Mono County Grand Jury
• 2020-2021
• Agency Response
categorical exemption*
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
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Flooding in a long-established subdivision in winter 2016/2017 in an easement deeded to TOML was avoided when frustrated homeowners and volunteers coordinated to shovel snow to successfully prevent snowmelt and rain-on-snow runoff from damaging a number of homes. The project that Mammoth Unified School managed in coordination with the TOML was not required to complete a drainage study, nor was a drainage study completed for the sidewalk project managed by TOML. Despite ongoing discussion and negotiation with TOML management there is no clear path to resolving the issue leaving the homeowners concerned that the situation can and will arise again through no fault of their own.
Related Recommendations (1)
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The Mono County Grand Jury recommends that the Town Council of Mammoth Lakes establish a policy that the Town prepare a drainage study for any project that the Town is involved in and which might alter existing drainage near public easements just like they require of any developer or contractor. The Town should not claim a "categorical exemption" for any project of their own that involves the possibility of unexpected drainage consequences as in this case. Such policy to be adopted and codified no later than December 31, 2021.
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