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Board gives early feedback on Vic Trace reservoir replacement; asks for sections, softened landscaping and visibility studies
Summary
In a pre‑application review, the board provided detailed design guidance on the Vic Trace reservoir replacement, requesting cross‑sections showing existing vs. proposed grades, alternative building orientations, refined planting plans mindful of fire fuel‑mod zones, and clearer material/color palettes.
City water staff and consultants presented a pre‑application concept for the Vic Trace Reservoir replacement — a project to replace the existing single buried 10 million‑gallon drinking water reservoir with two new 5 million‑gallon buried tanks, two valve vaults, a roughly 1,400‑square‑foot pump station and a 400‑square‑foot communications/IT building, plus associated sitework and off‑site pipeline relocations.
Matt Ward (Water Assistant Manager) and Kelly Bork (senior project engineer) described the site as a critical storage hub (the existing reservoir dates to 1956) that serves roughly 60,000 residents — about 70 percent of the city’s population delivered via gravity from the Cater Water Treatment Plant. The project is planned for construction in…
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