Grosse Pointe Farms Schedules Follow-Up Meeting on Flooding

residents should be receiving notice of another public meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Monday Sept. 26 in the auditorium of the .

The notice, sent out Wednesday, should be arriving to homes today or Friday, City Manager Shane Reeside said. The meeting is a follow-up from .

Farms officials will provide any updates they have regarding the most recent flooding on Sept. 10, Reeside said. None of the most recent claims filed through the city's insurance carrier have been ruled upon one way or the other–allowing more time for the investigation into the cause.

Farms officials also have a meeting scheduled for next week with the Department of Environmental Quality.

During that meeting, Farms officials intend to discuss having two different drainage systems–combined and separated drainage–and what relief could be put in place to help the inland district, Reeside said.

Officials will also discuss the potential S2 funding that the city is applying for to have a study done on the pump station. The results of the study could then help the city obtain funding for a recommended project at a low interest rate, Reeside said. 

A summary of the meeting will be put on the city's website as a way to keep everyone informed, including those who may not be able to attend, he said.

In addition to dealing with residents whose homes have flooded, many twice and some three times, the has been closed while restoration work is being completed.

Employees normally housed in the community center have been temporarily moved to the warming building, Reeside said.

The extent of the damage is not yet fully known, Reeside said, explaining that the wooden floor had to be replaced in addition to other restoration. The city has filed a claim with its insurance carrier and is waiting on the outcome, he said.

The building has had some minor water issues for a while but was the first time the building experienced major flooding, Reeside said. 

The building flooded both May 25 and Sept. 10 as many homes in the inland district did but officials are unsure what, if any, connection there is because the community center is on a different sewer system, Reeside said.

It is on the lakeside drainage system, which is separated, but the building is at a lower elevation as compared to most structures in the Farms.

As restoration is under way, city officials placed a check valve in the building as a precaution to alert them of any potential flooding, Reeside said.

Meanwhile, the city is also addressing a class-action lawsuit recently filed related to the May floods. The lawsuit seeks damages for residents' expenses related to the flooding, other damages and attorneys fees.