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CITY COUNCIL DRAINAGE STUDY COMMITTEE JULY 319 2000 The City Council Drainage Study Committee met in special session, Monday, July 31, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Exhibit Building, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, 750 E. Center Street, Paris, Paris, Texas. Chairman Benny Plata called the meeting to order with Mayor Pro Tem Richard Manning being present. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. City Manager Malone advised that the Drainage Study Committee was appointed by Mayor Pfiester with the purpose of receiving public input from citizens throughout the city to help identify drainage problems. He said that the problems could be local in nature, being between them and their neighbors, or could be part of a drainage problem that affects an entire neighborhood or an entire area of the city. City Manager Malone said that some of the problems by definition are quite small. There may be drainage issues that some people may be having that are not the type that the city would address, but there are some major drainage problems that the city would want to identify and try to prioritize and look for funding in the future. He said there were funds available that are targeted toward drainage problems that are fairly significant. City Manager Malone said there is approximately one -half of a million dollars available which has not been earmarked for any particular project, but was set aside to address some of the smaller drainage issues throughout the city. City Manager Malone told those that were present that the city was not trying to raise false hopes that their drainage problem might be solved, but there will be some that will be. Chairman Plata declared the public hearing open and called for those who wished to speak to come forward. Edgar Chester, 1474 101h NW, came forward telling the Committee that he traded a lot with the city and was promised that he would get a culvert installed for his driveway. Mr. Chester said his culvert and three others in the area were filled with dirt and they needed to be cleaned out and that every time it rains there is water standing in his yard. Mr. Chester said he has spent a lot of money having dirt put in his yard. Mr. Chester also told the Committee that there was a mattress in the ditch.