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, COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2002-75 November 12, 2002 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager Stephen Swanson, P.E., Director of Engineering & Infrastructure Matthew C. Newell, P.E., City Enginee�,�f SUBJECT: Bayshore North Preliminary Drainage Design, City Project 2002-32 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: An item on the agenda for the November 18, 2002, City Council Meeting is the authorization of an agreement for design services with Phillip W. Cochran Consulting Engineer (PWC), for a fee not to exceed $23,500 to prepare a preliminary drainage design for the Bayshore North area which drains behind the houses fronting on Franzy Drive and Point Bluff Drive. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached agreement. BACKGROUND: The attached drawing shows the proposed design area. The drainage area feeding the Bayshore North drainage way extends from Hackberry Drive / Place, on the east, to nearly Franklin Street Road, on the west. The area is lined with gullies and ravines which are located behind houses in locations largely inaccessible for normal maintenance. As the Council has been made aware, drainage in this area continues to cause damage to private property. Additionally, erosion problems are occurring along Sandcreek Drive, Bay Shore Drive and in the various ravines and gullies that serve as the area drainage way. In the Spring of 2002, staff requested PWC to complete a brief drainage report on the Sandcreek /Bayshore/Franzy Drive area. This report recommended that "bandaid" approaches that address , small problems as they occur in the drainage area are temporary at best and that a more long term approach should be taken to address the entire drainage basin. This agreement covers the lower end of the drainage basin which will go a long way toward stabilizing the more immediate problems associated with the area drainage. This work will also provide a solid foundation for future improvements in the area far the coming years.