Drainage issues in four neighborhoods in Coon Rapids as well as making the city’s unwritten drainage policy formal were addressed by the Coon Rapids City Council at a work session Sept. 12.
City engineering staff have met with residents from the affected neighborhoods, several of whom were at the work session.
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