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Commission schedules follow-up and seeks engineer briefing on Basin 1 stormwater plan after concerns about swales and outfall
Summary
Commissioners and residents raised concerns about a proposed Basin 1 bid book that called for extensive swale installation; commissioners asked the project engineer for a phased approach and scheduled a standalone meeting to discuss design, outfall inspections and bidding strategy before awarding contracts.
Commissioners and residents discussed the Basin 1 stormwater project (agenda item 5d) and asked staff and the project engineer to return for a stand-alone briefing before the project goes to final bids.
Commissioner Tim Reed and multiple residents expressed concern that the bid book calls for swales on both sides of many streets, which the engineer's drawings showed could total several miles of swale work. One commissioner said the scale "seemed like an awfully large undertaking, unprecedented," and worried that creating additional swales could increase standing water in some areas and…
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