Here is what the city said about the water problems around our house:

"I was out in your area on other business yesterday and looked at the drainage
problems
you mentioned.

All of the Broken Top development is private streets and drainage so there is
little the City
can do to help alleviate the drainage problems.

The entire area is in what we call a problem drainage area. The soils and
geology are not
conducive to infiltration. You have probably heard or read about the drainage
problems at
Summit High School. We have had several reports of wet crawl spaces in Broken
Top. Prior
to development, the soils were loose and able to retain stormwater. With
development,
the soils were compacted or removed and a lot of impervious roofs and pavement
meant
that there was less and less soil available to absorb the water. Water applied
to the golf
courses (or other turf, for that matter)keeps the golf course soils wet and
reduces their
ability to absorb rainwater. In January and February, the soils of Central
Oregon froze to a
depth of several inches. It has taken quite a while for the soil to thaw.
Frozen soil has no
infiltration capacity at all and this surely added to the problem as the snow
began to melt.

I wish I could offer some suggestions but it is a difficult problem."

Ok, so what's the next step?
Thanks,
Kali