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-------------------- SEP 0 8 2005 oil» ur OHONO REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: September 4,2003 ITEM NO: 2.3 Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Cit>' Administrator's Report Item Description: Citizen Complaint Regarding Drainage and the City's Right-of-Way Lane on Ivy Place Pamela Wilson, of 3508 Ivy Place has requested an opportunity to address the Council regarding her concerns related to the maintenance of a swale in a City right-of-way lane adjacent to her property. Several weeks ago, Ms. Wilson contacted the City regarding stormwater run-off damaging her landscqiing and threatening her home. The Wilson home is located at the lowest point on Ivy Place, lower than the City right-of-way lane. The stormwater was coming off of Ivy Place and through a culvert to the City right-of-way lane, and into a swale, which was to carry the water past Ms. Wilson ’s driveway and home. Please see the attached maps showing the right-of-way lane and the Wilson property, as well as the relationship between the Wilson ’s driveway and the right-of-way lane. Over the years, the swale had been filled in by silt, as well as by the disposal of debris into the lane by the adjacent neighbors. The lane had also been overgrown with buckthorn and other vegetation. The City’s Public Works crew cleared and regraded the swale to provide proper drainage. The crew also sodded the swale, as called for in our best management practices for water quality. Staff also returned to clear a large amount of clay that had eroded from the property across the street, and resodded the bottom of the swale. Staff also removed a large buckthorn shrub as requested by Ms. Wilson. The swale now provides proper drainage past the Wilson house. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: No action required. i