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City Council Drainage Study Committee August 16, 2000 Page 3 Phillip Nance, 3610 Graham, 785 -2685, came forward telling the Committee that he lives on Graham Street and on the east side of his property there is a 20 foot concrete drainage ditch. Mr. Nance said it was put in to drain the neighborhood and it does an excellent job. Mr. Nance said the drainage ditch is 144 feet long and it drains from 32" N. W. all the way down to Graham Street to his ditch, then 33rd N. W., 34' N. W., and 36' N. W. all comes down into this drainage ditch. Mr. Nance also told the Committee that it comes down from the Loop all the way to Graham Street to this drainage ditch, in other words, the drainage ditch is the low part of this neighborhood. Mr. Nance said the problem is, 12 years ago when they developed Westwood II, the developer had to build that ditch, but where that ditch ends, it is a water trail, there is no dug -out ditch that continues. Mr. Nance said when they get a large rain and all this water comes down this drainage ditch, the water can not get out; therefore, it backs up on Graham Street into their backyards creating a problem for them. Mr. Nance said he has asked that the city come in there with a blade and cut the water trail back on both sides and he is asking again that the city do this. Mr. Nance asked that when the Committee comes out there he would like to be there when they come, and asked that someone call him. Michael King, 801 South Church Street, 784 -2838, came forward telling the Committee that his property includes the lot that is on corner of 3" S. E. and Washington Street and that is the property that he wanted to talk about. Mr. King said that on 3rd S: E. from Washington to Jackson Street, the 800 block to the 1100 block, the culverts are all stopped up and not functioning, and about three years ago, he asked that they be cleaned out and Mr. John Holmes from the City Street Department said they normally do that type work in the winter time, but the culverts have not been cleaned out. Mr. King said a few months ago, workers came out and scraped the ditches out, which makes the ditches hold more water, but they do not drain. Mr. King requested that the Drainage Committee look at these culverts. Richey Wortham, 903 E. Oak Street, 784 -8810, appeared before the Committee telling them that he lives between two creeks and his property gets flooded really bad. Mr. Wortham said water gets about two feet deep in his whole yard and it got in his mother's car one year. Mr. Wortham pointed out that these two creeks comes together and a man on Jackson Street said it forms a whirlpool and the water can not move on. Mr. Wortham also advised that this man had given the city some land to dig another ditch, but nothing has been done at this time. Mr. Wortham asked the Committee to do something about this problem. Don Preston, 3745 Dawn Street, was present advising the Committee that he purchased