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Council approves consultant to pursue permits for Lenanna Creek Trail retaining wall repair
Summary
The Nacogdoches City Council approved hiring an environmental consultant to secure federal and state permits needed to repair a damaged retaining wall along the Lenanna Creek Trail; staff said permitting should take about six months and the consultant's proposal is $12,600.
At its June 4 meeting the Nacogdoches City Council approved hiring a consultant to pursue the permits required to repair a damaged retaining wall along the Lenanna Creek Trail.
City staff member Jessica said the retaining wall — an earthen wall with wood structures installed around the 1990s — is leaning into the creek after last year’s May flood and the adjacent trail segment has been closed for public safety. "The permit process itself should take about 6 months," she said, adding that the city would follow permitting with structural engineering and competitive bidding for construction.
Jessica said the council was being asked to authorize the first step: retaining Hydrex to prepare three permit submissions, including a delineation of waters of the U.S., a pre-construction notification to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a submittal to the Texas Historical Commission. She corrected an earlier packet figure, saying, "This $21,900 is actually an old dollar amount ... it's actually $12,600 for this." The council approved the item to advance permit work.
Council members asked why the trail segment had been closed for a year; Jessica said insurance would not cover this type of earthwork damage, funding was not available at the time and staff turnover delayed earlier efforts to hire the appropriate consultants. She said the repair work will be paid from the park improvement capital expense account once detailed costs are developed.
Members also pressed staff about jurisdiction and whether other trail sections require the same permitting. Jessica said not every section of the trail sits adjacent to the creek and that this specific segment falls under the Corps’ jurisdiction, which is why the water delineation and related notifications are needed.
The council moved the permitting step forward; after the vote the meeting continued to appointments and then recessed to executive session. The council returned from executive session with no action and adjourned.
