TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
Alicia Lanier, Stormwater Project Manager Special Projects
DATE: June 23, 2025
RE:
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Approve the Watershed Master Plan Overview and Final Deliverables for Carvers Creek, Bones Creek, and Cross Creek
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Supports Goal 3: City Investment in Today and Tomorrow, through the Strategic Objective 3.1: To enhance City street connectivity, traffic flow, and stormwater systems.
Executive Summary:
Staff seeks the City Council's consent to accept the final deliverables for these watershed studies: Carvers Creek, Bones Creek, and Cross Creek.
The proposed solutions for the Carvers Creek watershed were presented in detail to the City Council at the April 7, 2025, Work Session under agenda item 6.01 and approved to include in the CIP. College Lake Dam evaluation was also presented to the council under agenda item 6.01 at the April 7, 2025, Work Session and the dam redesign and re-build option was approved to include in the CIP.
The proposed solutions for the Bones Creek and Cross Creek watersheds were presented in detail to the City Council at the May 6, 2024, Work Session under agenda items 4.07 and 4.08. Both agenda items were approved to include all proposed solutions in the CIP.
Background:
The Watershed Master Plan program was initiated in FY 2019 to provide a comprehensive City-wide evaluation of the flooding issues in Priority 1 areas and to develop proposed solutions. The first watersheds completed for this round of Priority 1 studies included Little Cross Creek (with Little Cross Creek Pilot), Beaver Creek 3, Cape Fear 2, Rockfish Creek, and Blounts. Final deliverables for the Little Cross Creek (with Little Cross Creek Pilot), Beaver Creek 3, Cape Fear 2, and Rockfish Creek watersheds have been submitted and accepted by ...
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