0:38
Alex Strawn
13:10 - 13:48
"This actually requires that your drainage plan be stamped and developed by a professional engineer, and that— and then it has actually very specific standards of how much of the water you have to retain on site as a result of your development."
“This actually requires that your drainage plan be stamped and developed by a professional engineer, and that— and then it has actually very specific standards of how much of the water you have to retain on site as a result of your development.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 13:10 – 13:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- June 15, 2026
From the transcript
Um, uh, so that is one thing it does. It's, and then it, uh, it clarifies a drainage plan. Right now with multifamily developments, the, essentially you have to show what your drainage is going to be, but there's no real standards for for what a drainage plan does. This actually requires that your drainage plan be stamped and developed by a professional engineer, and that— and then it has actually very specific standards of how much of the water you have to retain on site as a result of your development. And it does somewhat match our subdivision construction manual rules.
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