TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Public Services Director
DATE: September 25, 2023
RE:
Title
Cross Creek Watershed Study Downtown Area Update
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
1,2,3, and 4l
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Supports Goal 3. City Investment in Today and Tomorrow, through the Strategic Objective 3.1 Enhance City street connectivity, traffic flow, and stormwater systems
Executive Summary:
Staff seeks concurrence from City Council to approve staff to pursue funding sources to further develop advanced conceptual design for the Channel Improvement Option.
Staff also seeks concurrence from City Council to approve staff to pursue funding sources to continue to evaluate Roses Lake as a dry detention option for potential flooding mitigation.
An update on the Channel Improvement option and the Roses Lake dry detention option was presented in detail to the City Council at the September 5, 2023 Work Session under agenda item 4.03. City Council approved to move forward on consent at a City Council Regular Meeting.
Background:
In FY 2019, City Council authorized a fee increase and directed staff to accelerate its watershed study program and related capital project program to help control stormwater runoff, reduce localized minor flooding, and improve our resiliency to major flooding. At the December 6, 2021, Council Work Session, City Council approved the first tranche of projects from the first four studied watersheds to move forward to development and detailed design. Staff also presented results in June 2022 from a subset of proposed solutions in the Blounts Watershed Study and requested that the Russell and Person Street Bridge Replacements with Blounts Creek Stream Enhancements Proposed Solution (Russell and Person Streets Proposed Solution) be approved to move forward to project development and design.
The downtown area has been s...
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