Floodplain Management Committee Minutes 01/22/2007 Informational
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Floodplain Management Planning Committee
Ray Smith, Chairman
Phillip Brougham
Bob Devlin
Bill Schutt
Lew Sehmidt
Jim Turner
Pierre Bruno
Joseph Gagnier
Lisa Koehler
Noah Standridge
Duke Vasev
Mike DeRuntz, Vice-Chairman
Gene Calvert Stan Chrzanowski
Travis Gossard Mae Hateher
Herb Luntz Charles Martin
Dan Summers Clarence Tears
Marlene Wood
Meeting Minutes for 1-22-07 Special Information Gathering Meeting
Start: 6:30 p.m. End: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Corkscrew Middle School cafeteria
Meeting Attendanee: Mike DeRuntz, Noah Standridge, Stan Chrzanowski, Ray Smith, Lisa
Koehler, Travis Gossard, Robert Wiley
Absent: Jim Turner, Dan Summers, Mac Hatcher, Gene Calvert, Herb Luntz, Clarence Tears,
Charles Martin, Marlene Wood, Phillip Brougham, Pierre Bruno, Joseph Gagnier, Duke Vasey,
Lew Schmidt, Bob Devlin, Bill Schutt.
NEW BUSINESS: The meeting was attended by thirty (30) local residents from Orangetree,
Waterways, and Golden Gate Estates. Names and address information was collected on a "sign-
in" sheet. Commissioner Coletta also attended the meeting.
Commissioner Coletta opened the meeting with a brief welcoming statement and purpose for the
meeting. Ray Smith then went through the introductions and Robert Wiley followed with a brief
overview of the Floodplain Management Plan and the Community Rating System. Mike
DeRuntz explained the process of gathering public input and how the meeting would be
eonducted.
Maps and questionnaire forms were available at each table, and for the next thirty (30) minutes
the residents began noting areas of flooding they had personally observed. COMMITTEE
members walked around the room answering questions at the tables while the residents were
marking the maps and filling in the questionnaires. When it appeared that everyone was done,
each table selected a representative to eall out the types of flooding observed with the following
results:
Table A
o Inadequate maintenance of canals and roadside ditches
o Impacts of new construction
o 8 problem areas identified
o Incomplete drainage systems, particularly along swales in G.G. Estates streets
o Timing and operation of the weir gates in the G.G. canal system
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Table B
o Questions and problems with the Curry Canal and flooding of adjacent lands
o Restricted swales
Table C
o Street flooding at the intersection of Everglades Blvd. and Randall Blvd.
o Street flooding at the intersection of Everglades Blvd. and 31st Avenue N.E.
o Raise the elevation of the road and install new culverts in the swales
Table D
o Street flooding at the intersection of Everglades Blvd. and Randall Blvd.
o Flooding along the Fairgrounds access road
o Flooding along Grand Rapids Blvd.
o Street flooding at the intersections of Wilson Blvd. and 20th - 22nd Avenue N.W.
Table E
o Flooding and/or high water at the intersection of Everglades Blvd. and 48th Avenue
N.E. all summer
o Flooding of streets in developments within the Valeneia Golf Course
o Flooding of Randall Blvd. near the Dept. of Forestry fire tower
o Flooding from culvert restrictions in the Bolt Canal east of Waterways development
Table F
o New construction ofImmokalee Road at 33rd Avenue N.E. had overflow problems
with its stormwater treatment ponds
o Bolt Canal needs maintenanee to remove dense vegetation
o North of 35th Avenue N .E. on Everglades Blvd. the road flooded both east and west
of Everglades Blvd. and one well was reported under water
Table G
o Problems in Waterways from lmmokalee Road drainage into Waterways' lake
o lmmokalee Road drainage system east of the Corkscrew Canal
o Everglades Blvd. flooding between 22nd to 24th Ave. N.E.
Table H
o Street flooding within Valencia Lakes (Par Drive/Doub1e Eagle Drive; Jacquelyn
Court; Approach Drive)
o Flooding of Wilson Blvd. north ofImmokalee Road (flooding gets deeper the farther
north you go)
o Flooding causing road blockage at Randall Blvd and 16th Street N.E.
General Comments from Discussions
o Problems with the Floodplain web page links
o Recommendation to add a "Who to call for reporting flooding" telephone number and
name of a person
Meeting ended when the attendees indicated they had no further questions at that time.
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