Sarasota County residents deserve and demand that climate resilience be designed into all development plans and that existing infrastructure, services and response planning be hardened to withstand increasingly common extreme weather events.
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Karla Norman
2 years ago
Urgently needed, before more construction
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John Sullivan
2 years ago
Enough is enough.
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Gretchen white
2 years ago
We have too much development for our infrastructure to handle. There is nowhere for flood water to go…we to limit devolopment!
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Uncontrolled growth is ruining our way of life in Sarasota.
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Carolyn Cockey
2 years ago
I support a resurvey and the establishment of water runoff management areas. The persistent paving is only increasing our regions vulnerabilities and rendering severe consequences in what should be a region that has prepared in advance for time persistent development of stronger storms and heavier rains that create dangerous flooding.
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Brian Jones
2 years ago
Dredge Philippi Creek
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Ilona S Neis
2 years ago
Property owners need this study and prevention measures.
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Kevin Malone
2 years ago
There is no excuse for failing septic systems. Complete governmental failure
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George Sneed
2 years ago
Hydrology study seems necessary, as well as a pause in development to assess how, what, when and where our next steps should be.
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Lawrence Melocik
2 years ago
Development is out of hand. And I'd like to know where the taxes collected from the new housing is going. It certainly isn't going into the roads or parks.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Need a compromise study to determine the cumulative effects of continued building and how it affects downstream residential properties
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Mark Steiner
2 years ago
The big question is if the 100-year storm criteria is adequate for Sarasota County. As we have seen in recent years storm intensity and occurrences are increasing. The climate is changing, as is the physical environment. Both development and global warming add uncertainty to flood-risk calculations, which Robert Holmes, the national flood hazard coordinator at the U.S. Geological Survey, says is frustrating for local officials who want clear information about future flood probability so they can make decisions accordingly. The use of 1-in-100-year and 1-in-500-year criteria is confusing to people. Per FEMA, a 1% chance that a home will flood each year means there is a 26% chance it will flood over the course of a 30-year mortgage. These are probabilities, based on past data. Like flipping a coin, what happened before does not assure what happens next. Development takes away large drainage surfaces and substitutes paved and/or impervious surfaces. Required retainage structures (e.g., ponds) based on 100-year criteria are limited. Our stormwater flows into drainage structures (including streets) which drain into creeks and eventually into the Gulf. When storms like Debbie and Ian create high tide conditions in the Gulf this backs up flow and results in our streets (and homes) flooding. Conditions may become worse as slow drainage after heavy rainfalls can deposit silt and debris in our creeks, affecting their ability to handle future runoff and stormwater flows.
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Kali Ward
2 years ago
Flooding had become worse behind Payne park since the new builds have happened.
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Cindy Guest
2 years ago
Something must be done to protect The property of current homeowners.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
No more development. We already have enough people here. Let people go to other parts of Florida or better stay away from Florida all together !
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Marko Radosavljevic
2 years ago
Need to hold our officials accountable
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Linda Trombetti
2 years ago
The clear cutting and over development is out of control. It has to be brought under control before we are all under water.
I totally support this petition.
Sarasota County residents deserve and demand that climate resilience be designed into all development plans and that existing infrastructure, services and response planning be hardened to withstand increasingly common extreme weather events.
Urgently needed, before more construction
Enough is enough.
We have too much development for our infrastructure to handle. There is nowhere for flood water to go…we to limit devolopment!
Uncontrolled growth is ruining our way of life in Sarasota.
I support a resurvey and the establishment of water runoff management areas. The persistent paving is only increasing our regions vulnerabilities and rendering severe consequences in what should be a region that has prepared in advance for time persistent development of stronger storms and heavier rains that create dangerous flooding.
Dredge Philippi Creek
Property owners need this study and prevention measures.
There is no excuse for failing septic systems. Complete governmental failure
Hydrology study seems necessary, as well as a pause in development to assess how, what, when and where our next steps should be.
Development is out of hand. And I'd like to know where the taxes collected from the new housing is going. It certainly isn't going into the roads or parks.
Need a compromise study to determine the cumulative effects of continued building and how it affects downstream residential properties
The big question is if the 100-year storm criteria is adequate for Sarasota County. As we have seen in recent years storm intensity and occurrences are increasing. The climate is changing, as is the physical environment. Both development and global warming add uncertainty to flood-risk calculations, which Robert Holmes, the national flood hazard coordinator at the U.S. Geological Survey, says is frustrating for local officials who want clear information about future flood probability so they can make decisions accordingly. The use of 1-in-100-year and 1-in-500-year criteria is confusing to people. Per FEMA, a 1% chance that a home will flood each year means there is a 26% chance it will flood over the course of a 30-year mortgage. These are probabilities, based on past data. Like flipping a coin, what happened before does not assure what happens next. Development takes away large drainage surfaces and substitutes paved and/or impervious surfaces. Required retainage structures (e.g., ponds) based on 100-year criteria are limited. Our stormwater flows into drainage structures (including streets) which drain into creeks and eventually into the Gulf. When storms like Debbie and Ian create high tide conditions in the Gulf this backs up flow and results in our streets (and homes) flooding. Conditions may become worse as slow drainage after heavy rainfalls can deposit silt and debris in our creeks, affecting their ability to handle future runoff and stormwater flows.
Flooding had become worse behind Payne park since the new builds have happened.
Something must be done to protect The property of current homeowners.
No more development. We already have enough people here. Let people go to other parts of Florida or better stay away from Florida all together !
Need to hold our officials accountable
The clear cutting and over development is out of control. It has to be brought under control before we are all under water.
Willow Chase Community Assoc. BoD