City commissioners got an earful Tuesday from the leader of the North Lawrence Improvement Association.

Ted Boyle, president of the association, attended the city’s weekly meeting to tell commissioners that North Lawrence residents are becoming frustrated with a lack of action on stormwater issues in the area.

“We’ve heard lots about a new library, a new ice rink, a new sports complex, but the residents of North Lawrence would like to know when we’re going to hear something about storm drainage,” Boyle said.

He urged the city to move ahead with a planned $5 million project to install a new pump station along Maple Street in North Lawrence. A city study has shown that the new pump would alleviate flooding problems, but the city has not come up with a way to fund the project.

Boyle also said the city’s new development code was allowing people to buy property in North Lawrence and have the zoning changed to allow for homes on a 5,000-square-foot lot instead of a 7,000-square-foot lot.

The increased density is making flooding problems worse, he said, and residents were given assurances that the new development code wouldn’t be used that way in North Lawrence.

Commissioners asked staff members to prepare a report on the zoning issue and the effect it was having on North Lawrence.