Constituent was notified by email on 3/19 this is not a City issue.

I replied by email with the following: Mr Rhodenbaugh, Your email was forwarded to our department because we are a storm water utility. I understand your frustration with the situation and the fact the previous owners may not have disclosed this issue. However, this is not an issue the city is responsible for. Developers are required to plan for and provide areas for storm water runoff. The drainage off streets and other parcels within the development must be directed somewhere, and if there is not another feature such as a pond for the water to go to, the developer directs the water along the contours of the land (in your case this means it needs to get to the drainage way along the east side of your property). The private property owner is responsible for dealing with that drainage once it is beyond the right-of way. So even though some of the water comes off a City street and flows through City drainage pipe to reach the edge of the public right-of-way, it becomes the private property owners responsibility after it leaves that point. I checked the plat for your subdivision and there is a 25' drainage and utility easement along the eastern side of these parcels. The easement puts the property owners on notice that drainage and utility infrastructure may exist in this location but it does not make the City responsible for maintenance. I hope this information is helpful to you. Please let me know if you have further questions. Thanks, Jane Fleig, PE Utilities Engineer