ORLANDO, Fla. — Homeowners in Orlando’s Wadeview Park neighborhood showed up to Monday’s Orlando City Council meeting to voice concerns about flooding. Residents have been dealing with flood damage since an early September storm dumped several inches of rain on the area.

“We need to know how the city plans how to fix the overwhelmed and overtaxed system in our neighborhood,” said Isabella Brown, a homeowner who spoke at the meeting. “It seems to me with our stormwater fees increasing by at least 50% over the next four years, localized problems areas like ours should be a priority project.”

Andrea Pavone lives along Kaley Avenue, where a stream of water was still flowing over the roadway on Monday. She says floodwater didn’t cause this many problems during major storms like past hurricanes.

“Even on a normal rain it comes down the road, there’s nowhere for it to go,” said Pavone. “There’s no drainage. There’s one drain across the street – that’s it.”

“I understand that people have the right to be angry,” said District 4 Commissioner Patty Sheehan. “We did not have this level of flooding, even during hurricanes - it was seven inches in less than two hours.”

Commissioner Sheehan, whose district includes most of the areas facing flooding issues, says she’s reaching out to local federal representatives to see if residents with damage could get some sort of disaster declaration, which are usually only approved for more widespread storms. The idea is to provide residents with some sort of financial relief.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer asked personnel within the city’s public works department to accelerate efforts to mitigate flooding in areas experiencing problems, and a public works officials says the city has a project underway that’s studying flood-prone areas to see what more can be done.

Orlando city leaders say they will look for ways to increase the city’s drainage system capability to handle more stormwater.