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Community Agenda • Priority 3

Stormwater, Drainage & Flood Resilience

Treat drainage as long-term infrastructure requiring maintenance data, capital planning, and measurable backlog reduction.

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The Concern

Heavy rain and hurricanes expose drainage failures, recurring ponding, blocked systems, and neighborhoods that feel forgotten until a storm arrives.

What Deltona Can Actually Control

The City has direct responsibility for significant portions of municipal stormwater infrastructure and funding, while regional water management and permitting involve outside agencies.

Budget + Legislative Commitment

My Current Commitment

I will work to make drainage priorities visible, measurable, and tied to maintenance history, flood risk, engineering evidence, and capital planning.

Proposed Actions

  • Create a public drainage-project and maintenance backlog dashboard.
  • Prioritize recurring problem areas using complaint history and engineering data.
  • Pursue grants and resilience funding when they reduce local cost.
  • Require lifecycle maintenance planning for new drainage assets.

Research Still Needed

District 6 drainage basins, complaint history, maintenance schedules, stormwater assessments, capital projects, FEMA/SJRWMD programs, and flood-risk data.

Working position: This page can change when better evidence, legal constraints, costs, or community priorities justify a change. Changes should be explained publicly.