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Item No. 18 <br />memorandum <br />TO: Mayor & City Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: DRAINAGE UPDATE <br />DATE: October 14, 2016 <br />BACKGROUND: The council authorized $1.8 million for drainage repair, maintenance, and <br />construction, and to date we have expended about half of that total amount on materials, <br />equipment, spraying, and contractors. The council also recently approved hiring an engineering <br />firm to study the drainage in the 24t" SE basin (starting around Cherry north of Wade Park) <br />preparatory to drainage design and construction of past -due improvements in 2017. We recently <br />cut back on the number of contract crews in the field to get as much work as possible completed, <br />yet still have enough funds left for that construction work. Clearing and grubbing will taper off <br />by the end of November; future work will be done in- house, utilizing the CIP crew whenever it is <br />available. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Public Works Director Jerry McDaniel and City Engineer Carla Easton <br />will present a brief update to the council on October 24, highlighting what has been completed <br />and where we will be working in the next several weeks. <br />BUDGET: Up to $1.8 million authorized. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Discussion only. <br />