North Franklin Township Supervisors were greeted by a crowd of approximately 50 residents for their meeting on Tuesday. Scheduled speakers included Ridgewood Road resident George Leasure who spoke for the whole street. He employed a power point presentation to describe back yard flooding that occurred on June 14 and July 26. Some of that flooding affected people’s basements. He showed how a cross drain needs maintenance to clear out silt that holds water and limits the flow of the pipe during heavy rains. He also called into question the maintenance of a pond in Walnut Ridge. His presentation prompted more than a dozen other complaints from residents in other areas of the township, particularly from Cario Drive and Holiday Hills residents. Supervisor Bob Sabot sympathized with residents as he described his own dealings with flood waters. He pledged to work to get infrastructure failures addressed either temporarily or as in the case of Ridgewood Drive, totally next year during the road paving season. Sabot made an interesting comment about development. He said the board is concentrating on supporting the Washington Crown Center Mall redevelopment and addressing current infrastructure deficiencies before approving more housing to add to the existing problems with water and adding more cars to create traffic problems.