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
Watershed Master Plan Solutions for Blounts 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 Enhance City street connectivity, traffic flow, and stormwater systems
Executive Summary:
Staff seeks concurrence from the City Council on the approval of the 100 proposed solutions from the Blounts Watershed Study to enable staff to program them into the annual CIP prioritization process and pursue grants as applicable. The full suite of proposed solutions was presented in detail to City Council at the September 5, 2023 Work Session under agenda item 4.02 and approved to move forward on consent at a City Council Regular Meeting.
Background:
Priority 1 areas in the Blounts Creek Watershed have been studied as part of the first set of watersheds in the Watershed Master Plan program. Because of the size of the Blounts Creek watershed and the number of sub-basins identified as Priority 1, this watershed study was broken into four separate packages, with Packages 1 through 3 covering sub-basins in the upper part of the watershed and Package 4 covering the lower part to include the downtown area. While flooding impacts identified in Packages 1 through 3 were mostly related to secondary system deficiencies, much like the first four watersheds brought to Council in December, flooding impacts in Package 4 were shown to be mainly caused by ponding due to restrictions to the primary system.
The total number of Concern Areas identified in the Blounts Creek Watershed is 136, with 23 in Package 1, 16 in Package 2, 19 in Package 3, and 45 in Package 4. A total of 100 proposed solutions have been developed, for a total cost of $314,882,500. The majority ...
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