 00:33:22.685
I, if I didn't have an SUVI couldn't get out

643
00:33:22.685 --> 00:33:24.365
and I still couldn't get out the first day.

644
00:33:24.825 --> 00:33:26.045
And that's just ridiculous.

645
00:33:26.465 --> 00:33:28.285
And it's like, you know, so you tell us, you know,

646
00:33:28.385 --> 00:33:30.805
you don't have to worry about it because no water got in.

647
00:33:30.825 --> 00:33:32.045
It was two feet off.

648
00:33:33.665 --> 00:33:36.245
And it's like, and I was terrified.

649
00:33:36.585 --> 00:33:38.765
And that's not, that is totally unacceptable.

650
00:33:38.825 --> 00:33:40.045
And then we paid bonds.

651
00:33:40.155 --> 00:33:42.725
Some people said 20, our bond was like $30,000.

652
00:33:43.385 --> 00:33:45.925
And you know, we were told we don't need flood insurance,

653
00:33:46.135 --> 00:33:48.085
which I know, which we got the first year anyway,

654
00:33:48.085 --> 00:33:50.285
which is another thousand dollars we're doing.

655
00:33:50.505 --> 00:33:52.205
So I guess we'll have to get flood insurance now

656
00:33:52.205 --> 00:33:54.765
because I don't trust the answers I'm getting right now.

657
00:33:55.225 --> 00:33:56.485
But the question is, you know,

658
00:33:56.575 --> 00:33:58.725
we're doing all the things we're supposed to do.

659
00:33:58.815 --> 00:34:00.805
We're paying our bond, we're paying our insurance,

660
00:34:01.135 --> 00:34:03.245
we're trying to communicate when we have a problem.

661
00:34:03.725 --> 00:34:05.685
I don't feel like you guys are meeting the same standard.

662
00:34:13.695 --> 00:34:16.125
Hello? Uh, my name's Jennifer Wright.

663
00:34:16.225 --> 00:34:19.245
I'm at 4 3 8 5 Casey Court in Warnell Villas.

664
00:34:19.345 --> 00:34:22.965
And you know, um, we're talking a lot about monitoring and

665
00:34:23.935 --> 00:34:26.085
after the storm, but I wanna let you know,

666
00:34:26.125 --> 00:34:29.685
I bought my house in um, June.

667
00:34:30.305 --> 00:34:34.525
And in July the water was eight inches from the surface

668
00:34:34.625 --> 00:34:37.205
of the road in our drains in the,

669
00:34:37.545 --> 00:34:39.645
in the, I'm sorry.

670
00:34:39.825 --> 00:34:43.045
Um, the water in July was,

671
00:34:43.385 --> 00:34:46.165
was eight inches from the surface of the road

672
00:34:46.705 --> 00:34:48.645
in the drain grates in the middle

673
00:34:48.645 --> 00:34:50.085
of the road in Warnell Villas.

674
00:34:50.345 --> 00:34:53.125
So this was way before any storms happened.

675
00:34:53.945 --> 00:34:58.485
Um, so I, you know, talking about monitoring, um,

676
00:34:58.905 --> 00:35:00.005
you know, that's very important

677
00:35:00.145 --> 00:35:03.685
but you know, an explanation for why they were so high

678
00:35:04.025 --> 00:35:06.605
and in the middle of the summer.

679
00:35:06.905 --> 00:35:11.285
You know, they were, they were at risk of flooding in July.

680
00:35:11.585 --> 00:35:13.085
So that was way before the storm.

681
00:35:13.265 --> 00:35:16.285
So I just wanna, you know, some explanations

682
00:35:16.305 --> 00:35:17.485
for that, if that's okay too.

683
00:35:17.855 --> 00:35:19.005
Thank you. Thank you.

684
00:35:26.825 --> 00:35:30.805
Hi, uh, Tom Cap Bianco. 3, 2, 3, 1 Vinky Avenue.

685
00:35:30.945 --> 00:35:32.005
I'm in Mayville Villas.

686
00:35:32.465 --> 00:35:34.725
Uh, fortunately my house was high enough

687
00:35:34.725 --> 00:35:36.325
where I was not affected by the water.

688
00:35:36.865 --> 00:35:39.245
But some of the comments that were made here,

689
00:35:39.285 --> 00:35:40.605
I appreciate everybody's input

690
00:35:40.805 --> 00:35:42.365
'cause it pretty much hit everything on my list.

691
00:35:42.365 --> 00:35:43.645
And I'm not gonna repeat 'em all,

692
00:35:43.905 --> 00:35:46.365
but a couple of points that stand, stand out for me.

693
00:35:46.405 --> 00:35:48.165
I spent 10 years on the West Haven Water

694
00:35:48.165 --> 00:35:49.365
Pollution Control Commission.

695
00:35:49.985 --> 00:35:52.605
We served 75,000 people. That was sanitary.

696
00:35:53.025 --> 00:35:55.765
But we also dealt with sewer and storm sewers

697
00:35:56.085 --> 00:35:59.565
'cause we had impact, we had flooding, we dealt with it.

698
00:35:59.625 --> 00:36:03.045
And when someone says that, it acted as it was supposed to.

699
00:36:03.565 --> 00:36:04.805
I kind of take offense to that

700
00:36:04.805 --> 00:36:08.725
because when you see water encroaching on people's houses

701
00:36:09.025 --> 00:36:12.885
and using people's prop as part of your flood zone,

702
00:36:13.085 --> 00:36:16.685
I don't think anybody would've approved that plan,

703
00:36:16.835 --> 00:36:19.205
that engineering plan that said, Hey,

704
00:36:19.215 --> 00:36:22.565
we're gonna use the village of Una in all their front yards

705
00:36:22.565 --> 00:36:24.725
and backyards as part of our flooding.

706
00:36:24.725 --> 00:36:26.125
Because that's what happened.

707
00:36:26.765 --> 00:36:29.245
A lot of people's yards were used as over flood.

708
00:36:29.745 --> 00:36:33.045
And the only thing that kept it from the disaster was

709
00:36:33.045 --> 00:36:34.085
that the storm stopped.

710
00:36:34.465 --> 00:36:36.845
If another 10 inches had dropped, there would be a lot

711
00:36:36.845 --> 00:36:39.245
of people here would have flooding inside their houses.

712
00:36:39.505 --> 00:36:43.005
So to say that the system worked as expected, yes,

713
00:36:43.005 --> 00:36:45.085
under maybe some normal rain conditions,

714
00:36:45.225 --> 00:36:48.045
but the parameters in which this was designed was obviously

715
00:36:48.185 --> 00:36:51.605
not met for this area, for these types of storms.

716
00:36:51.665 --> 00:36:55.285
And so I would reckon that we need someone fresh from the

717
00:36:55.285 --> 00:36:57.525
outside to look at this design

718
00:36:57.525 --> 00:37:00.125
because the people inside are saying

719
00:37:00.875 --> 00:37:02.365
it's working as expected.

720
00:37:02.905 --> 00:37:05.205
If you put a one inch drain pipe

721
00:37:05.425 --> 00:37:07.485
and a one inch drain on your roof,

722
00:37:07.995 --> 00:37:10.045
it's gonna work fine if it's sprinkles.

723
00:37:10.105 --> 00:37:11.125
But if you get a storm,

724
00:37:11.125 --> 00:37:12.845
you're gonna need a two or a three inch.

725
00:37:12.865 --> 00:37:14.205
So to make those kind

726
00:37:14.205 --> 00:37:16.885
of comments when people are here saying it's working

727
00:37:16.945 --> 00:37:20.365
as expected, it was working as expected to that poor design,

728
00:37:20.905 --> 00:37:22.805
not to the real world that we live in

729
00:37:22.805 --> 00:37:23.845
around here, number one.

730
00:37:23.865 --> 00:37:26.125
Number two is I agree, there was no action plan,

731
00:37:26.125 --> 00:37:28.405
there was no communication, there was no safety,

732
00:37:28.455 --> 00:37:29.925
there was no cones put up.

733
00:37:30.095 --> 00:37:32.245
There was no follow up whatsoever.

734
00:37:32.915 --> 00:37:34.565
Cars, people, whatever it may be,

735
00:37:34.565 --> 00:37:36.125
it wasn't at the point people were gonna drown,

736
00:37:36.145 --> 00:37:37.845
but it was at the point where people could have damaged

737
00:37:37.845 --> 00:37:40.085
their cars in their houses, et cetera.

738
00:37:40.105 --> 00:37:43.565
So I think the communication, the ownership, the action plan

739
00:37:44.235 --> 00:37:46.165
that should have been not done on Facebook,

740
00:37:46.265 --> 00:37:50.485
it should have been done officially through this body

741
00:37:50.545 --> 00:37:52.565
or some other body within the, I don't understand

742
00:37:52.565 --> 00:37:55.165
how it's all working, all the different systems.

743
00:37:55.265 --> 00:37:57.165
So please correct me as as necessary.

744
00:37:57.465 --> 00:37:59.245
But there was no communication other than

745
00:37:59.485 --> 00:38:00.645
Facebook in our Facebook groups.

746
00:38:00.645 --> 00:38:03.085
And I find that really disappointing.

747
00:38:03.545 --> 00:38:06.605
And number two is, if the problem was fixed

748
00:38:06.705 --> 00:38:10.165
by a clogged pipe, then to everybody's point here,

749
00:38:10.185 --> 00:38:11.765
for months we've been calling in

750
00:38:12.145 --> 00:38:15.365
and for months we were told that there's nothing wrong.

751
00:38:15.825 --> 00:38:18.005
So if there's one pipe that was clogged,

752
00:38:18.065 --> 00:38:21.645
how can we be four months with water at the top

753
00:38:21.665 --> 00:38:24.285
of the storm sewers, which I personally drove around

754
00:38:24.345 --> 00:38:27.165
and looked at for months prior to this last hurricane.

755
00:38:27.785 --> 00:38:29.205
And I personally called in.

756
00:38:29.345 --> 00:38:30.965
And so if they were high then

757
00:38:31.515 --> 00:38:33.885
then why weren't these pipes checked back then?

758
00:38:33.945 --> 00:38:36.085
And why were we told that there was no issue?

759
00:38:36.905 --> 00:38:39.565
And to the point of one of my neighbors called two days

760
00:38:39.565 --> 00:38:42.365
before this last hurricane, when the person came out,

761
00:38:42.365 --> 00:38:44.125
the same person that came out weeks

762
00:38:44.125 --> 00:38:45.565
before that said there's no problem.

763
00:38:45.795 --> 00:38:48.325
Said, oh yeah, we expect minor street flooded.

764
00:38:48.585 --> 00:38:50.485
So I ran out and got 30 bags of sand

765
00:38:50.485 --> 00:38:53.565
that ended up spending six, seven hours putting bags of sand

766
00:38:53.565 --> 00:38:55.925
because I had no idea how high the water was gonna come up.

767
00:38:56.305 --> 00:38:58.245
So one week we're being told,

768
00:38:58.415 --> 00:38:59.925
don't worry about it, it's not a problem.

769
00:39:00.025 --> 00:39:02.405
The next day before the hurricane, oh yeah,

770
00:39:02.405 --> 00:39:03.765
we expect some street flooded.

771
00:39:03.765 --> 00:39:06.085
Well what does that mean? We went from no flooding

772
00:39:06.145 --> 00:39:09.005
to street flooding to people's yards being flooded

773
00:39:09.505 --> 00:39:12.205
to people's front and backyards being flooded.

774
00:39:12.665 --> 00:39:16.285
So where was that communication? Where, where are the facts?

775
00:39:16.605 --> 00:39:20.845
I just want facts about this design, how it was put in,

776
00:39:21.105 --> 00:39:22.125
who approved it.

777
00:39:22.425 --> 00:39:25.325
Did they approve people's front yards to be drained

778
00:39:25.955 --> 00:39:27.045
part of the drainage system?

779
00:39:27.065 --> 00:39:29.485
Or did they only plan the streets being part of the drain?

780
00:39:29.905 --> 00:39:31.685
And if you go down to where they're building,

781
00:39:31.745 --> 00:39:33.845
the developers right now are pumping ponds

782
00:39:34.075 --> 00:39:35.445
with big massive pumps.

783
00:39:36.075 --> 00:39:37.685
There's no threat to any houses,

784
00:39:38.225 --> 00:39:40.605
but they're massive pumps right down by Eastport.

785
00:39:40.605 --> 00:39:43.245
If you go look now so that they could keep building houses

786
00:39:43.785 --> 00:39:45.885
so they're pumping water so they could keep making money.

787
00:39:46.215 --> 00:39:49.125
We're asking to pump water so we could save our houses

788
00:39:49.665 --> 00:39:51.285
and the houses that we already paid for

789
00:39:51.285 --> 00:39:53.965
and the bonds that we already paid for, right?

790
00:39:54.185 --> 00:39:57.165
And then to be told that, oh, we can't pump the water out

791
00:39:57.515 --> 00:39:59.405
because it's a natural preserve

792
00:39:59.405 --> 00:40:00.725
and we don't have the right permits.

793
00:40:01.195 --> 00:40:03.445
Well that should have been thought about long

794
00:40:03.445 --> 00:40:06.645
before, if we knew that the only way to get water out

795
00:40:06.645 --> 00:40:07.805
of there was to get special

796
00:40:07.805 --> 00:40:09.245
permission because it's a wetland.

797
00:40:09.445 --> 00:40:11.565
'cause I'm still not sure I understand

798
00:40:12.225 --> 00:40:15.005
how this water is supposed to flow from pond to preserve

799
00:40:15.265 --> 00:40:16.725
and what water you could pump out

800
00:40:16.725 --> 00:40:18.245
and what water you can't pump out.

801
00:40:18.475 --> 00:40:20.885
Because the messages were very, very mixed.

802
00:40:21.065 --> 00:40:23.445
And the fact that we knew that water was that high

803
00:40:23.505 --> 00:40:26.845
and no one had taken the action to get the permits

804
00:40:26.845 --> 00:40:29.565
to actually pump that water out, if that was true.

805
00:40:30.165 --> 00:40:32.085
'cause that was stated the day of the storm.

806
00:40:32.555 --> 00:40:36.445
There's so much contradiction here that I find I'm not sure

807
00:40:36.445 --> 00:40:38.445
what to believe because there's not,

808
00:40:38.615 --> 00:40:39.645
we're not getting the facts,

809
00:40:39.735 --> 00:40:41.085
we're getting bits and pieces of it.

810
00:40:41.465 --> 00:40:43.605
And out of the second note, for two

811
00:40:43.625 --> 00:40:45.325
and a half years I have been calling

812
00:40:45.635 --> 00:40:48.605
because our, my street, which is a higher street

813
00:40:48.605 --> 00:40:50.805
and oh by the way, on my street

814
00:40:50.825 --> 00:40:53.485
and Stravinsky the second half of my street

815
00:40:54.045 --> 00:40:56.725
'cause I'm at the, the crest, the second half goes out

816
00:40:56.985 --> 00:41:00.085
to another section and drains out towards the power lines.

817
00:41:00.635 --> 00:41:02.925
They didn't get any water in their streets.

818
00:41:03.095 --> 00:41:05.685
There was nothing whatsoever on the street.

819
00:41:05.885 --> 00:41:07.605
Although storm sewers did eventually fill

820
00:41:07.605 --> 00:41:08.685
up after the storm.

821
00:41:08.995 --> 00:41:10.365
They had absolutely no flooding.

822
00:41:10.585 --> 00:41:11.925
So when it comes to a design

823
00:41:12.425 --> 00:41:14.045
and the system working the way it's supposed

824
00:41:14.045 --> 00:41:15.325
to work, I think it worked.

825
00:41:15.595 --> 00:41:17.445
Half of the Luna worked the way it was supposed to.

826
00:41:17.445 --> 00:41:19.325
The other half of the Luna did not work

827
00:41:19.325 --> 00:41:21.365
because some are underestimated the amount of water

828
00:41:21.365 --> 00:41:23.525
that was going in there as been clearly stated.

829
00:41:24.225 --> 00:41:26.725
The other problem that I have on Vinky is that for two

830
00:41:26.725 --> 00:41:28.485
and a half years we've had a drainage problem

831
00:41:28.975 --> 00:41:31.165
where there's water coming up, bubbling up

832
00:41:31.165 --> 00:41:33.685
through the street, the street is cracking,

833
00:41:34.985 --> 00:41:36.925
it is dirt is coming up through there.

834
00:41:37.025 --> 00:41:39.605
We have a massive drainage issue that we have been calling

835
00:41:39.665 --> 00:41:43.685
for two and a half years that they have sent engineers out.

836
00:41:44.065 --> 00:41:46.125
And I think last time I was at this meeting,

837
00:41:46.195 --> 00:41:47.685
some lady from Hawkins came up

838
00:41:47.945 --> 00:41:51.165
and she also spoke that they had the exact same problem.

839
00:41:51.595 --> 00:41:55.565
That when the developer built these, uh, certain properties,

840
00:41:55.835 --> 00:41:58.845
they did not put under the street drainage in.

841
00:41:58.865 --> 00:42:00.605
And so all that water, they were hoping

842
00:42:00.665 --> 00:42:03.005
and praying that the water would dissipate.

843
00:42:03.345 --> 00:42:04.645
And when it doesn't dissipate,

844
00:42:04.645 --> 00:42:06.125
that means the water sits under the street,

845
00:42:06.515 --> 00:42:07.725
sits underneath our houses.

846
00:42:07.905 --> 00:42:10.645
If you come down into Maple Villages, you'll see

847
00:42:10.865 --> 00:42:12.845
behind my neighbor's house, there's a constant water.

848
00:42:12.845 --> 00:42:14.485
It's like a river going between their houses.

849
00:42:15.425 --> 00:42:17.005
Now we've been paying our bond,

850
00:42:17.575 --> 00:42:19.565
we're paying our taxes on the roads.

851
00:42:20.105 --> 00:42:22.805
We had an engineer come out within the last year.

852
00:42:23.265 --> 00:42:26.445
We have nobody that will address when they're gonna resolve

853
00:42:26.785 --> 00:42:29.765
the drainage issue, which has nothing to do with storms

854
00:42:30.145 --> 00:42:31.205
and fix our roads

855
00:42:31.205 --> 00:42:33.765
because our properties are undervalued now.

856
00:42:33.765 --> 00:42:35.405
Because when you drive down our street

857
00:42:35.465 --> 00:42:36.605
and you look at our street,

858
00:42:36.865 --> 00:42:39.085
you start questioning why do they have all these cracks?

859
00:42:39.105 --> 00:42:42.365
Why do they have all these, um, holes in the, in the ground?

860
00:42:42.825 --> 00:42:45.325
And it raises concerns about the, the structure

861
00:42:45.415 --> 00:42:46.525
underneath the street.

862
00:42:47.345 --> 00:42:49.765
And I would like someone to answer that

863
00:42:49.765 --> 00:42:52.245
because we're paying bond money or we're paying tax money.

864
00:42:52.545 --> 00:42:54.365
The city of Wildwood said it's not our problem,

865
00:42:54.435 --> 00:42:55.925
it's the developer's gotta fix it

866
00:42:55.925 --> 00:42:57.045
before we take over the road.

867
00:42:57.795 --> 00:42:59.885
They're supposed to take over the road at 18 months.

868
00:43:00.555 --> 00:43:03.365
It's now two and a half years. Does anybody have a date?

869
00:43:03.965 --> 00:43:06.325
I would like someone to at least bring that up

870
00:43:06.325 --> 00:43:07.885
and address it and get us some answers.

871
00:43:08.445 --> 00:43:09.525
'cause you're taking our money

872
00:43:09.585 --> 00:43:11.165
for our bond and for our taxes.

873
00:43:11.505 --> 00:43:14.325
And you're not addressing either the draining problem

874
00:43:14.555 --> 00:43:15.885
that we have over in the marsh

875
00:43:16.185 --> 00:43:18.125
or the drainage issue we have on

876
00:43:18.125 --> 00:43:19.365
Stravinsky and in Mayville V.

877
00:43:19.735 --> 00:43:20.925
Thank you. I appreciate your help.

878
00:43:29.855 --> 00:43:33.285
Renee Wallak 4 4 4 2 Heather way.

879
00:43:34.045 --> 00:43:37.605
I just wanna get brand east on the map during all this, uh,

880
00:43:37.605 --> 00:43:39.685
Heather way has three storm stores

881
00:43:40.315 --> 00:43:44.845
that all flow into a small pond that's an offshoot.

882
00:43:46.505 --> 00:43:48.125
And those storm sewers seem

883
00:43:48.125 --> 00:43:50.445
to have worked when we first moved in.

884
00:43:51.625 --> 00:43:53.525
So our question is, what's changed

885
00:43:54.265 --> 00:43:55.485
now that they're not working?

886
00:43:57.135 --> 00:43:59.265
Something is different. Is there blockage?

887
00:43:59.575 --> 00:44:01.145
What has changed that the,

888
00:44:01.145 --> 00:44:04.185
that the system is not working this year when it worked in

889
00:44:04.185 --> 00:44:07.785
the past because we never had standing water in the street.

890
00:44:08.985 --> 00:44:10.965
So that would be our question along with the fact

891
00:44:10.965 --> 00:44:14.085
that we still have, what did you call it?

892
00:44:14.875 --> 00:44:16.165
High, the, the water.

893
00:44:16.425 --> 00:44:17.725
Uh, and the retention pond

894
00:44:18.585 --> 00:44:21.445
behind Heather way is still extremely high.

895
00:44:22.385 --> 00:44:24.205
The preserve. So,

896
00:44:24.205 --> 00:44:26.005
and it's killing, it's killing all the trees

897
00:44:26.005 --> 00:44:27.285
and it's killing all the foliage.

898
00:44:28.655 --> 00:44:29.655
Thank you.

899
00:44:38.545 --> 00:44:40.365
Uh, good afternoon. My name is Alan Melling,

900
00:44:40.365 --> 00:44:42.085
43 89 Whittington Circle.

901
00:44:42.705 --> 00:44:45.925
My question was just on the basic facts of

902
00:44:45.985 --> 00:44:49.165
how the system works so everybody understands it.

903
00:44:49.785 --> 00:44:51.285
My understanding is that

904
00:44:51.945 --> 00:44:54.965
the drains in the street passively flow into these ponds.

905
00:44:55.035 --> 00:44:56.525
There's no active pumping there.

906
00:44:57.025 --> 00:45:00.205
And that at least, uh, for most of these ponds,

907
00:45:00.515 --> 00:45:02.445
there's no way of getting water out

908
00:45:02.445 --> 00:45:06.485
of the ponds once it's in, other than overflow into, uh,

909
00:45:06.505 --> 00:45:09.525
the swamp area when, when the level gets that high.

910
00:45:10.145 --> 00:45:13.255
Um, people had mentioned the possibility

911
00:45:13.275 --> 00:45:15.135
of pumping water out of ponds.

912
00:45:15.275 --> 00:45:17.095
Is that something that's even in the plan?

913
00:45:17.235 --> 00:45:19.095
Is it something that's considered?

914
00:45:19.385 --> 00:45:21.135
Seems to me it would be very expensive.

915
00:45:21.155 --> 00:45:23.055
So I don't think it would be a, uh,

916
00:45:23.115 --> 00:45:24.175
an action of first choice.

917
00:45:24.195 --> 00:45:25.815
But is that even part of the plan?

918
00:45:26.695 --> 00:45:29.215
'cause my understanding right now is it's essentially a

919
00:45:29.765 --> 00:45:32.975
passively ma The ponds are essentially passively managed

920
00:45:33.335 --> 00:45:36.735
retention basins with an overflow to a swamp area.

921
00:45:36.915 --> 00:45:38.375
And that's really all that's done

922
00:45:38.375 --> 00:45:39.735
to control the level of the water.

923
00:45:40.235 --> 00:45:42.015
Uh, it sounds like there's some drainage

924
00:45:42.015 --> 00:45:44.495
of the swamp area itself, but not the pond.

925
00:45:45.135 --> 00:45:47.015
I just like those facts confirmed.

926
00:45:47.445 --> 00:45:49.415
What are the mechanisms by which this,

927
00:45:49.485 --> 00:45:50.935
this water level is controlled?

928
00:45:51.385 --> 00:45:52.175
Thank you very much.

929
00:46:00.355 --> 00:46:03.735
The name is Rich Ero. 44 51 Del Bau Court.

930
00:46:04.845 --> 00:46:06.165
A couple of things I have to say.

931
00:46:06.475 --> 00:46:08.005
This is not the first flood.

932
00:46:08.465 --> 00:46:11.445
Two years ago, our backyards were flooded.

933
00:46:12.175 --> 00:46:14.945
Everybody came out, they showed us the maps,

934
00:46:15.655 --> 00:46:17.585
they set our little clog in the drain.

935
00:46:18.855 --> 00:46:21.185
They never came out. They, they said that they were going

936
00:46:21.185 --> 00:46:24.465
to scope all the drains in the area.

937
00:46:24.985 --> 00:46:26.065
I never saw them do that.

938
00:46:26.375 --> 00:46:27.705
None of us saw them do that,

939
00:46:28.085 --> 00:46:29.625
but that's what they said they were gonna do.

940
00:46:30.605 --> 00:46:33.425
Second time, another flood, another 10 inches of water

941
00:46:33.735 --> 00:46:36.745
through the backyards all flooded coming up

942
00:46:36.745 --> 00:46:40.025
through the drains, not running down, just backing up

943
00:46:40.025 --> 00:46:42.425
through the drains, which means the

944
00:46:42.435 --> 00:46:43.785
pipes are clocked somewhere.

945
00:46:44.255 --> 00:46:47.025
They were gonna fix that. Nothing happened.

946
00:46:47.915 --> 00:46:49.425
Enter Milton new storm.

947
00:46:50.775 --> 00:46:52.065
They said that they were gonna come

948
00:46:52.085 --> 00:46:53.145
out and check everything.

949
00:46:54.315 --> 00:46:58.105
Clear the lines, nothing happened. Major flooding.

950
00:46:58.655 --> 00:47:01.945
This is two years now. No one's done anything.

951
00:47:02.355 --> 00:47:03.825
Who's responsible to do it?

952
00:47:04.575 --> 00:47:08.895
Them Maybe we should take the responsibility away from them

953
00:47:09.355 --> 00:47:10.455
and give it to someone else

954
00:47:10.455 --> 00:47:12.455
because we're not getting any satisfaction.

955
00:47:13.315 --> 00:47:14.335
That's the bottom line.

956
00:47:14.755 --> 00:47:16.255
We can't do anything about it ourselves.

957
00:47:17.475 --> 00:47:20.295
Our values of our homes are going down as we speak.

958
00:47:20.655 --> 00:47:24.095
I spoke to Bruce Brown and Ryan Millinger. Are they here?

959
00:47:25.795 --> 00:47:27.235
I spoke to you, rich Ero.

960
00:47:27.775 --> 00:47:29.445
You said you guys were gonna look into

961
00:47:29.445 --> 00:47:31.485
something, give us an answer.

962
00:47:31.485 --> 00:47:34.525
Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you, you told me that.

963
00:47:34.955 --> 00:47:37.445
Well, contrary to what everybody believes,

964
00:47:38.235 --> 00:47:40.525
there's pump stations on every pond.

965
00:47:41.105 --> 00:47:42.245
You guys don't have 'em.

966
00:47:42.335 --> 00:47:44.085
Maybe you should put a pump station there

967
00:47:44.085 --> 00:47:46.405
and get the water out of those two ponds

968
00:47:46.705 --> 00:47:49.005
and pump it somewhere else where there's a low spot.

969
00:47:50.675 --> 00:47:52.775
Matter of fact, you said you were gonna gimme a call back.

970
00:47:52.855 --> 00:47:55.015
I hate to say it, I never got that call back.

971
00:47:55.435 --> 00:47:57.855
The assistant manager said they were gonna call me back.

972
00:47:58.195 --> 00:48:01.375
He didn't call me back either. I don't know what's going on.

973
00:48:01.425 --> 00:48:04.215
Maybe we should remove the responsibility from them

974
00:48:04.435 --> 00:48:05.535
and give it to someone else.

975
00:48:05.675 --> 00:48:07.015
That's all I have to say.

976
00:48:14.145 --> 00:48:15.935
Hello, my name's Paul Northfleet.

977
00:48:16.015 --> 00:48:19.695
I live at 3 1 7 9 Lutah Lane.

978
00:48:20.755 --> 00:48:22.455
Um, first of all to Mike Davis.

979
00:48:23.255 --> 00:48:26.455
I think, I think your presentation was a little shallow

980
00:48:26.915 --> 00:48:28.575
and a little weak in

981
00:48:28.575 --> 00:48:30.695
that you only hit it at a very high level

982
00:48:30.995 --> 00:48:33.335
and it was only, it really didn't cover

983
00:48:33.335 --> 00:48:34.455
what needed to be covered.

984
00:48:35.195 --> 00:48:37.375
It would've been a very beneficial to us

985
00:48:38.035 --> 00:48:41.215
and some of the other folks to know exactly

986
00:48:41.315 --> 00:48:42.855
how this system all works.

987
00:48:43.515 --> 00:48:45.175
Not every pond has a pump.

988
00:48:46.475 --> 00:48:49.725
Some, some ponds are irrigation ponds for irrigation water.

989
00:48:50.275 --> 00:48:52.725
Some ponds take storm drains

990
00:48:53.105 --> 00:48:56.245
and some, some ponds have other pipes

991
00:48:56.635 --> 00:49:00.165
that lead over into, uh, what I'll call the preserve.

992
00:49:00.745 --> 00:49:03.645
And then from the preserve it goes out an outlet,

993
00:49:03.645 --> 00:49:06.725
15 inch outlet and it's fed to someplace else.

994
00:49:07.865 --> 00:49:12.805
Um, I think what I've heard here today is the remedy is,

995
00:49:13.585 --> 00:49:16.925
that's been offered is that we'll have more monitoring.

996
00:49:17.895 --> 00:49:21.665
Well what better monitoring do you need than these citizens,

997
00:49:21.755 --> 00:49:25.385
these residents that have been monitoring it for months

998
00:49:26.765 --> 00:49:29.825
and we've been telling you this is too high.

999
00:49:30.095 --> 00:49:33.385
It's not where it needs to be. There is something wrong.

1000
00:49:34.275 --> 00:49:36.665
Those things went completely unnoticed.

1001
00:49:37.495 --> 00:49:40.505
They were ignored and all we got was

1002
00:49:41.205 --> 00:49:44.905
was the word was it's performing as design.

1003
00:49:46.045 --> 00:49:48.945
You know? And, and it quite frankly, I mean,

1004
00:49:50.765 --> 00:49:53.985
it it it's unacceptable to say that we need more monitoring.

1005
00:49:54.045 --> 00:49:55.625
We need to know if there's really going

1006
00:49:55.625 --> 00:50:00.385
to be a remedy put in place that's gonna satisfy us

1007
00:50:00.845 --> 00:50:04.945
to the degree that we feel comfortable and, uh,

1008
00:50:05.645 --> 00:50:09.025
and secure in that we're not gonna have structural flooding.

1009
00:50:09.725 --> 00:50:11.585
That's, that's really the bottom line.

1010
00:50:12.245 --> 00:50:14.505
We just want to know what is the remedy.

1011
00:50:14.775 --> 00:50:15.985
It's not monitoring

1012
00:50:16.695 --> 00:50:20.065
because we've been monitoring every one of us,

1013
00:50:20.065 --> 00:50:21.345
some of us for over a year.

1014
00:50:22.525 --> 00:50:26.185
And uh, so I'd like to hear in the end,

1015
00:50:26.265 --> 00:50:28.485
I don't know if it's next meeting or, or today

1016
00:50:28.505 --> 00:50:31.405
or when it is, but what is the remedy?

1017
00:50:32.435 --> 00:50:33.645
What is the solution?

1018
00:50:34.465 --> 00:50:37.325
And um, I'm not being totally critical, Mike,

1019
00:50:37.325 --> 00:50:40.525
what I'm saying to you is folks need to understand

1020
00:50:40.585 --> 00:50:42.605
how this all interconnects and how it works

1021
00:50:43.435 --> 00:50:45.485
because a lot of people are

1022
00:50:46.325 --> 00:50:47.605
misunderstand how it really works.

1023
00:50:48.315 --> 00:50:49.445
Okay, thank you.

1024
00:50:55.705 --> 00:50:58.205
And before the next comment, just make sure

1025
00:50:58.205 --> 00:51:00.445
that you're addressing the comments to the board

1026
00:51:00.465 --> 00:51:02.085
and not directly to the staff.

1027
00:51:02.385 --> 00:51:05.605
The staff will respond appropriately at the appropriate

1028
00:51:05.605 --> 00:51:08.485
time, but this is your time to talk to That's okay.

1029
00:51:08.585 --> 00:51:13.135
That's okay. Etta

1030
00:51:13.365 --> 00:51:17.055
veto 44 51 Heather, way from the Una verandas East.

1031
00:51:17.635 --> 00:51:18.775
I'm not gonna go into further

1032
00:51:18.775 --> 00:51:20.695
because I'm in agreement, especially with Paul.

1033
00:51:21.555 --> 00:51:23.975
Um, and the last gentleman that was up here.

1034
00:51:24.075 --> 00:51:26.055
But I wanted to add the preserve.

1035
00:51:26.355 --> 00:51:28.535
My backyard leads into that preserve.

1036
00:51:28.715 --> 00:51:31.335
And during I had been calling previous,

1037
00:51:31.485 --> 00:51:35.655
like everybody else has, um, prior to all these hurricanes,

1038
00:51:35.775 --> 00:51:37.335
I started a year after I bought the property

1039
00:51:37.335 --> 00:51:41.175
because the water just seems to lay on the front lawn

1040
00:51:42.005 --> 00:51:44.375
with this hurricane, these two hurricanes,

1041
00:51:44.435 --> 00:51:45.655
it came into my backyard.

1042
00:51:46.355 --> 00:51:48.775
So not only was it saturated in the front,

1043
00:51:49.035 --> 00:51:50.175
but also in the back.

1044
00:51:50.695 --> 00:51:52.975
I literally had a pond in my lawn

1045
00:51:52.985 --> 00:51:54.695
where ducks were floating in it

1046
00:51:54.695 --> 00:51:56.215
because they thought that was another little

1047
00:51:56.285 --> 00:51:57.535
pond that was manmade.

1048
00:51:58.115 --> 00:51:59.815
The preserve is now underwater.

1049
00:52:00.555 --> 00:52:03.815
It has gone down, but not to the level that it should be.

1050
00:52:04.435 --> 00:52:07.375
The wildlife, it used to have the egress back there.

1051
00:52:07.995 --> 00:52:12.575
Um, now they have a very minor place to roost,

1052
00:52:13.315 --> 00:52:15.495
so I don't know what they're doing to maintain that

1053
00:52:15.515 --> 00:52:19.215
or to clean that up or to help, you know, preserve that.

1054
00:52:19.695 --> 00:52:20.735
'cause we bought it as a preserve

1055
00:52:20.875 --> 00:52:21.975
and right now it's a swamp.

1056
00:52:22.745 --> 00:52:23.745
Thank you.

1057
00:52:35.285 --> 00:52:36.915
Hello, my name is John Lewis

1058
00:52:37.175 --> 00:52:40.315
and I live on 32 33 Bartles

1059
00:52:40.315 --> 00:52:43.155
and Terrace right off of Whittingham Circle.

1060
00:52:43.695 --> 00:52:45.515
And what I was wondering, um,

1061
00:52:46.625 --> 00:52:49.275
when we moved in a little over two years ago

1062
00:52:49.455 --> 00:52:53.595
and Ian came through, um, I had the same amount of water

1063
00:52:54.915 --> 00:52:57.255
almost up halfway my driveway.

1064
00:52:58.335 --> 00:53:01.715
And with the system clogged then too.

1065
00:53:03.155 --> 00:53:06.235
I mean, it's happened three times now,

1066
00:53:06.855 --> 00:53:10.195
but the house was brand new and we moved in.

1067
00:53:10.395 --> 00:53:12.795
Neighborhood was maybe three quarters done.

1068
00:53:13.735 --> 00:53:16.775
But why did we have that problem back then

1069
00:53:16.995 --> 00:53:18.335
and still have it now?

1070
00:53:19.355 --> 00:53:23.055
And um, I was just wondering, isn't there some way that um,

1071
00:53:23.275 --> 00:53:26.005
you can run cameras down there inform us on

1072
00:53:26.005 --> 00:53:27.245
what they see down there?

1073
00:53:27.985 --> 00:53:30.005
Are they sure it's not clogged somewhere else

1074
00:53:30.005 --> 00:53:33.955
where they're not, um, um, privy to.

1075
00:53:34.695 --> 00:53:37.635
We need the answers on knowing

1076
00:53:37.705 --> 00:53:42.495
that the system is clean, cleared out and then,

1077
00:53:42.555 --> 00:53:43.855
and then move on from there.

1078
00:53:44.395 --> 00:53:48.755
Um, you know, this, this, this, this water

1079
00:53:48.785 --> 00:53:50.595
that backs up, you know, that's got a lot

1080
00:53:50.595 --> 00:53:51.915
of bad stuff in it too.

1081
00:53:52.075 --> 00:53:53.955
I mean, um, we're talking viruses

1082
00:53:54.255 --> 00:53:58.075
and some nasty things that people could, could get sick from

1083
00:53:58.895 --> 00:54:01.475
and, and I've had it three times now

1084
00:54:02.135 --> 00:54:04.275
and, um, I'd like to see the address too.

1085
00:54:04.495 --> 00:54:05.755
So thank you. Thank

1086
00:54:05.755 --> 00:54:06.755
You.

1087
00:54:16.515 --> 00:54:18.145
Hello, my name's Mike Ferguson.

1088
00:54:18.345 --> 00:54:20.345
I live at the Brown House on slide number

1089
00:54:20.365 --> 00:54:23.345
2 44 31 Whittington Circle.

1090
00:54:24.125 --> 00:54:26.625
Um, I mean, communication was just poor

1091
00:54:27.165 --> 00:54:28.505
and you know, it sounds like someone

1092
00:54:28.505 --> 00:54:29.545
just gave us lip service.

1093
00:54:29.685 --> 00:54:32.465
Things are working the way they should, just,

1094
00:54:32.525 --> 00:54:34.105
things aren't working the way they should.

1095
00:54:35.245 --> 00:54:35.905
So that's it.

1096
00:54:43.905 --> 00:54:48.195
Rich Kate, 44 51 Del Barno Court. I just have one question.

1097
00:54:48.845 --> 00:54:52.395
Who's ultimately responsible for correcting this?

1098
00:54:55.245 --> 00:54:56.915
Who's the person? Well, again, this

1099
00:54:56.915 --> 00:54:59.155
Is the public comments portion.

1100
00:54:59.495 --> 00:55:03.035
So after we close the public comments on this, then I,

1101
00:55:03.215 --> 00:55:04.955
I'm not sure if, if Mike

1102
00:55:04.955 --> 00:55:07.315
and the engineers are going to address this

1103
00:55:07.815 --> 00:55:09.875
and what's not answered, then we'll come back

1104
00:55:09.875 --> 00:55:11.835
and answer that at the next meeting.

1105
00:55:11.975 --> 00:55:14.075
And because we're all expecting it to be fixed.

1106
00:55:15.145 --> 00:55:16.115
Yeah, this is not, we didn't invite,

1107
00:55:16.115 --> 00:55:17.395
invite homes here for no reason.

1108
00:55:17.575 --> 00:55:20.675
Public comments is not intended to be a conversation.

1109
00:55:20.745 --> 00:55:22.355
Okay. You know, and so,

1110
00:55:22.615 --> 00:55:24.475
but we did move this up in the agenda

1111
00:55:24.475 --> 00:55:27.515
because there were so many of you here and so many concerns.

1112
00:55:28.135 --> 00:55:30.955
And so we wanted to respect that. So, okay.

1113
00:55:40.615 --> 00:55:42.225
Good afternoon. I'm Karen Geiger.

1114
00:55:42.225 --> 00:55:45.785
44 0 3 Woodington Circle in that picture.

1115
00:55:46.805 --> 00:55:48.225
All the water in front of my house

1116
00:55:48.685 --> 00:55:50.665
and I live across from Maple Terrace.

1117
00:55:50.885 --> 00:55:54.105
The pond is in my backyard and it goes into the marsh.

1118
00:55:54.605 --> 00:55:57.265
The marsh has a mound that's probably,

1119
00:55:57.865 --> 00:55:58.985
I don't know, three feet high.

1120
00:55:59.565 --> 00:56:03.985
The pond overflowed into the marsh over that, um, mound.

1121
00:56:04.725 --> 00:56:07.425
It also was within four feet of our lanai.

1122
00:56:07.965 --> 00:56:09.425
And the people leaving three doors

1123
00:56:09.425 --> 00:56:10.585
down, they have a swimming pool.

1124
00:56:10.845 --> 00:56:13.025
The water from the pond was all the way up

1125
00:56:13.225 --> 00:56:14.545
to the concrete on their pool.

1126
00:56:15.565 --> 00:56:19.785
So all that debris that come over from the marsh

1127
00:56:20.245 --> 00:56:22.705
and et cetera, all ended up in our yards.

1128
00:56:23.425 --> 00:56:27.365
And so I spent three hours trying to rake all of

1129
00:56:27.365 --> 00:56:30.845
that up out of there so it wouldn't ruin the grass.

1130
00:56:31.385 --> 00:56:33.805
But the water is still very high, so

1131
00:56:34.545 --> 00:56:37.485
the street couldn't leak into the pond

1132
00:56:37.485 --> 00:56:41.285
because the pond was already flowing out into the street.

1133
00:56:42.065 --> 00:56:45.525
So I think there is a problem with the drainage

1134
00:56:45.985 --> 00:56:48.645
and it really needs to be looked into for our concerns

1135
00:56:48.645 --> 00:56:50.205
so we don't have our houses flood.

1136
00:56:51.235 --> 00:56:52.365
Okay. Thank you.

1137
00:56:58.975 --> 00:57:02.565
Hello. Mark Mattis. Uh, 4 5 3 4 third lane.

1138
00:57:03.145 --> 00:57:04.725
Uh, all these questions.

1139
00:57:04.785 --> 00:57:08.445
Is somebody here taking all these questions and comments?

1140
00:57:09.345 --> 00:57:11.685
Yes. Someone's thinking. So it all get answered.

1141
00:57:11.745 --> 00:57:13.605
All these comments and concerns.

1142
00:57:13.885 --> 00:57:15.005
Question. I think as soon

1143
00:57:15.005 --> 00:57:17.645
as the public comment portion is over, I think the

1144
00:57:18.565 --> 00:57:21.405
engineer going over how the system is designed,

1145
00:57:21.625 --> 00:57:24.765
how the water retention areas, their primary purpose,

1146
00:57:24.895 --> 00:57:28.685
their function, if are they connected, how they move water,

1147
00:57:29.205 --> 00:57:31.325
I think that will answer at least half of them.

1148
00:57:31.745 --> 00:57:33.845
And then we will follow up with the questions of

1149
00:57:33.845 --> 00:57:35.965
what are we doing moving forward. Okay.

1150
00:57:36.515 --> 00:57:38.045
This just so everyone, we to get

1151
00:57:38.045 --> 00:57:39.365
Through this Part first, just so everyone

1152
00:57:39.365 --> 00:57:40.805
understands, when you have water

1153
00:57:42.385 --> 00:57:44.645
And on those basins in your street, it's

1154
00:57:44.685 --> 00:57:45.765
Supposed to, that Needs to go down

1155
00:57:46.945 --> 00:57:48.125
Sir, you need to turn back around

1156
00:57:48.145 --> 00:57:49.885
and speak into the microphone please.

1157
00:57:50.445 --> 00:57:52.845
Supposed to go downhill, sir. That's why they're all full.

1158
00:57:54.225 --> 00:57:55.725
Sir, we need you to speak into the

1159
00:57:55.725 --> 00:57:57.165
microphone so that everything is

1160
00:57:57.365 --> 00:57:58.365
Recorded. All those

1161
00:57:58.365 --> 00:58:00.285
basins in the middle of the streets, on the side

1162
00:58:00.285 --> 00:58:02.125
of the streets, all around that area,

1163
00:58:02.905 --> 00:58:05.115
they're all full all the time and water.

1164
00:58:05.545 --> 00:58:07.155
They're not supposed to be full.

1165
00:58:07.235 --> 00:58:09.395
I don't care what engineer told you otherwise.

1166
00:58:09.985 --> 00:58:12.475
There's no way should they be full.

1167
00:58:13.145 --> 00:58:14.955
They're supposed to be pitched downhill

1168
00:58:15.735 --> 00:58:17.995
and going with retention pond that's lower.

1169
00:58:18.735 --> 00:58:20.515
So those basins are not full.

1170
00:58:21.305 --> 00:58:25.315
This is basic logic. Okay,

1171
00:58:26.285 --> 00:58:27.285
Thank you.

1172
00:58:36.795 --> 00:58:40.275
I am Roger Peterson. I live at 32 35 Mabel Terrace,

1173
00:58:40.965 --> 00:58:44.355
right in the hot zone of the flooding in Mabel Terrace.

1174
00:58:46.595 --> 00:58:49.555
I had, um, made three phone calls prior

1175
00:58:49.575 --> 00:58:50.995
to the hurricane coming.

1176
00:58:52.215 --> 00:58:54.715
And, uh, the third time I called,

1177
00:58:55.155 --> 00:58:56.195
actually somebody came out,

1178
00:58:57.015 --> 00:58:59.275
it was on Monday prior to the hurricane.

1179
00:59:00.275 --> 00:59:03.095
And I am kind of like I an unofficial monitor

1180
00:59:03.395 --> 00:59:04.895
of our drains in our street.

1181
00:59:05.755 --> 00:59:10.175
And uh, it was right up to the top and this was on Monday

1182
00:59:10.235 --> 00:59:11.255
before the hurricane.

1183
00:59:11.835 --> 00:59:15.695
And the young man that came out, his comment was, oh,

1184
00:59:15.695 --> 00:59:18.375
we're going to expect to be a little minor street flooding.

1185
00:59:19.105 --> 00:59:23.605
Well, obviously a minor in his mind must be 12 inches

1186
00:59:23.605 --> 00:59:25.925
of rain that falls down and floods our street.

1187
00:59:26.895 --> 00:59:30.115
Um, and I do monitor, as I said, I do monitor that drain

1188
00:59:30.215 --> 00:59:33.195
and I actually look at some of the drains as we're walking.

1189
00:59:33.515 --> 00:59:34.675
'cause we take walks every day.

1190
00:59:35.495 --> 00:59:38.075
And a lot of the drains in that area had always

1191
00:59:38.585 --> 00:59:42.375
have always been, at least in the last six months,

1192
00:59:43.475 --> 00:59:44.655
almost up to the top.

1193
00:59:46.035 --> 00:59:49.095
And to be told, you know, a little lip service that, oh,

1194
00:59:49.095 --> 00:59:52.295
you're having street, minor street flooding, does

1195
00:59:52.295 --> 00:59:53.335
that sound acceptable?

1196
00:59:53.685 --> 00:59:55.735
That you're being warned about having flooding?

1197
00:59:57.045 --> 00:59:59.375
They should be fixing the problem way

1198
00:59:59.435 --> 01:00:00.655
before that's gonna happen.

1199
01:00:01.275 --> 01:00:03.775
And in fact, since hurricane season pretty much is almost

1200
01:00:03.775 --> 01:00:06.015
over, you have quite a few months

1201
01:00:06.015 --> 01:00:08.735
before the next hurricane season comes in order

1202
01:00:08.755 --> 01:00:13.495
to address this and fix it completely so that uh, all

1203
01:00:13.495 --> 01:00:15.535
that bond money we're paying is put to good use.

1204
01:00:16.515 --> 01:00:19.695
Our area is safe. Nobody's getting flooding.

1205
01:00:20.325 --> 01:00:23.775
Even the possibility of flooding into their lanais,

1206
01:00:23.845 --> 01:00:26.695
into their swimming pools, into their base.

1207
01:00:26.755 --> 01:00:27.775
Oh, we don't have basements.

1208
01:00:27.815 --> 01:00:29.095
I used to get flying in the basement,

1209
01:00:29.555 --> 01:00:31.215
but, um, into your garages.

1210
01:00:31.555 --> 01:00:34.575
And I have to say I was, my wife

1211
01:00:34.595 --> 01:00:38.135
and I were standing out there near the street on Wednesday,

1212
01:00:39.245 --> 01:00:42.055
slow down, slow down, telling everybody to slow down

1213
01:00:42.055 --> 01:00:45.455
because as a matter of fact, last year

1214
01:00:46.405 --> 01:00:48.575
when people still had a lot of pine straw,

1215
01:00:49.475 --> 01:00:50.935
we had a huge downpour.

1216
01:00:51.515 --> 01:00:54.695
It came down, washed the pine straw out of their, out

1217
01:00:54.695 --> 01:00:56.895
of their yards, covered up the storm

1218
01:00:56.945 --> 01:00:58.775
drain, the road flooded.

1219
01:00:58.775 --> 01:01:01.215
Then we had at least four or five inches.

1220
01:01:01.895 --> 01:01:05.235
I walked out there with a rake a long, you know,

1221
01:01:05.275 --> 01:01:08.195
a little rake, and I raked it off and the water went away.

1222
01:01:08.215 --> 01:01:11.795
But it didn't go away quickly. It took, its took its time.

1223
01:01:11.975 --> 01:01:13.555
So that indicated to me that at

1224
01:01:13.555 --> 01:01:16.035
that point there must have been a problem already.

1225
01:01:16.735 --> 01:01:18.715
At least that problem that you said about being,

1226
01:01:18.885 --> 01:01:21.315
being clogged had to have been happened already.

1227
01:01:22.135 --> 01:01:25.995
But I will be continuing my job, unofficial job

1228
01:01:26.095 --> 01:01:28.795
of monitoring these drains going forward.

1229
01:01:29.135 --> 01:01:30.835
And you can be guaranteed

1230
01:01:30.835 --> 01:01:32.795
that I will be making more phone calls

1231
01:01:33.335 --> 01:01:34.475
if I see it's too high.

1232
01:01:35.575 --> 01:01:37.475
But thank you very much for addressing this

1233
01:01:37.575 --> 01:01:39.195
and I'm hoping to see good results.

1234
01:01:39.885 --> 01:01:40.915
Thank you. Thank

1235
01:01:40.915 --> 01:01:41.915
You.

1236
01:01:44.815 --> 01:01:46.395
Are there any more comments? Oh,

1237
01:01:51.105 --> 01:01:53.475
Mike Williamson 5 79 Nielsen Place.

1238
01:01:53.895 --> 01:01:56.875
Uh, hear and hearing all of the comments, uh,

1239
01:01:57.215 --> 01:02:00.075
and I heard the, and and certainly the pla the place

1240
01:02:00.095 --> 01:02:01.755
to bring them is right here.

1241
01:02:02.255 --> 01:02:05.235
But does this, when you start talking about the monies being

1242
01:02:05.235 --> 01:02:08.395
spent, and I heard that comment, does that then fall?

1243
01:02:08.715 --> 01:02:11.235
I know it would still fall up under property management,

1244
01:02:11.655 --> 01:02:14.475
but it wa would it fall up under PA purview

1245
01:02:14.735 --> 01:02:15.875
rather than district?

1246
01:02:18.015 --> 01:02:20.925
We would have to look typically if it is a storm water

1247
01:02:20.925 --> 01:02:23.125
management issue, yes, that is funded

1248
01:02:23.125 --> 01:02:24.725
through project wide in this area.

1249
01:02:29.565 --> 01:02:32.585
So if there are no other comments, Madam Chair, I think, um,

1250
01:02:32.585 --> 01:02:36.425
if we can introduce vi um, a representative from VI

1251
01:02:36.525 --> 01:02:39.065
and have them go through again, um,

1252
01:02:39.065 --> 01:02:42.185
they heard the questions, they'll do their best to just kind

1253
01:02:42.185 --> 01:02:44.665
of answer them all, um, at one time.

1254
01:02:44.765 --> 01:02:46.145
And then we'll certainly follow up with,

1255
01:02:46.215 --> 01:02:47.345
with district staff.

1256
01:02:47.885 --> 01:02:50.705
Um, if there are questions that we can't answer,

1257
01:02:50.795 --> 01:02:53.265
we'll certainly put this on old business

1258
01:02:53.265 --> 01:02:54.745
and then report back to you next month.

1259
01:02:55.455 --> 01:02:55.745
Okay.

1260
01:03:04.015 --> 01:03:06.145
Good afternoon. Ron Ferris, uh,

1261
01:03:06.265 --> 01:03:08.105
K climber farner barley 44 50,

1262
01:03:08.605 --> 01:03:10.465
Uh, I'm sorry, Kleiner Farmer Barley.

1263
01:03:10.545 --> 01:03:11.625
I was looking at Mr.

1264
01:03:11.685 --> 01:03:13.345
Our net with Vicke. Sorry about that. Yes.

1265
01:03:13.345 --> 01:03:16.865
Uh, our firm, uh, Vicki is in charge of helping

1266
01:03:16.925 --> 01:03:18.465
to manage the irrigation system.

1267
01:03:18.685 --> 01:03:21.065
Our firm. Our, uh, I apologize.

1268
01:03:21.605 --> 01:03:23.745
Um, our firm is involved in the design

1269
01:03:23.745 --> 01:03:24.865
of the storm water system.

1270
01:03:25.445 --> 01:03:28.905
Um, I think the, as you mentioned, the first place

1271
01:03:28.925 --> 01:03:31.545
to start is kind of how does this system function?

1272
01:03:32.125 --> 01:03:34.705
Um, if we could go back to the, the possible

1273
01:03:34.705 --> 01:03:35.865
to go back to the map.

1274
01:03:51.975 --> 01:03:54.145
Okay. Um, on the right hand side is

1275
01:03:54.345 --> 01:03:57.705
what everybody's been referring to as the preserve area.

1276
01:03:57.725 --> 01:04:00.465
And there are a series of ponds around the preserve area

1277
01:04:01.095 --> 01:04:04.025
that take the water from the streets and the front spots

1278
01:04:04.765 --> 01:04:08.265
and, um, pretreat it in accordance with, um,

1279
01:04:08.835 --> 01:04:10.425
water management district rules.

1280
01:04:10.925 --> 01:04:12.625
Um, and then it, they discharge

1281
01:04:12.765 --> 01:04:14.545
and turn to the preserve area.

1282
01:04:15.285 --> 01:04:18.385
The preserve area has a discharge structure at the west end,

1283
01:04:18.405 --> 01:04:22.265
as you see there on that pipe that flows to the west.

1284
01:04:22.465 --> 01:04:25.425
I believe, um, one resident referred to it as the Woods

1285
01:04:25.525 --> 01:04:27.025
or another Preserve area.

1286
01:04:31.255 --> 01:04:34.785
Okay. Uh, is that better? Yeah, it's okay. I apologize.

1287
01:04:35.405 --> 01:04:39.505
Um, but essentially the, um, just kind of going over, uh,

1288
01:04:40.045 --> 01:04:43.545
in case you missed it, the, the ponds pretreat the water,

1289
01:04:44.085 --> 01:04:47.145
uh, prior to discharging to the preserve, um,

1290
01:04:47.145 --> 01:04:50.945
through a discharge structure that's similar to, um,

1291
01:04:50.975 --> 01:04:55.145
they have boxes, concrete boxes that meter the water out

1292
01:04:55.245 --> 01:04:58.985
to the, uh, preserve at the rates that are allowed

1293
01:04:58.985 --> 01:05:00.425
with the water management district.

1294
01:05:01.005 --> 01:05:04.905
Um, the preserve discharges through the pipe system, um,

1295
01:05:05.015 --> 01:05:09.025
that I believe the, um, the plug issue was at the Western

1296
01:05:09.585 --> 01:05:12.065
location where the pipe enters the, um, the,

1297
01:05:12.245 --> 01:05:14.185
the other preserve on the edge of the,

1298
01:05:14.685 --> 01:05:16.225
the left hand side of the screen.

1299
01:05:16.945 --> 01:05:19.805
Uh, this area discharges through a series of pipes

1300
01:05:19.805 --> 01:05:23.485
and ditches up just south of the intersection

1301
01:05:23.905 --> 01:05:26.285
of US 3 0 1 in the turnpike

1302
01:05:26.705 --> 01:05:29.125
and heads west towards Lake Panas Offkey.

1303
01:05:29.785 --> 01:05:33.805
Um, so, um, that's kind of the general functioning

1304
01:05:33.805 --> 01:05:37.805
and how the system is supposed to design, uh, drain

1305
01:05:37.865 --> 01:05:39.125
and, um, work.

1306
01:05:40.065 --> 01:05:43.805
The, our criteria for design is a 10

1307
01:05:43.805 --> 01:05:46.645
and a half inch rainstorm, which is prescribed to us

1308
01:05:46.705 --> 01:05:48.245
by the Water Management District.

1309
01:05:48.865 --> 01:05:52.925
Um, and, uh, we, uh, consult with geologists

1310
01:05:52.925 --> 01:05:55.685
to give us starting water levels on where

1311
01:05:55.685 --> 01:05:56.925
to begin our storage levels.

1312
01:05:57.865 --> 01:06:02.125
So if the levels are higher due to prior storms

1313
01:06:02.705 --> 01:06:04.045
or blockages

1314
01:06:04.105 --> 01:06:06.845
or something like that, the water will lay,

1315
01:06:06.975 --> 01:06:09.565
raise higher than the analysis shows.

1316
01:06:10.265 --> 01:06:13.885
Um, so that's the general idea of

1317
01:06:13.885 --> 01:06:15.725
how this system functions.

1318
01:06:16.225 --> 01:06:19.965
Um, one issue we have though is, as was mentioned,

1319
01:06:20.195 --> 01:06:23.205
there's a, uh, extra criteria associated

1320
01:06:23.205 --> 01:06:24.685
with the preserve, it's wetland.

1321
01:06:25.345 --> 01:06:29.845
Um, so, um, the, the outlets are designed to try

1322
01:06:29.845 --> 01:06:33.285
to preserve that hydrology is what it's referred to.

1323
01:06:33.385 --> 01:06:36.925
The, the idea of the water level stay, um, fairly consistent

1324
01:06:36.925 --> 01:06:38.565
with the pre-development condition.

1325
01:06:39.225 --> 01:06:41.005
Um, we also have to be careful

1326
01:06:41.735 --> 01:06:43.485
about releasing water too quickly

1327
01:06:43.665 --> 01:06:45.485
so we don't flood downstream properties.

1328
01:06:46.225 --> 01:06:48.965
Um, so that's, uh, all

1329
01:06:48.965 --> 01:06:51.445
that information goes into the design of the system.

1330
01:06:51.985 --> 01:06:56.565
Um, one other comment I heard regularly was, um,

1331
01:06:56.905 --> 01:07:00.845
the inlets should, um, not have water in them.

1332
01:07:01.305 --> 01:07:05.365
Um, I'm from up north where we have a lot of elevation, uh,

1333
01:07:05.825 --> 01:07:07.605
in Florida that's more of a challenge.

1334
01:07:08.585 --> 01:07:10.445
So there are a lot of inlets.

1335
01:07:10.465 --> 01:07:12.245
You may see water in the bottom of them,

1336
01:07:13.105 --> 01:07:15.685
but you know, it should not be near the top.

1337
01:07:16.585 --> 01:07:20.845
Um, so, uh, we have water in the inlets in my neighborhood.

1338
01:07:21.585 --> 01:07:24.405
Um, it's just the elevation change is not there to,

1339
01:07:24.985 --> 01:07:29.285
to keep the run dry, but, but they should function.

1340
01:07:29.705 --> 01:07:31.325
Um, so,

1341
01:07:32.545 --> 01:07:36.685
So what, what about the, um, so that's how is it designed?

1342
01:07:36.755 --> 01:07:38.485
What about the water management?

1343
01:07:38.515 --> 01:07:41.365
What are the things that you and Vicars

1344
01:07:41.365 --> 01:07:44.485
and DPM, what are, what is it that we do to prepare

1345
01:07:44.505 --> 01:07:47.045
for storms when it comes to the movement

1346
01:07:47.045 --> 01:07:48.485
of water and storage of water?

1347
01:07:49.115 --> 01:07:51.405
Well, this, as, as was mentioned earlier,

1348
01:07:51.555 --> 01:07:53.565
this system I, um, is passive.

1349
01:07:54.185 --> 01:07:56.645
So it's relying on gravity

1350
01:07:56.825 --> 01:07:59.845
and the natural flow of the pipes within, within the area.

1351
01:08:00.585 --> 01:08:04.925
So there's, there's not necessarily a lot

1352
01:08:05.115 --> 01:08:08.205
that can be done other than bringing in, you know,

1353
01:08:08.705 --> 01:08:12.805
it was mentioned earlier, pumps, um, when you do pump water,

1354
01:08:13.355 --> 01:08:14.725
that water goes somewhere.

1355
01:08:15.345 --> 01:08:18.285
And generally that'll require an emergency authorization

1356
01:08:18.315 --> 01:08:20.845
from the water management district, which takes some time,

1357
01:08:21.425 --> 01:08:22.725
uh, to make sure that

1358
01:08:22.725 --> 01:08:25.405
where you're pumping it isn't gonna have an adverse impact

1359
01:08:25.505 --> 01:08:27.605
on the people near that area.

1360
01:08:29.105 --> 01:08:33.765
So, so the issue is we have how many thousands

1361
01:08:33.805 --> 01:08:37.085
and thousands of homes and several hundred villages.

1362
01:08:37.875 --> 01:08:39.925
This is the only village that has this problem,

1363
01:08:40.185 --> 01:08:42.085
and all the villages were designed the same.

1364
01:08:42.635 --> 01:08:46.805
There's something wrong with the design of this area. Well,

1365
01:08:52.505 --> 01:08:54.405
you know, if I can address that, um,

1366
01:08:54.575 --> 01:08:57.005
there was a discussion about a blockage in the pipe,

1367
01:08:57.265 --> 01:09:00.845
and the system did not start where it was designed to start.

1368
01:09:01.345 --> 01:09:04.605
Uh, water levels were high as, um, higher.

1369
01:09:04.825 --> 01:09:06.845
So we did not have the storage, most likely

1370
01:09:07.675 --> 01:09:09.685
that was accounted for in the design.

1371
01:09:10.705 --> 01:09:13.485
The, the idea is now that that blockage is gone,

1372
01:09:13.975 --> 01:09:17.125
water levels should slowly return to more normal levels

1373
01:09:18.025 --> 01:09:19.845
and not be a problem in the future.

1374
01:09:20.745 --> 01:09:20.965
You,

1375
01:09:27.505 --> 01:09:29.645
So unfortunately, you do have talking to the mic,

1376
01:09:29.705 --> 01:09:31.365
but I think what somebody is asking us

1377
01:09:31.365 --> 01:09:34.125
to show the pipe on, is it the pic?

1378
01:09:34.125 --> 01:09:35.565
Can you go to the picture of the pipe?

1379
01:09:37.465 --> 01:09:39.565
Uh, it's the black line right there,

1380
01:09:40.745 --> 01:09:43.365
and I believe the plug was right at the outfall.

1381
01:09:43.625 --> 01:09:44.445
So yeah,

1382
01:09:49.585 --> 01:09:53.525
now that's, um, I, I did see video

1383
01:09:53.705 --> 01:09:56.725
of the pipe cleared on the, on the west side.

1384
01:09:56.905 --> 01:09:58.805
So that's the, So,

1385
01:09:58.805 --> 01:10:00.725
and again, you have to come to the mic.

1386
01:10:00.825 --> 01:10:03.125
You, you cannot ask questions from the audience.

1387
01:10:03.125 --> 01:10:05.165
And I don't know if you wanna open it back up yet

1388
01:10:05.185 --> 01:10:07.845
to audience comments. Um, let,

1389
01:10:07.985 --> 01:10:11.405
Let me, let me ask one thing I I've noticed in some

1390
01:10:11.405 --> 01:10:14.245
of the ponds, especially over by, um, Hogge,

1391
01:10:14.715 --> 01:10:16.845
they have built cement structures

1392
01:10:16.955 --> 01:10:19.045
with drains on top, so they wouldn't plug.

1393
01:10:19.465 --> 01:10:21.005
Is that not a solution that we need here?

1394
01:10:21.025 --> 01:10:24.365
It looks like that, that that's a mess, right where

1395
01:10:24.365 --> 01:10:27.205
that pipe is, and that's the only drainage for that area.

1396
01:10:27.345 --> 01:10:30.125
So that at least that needs to be secured.

1397
01:10:30.595 --> 01:10:35.285
Yeah, they, um, the, they're called skimmers, the me, the,

1398
01:10:35.465 --> 01:10:37.685
the surrounding cage you're talking about.

1399
01:10:38.185 --> 01:10:41.165
Um, they're not required by the water management district

1400
01:10:41.165 --> 01:10:42.165
for various reasons.

1401
01:10:42.665 --> 01:10:44.925
Um, that, that's a possibility.

1402
01:10:44.985 --> 01:10:47.845
It could help keep the debris off the top.

1403
01:10:48.425 --> 01:10:51.005
Um, one thing with that particular structure

1404
01:10:51.065 --> 01:10:54.365
that's in the preserve on the east side, there's a pipe

1405
01:10:54.365 --> 01:10:55.765
underneath it, um,

1406
01:10:55.795 --> 01:10:57.445
that sticks out the side of the structure.

1407
01:10:58.225 --> 01:11:01.845
And I was there, I believe, two days ago,

1408
01:11:02.145 --> 01:11:04.045
and the water is flowing through that pipe.

1409
01:11:04.205 --> 01:11:06.285
I can see water coming out of the preserve,

1410
01:11:06.755 --> 01:11:09.165
even though it's lower than the top of the structure.

1411
01:11:10.545 --> 01:11:14.285
And, um, if you go out to the west side where

1412
01:11:14.285 --> 01:11:16.565
that pipe out falls into the woods over there,

1413
01:11:17.145 --> 01:11:18.525
you can see the water flowing.

1414
01:11:18.525 --> 01:11:20.445
So right now, it's clear, it's flowing good.

1415
01:11:20.505 --> 01:11:23.165
It just, it is gonna take a little time to come back down

1416
01:11:23.165 --> 01:11:25.845
to normal levels because we have to throttle it

1417
01:11:26.425 --> 01:11:28.325
so we're not causing impacts downstream.

1418
01:11:28.825 --> 01:11:33.125
So, so I at least would like to see some kind of evaluation

1419
01:11:33.125 --> 01:11:34.805
of that, being able to make

1420
01:11:34.805 --> 01:11:38.485
that pipe not get blocked in the future if that's allowed

1421
01:11:38.505 --> 01:11:39.685
or possible.

1422
01:11:39.685 --> 01:11:41.645
And the other thing we'd like to see is some kind

1423
01:11:41.645 --> 01:11:44.645
of emergency plan on what we're gonna do in the future,

1424
01:11:45.075 --> 01:11:48.285
because this, I, I think this area is just at a minimum

1425
01:11:48.855 --> 01:11:50.045
acceptable level.

1426
01:11:50.745 --> 01:11:52.485
So we need to have planning

1427
01:11:52.625 --> 01:11:55.485
and make sure that we don't get into this situation again,

1428
01:11:55.485 --> 01:11:59.005
because that, you know, water in the roads is not something

1429
01:11:59.005 --> 01:12:02.125
that we want to tell people happens in the villages.

1430
01:12:02.295 --> 01:12:03.295
Understood.

1431
01:12:05.825 --> 01:12:08.885
So, um, if, if we could, I'm,

1432
01:12:08.965 --> 01:12:10.725
I heard we want two things now.

1433
01:12:10.865 --> 01:12:13.485
One, to look into some type of a skimmer to see if

1434
01:12:13.485 --> 01:12:15.805
that can be added to the inlet of the pipe

1435
01:12:16.305 --> 01:12:17.805
to prevent the debris.

1436
01:12:18.305 --> 01:12:22.125
The second is, um, us to come up with a proposal

1437
01:12:22.225 --> 01:12:25.645
or solution moving forward, um, where we're telling you

1438
01:12:25.705 --> 01:12:27.325
how this is not going to happen again.

1439
01:12:27.915 --> 01:12:29.365
That that's correct. Thank you, Carrie.

1440
01:12:30.345 --> 01:12:33.645
So we can certainly work on that, um, over the next month

1441
01:12:33.665 --> 01:12:35.725
and put this on your agenda for next month

1442
01:12:35.865 --> 01:12:37.285
and have a little bit more.

1443
01:12:37.705 --> 01:12:39.765
Um, Mr. Harris can, can come

1444
01:12:39.765 --> 01:12:41.445
and answer some of the questions if you'd like,

1445
01:12:41.465 --> 01:12:43.805
but I think most of them will be addressed in that,

1446
01:12:44.475 --> 01:12:45.805
that plan moving forward.

1447
01:12:47.585 --> 01:12:50.685
Uh, there was one other question I heard a few times that,

1448
01:12:50.915 --> 01:12:54.485
just to clarify things, um, there were concerns.

1449
01:12:54.585 --> 01:12:56.805
We do have a lot of pipes coming into the pond

1450
01:12:56.805 --> 01:12:58.205
and a small pipe going out.

1451
01:12:58.745 --> 01:13:01.685
Um, we actually have ponds in the villages

1452
01:13:02.195 --> 01:13:05.725
that have several pipes coming in and no pipes going out.

1453
01:13:06.145 --> 01:13:08.365
We do an engineering analysis to estimate

1454
01:13:08.385 --> 01:13:11.805
how much water is gonna enter these pond size 'em

1455
01:13:12.075 --> 01:13:13.965
accordingly based on volume.

1456
01:13:14.585 --> 01:13:17.885
Now preserve is a storage area, it's a natural storage area,

1457
01:13:18.065 --> 01:13:20.525
so we have more criteria associated with that.

1458
01:13:21.305 --> 01:13:25.725
But a thorough engineering analysis was done to

1459
01:13:26.365 --> 01:13:27.805
estimate design high levels.

1460
01:13:28.625 --> 01:13:32.085
And, um, you know, and that's the size of that pipe.

1461
01:13:32.085 --> 01:13:33.965
And that outfall structure is designed

1462
01:13:34.025 --> 01:13:35.605
to not flood people downstream.

1463
01:13:35.705 --> 01:13:38.045
So there is a limit on what we can do with the outflow.

1464
01:13:38.785 --> 01:13:42.405
Um, but we, we do have ponds

1465
01:13:42.405 --> 01:13:44.605
with no outflow structures in the villages.

1466
01:13:45.795 --> 01:13:49.005
Okay. Yeah. I need that, you know, that an evaluation

1467
01:13:49.005 --> 01:13:52.165
of whether we could get additional flow on a possible pump

1468
01:13:52.695 --> 01:13:55.765
would also be something that at least we know that, well,

1469
01:13:56.105 --> 01:13:57.445
you know, if there's nothing we can do, there's nothing.

1470
01:13:57.825 --> 01:13:59.245
But, you know, we don't know that.

1471
01:13:59.585 --> 01:14:00.685
We don't know that for sure.

1472
01:14:00.885 --> 01:14:04.165
I know in hammock at Fey, the closest our drains came

1473
01:14:04.425 --> 01:14:06.645
to the grate was probably about two feet.

1474
01:14:07.305 --> 01:14:09.845
And our ponds are pumped over to the golf course.

1475
01:14:09.945 --> 01:14:12.925
And I guess the golf courses is, you know, a sacrificial,

1476
01:14:13.345 --> 01:14:15.525
you can pump any water over there,

1477
01:14:15.625 --> 01:14:17.925
but, uh, you know, we just, we need to,

1478
01:14:19.565 --> 01:14:23.325
I don't know if there's some place, I mean e even downstream

1479
01:14:23.345 --> 01:14:25.445
of that, is there some place we could, you know,

1480
01:14:25.595 --> 01:14:27.615
help mitigate that?

1481
01:14:27.615 --> 01:14:31.295
Because we, this is really an unusual situation and,

1482
01:14:31.395 --> 01:14:32.735
and it shouldn't be occurring.

1483
01:14:32.795 --> 01:14:36.135
So we really need definitive answers as to

1484
01:14:36.135 --> 01:14:37.175
what, what we can do.

1485
01:14:37.605 --> 01:14:38.895
Sure. Understood.

1486
01:14:41.155 --> 01:14:44.855
One, one of the other questions that was asked is who, um,

1487
01:14:44.995 --> 01:14:46.775
who manages the storm prep?

1488
01:14:46.995 --> 01:14:50.855
So if there's an issue, um, if they see concerns,

1489
01:14:51.155 --> 01:14:53.615
who should they call and who's actively managing that?

1490
01:14:54.125 --> 01:14:55.815
Mike Harris, district property management.

1491
01:14:56.045 --> 01:14:59.095
This is a, a very unfortunate situation, number one

1492
01:14:59.095 --> 01:15:00.495
that we take very seriously.

1493
01:15:00.995 --> 01:15:04.455
The, um, the skimmer that Ron, um, talked about,

1494
01:15:04.585 --> 01:15:06.735
we've discussed in a meeting on Monday morning.

1495
01:15:06.765 --> 01:15:09.895
It's not required, but we feel like it's a great addition to

1496
01:15:09.895 --> 01:15:11.295
that system to make sure this doesn't happen.

1497
01:15:11.295 --> 01:15:13.575
Again, along with the monitoring, the big thing

1498
01:15:13.575 --> 01:15:16.895
that I heard it, my staff is, is responsible

1499
01:15:16.955 --> 01:15:18.135
for the maintenance

1500
01:15:18.135 --> 01:15:20.055
of the stormwater system across the board.

1501
01:15:20.435 --> 01:15:22.215
Um, it sounded like the biggest complaint,

1502
01:15:22.215 --> 01:15:26.255
and I heard everything, I assure you, was communication, um,

1503
01:15:26.315 --> 01:15:28.015
of what not only what happened

1504
01:15:28.155 --> 01:15:30.175
and when it was happening, was what are you gonna do

1505
01:15:30.175 --> 01:15:32.055
for us moving forward to make us feel comfortable

1506
01:15:32.055 --> 01:15:33.495
that this isn't gonna happen again?

1507
01:15:33.805 --> 01:15:37.055
Well, I assure you my contact, I will deal directly

1508
01:15:37.055 --> 01:15:38.095
with the group

1509
01:15:38.115 --> 01:15:39.935
of these people in this building moving forward.

1510
01:15:39.935 --> 01:15:41.175
If there's anything approaches us

1511
01:15:41.555 --> 01:15:46.135
or anything that we, any repairs

1512
01:15:46.195 --> 01:15:49.255
or additions we make to this system to ensure them

1513
01:15:49.255 --> 01:15:50.695
that they don't have to worry about this again.

1514
01:15:51.115 --> 01:15:54.135
Um, I, I'm available all the time. I work for you guys.

1515
01:15:54.335 --> 01:15:56.175
I, I, I don't like things to fail.

1516
01:15:56.805 --> 01:15:58.895
Like I said, it was a very unfortunate situation,

1517
01:15:58.895 --> 01:16:01.575
but I hate the thought that these residents were put in a

1518
01:16:01.855 --> 01:16:03.135
situation where they felt helpless.

1519
01:16:03.555 --> 01:16:06.775
And that's the, the communication part, um,

1520
01:16:07.375 --> 01:16:08.895
ultimately relies on me.

1521
01:16:09.035 --> 01:16:10.815
So this is a big deal.

1522
01:16:11.115 --> 01:16:16.015
Um, and I will take 100% the lead on moving forward on this

1523
01:16:16.255 --> 01:16:17.455
situation with the residents of this neighborhood.

1524
01:16:17.835 --> 01:16:21.415
Um, like I said, we, we do believe, honestly that the,

1525
01:16:21.635 --> 01:16:22.975
the system functions properly.

1526
01:16:23.395 --> 01:16:26.295
Was it in the right state when the storms hit?

1527
01:16:26.315 --> 01:16:29.655
Now, it, it was not, the communication, I believe that were,

1528
01:16:29.675 --> 01:16:31.095
was given by the supervisors

1529
01:16:31.095 --> 01:16:32.855
and the field staff was, was in,

1530
01:16:33.035 --> 01:16:34.655
not inaccurate, but it wasn't enough.

1531
01:16:34.675 --> 01:16:37.615
It wasn't, there wasn't enough going into it to make the,

1532
01:16:37.615 --> 01:16:38.655
the residents feel comfortable

1533
01:16:38.655 --> 01:16:40.295
that things were gonna happen and things happen.

1534
01:16:40.555 --> 01:16:43.895
So, um, I, I think I, I'll discuss with Ron,

1535
01:16:43.895 --> 01:16:45.775
everything you've asked us to do as far

1536
01:16:45.775 --> 01:16:47.095
as is there a backup plan?

1537
01:16:47.505 --> 01:16:48.895
We'll look into that immediately.

1538
01:16:49.235 --> 01:16:52.455
He is developing the, the, the skimmer option right now

1539
01:16:52.485 --> 01:16:54.175
that we'll bring to you for consideration.

1540
01:16:54.345 --> 01:16:57.175
There are things we can do that may not

1541
01:16:58.575 --> 01:17:00.415
redesign the system, but it'll ensure

1542
01:17:00.415 --> 01:17:02.375
that we're in the right place if another storm comes up

1543
01:17:02.375 --> 01:17:03.855
and it affects the area.

1544
01:17:04.075 --> 01:17:06.775
So this, like, as I said, this is a big deal to us.

1545
01:17:06.775 --> 01:17:08.695
This is, this didn't go away when the storm stopped

1546
01:17:08.695 --> 01:17:09.740
or the, the water receded.

1547
01:17:09.915 --> 01:17:11.605
This is a, a, a discussion topic

1548
01:17:11.715 --> 01:17:14.965
with our staff across the board today, yesterday.

1549
01:17:15.105 --> 01:17:16.105
I'm moving forward.

1550
01:17:17.285 --> 01:17:18.865
So, Mr. Harrison and Ms.

1551
01:17:18.895 --> 01:17:21.345
Duckett, as far as communication, I mean,

1552
01:17:21.545 --> 01:17:23.985
I certainly when a resident sends something

1553
01:17:24.005 --> 01:17:25.105
and you're gonna handle that,

1554
01:17:25.365 --> 01:17:28.505
but would another place for communication

1555
01:17:28.605 --> 01:17:31.185
for the whole village while we're working through this,

1556
01:17:31.435 --> 01:17:34.025
would that be on the district website

1557
01:17:34.125 --> 01:17:36.585
and CDD 13, is that appropriate?

1558
01:17:37.225 --> 01:17:38.505
'cause a lot of people ask, how am

1559
01:17:38.525 --> 01:17:40.105
how am I gonna know what's going on?

1560
01:17:40.645 --> 01:17:42.825
You know, other than their one-on-one conversation,

1561
01:17:43.185 --> 01:17:45.145
I will be in their neighborhood moving forward,

1562
01:17:45.245 --> 01:17:46.505
if we feel like there's a threat

1563
01:17:46.505 --> 01:17:49.305
or something going on, I will personally be in the

1564
01:17:49.305 --> 01:17:51.385
neighborhood meeting with, along with Mr.

1565
01:17:51.455 --> 01:17:53.345
Mellinger, which is our assistant director.

1566
01:17:54.085 --> 01:17:58.585
So we will, um, we will also, you know, put the plan,

1567
01:17:58.585 --> 01:18:01.145
everything that we've discussed will be on your agenda.

1568
01:18:01.765 --> 01:18:06.305
Um, so we'll provide updates moving forward on your agenda.

1569
01:18:06.405 --> 01:18:08.025
So for those residents who can't

1570
01:18:08.025 --> 01:18:09.345
or don't wanna come to the next meeting,

1571
01:18:09.525 --> 01:18:10.865
if you just go on the agenda

1572
01:18:10.885 --> 01:18:13.265
and click any of the emails that we've

1573
01:18:13.385 --> 01:18:15.585
provided, the board for updates will all be

1574
01:18:15.585 --> 01:18:17.785
posted onto the website.

1575
01:18:18.295 --> 01:18:19.865
Well, I was thinking more for the residents.

1576
01:18:19.865 --> 01:18:22.625
They were asking how, you know, their communication.

1577
01:18:23.085 --> 01:18:25.185
And so they're posting on Facebook

1578
01:18:25.205 --> 01:18:28.585
and unfortunately, I doubt any of us are on your Facebook

1579
01:18:29.545 --> 01:18:30.545
'cause you don't allow us there.

1580
01:18:30.605 --> 01:18:33.625
But so Mike Harris is, he would be,

1581
01:18:33.645 --> 01:18:35.305
he will be the main point of communication.

1582
01:18:35.485 --> 01:18:38.665
We don't have the ability to do like a blog

1583
01:18:38.685 --> 01:18:41.225
or forum where everybody can come and do that.

1584
01:18:41.885 --> 01:18:44.665
But if you give him your email address

1585
01:18:44.925 --> 01:18:46.545
or a key couple people

1586
01:18:46.765 --> 01:18:48.785
and then you can blast it out through each other

1587
01:18:49.045 --> 01:18:52.065
or through your Facebook, um, that, that would be great.

1588
01:18:52.205 --> 01:18:53.905
But he will be the main point of contact.

1589
01:18:54.405 --> 01:18:56.145
Uh, Tina, they've been talking to me

1590
01:18:56.145 --> 01:18:58.345
and we've been going back and forth on Facebook,

1591
01:18:58.525 --> 01:19:01.865
and that's why we came here today to talk

1592
01:19:01.865 --> 01:19:03.025
to the appropriate people.

1593
01:19:03.685 --> 01:19:06.545
And you know, obviously you're the one that, you know, needs

1594
01:19:06.545 --> 01:19:08.825
to coordinate all this not coming through me.

1595
01:19:09.005 --> 01:19:11.905
So, um, so if I can get two key people

1596
01:19:12.055 --> 01:19:13.585
that can communicate the message

1597
01:19:13.615 --> 01:19:15.145
through everyone else, that would be perfect.

1598
01:19:15.205 --> 01:19:18.025
And I will communicate with the group.

1599
01:19:18.025 --> 01:19:20.025
And your, your email address is on the website.

1600
01:19:20.325 --> 01:19:22.345
And I have cards. Cards, he has cards.

1601
01:19:22.565 --> 01:19:24.465
So anybody that wants to contact him

1602
01:19:24.465 --> 01:19:27.425
and keep in touch with him, please get with him.

1603
01:19:28.605 --> 01:19:29.605
Thank you.

1604
01:19:31.055 --> 01:19:34.075
So Mr. Harris can, um, step out.

1605
01:19:34.255 --> 01:19:36.715
Uh, we do, we are unfortunately running into the

1606
01:19:36.715 --> 01:19:38.075
next board meeting's time.

1607
01:19:38.655 --> 01:19:41.355
Um, so if, if you are agreeable,

1608
01:19:41.355 --> 01:19:43.115
then Mr. Harris can step out briefly

1609
01:19:43.335 --> 01:19:44.875
and answer any quick questions

1610
01:19:44.875 --> 01:19:46.035
that the residents may have while

1611
01:19:46.035 --> 01:19:47.235
we continue on with the meeting.

1612
01:19:48.255 --> 01:19:49.595
And again, this will be on your

1613
01:19:49.595 --> 01:19:50.755
agenda for next month as well.

1614
01:19:51.415 --> 01:19:52.995
Can I just ask one last question?

1615
01:19:54.295 --> 01:19:58.395
All these things like the plan, the monitoring all

1616
01:19:58.395 --> 01:20:01.595
that isn't, can we get that in a written form?

1617
01:20:01.595 --> 01:20:05.035
Yeah. Can we have the questions that were asked, the answers

1618
01:20:05.065 --> 01:20:09.325
that were given in written form, the contact numbers for

1619
01:20:09.915 --> 01:20:13.845
Mike and what all, what the plan is gonna be?

1620
01:20:14.045 --> 01:20:15.365
I think there needs to be a project,

1621
01:20:16.665 --> 01:20:17.665
Yes. I will take paperwork

1622
01:20:17.665 --> 01:20:18.405
responsibility

1623
01:20:18.405 --> 01:20:19.845
to make sure the staff gets that put

1624
01:20:19.965 --> 01:20:20.965
Together. Thank you,

1625
01:20:20.965 --> 01:20:25.085
ma'am.

1626
01:20:25.085 --> 01:20:27.485
You do need to state your name, ma'am.

1627
01:20:28.545 --> 01:20:30.245
Can you please state your name and address?

1628
01:20:31.415 --> 01:20:33.725
Sorry, from when I was up here before.

1629
01:20:34.625 --> 01:20:37.325
Amy Hoffman. 4, 4, 2, 3 Whittington Circle.

1630
01:20:37.425 --> 01:20:39.565
And I'm really sorry I never saw the counter

1631
01:20:39.745 --> 01:20:41.565
or I wouldn't have talked as long as I did.

1632
01:20:45.795 --> 01:20:48.085
Okay, so should we go on to law enforcement?

1633
01:20:49.425 --> 01:20:53.685
So, all right,

1634
01:20:53.685 --> 01:20:55.565
so we're gonna go on to the next part of the agenda,

1635
01:20:55.705 --> 01:20:56.765
law enforcement update.

1636
01:21:09.075 --> 01:21:11.605
Good afternoon, captain Kinder Wildwood Police Department.

1637
01:21:11.745 --> 01:21:13.965
Uh, we've just got two events that are coming up.

1638
01:21:14.115 --> 01:21:18.445
I'll make you aware of. Uh, the first is gonna be Monday

1639
01:21:19.405 --> 01:21:21.205
a little loud with the open door. Yeah.

1640
01:21:21.425 --> 01:21:23.285
If you could please step out instead

1641
01:21:23.285 --> 01:21:25.485
of having conversation in the room, please.

1642
01:21:30.575 --> 01:21:33.205
First is gonna be this Monday, coming up November 11th.

1643
01:21:33.745 --> 01:21:36.325
Uh, we've got our Veterans Day Golf Cart parade.

1644
01:21:36.325 --> 01:21:37.645
This is the second one.

1645
01:21:38.305 --> 01:21:42.205
Uh, it starts at 9:30 AM We'll start getting the golf carts

1646
01:21:42.205 --> 01:21:44.965
lined up at the community center from that park.

1647
01:21:45.215 --> 01:21:48.845
We'll go around the city, uh, which will end at the VFW,

1648
01:21:49.025 --> 01:21:52.445
the American Legion Post, uh, which is gonna be on Legion.

1649
01:21:52.505 --> 01:21:56.885
Uh, that ceremony will start at 11:00 AM Uh,

1650
01:21:56.885 --> 01:22:00.005
the second one is gonna be, uh, Thursday, November 14th.

1651
01:22:00.625 --> 01:22:02.165
Uh, it'll be from 4:00 PM

1652
01:22:02.665 --> 01:22:05.965
to 7:00 PM It's gonna be our annual fundraiser for Christmas

1653
01:22:05.965 --> 01:22:08.645
with a cop, uh, which will be at Cody's.

1654
01:22:09.225 --> 01:22:11.205
Uh, if residents like to come out

1655
01:22:11.205 --> 01:22:12.565
and support that, it's a great cause.

1656
01:22:12.825 --> 01:22:15.245
Uh, we have law enforcement to go out to Walmart.

1657
01:22:15.665 --> 01:22:18.325
Uh, we get kids from around in Wildwood.

1658
01:22:18.625 --> 01:22:20.965
Uh, they come in, we shop with them,

1659
01:22:21.145 --> 01:22:22.765
and then we give 'em a couple hundred dollars

1660
01:22:22.985 --> 01:22:25.045
and we make sure that they have a good Christmas.

1661
01:22:25.305 --> 01:22:27.525
And that's all the money goes, uh, to that.

1662
01:22:27.585 --> 01:22:29.685
And all the money stays here within the

1663
01:22:29.795 --> 01:22:30.965
city limits of Wildwood.

1664
01:22:31.145 --> 01:22:32.145
Uh, that's all I have.

1665
01:22:33.335 --> 01:22:34.205
Thank you very much.

1666
01:22:40.665 --> 01:22:42.925
So now we'll go on to the consent agenda.

1667
01:22:43.285 --> 01:22:45.645
A motion to approve the consent agenda is a motion

1668
01:22:45.745 --> 01:22:47.805
to approve all the recommended actions.

1669
01:22:47.985 --> 01:22:50.725
All matters on the consent agenda are considered routine

1670
01:22:50.825 --> 01:22:52.325
and with no discussion

1671
01:22:52.385 --> 01:22:56.645
unless the, uh, desired by the board a supervisors

1672
01:22:56.645 --> 01:22:57.685
or a member of the public.

1673
01:22:57.985 --> 01:23:00.605
So we have the amendment, uh, the amendment two

1674
01:23:00.605 --> 01:23:04.045
and renewal three on the investment advisory service

1675
01:23:04.185 --> 01:23:08.925
and adoption of, uh, resolution 25 20 25 dash oh one,

1676
01:23:08.925 --> 01:23:10.365
amending the fiscal year budget.

1677
01:23:11.025 --> 01:23:13.975
Is there any discussion?

1678
01:23:14.715 --> 01:23:16.495
No discussion from me. No.

1679
01:23:17.275 --> 01:23:19.655
I'd like to make a motion to accept the consent agenda.

1680
01:23:20.015 --> 01:23:24.695
I second. Okay, now moving on

1681
01:23:24.695 --> 01:23:28.855
to new business Emily Morrison purchasing.

1682
01:23:28.995 --> 01:23:32.695
And today I'm requesting approval of awards for request

1683
01:23:32.715 --> 01:23:36.775
for proposal 24 p dash zero three eight for on-call services

1684
01:23:36.835 --> 01:23:39.455
for geological anomalies and storm water systems.

1685
01:23:40.715 --> 01:23:43.175
The intent of the RFP was to establish agreements

1686
01:23:43.175 --> 01:23:46.415
with multiple contractors to provide on demand as needed,

1687
01:23:46.545 --> 01:23:47.855
storm service projects

1688
01:23:47.855 --> 01:23:51.215
and repairs, complete ground depression and erosion work,

1689
01:23:51.675 --> 01:23:54.575
and remediate naturally occurring geological anomalies.

1690
01:23:55.645 --> 01:23:57.675
Staff issued the RFP and four responsive

1691
01:23:57.675 --> 01:23:59.435
and responsible proposals were received

1692
01:23:59.615 --> 01:24:01.475
and scored by the selection committee.

1693
01:24:02.345 --> 01:24:06.075
This RFP did allow for multiple contractors to be awarded

1694
01:24:07.245 --> 01:24:08.475
based on the scores, ranking

1695
01:24:08.655 --> 01:24:10.435
and the district's need of having access

1696
01:24:10.455 --> 01:24:11.595
to multiple contractors.

1697
01:24:12.125 --> 01:24:14.475
Staff is requesting approval of contract awards

1698
01:24:14.535 --> 01:24:17.355
for RFP 24 p dash zero three eight

1699
01:24:17.695 --> 01:24:19.875
for on-call geological anomalies

1700
01:24:19.875 --> 01:24:23.275
and stormwater systems to hardscapes of Central Florida

1701
01:24:23.795 --> 01:24:26.995
a SG Solutions, Dale Beasley Construction Company,

1702
01:24:27.255 --> 01:24:29.315
and a SP Underground Solutions.

1703
01:24:29.895 --> 01:24:30.955
For as needed services

1704
01:24:31.025 --> 01:24:33.355
that the unit pricing is shown in Exhibit A

1705
01:24:33.355 --> 01:24:35.995
to their respective agreements, the initial term

1706
01:24:35.995 --> 01:24:38.075
of the agreements would be effective today

1707
01:24:38.075 --> 01:24:42.035
through September 30th, 2026 with option to renew

1708
01:24:42.035 --> 01:24:43.235
for one two year period.

1709
01:24:43.775 --> 01:24:45.235
Prices will remain fixed

1710
01:24:45.255 --> 01:24:47.035
and firm for the initial term of the agreement,

1711
01:24:47.175 --> 01:24:49.755
and no increase thereafter will exceed 5%.

1712
01:24:50.215 --> 01:24:54.155
And I'm here if you have questions. Any questions?

1713
01:24:54.815 --> 01:24:57.475
No. No. Do we have a motion

1714
01:24:59.315 --> 01:25:03.675
I move to approve 24 P 0 38 D 13 agreement.

1715
01:25:04.295 --> 01:25:07.615
Second. Oh. Oh, I didn't say that earlier.

1716
01:25:08.035 --> 01:25:10.695
All in a favor. I didn't say it earlier though.

1717
01:25:12.795 --> 01:25:14.335
Yes, you did. Yeah, I did.

1718
01:25:15.595 --> 01:25:18.655
Aye. Aye. A Alright. Thank you.

1719
01:25:23.315 --> 01:25:26.935
And then the adoption of landowner. Are you gonna Yes ma'am.

1720
01:25:27.035 --> 01:25:30.775
Um, adoption of resolution 2025 dash zero two canvassing

1721
01:25:30.775 --> 01:25:34.255
and certifying the results of the 2024 landowner election.

1722
01:25:34.795 --> 01:25:38.575
Um, pursuant to Chapter one 90 during Ale election,

1723
01:25:38.795 --> 01:25:41.775
it is required 90 days after a district has been formed

1724
01:25:42.195 --> 01:25:46.895
and every two years, um, thereafter, the results of the

1725
01:25:47.455 --> 01:25:50.175
November 5th, 2024 lien owner election is as follows.

1726
01:25:50.645 --> 01:25:53.455
Seat five, Ms. Tina Williams said with 81 votes.

1727
01:25:53.955 --> 01:25:55.815
So she will receive a four year term.

1728
01:25:56.975 --> 01:26:00.695
I am seeking a motion to adopt resolution 2025 dash zero two

1729
01:26:00.765 --> 01:26:02.535
canvasing and certifying the results

1730
01:26:02.595 --> 01:26:05.645
of the Community Development District number 12

1731
01:26:05.745 --> 01:26:08.245
for the 2024 landowner election.

1732
01:26:08.625 --> 01:26:10.085
I'm sorry, district number 13

1733
01:26:10.505 --> 01:26:12.365
for the 2024 landowner election.

1734
01:26:14.345 --> 01:26:17.045
Uh, I, I moved

1735
01:26:17.045 --> 01:26:20.365
to approve resolution number 2025 dash zero two.

1736
01:26:20.625 --> 01:26:23.405
Do I need to add anything else to that? That's fine.

1737
01:26:23.785 --> 01:26:24.885
I'd like to second our motion.

1738
01:26:25.905 --> 01:26:28.485
Um, everyone in favor? Aye. Aye.

1739
01:26:31.155 --> 01:26:34.565
Okay, so now we'll move on to old business. Yes ma'am.

1740
01:26:34.705 --> 01:26:36.725
Um, the old business, the um,

1741
01:26:37.415 --> 01:26:39.765
first couple items are going

1742
01:26:39.885 --> 01:26:42.485
to be included on a presentation, um,

1743
01:26:42.485 --> 01:26:43.845
that Mr. Harris will do.

1744
01:26:44.285 --> 01:26:46.485
I will ask if the committee doesn't mind

1745
01:26:46.485 --> 01:26:48.045
that we hold on the presentation

1746
01:26:48.095 --> 01:26:50.365
until next month when you have the full board

1747
01:26:50.905 --> 01:26:53.645
as supervisor Law had a lot of the questions.

1748
01:26:54.185 --> 01:26:57.125
Um, so if that's okay, under your informational items,

1749
01:26:57.155 --> 01:27:00.605
there's a presentation on design intent in this area

1750
01:27:00.705 --> 01:27:01.885
and I'd like to hold it.

1751
01:27:02.355 --> 01:27:05.525
That will also cover an update on the SOD conditions.

1752
01:27:06.025 --> 01:27:07.565
Um, a lot of the basins

1753
01:27:07.745 --> 01:27:09.045
and the maintenance concerns

1754
01:27:09.045 --> 01:27:11.085
of those basins along chitty chatty.

1755
01:27:13.765 --> 01:27:15.645
I think, I think that's, I think we were looking at

1756
01:27:15.645 --> 01:27:18.845
though, um, canceling the December meeting.

1757
01:27:19.025 --> 01:27:21.485
So I guess that would not be done.

1758
01:27:21.905 --> 01:27:23.645
That's completely up to the board.

1759
01:27:23.825 --> 01:27:27.285
Um, we put that on the agenda for every district.

1760
01:27:27.585 --> 01:27:31.205
Um, technically, typically we do not have a lot

1761
01:27:31.205 --> 01:27:33.125
of actionable items in December.

1762
01:27:33.825 --> 01:27:38.045
Um, we don't normally with just the way things go

1763
01:27:38.605 --> 01:27:40.285
December is a very, very light month.

1764
01:27:40.345 --> 01:27:41.365
In fact, the only reason

1765
01:27:41.365 --> 01:27:43.205
that we really had anything this month was

1766
01:27:43.205 --> 01:27:45.165
because you canceled last month.

1767
01:27:45.865 --> 01:27:48.285
So we really, it's up to the board.

1768
01:27:48.515 --> 01:27:51.725
Some boards do not, um, cancel any meetings.

1769
01:27:52.315 --> 01:27:54.885
Some boards when it's close to the holidays,

1770
01:27:54.885 --> 01:27:56.925
if there's no actionable items, they do cancel.

1771
01:27:57.905 --> 01:27:59.085
We will, this,

1772
01:27:59.085 --> 01:28:02.125
these items are certainly can be on your agenda next month.

1773
01:28:02.125 --> 01:28:03.645
They're just not actionable items.

1774
01:28:04.225 --> 01:28:05.645
It really is a board decision.

1775
01:28:05.775 --> 01:28:08.405
Staff doesn't feel strongly one way or another.

1776
01:28:08.675 --> 01:28:10.285
There's certainly a cost savings

1777
01:28:10.425 --> 01:28:12.165
to the board if you don't hold it.

1778
01:28:12.395 --> 01:28:14.085
However, based on the amount

1779
01:28:14.085 --> 01:28:15.805
of people in the audience you may

1780
01:28:15.805 --> 01:28:17.245
wanna consider holding your meeting.

1781
01:28:17.635 --> 01:28:20.285
Yeah, I I believe we should hold the December meeting,

1782
01:28:20.285 --> 01:28:23.125
especially since we're wanting to get information on the,

1783
01:28:23.625 --> 01:28:26.045
um, storm drainage. I agree. I agree.

1784
01:28:26.945 --> 01:28:28.245
So then yes, we will put all

1785
01:28:28.245 --> 01:28:29.925
of this on your December meeting. Okay.

1786
01:28:29.925 --> 01:28:31.325
Thank you Carrie. Yes sir.

1787
01:28:33.105 --> 01:28:35.165
And then we had some informational meeting, um,

1788
01:28:35.465 --> 01:28:37.005
but we're gonna wait on that too.

1789
01:28:37.665 --> 01:28:40.285
I'm, I'm happy to answer any questions on A

1790
01:28:40.285 --> 01:28:42.885
and B, your DPM, monthly reporter financial statements,

1791
01:28:43.265 --> 01:28:45.165
but C is an actual presentation

1792
01:28:45.305 --> 01:28:47.685
and a lot of it was requested by Supervisor law.

1793
01:28:48.105 --> 01:28:49.765
Um, so I think it would be more beneficial

1794
01:28:49.905 --> 01:28:52.485
to hold that until next month. Okay. Okay.

1795
01:28:53.265 --> 01:28:55.125
I'm okay with that. Yep, me

1796
01:28:55.125 --> 01:28:56.125
Too. Yep, I'm good too.

1797
01:28:56.125 --> 01:28:56.765
Thank you.

1798
01:28:57.345 --> 01:29:00.565
Um, under district manager reports, I would like, um, Ms.

1799
01:29:00.755 --> 01:29:03.285
Toby Seer, um, to give you a brief overview

1800
01:29:03.285 --> 01:29:04.885
of the new district website.

1801
01:29:05.425 --> 01:29:07.605
It is, um, it has been under renovation

1802
01:29:07.745 --> 01:29:10.525
for the last several months and we're happy to announce it.

1803
01:29:10.545 --> 01:29:14.045
Um, has a much nicer look to it. So Ms. Seer?

1804
01:29:15.395 --> 01:29:17.845
Sure. Thank you. Toby Sea, director of Customer Service.

1805
01:29:18.075 --> 01:29:19.605
Hopefully you've taken some time.

1806
01:29:19.725 --> 01:29:22.005
I noticed that we do have a new website, uh,

1807
01:29:22.035 --> 01:29:23.205
much needed facelift.

1808
01:29:23.345 --> 01:29:24.445
I'm gonna go through this really quick

1809
01:29:24.445 --> 01:29:26.725
because I know you guys have been sitting for quite a while.

1810
01:29:27.185 --> 01:29:28.605
If you look under districts,

1811
01:29:30.765 --> 01:29:32.765
a very new feature is a find My District.

1812
01:29:33.145 --> 01:29:35.745
If you type in your address, Heather,

1813
01:29:35.765 --> 01:29:36.905
can you type in Chapman?

1814
01:29:43.435 --> 01:29:45.705
You'd be surprised how many people are not sure

1815
01:29:45.705 --> 01:29:46.905
what their district is.

1816
01:29:47.605 --> 01:29:52.225
So this is a good way to look it up except Reader Path.

1817
01:29:52.235 --> 01:29:53.465
We're still fixing that one.

1818
01:29:55.175 --> 01:29:57.745
This is really good 'cause it's been very difficult in the

1819
01:29:57.745 --> 01:29:59.705
past 'cause most people don't know their lot numbers

1820
01:29:59.885 --> 01:30:02.265
and really, so this is excellent.

1821
01:30:02.495 --> 01:30:03.905
Yeah, so it'll show you your village,

1822
01:30:04.095 --> 01:30:05.185
what county you're in.

1823
01:30:05.445 --> 01:30:08.065
Um, in the future we're hoping to add who your, uh,

1824
01:30:08.065 --> 01:30:10.225
power provider is, your sanitation provider.

1825
01:30:10.565 --> 01:30:12.505
So you should have all the information on your lot.

1826
01:30:13.165 --> 01:30:17.555
Uh, if you go to your district page,

1827
01:30:18.055 --> 01:30:20.235
we made quite an effort to make sure that everything

1828
01:30:20.255 --> 01:30:22.595
for each district is on its own page.

1829
01:30:22.905 --> 01:30:23.955
That way you're not having

1830
01:30:24.015 --> 01:30:26.675
to click on seven different pages within a

1831
01:30:26.675 --> 01:30:27.955
website to find everything.

1832
01:30:28.295 --> 01:30:32.455
So this is for district 13. It has your meeting minutes.

1833
01:30:32.555 --> 01:30:35.015
You can click there and find your, your schedule.

1834
01:30:36.285 --> 01:30:38.855
Some quick facts. If you click on that, it's your map.

1835
01:30:41.575 --> 01:30:43.185
There's all of your smiling faces.

1836
01:30:45.685 --> 01:30:49.105
So then everything past here is specific to district 13.

1837
01:30:49.485 --> 01:30:52.945
It is all your financials, all of your audits, your budget,

1838
01:30:53.765 --> 01:30:55.745
um, anything for deed compliance.

1839
01:30:56.055 --> 01:30:59.025
What is nice is for you can look up according

1840
01:30:59.125 --> 01:31:00.585
to your residential unit.

1841
01:31:00.685 --> 01:31:02.905
You can click on there. It'll bring up your deed,

1842
01:31:04.655 --> 01:31:07.355
all your A RC and your policies.

1843
01:31:07.455 --> 01:31:09.875
So we really tried to make it as simple as possible.

1844
01:31:10.335 --> 01:31:11.755
Um, so take a look.

1845
01:31:11.765 --> 01:31:14.395
Under services, it's all the departments.

1846
01:31:14.765 --> 01:31:17.635
Recreation and golf has a lot of different information

1847
01:31:19.875 --> 01:31:24.465
under Contact us Residents

1848
01:31:24.465 --> 01:31:25.665
can go and click on that arrow.

1849
01:31:25.695 --> 01:31:27.265
There's lots of different categories.

1850
01:31:27.405 --> 01:31:30.465
If you have specific questions on facilities maintenance,

1851
01:31:30.465 --> 01:31:33.465
you can click it, give us your concern question.

1852
01:31:33.725 --> 01:31:35.145
It goes straight to that department.

1853
01:31:35.165 --> 01:31:37.265
And so they will, uh, get back with you directly.

1854
01:31:37.725 --> 01:31:40.945
Uh, so that has been, um, much easier to find

1855
01:31:41.005 --> 01:31:43.265
and we've noticed that because we've had a lot come

1856
01:31:43.265 --> 01:31:44.785
through in the last couple of weeks.

1857
01:31:45.525 --> 01:31:48.785
So, uh, that's a down and dirty look at it.

1858
01:31:48.885 --> 01:31:50.825
The other thing is these are your quick links.

1859
01:31:51.415 --> 01:31:53.465
It's anchored at the bottom of every page.

1860
01:31:53.755 --> 01:31:56.865
These are the most, um, popular questions

1861
01:31:57.325 --> 01:31:58.905
or information that we give out.

1862
01:31:59.025 --> 01:32:01.205
So we made sure that it's the most easiest to find.

1863
01:32:02.715 --> 01:32:04.975
So if you find something that's missing or you,

1864
01:32:05.075 --> 01:32:07.255
or you're struggling to find it, please don't hesitate

1865
01:32:07.255 --> 01:32:08.255
to call us, um,

1866
01:32:08.255 --> 01:32:09.975
and give us any feedback that you might have.

1867
01:32:12.385 --> 01:32:13.735
Thank you. Good job. Thank you.

1868
01:32:16.365 --> 01:32:20.975
Then the next item on district

1869
01:32:20.975 --> 01:32:25.175
manager reports is just a brief storm, um, overview.

1870
01:32:25.595 --> 01:32:27.575
We are continuing to, um,

1871
01:32:27.755 --> 01:32:30.455
remove the debris along the major roadways.

1872
01:32:30.455 --> 01:32:31.855
It started from north to south.

1873
01:32:32.275 --> 01:32:34.575
Um, and we're moving along pretty quickly with that.

1874
01:32:35.045 --> 01:32:38.735
They are hoping to start the residential in the next, uh,

1875
01:32:38.735 --> 01:32:41.055
week and a half to week where they will be going

1876
01:32:41.055 --> 01:32:42.895
and collecting on the residential roads.

1877
01:32:43.705 --> 01:32:46.895
We've been providing an email to the board every Friday with

1878
01:32:46.895 --> 01:32:48.495
what was completed the week before

1879
01:32:48.635 --> 01:32:50.495
and what you can anticipate looking for

1880
01:32:50.555 --> 01:32:51.655
during the next week.

1881
01:32:51.755 --> 01:32:53.535
So please make sure that you're checking that

1882
01:32:53.595 --> 01:32:55.335
or checking district sub.org

1883
01:32:55.335 --> 01:32:57.015
because it's being posted there as well.

1884
01:32:59.075 --> 01:33:02.775
Um, just a reminder that in January you will be looking

1885
01:33:03.035 --> 01:33:05.415
for chair and vice chair appointments.

1886
01:33:05.635 --> 01:33:09.015
So at that, um, at that time in that meeting, um,

1887
01:33:09.315 --> 01:33:11.495
you can appoint, um, yourself

1888
01:33:11.495 --> 01:33:13.735
or somebody else for both chair and vice chair.

1889
01:33:14.795 --> 01:33:16.895
We already discussed the summer meeting cancellation

1890
01:33:16.955 --> 01:33:18.775
and the Luna localized street flooding.

1891
01:33:18.915 --> 01:33:22.655
So I am finished with my report district council report.

1892
01:33:23.395 --> 01:33:28.215
Uh, nothing new to report supervisor comments, any,

1893
01:33:29.235 --> 01:33:30.295
uh, none at this time.

1894
01:33:31.675 --> 01:33:34.575
Uh, I'm gonna skip the CAC if that's okay.

1895
01:33:34.675 --> 01:33:36.415
Uh, uh, in light of time.

1896
01:33:36.475 --> 01:33:38.535
But I would like to ask about Ruby Villas.

1897
01:33:38.535 --> 01:33:40.055
You had mentioned that Matt would be here

1898
01:33:40.055 --> 01:33:42.375
to address at the house, the home that burned.

1899
01:33:43.515 --> 01:33:44.615
Yes, he was here

1900
01:33:44.635 --> 01:33:46.895
and then I got a message that unfortunately he had,

1901
01:33:46.955 --> 01:33:48.215
um, to step out.

1902
01:33:48.635 --> 01:33:51.975
But there, um, the home was burned.

1903
01:33:52.395 --> 01:33:55.175
Um, and the contract,

1904
01:33:55.195 --> 01:33:57.255
the pool contractor went out of business.

1905
01:33:57.355 --> 01:34:00.295
The entire interior of the home was destroyed.

1906
01:34:00.875 --> 01:34:03.895
Um, but the exterior, I'm sorry,

1907
01:34:03.895 --> 01:34:05.295
the irrigation system powered

1908
01:34:05.295 --> 01:34:06.815
to the home is no longer working.

1909
01:34:07.715 --> 01:34:10.695
Um, the hearing was paused, um,

1910
01:34:10.695 --> 01:34:12.175
during the special hearing officer

1911
01:34:12.245 --> 01:34:13.295
because, um,

1912
01:34:13.325 --> 01:34:15.695
this area falls under the purview of the developer.

1913
01:34:16.315 --> 01:34:19.095
And the developer granted an additional eight months

1914
01:34:19.115 --> 01:34:21.175
to rebuild the home and repair the lawn.

1915
01:34:21.675 --> 01:34:23.055
Uh, we have been in communication

1916
01:34:23.055 --> 01:34:24.095
with the homeowner at all times.

1917
01:34:24.755 --> 01:34:26.775
Um, seems anxious to resolve the issues

1918
01:34:26.775 --> 01:34:28.055
with the insurance company.

1919
01:34:28.635 --> 01:34:30.095
Um, and according to the homeowner,

1920
01:34:30.165 --> 01:34:32.335
work has started commencing on that property.

1921
01:34:32.725 --> 01:34:36.295
Okay? Yes. And I brought that up because in a video, um,

1922
01:34:36.395 --> 01:34:37.455
or a YouTube video,

1923
01:34:37.765 --> 01:34:40.935
someone who's pretty well respected in the area said that

1924
01:34:40.935 --> 01:34:43.855
that fell under the purview of this board and it does not.

1925
01:34:44.275 --> 01:34:47.815
So, uh, I'm sure if you've ridden by Ruby Villa's,

1926
01:34:47.815 --> 01:34:49.255
everybody knows which home it is

1927
01:34:49.495 --> 01:34:51.095
'cause it's the first one as you come in there,

1928
01:34:51.155 --> 01:34:52.735
but it's not under our purview.

1929
01:34:53.525 --> 01:34:55.695
Just on, on that same note, what,

1930
01:34:56.995 --> 01:34:58.925
what was the initial hold up on this thing?

1931
01:34:58.925 --> 01:35:02.285
Was it the insurance company? Was it what

1932
01:35:02.965 --> 01:35:06.365
I, I believe so, but I honestly don't know.

1933
01:35:06.435 --> 01:35:08.805
They work directly with the developer on this.

1934
01:35:09.065 --> 01:35:10.925
Um, I can, I can have them pull

1935
01:35:10.925 --> 01:35:12.245
what we have and provide it to you.

1936
01:35:12.945 --> 01:35:16.005
Um, but the developer is the one that has

1937
01:35:16.005 --> 01:35:17.125
to grant additional time

1938
01:35:17.265 --> 01:35:20.045
and they did agree to grant an additional eight months,

1939
01:35:20.645 --> 01:35:21.645
I believe in this area.

1940
01:35:21.945 --> 01:35:24.005
It does say that if a home burns down,

1941
01:35:24.065 --> 01:35:25.685
you have eight months to rebuild.

1942
01:35:26.145 --> 01:35:29.485
Um, which sometimes with contractor availability can

1943
01:35:30.265 --> 01:35:31.565
be nearly impossible at times.

1944
01:35:31.825 --> 01:35:34.205
Do we know when that eight months was granted?

1945
01:35:35.445 --> 01:35:39.105
So did we do May, 2025 should be the end

1946
01:35:39.125 --> 01:35:40.305
of the new eight months,

1947
01:35:40.965 --> 01:35:42.945
but that is just that they have to start,

1948
01:35:43.075 --> 01:35:45.825
which you say they have to start or do they have to finish?

1949
01:35:46.005 --> 01:35:47.625
No, it has to be refinished. Okay.

1950
01:35:48.415 --> 01:35:51.625
Yeah, I remember driving past it when the fire had just

1951
01:35:51.625 --> 01:35:54.705
started and, you know,

1952
01:35:54.705 --> 01:35:57.385
driving past it on almost a daily basis.

1953
01:35:57.655 --> 01:36:01.185
Yeah. It's like, wow, nothing is being done on this thing.

1954
01:36:01.185 --> 01:36:03.105
And I was just kind of curious as to what the,

1955
01:36:03.365 --> 01:36:04.665
the initial holdup was.

1956
01:36:04.685 --> 01:36:08.825
If it was insurance or if it was, you know, monetary

1957
01:36:09.005 --> 01:36:10.025
or, or what.

1958
01:36:10.455 --> 01:36:13.665
Yeah, I'm, it it does say that the homeowner's anxious

1959
01:36:13.685 --> 01:36:15.865
to resolve the issue with insurance. I'm sure

1960
01:36:15.865 --> 01:36:16.865
They Are. So it, so

1961
01:36:16.865 --> 01:36:18.345
it sounds like it could have been an

1962
01:36:18.345 --> 01:36:19.545
insurance issue.

1963
01:36:21.975 --> 01:36:23.105
Okay. With that, we will

1964
01:36:23.135 --> 01:36:27.095
adjourn. Can we have a motion to

1965
01:36:27.095 --> 01:36:28.095
Adjourn? I'll make a motion

1966
01:36:28.095 --> 01:36:29.415
to adjourn. Second. No, no.