TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Jeffery Yates, Assistant City Manager
Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
Alicia Lanier, Stormwater Project Manager Special Projects
DATE: August 11, 2025
RE:
Title
Adopt CPO 2026-29 and amend CPOA 2026-40 (CPO 2020-1) to Re-Appropriate $534,050 of available funds from the FY20 Stormwater Improvement Project to the Cross Creek Channel Improvements Project and to Approve City Manager to execute the contract for the Cross Creek Channel Improvements Preliminary Design...end
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
2
b
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:
The Cross Creek watershed, particularly in the downtown area, has experienced recurring and significant flooding, resulting in property damage and disruption to economic and community activity. As part of the City's Watershed Master Planning Program, Hazen and Sawyer identified the most effective and feasible long-term mitigation strategy to be the Cross Creek Channel Improvements project.
As discussed during the August 4th City Council Work Session, this project proposes to regrade the stream channel from MLK Freeway to Green Street, creating a defined channel and flood corridor to significantly increase capacity. It also includes the replacement of undersized bridges and culverts. The preliminary construction cost is estimated at $50 million, with specific property and easement needs to be refined through conceptual design.
To move the project forward, staff recommends initiating 15% design services to further develop the concept, evaluate alternatives, perform hydraulic modeling, and prepare preliminary engineering plans along with a strategic communications and public engagement framework.
The cost of th...
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