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City seeks to use FEMA grant to repair century-old 60‑Foot Dam; staff warn of urgent timeline and additional dredging costs
Summary
City staff briefed council Sept. 10 about rehabilitation needs at the 60‑Foot (Potters Falls) Dam on Six Mile Creek. FEMA has offered about $5.5 million for dam safety improvements; staff estimate total rehabilitation and dredging costs could approach $9–10 million and said the grant must be used by September 2027.
City staff told the Common Council on Sept. 10 that the 60‑Foot Dam (also called Potter’s Falls or Fourth Dam) on Six Mile Creek requires significant rehabilitation and that a FEMA grant of roughly $5.5 million is available for structural dam-safety improvements — but staff warned that dredging and other work could raise total costs to around $9–10 million.
Scott (water department staff) described the dam as built in 1911 of cyclopean concrete and said the structure has accumulated approximately 25 feet of sediment behind the face, rendering the low-level sluice gate inoperable and covering the higher intake. "There’s 25 feet of sediment that's about 96 foot dam,"…
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