DEBARY, Fla. -- Homeowners still facing rising water from Tropical Storm Fay in their already flooded neighborhoods are calling for the resignation of the mayor and city manager.

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A crowd of frustrated DeBary residents packed a town hall meeting Wednesday night and demanded action.

"It is essential that we get rid of these people," resident Debbie Cerankowski said. "They are not doing anything. He needs to do something or we need to get rid of him. We don't want another Barney Fife."

DeBary Mayor George Coleman brushed off calls for his resignation but had a hard time controlling Wednesday night's crowd, Local 6's Erik von Ancken reported.

Residents on Adelaide Street said they are still fearful that a rush of water will wash their homes away if a retaining wall breaks.

"They say if it goes -- this was told to me by a sheriff's officer -- there will be a 4-foot wall of water coming toward my home," homeowner Mike Torres said.

Many people said not enough has been done since the last time the city flooded.

"If the city cannot control the situation, when does the city decide to relinquish control to somebody higher up?" a woman in the crowd said.

A DeBary engineer said the criticism is not fair because his crew checked all lakes and retention ponds before Tropical Storm Fay and they had room to hold 20 million gallons of water.

He said nobody knew 80 million gallons of water would rush into the area in one week.

"We have probably spent about $5 million to date in projects in the ground that are built," DeBary stormwater engineer David Hamstra said.

Hamstra also said people should have known and had flood insurance because the Federal Emergency Management Agency designated parts of the area as flood zones.

City leaders said they are pumping water out as fast as they can and have spent $10 million on improvements since the last major flood in 1994.

The only legitimate long-term fix would be to buy flooded homes, knock them down and turn them into a park, von Ancken reported.

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