13-06-2025
Anderson council wants funding for Shady Run drainage survey
ANDERSON — Anderson City Council is seeking funds for a study to resolve potential flooding issues along Shady Run.
Council President Lance Stephenson said Thursday that council had planned to get money from Anderson Community Schools for a survey of the area, but the school system declined.
Shady Run weaves into the Northcrest Addition from Lindberg Road, runs underneath Scatterfield Road and Alexandria Pike and eventually empties into Shadyside Lake.
The housing addition was built in 1955 on a former farm field. Shady Run, a natural stream, flows through the site.
There's a retention pond to the east of Eastside Middle School, but some area residents maintain it's not large enough to handle the water from the school and surrounding farm fields.
Stephenson said council can write an ordinance and pay for the study.
'We will have to reallocate money from the budget,' he said. 'That has to be done by the city administration.'
Stephenson said council wants to get an independent study done of the area and then go back to ACS to show the retention pond is not adequate.
'I want to get this done,' he said. 'I will talk to the mayor and get the funds for a survey. We need to get an independent study.'
OTHER BUSINESS
• Council received an update on the Complete Streets program requested by local resident Ben Orcutt.
Jennifer Culp, president pro-tem of council, said Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr., wants to write the proposed ordinance.
City Attorney Paul Podlejski expects a draft of the ordinance to be presented to council next month.
'Complete Streets deals with design and maintenance of streets with a concept of including crosswalks and bike lanes,' he explained.
Podlejski said he is working off the Complete Streets model adopted by Madison County, which he said is more workable than the ordinance proposed by Orcutt.
Councilman Ollie H. Dixon said he wants to address the issue and to compare the proposed city ordinance with the resolution adopted by Madison County Commissioners.
• Council approved two requests for residential tax abatements: a three-year abatement for Matthew Murray for the construction of a $508,000 residence in the 3300 block of Waterway Boulevard, and a six-year abatement for a planned $120,000 house in the 3200 block of Marine Drive.
