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CITY COUNCIL DRAINAGE STUDY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 11, 2000 The City Council Drainage Study Committee met in special session, Wednesday, October 11, 2000, at 6:00 P. M. , City Hall, 135 1s'SE Street, Paris, Paris, Texas. Chairman Benny Plata called the meeting to order with Mayor Pro Tem Richard Manning present to complete a quorum. Council member John Bell was absent. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Engineer Earl Smith, Director of Public Works Terry Townsend, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Chairman Plata announced that the Committee was going to conduct a field visit to identify drainage problems. The Committee boarded a van and departed from City Hall. The first location visited by the Committee was 3610 Graham where there is a drainage ditch on the east side of the property. The committee members walked the ditch where there was an area where water was standing. The committee discussed the possibility if digging the ditch out in order for the water to flow down the drainage ditch. The Committee continued on to 90819th NW Street where the property owner had complained that the church across the street from his property had paved the drainage ditch causing water to flow into his yard. The next area viewed by the Committee was 2230 West Sherman Street. The Committee looked at the backyard and the drainage ditch to the west of this property. The Committee discussed the drainage problem with the property owner, E. J. Griffin, who advised that when it rains it floods his house and backyard. It was the consensus of the Committee and the City Engineer that the drainage project in the 2300 Block of West Sherman would help correct this drainage problem. The Committee's next stop was 801 S. Church Street where they viewed a culvert that was insufficient. The Committee then visited a location at Washington and 3" SE where the drainage culverts were stopped up.