That item was resolution of the stormwater litigation against the city.
Three years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with several other agencies, sued the city over violations of the Clean Water Act. The suit alleged the city had failed to require developers to install stormwater runoff controls.
The agencies won a partial judgment in November 2018 in U.S. District Court. The city was facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, but the agencies agreed to negotiate a settlement.
âIâm pleased to say that, absent some very unforeseen circumstances, the judge will be signing off on that settlement ⦠before the first of the year,â Suthers says.