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City Council Drainage Study Committee November 30, 2000 Page 2 the center of the street. Mr. Templeton said north of them at Henderson Street it got over the street from about 30 foot back from Henderson. He also said between Long Street and Campbell Street it got completely over the street, but at his house it did not. Mr. Templeton said the city has in the last year put a manhole in front of their house. Mr. Templeton advised the Committee that he did call a Mr. Akins at the City and reported the flooding of the street and Mr. Akins assured him that they would check it out. Mr. Templeton advised that if he uses the commode and flushes it he, tries to be close to the washing machine because behind the washing machine it gurgles, but this is only during a large rain. Mr. Templeton felt that the city's problem is they have a drain clean -out at the end of his property line. They have one clean -out for the city and there is one that comes back into his sewer line and there is a flap in the line, and when their sewer goes to it, the flap opens up and lets the water out into the city's sewer line. Mr. Templeton pointed out that if the city's sewer line is full, then their water has no place to go because the pressure from the city's line is more than what comes from their line, so that flap does not open up and let the water out. Mr. Templeton told the Committee that he did have a new sewer line installed this last summer, so it could not be their sewer line. Mr. Templeton advised that his problem, is that some point in time the sewer is going to back up in their house and they will be flooded, and when the gurgling starts his main complaint is they cannot use the bathroom or the washing machine or anything else until the water runs down. City Manager Malone advised that there are two problems, one is the drainage problem in the area and when the water fails to run off it, is also infiltrating the city's sanitary sewer system. Monte Cowley, 2230 College Drive, appeared before the Committee stating that his complaint is, where he lives is on the north side of Lamesa Heights, and as you know, the railroad tracks used to be between his backyard and Lamesa Heights, and now they have removed the railroad tracks. Mr. Cowley said after they removed the railroad tracks, someone came in and removed the gravel and now when it rains, it stands in water. Mr. Cowley said in the summer time the mosquitoes are really bad. Mr. Cowley said the whole area is not standing in water, it is places where they dug down too deep to get the gravel. Mr. Cowley said behind his house, there is an area about two houses wide which stands in