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Show Centerville may fake action to eliminate wafer problems maintenance of drains in that area. have city staff members study the A fairly lengthy discussion en- formation of a special service sued that included discussion of the district to handle maintenance, with policies of other communities in that report due back to Council Utah about maintenance of subsur- within 60 days. It is only face drains. Prior commitments to preliminary in nature, but Hales owners from previous city councils said it's the first step toward the were also discussed. Council developing a solution to the Council members then voted to problem. By TOM HARALDSEN CENTER VILLE--A problem that has plagued residents in some parts of this community for many years is that of subsurface water. More accurately, it has been the problem of flooding of basements and homes caused by that water. For the first time, the Centerville City Council has seemingly taken a more-than-casual interest in that problem. Action Tuesday night by the Council may pave the way for eventual formation of a special service ser-vice district to deal with subsurface drainage problems. The Council was approached by residents Wade Wayment and Daniel Ditto with a petition seeking the City's help in alleviating the subsurface water problem. The residents sought the City's acceptance accep-tance of responsibility for maintenance of the subsurface water distribution system in their neighborhood. As with many housing developments, de-velopments, The Willow Farms Estates Plat D subdivision where these residents live has no record of a homeowner's association mat has accepted responsibility for maintaining main-taining the drainage system. The posture of the City Council in the past has been to deny responsibility for such systems, but that could be changing. "The blockage in this system seems to be located in the trunk line that parallels the Frontage Road from Jennings Lane down to about 1 400 North, city administrator David Hales reported to Council. He said any such blockage could impact both the D and I plats in Willow Farms, and the I subdivision subdivi-sion does have a homeowner's association with responsibility for |
