Tiburon launches $100,000 pilot to share costs of private drain repairs

Tiburon will pay property owners up to half the cost, capped at $25,000, to fix failing private culverts and storm-drain pipes whose collapse could flood streets, damage town infrastructure or threaten public safety.

The Town Council approved the 12-month pilot program 4-0 on Nov. 4, with Councilmember Holli Thier absent. The program sets aside $100,000 and also covers catch basins, energy dissipators, drainage channels and other drainage structures approved by the Public Works Department.

Individual owners, neighbors applying jointly, homeowners associations, common-interest developments and other private owners can apply, and every owner of record must sign. The town will take applications for 12 months, and each approved project then has 12 months to finish.

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