To whom it may concern,

I am writing on behalf of myself and many others who have experience water/flooding issues in the around the 3700-3900 blocks of Woodward Blvd. I know personally my house has flooded or has more water than my sump pump can handle twice since I moved in in 2015. And I know from talking to neighbours that previous owner have water issues at least twice before since I took ownership of the house. I see the ongoing project on Byng, I would like to know if that is some benefit to the whole neighborhood I would to be shown how that is. People on woodward I am convinced have more of an issue with water that Byng due the water that gets trapped in Devon woods. With the amount of water that sits in Devon woods conservation area (more like a swamp after any amount of rain has fallen) I am convinced that the water that accumulates in Devon woods after any amount of rainfall has nowhere to go other than seeping into the ground where it seems to be being pumped out to storm drains by mine and many other peoples sump pumps. Why are myself and many others on these blocks left responsible to pump water out the storm drains, at our own cost, running a sump for sometimes two days straight is not cheap on the hydro bill. In the time I have lived here on the 3700 block of Woodward, during any significant rainfall I check the ditch that runs behind my house (the west side of woodward) and cant recall ever seeing any water in that ditch, why do I not see water in there ever? Also with the new Kamloops subdivision being built between Calderwood & Marentette I would like to be assured that whatever drainage infrastructure was put in place is sufficient to handle all the water in this area. Im convinced it isn’t because everyone knows that a lot of those new builds had flooded recently (just shortly after being completed) In closing its not fair for citizens to be spending money on something the city should be taking responsibility for. be buying new sump pumps every couple years because the city will not

Regards,

Concerned citizen