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CITY COUNCIL DRAINAGE STUDY COMMITTEE AUGUST 9, 2000 The City Council Drainage Study Committee met in special session, Monday, August 9, 2000, at 6:00 P. M. , Heritage Hall, 1009 West Kaufman Street, Paris, Paris, Texas. Chairman Benny Plata called the meeting to order with Mayor Pro Tem Richard Manning, and Councilman John Bell being present. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Clerk Mattie Cunningham, City Engineer Earl Smith, and Public Works Director Terry Townsend. Chairman Plata announced that the Committee was going to conduct field visits to identify drainage improvements at this time and they departed building. The first location that the Committee visited was 609 West Sherman to look at a drainage ditch where the concrete had busted up and the property owner said he could no longer take care of the ditch. Next the Committee viewed a yard where water was washing the backyard away in the 2000 block of West Sherman. Another location in this area was 2191 W. Austin ,where the property owner has water standing in his backyard when it rains which appeared to be coming from the property above his property. While the Committee was in this area, they visited the 2300 Block W. Sherman Street Storm Water Drainage Improvement Project. The Committee continued on to 90 32nd S. W. and Kaufman to look at another drainage area where the property owner said her yard was being washed away. The Committee moved on to 1725 Graham Street where a citizen had complained about his driveway being washed out. The Plum Street Mitigation holding ponds were visited in order for the Committee to see what they looked like. The next stop was a drainage ditch below 1622 West Houston where it floods when it rains. The next location was on 10'N. W. and the Committee viewed the drainage ditch that Public Works had cleaned out and Terry Townsend said the property owner was satisfied. The Committee checked the area of 17 " Street N. E. where property owners had previously requested curb and gutter be installed using the street assessment process where the city pays one -third of the cost and the property owners on each side of the