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Resolution adopting the City-Wide Drainage Master Plan for Fish Creek
Presenter
Romin Khavari, City Engineer and Gabe Johnson, Stormwater Utility Manager and Floodplain Administrator
Recommended Action
approve
Analysis
Identifying and addressing drainage issues have been a priority for the City. In order to do so and to have a consistent approach, the City Council awarded a consultant contract to Halff Associates to develop the "City-Wide Drainage Master Plan Road Map" that was completed and adopted by the City Council in August 2010. The City’s primary goal and objective of the City-Wide Drainage Master Plan Road Map is to cost-effectively manage flood or storm waters within budget constraints so that conditions do not worsen as new and infill areas are developed. The Road Map provided a priority ranking of Grand Prairie’s watersheds. The second ranked watershed listed in this document is the Fish Creek watershed.
The City-wide Drainage Master Plan for Fish Creek provides comprehensive, updated technical data for the management of the Fish Creek watershed. The information presented in the report provides planning alternatives and design concepts, and will supply the City of Grand Prairie with the necessary updated drainage information to coordinate future development and help minimize existing and potential erosion damages within the Fish Creek watershed. The study is in compliance with the requirements set forth in the “City-wide Drainage Master Plan Roadmap.”
On December 14, 2010 the City Council awarded a consultant contract for the Cottonwood and Fish Creek FEMA CTP and Road Map Drainage Master Plan Study (Y#0881) in the amount of $344,512 to Espey Consultants, Inc. On April 5, 2011, the City Council approved Change Order #1 in the amount of $41,637, bringing the revised total to $386,149. The intent of these studies was to evaluate Cottonwood and Fish Creeks and to obtain a better understanding of our overall drainage, floo...
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