The street sign, placed along 121st Street near Cousins Park, stood directly across the street from a major housing development with 65 lots for sale — one of several in the area seeing major residential growth.

Bartlett said he realized the awkward placement of the sign only when he and others pulled a veil to reveal the sign.

"I didn't say anything, but I wasn't surprised when I got a letter," Bartlett said. "One of the developers wrote a lengthy email to (Councilor) Phil Lakin. The sign was right across from the entrance to the housing development. He said it looks like when you drive in there, that that whole area could flood."

"He said he'd have a real difficulty selling houses and selling lots."

Bartlett immediately ordered the sign taken down and hopes to construct a more substantial marker or monument to commemorate the flood inside Cousins Park and away from the entrance to the budding residential area.

"I decided to take it down because we didn't want that to be a problem," Bartlett said. "We're going to look around and find a better way to call attention to it without a problem for the real-estate industry."

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