CARLSBAD — It was standing room only as more than 100 residents of the Rancho Carlsbad community turned out for the Aug. 5 City Council meeting in an effort to show the council how serious they were about the need for additional flood control measures in their mobile home community.

Residents, all wearing black, represented the 500-plus homeowners of the Rancho Carlsbad mobile home community that sits along a golf course off El Camino Real at the intersection of two creeks. In 2005, flooding prompted the community into action.

“The Rancho Carlsbad community has potential to be flooded,” Steve Jantz, associate engineer for the city of Carlsbad, said. “Four detention basins are planned. Three have been built, but one has not. The last one, the city has felt is the responsibility of the developer, Monarch Development.”

However, Jantz said, the city will be looking into the issue further.

“We have a master plan supported by fees from development,” City Attorney Ron Ball said.

The installation of the storm-water collection basin east of the community has been on hold because the nearby housing project is on hold due to hard economic times, city officials said.

The master plan gives the guidelines to developers on how to handle storm-water runoffs for the new housing projects.

Three residents of the community took to the podium to address the council.

Bill Arnold, Sue Loften and Russ Kohl asked the city to pay for the basin and not wait for the builder.

Staff presented a list of master drainage plan project cost estimates and financing.

Mayor Bud Lewis addressed the residents before the presentation, explaining the issue.

“We’re glad you are here, but I want to make sure all of you have an understanding,” Lewis said, explaining that the city waits for the developer to pay.

Council considered revisions to the citywide master drainage plan approved in 1994 as presented by staff, but decided to wait until September before approving any of the revisions to the plan.

However, City Council did approve adopting the Environmental Impact Report.