What: whether the city should accept maintenance responsibility for fire ponds in residential subdivisions with public roads that are outside the water district service area.
Where it stands: staff asked for direction on the 2026-09-21 Infrastructure Committee agenda and recommended that the city accept maintenance.
Next: committee and Council direction on policy.
Details
Staff compared this to the existing policy of accepting stormwater ponds. Maintenance would mean annual inspections by the Fire Department and heavier work every 10 to 15 years.
The Roseledge subdivision (22 lots on Pushaw Road) proposes a city-accepted fire pond; a 2021 development proposed the same but no easement was granted.