City Council blasted Mayor Gabriel J. Campana’s lead efforts Thursday to get critical flood-damage surveys to hundreds of residents affected by Grafius Run over the past 10 years.

The surveys, which must be finished by Nov. 30, are being sent out and will be hand-delivered and addressed to provide the state Department of Environmental Protection an estimate of the losses over the past decade or since 2008 so the department can begin a flood-mitigation study. The step after the study is to begin a construction project to reduce flooding, but not paid for through general fund dollars, according to Adam Winder, city streets and parks general manager.

Campana appointed Mark Benner, a city engineer designee in training, who recently informed council public works committee that he’s received 33 completed surveys.

After questioning by Councilman Randall J. Allison it was discovered these surveys were among the first round sent out when the city employed Chelsea Myers, former city planner.

So far, the distribution and return amounts to 10 percent of those able to be surveyed in the flood area, according to Council President Jonathan Williamson.

Campana and Benner were not at the meeting to answer council’s questions. Attempts to reach Campana were not immediately successful.

Winder said he plans to have the surveys signed by himself, attach a letter written by Jason Fitzgerald, president of Penn Strategies Inc., the city economic development consulting firm and then hand-deliver to each of the 280-plus residents in the area the packets.

“The situation is being monitored by the secretary of the department,” said Jason Fitzgerald, president of Penn Strategies Inc., the city economic development consultant, after the meeting.

“I want to congratulate Winder for taking this leadership role on this very important project. I can’t go to Harrisburg and fight to bring dollars back for the city if I don’t get the deliverables I need from the city administration.

Councilwoman Bonnie Katz received clarification from Winder the process is behind schedule.

“We were at risk of not being able to adequately describe the level of damage associated with Grafius Run flooding based on the insufficient information collected to date and late at that,” Fitzgerald said.

“The surveys to date do not show the actual picture of the damage caused by street flood, house flooding, seepage of groundwater table into basements and houses. This is serious business and must be conducted by serious individuals,” Fitzgerald said.

Meanwhile, engineers will be analyzing the survey and other documents, which must be submitted by February.

“It is important that we communicate to them in a language that they understand,” Fitzgerald said.