Flooding

Fri 2020-11-20 6:06 AM

To whom it may concern,

I have lived in devonshire heights since 2003. My first home was on irongate circle. In the 12 years I lived there my basement flooded twice. Both times my sump pump couldnt keep up with the water coming in. In 2015 I moved to calderwood in the 5 years I have been there it has also flooded twice. Again my sump could not keep up. During these two floods I noticed the amount of water even on the streets was not going down the drains. The water was as high as the curb across the entire street. And my back yard looked like a small lake. I would really like to see our drainage looked at. This can not keep happening. As a single mom the amount of stress and anxiety I get a every rainfall now is just uneccesary. And with more housing units being added just adds to my stress since our drainage system cant seem to keep up to the houses already here. There has to be something you as the city could do to help us out. I realize the city is offering a rebate for backflow valves. Instead of a rebate why not just install them in our troubled areas. Why should we have to put out money for your errors. Like I said as a single mom we cant all afford this. But I question if we would need these if our drainage worked properly. Please look into our area and help relieve some of the stress on our families that many of us have over potential future flooding.

Melissa Boucher