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l MEMORANDUM TO: Pub l ic Work s Committee REFERENCE : Local Storm Water Facilities There exists in t h e Atlanta Area a serious condition resulting from inadequate and outdated storm sewer s and drainage structures . This condition has existed for many years but grown worse each year with continued development and normal obsolescence rates . Atlanta has hundreds of areas that flood with each rain of two inch intensity or more , hundre ds of unders i zed or deteriorated culverts, hundreds of miles of restricted streams with no bank stabilization, and over 75 miles of streams carrying combined storm and sanitary s ewage overflows with each rain. The s e con ditions are compoun de d by poor sanita tion practices in many neighborhoods which allows the dump ing o f tfa sh a nd debris into streams and drainage sy stems ca using ob structio n o f both op eni. di t che s a nd cul v e r t s downstream. There i s pre s ently available no comprehensive map record of the e x ist ing dr a i nage sys tem . No drawings , loca tion p lans, or size dat a i s availab l e for l ocation or p l a nn i ng , and no staff capabi l ity i s avail able t o pre s ently undertake this necessary prerequisite to do comprehensiv e planning and eva l uation o f th e prob lem scope i n any de t a i l . The City implemented a system o f sewer serv ice charges in 1967 which provides for the operation a n d maint enance of t he s an i tary sewer system and certain e-lements of the combined sewer system. Presently, funds from this revenue source are being used to maintain the storm sewer system con~rary ' to the intent and stated purpose s 9f the service charge -1- �ordinance . This cannot continue and c ertainly cannot be expande d to provid e for enlargement or i mprovements to the storm sewer system. On the contrary it wil l be ne ces sary to reduce the present l evel o f ezp en d itures from this source to meet bond ordinanc e commitment s t o buyers . There are no genera l fund appropriat ions provided for storm s ewers dur ing 1967 . The Atlanta Reg ion Metropolitan Planning Commission, in compliance with a requirement o f the Ho using Act o f 1965, ha s re c ently initiated an 18 month comprehensive study on a generaliz ed scope of "Water and Sewage Problems o f the Metropolitan Area . 11 This study will supposedly lay the ground work f or deve lopment o f a comprehens ive Ma ster Plan for Water and Sewer Development in the Metrop olitan Area . The dif f iculty here i s th a t this study will consider only the sanitary and combined sewer elements o f the prob l em and wil l not consider in any way the storm sewer aspe c ts. If the comprehensive study is to develop a proposa l f or system expansion and reorganiza tion to include restruc ture of revenues and po li ti cal boundaries in order to obtain future solution s to e x isting problems it must be able to intelli gently evaluate and i n c l ude t he other 50% o f the t ota l probl em; th a t o f s t orm s ewers and dra inag e sy s t ems. There is no way in wh ich this can be done a t pre s ent . The probl ems reflected previou s ly have two distinc t fa c et s; they a re : 1. Immedi a t e e ffort s to f i nanc e and cons truct relief facilitie s i n health hazard area s , together wi th i n itiat ion o f s t udies to devel op scope and solution -2 - �to the overall problem . 2. Future effor ts includi ng a massive construc tion program growi ng from earlier study would develop : problem areas, problem s cope, me thods of f i nancing , deve lopment o f plans and schedules • .. A cursory study o f the work to be done , indicate s that the following s equenc·e;: of events should take place : 1967 Allocate fun ds t o provide immedi ate relief for priprity problems $1,000,000 (see N6te 1). 1967 Allocate fund s and authorize minimum staffing and con sultant con t rac t t o initiate mapp ing pro gram . (See note 2). 1968 Al locate continued emer gency relief funds f or op erations and improvements o f storm water system. 1968 Allo cate funds f or contract study and mapp ing assistance by consultant in-house staff . 1969 Develop program organization and financing for comprehensive s o lution o f problem areas. 1969-1973 Launch massiv e Capital Improvement Program which might well require five years. -3 - �Note 1: Preliminary plans and, ih some case, cost estimates exist on numerous projecrs causing recurring problems. Those pres ently read for contract letting include the following: 1. Culvert: Wilson Avenue, N. W. 2. Storm Sewer: Clarondale Drive, N. W. 3o Storm Sewer: Springside Drive, 4. Culvert: 5. Storm Sewe rs: Brookwood Inter~hange 6. Storm Sewer: Ellsworth Ind . Drive 7. Storm Sewer: Habersham Road, N. W. 8. Storm Sewers: Peachtree Avenue, _N. W. 9. Culverts: N. Stratford Road , N. W. 10. Storm Sewe rs: · Blake Avenue , S. E. 11. Storm Sewe r: Stoval l Street , S. E. 12. Storm Sewer: McDonough Boulevard, S. E. 13. Culvert: Boulevard Driye, S . E. (should allocate f or open c hannel 14. Storm Sewer : Piedmont Way, N. E . 15. Storm Sewe r: Porter Drive, N. W. 16. Storm Sewer: Ol dfield 17. Storm Sewer: Grand Avenue , S. W. 18. Storm Sewer: Deering Road, N. E. 19. Storm Sewer: Conrad Aven~e, S. E. 20. Storm Sewer: Montro·s e Avenue, S. W. 21. Storm Sewer: Hazelwood Drive, S. W. 220 Storm Sewer: Collier Drive, N. W. 23. Storm Sewer: Macon Drive, 24. Storm Sewer : Rhodenhaven Drive·, N. W. s: Eo ·charlene Avenue , N. E . Road, N. W. s. W. �Note 1 (Cont'd) 25. Culvert: Peachtree-Dunwoody, N. E. 26. Storm Sewer: Wildwood Road , N. E. 27. Storm Sewer: Armour Drive , N. E. · 28. Culverts: 29 . Storm Sewer: Bellview Avenue, N. E. 30. · Storm Sewe r: Monument Ave nue, S. E. .Jonesboro Rd., S. E. (Should alloc a te for open channe) w: 31. Storm Sewer: . Str atford Roa d , N. 32. Storm Seiver: Club Drive, N. E. 33. Storm Sewer: Griffin Street, N. W. 34 . Open Channel: Clear Creek 35. Culverts: Cleve land Avenue, S. E. 36. Culverts: Pryor Road , S. E. (should allocate for op en channe l) 37. Storm Sewer : Grant Park, S. E. 38. Storm Sewer: 39. Culve rt: Hogan Road, S. W. 40. Storm Sewer : Milton Avenue, S. E. 41. Storm Sewer : Pharr Road, N. E. 42. Storm Sewer: Egan Homes 43. Open Channe l: Napo l e on Avenue, S~ W. 44. Storm Sewer : Cahaba · Drive, S. W. 45. Storm Sewer: Vannoy and Dahlgr een, S. E 46. Open Channe l: Santa Monica Drive, N. W. 4 7. Storm Sewer: East Beechwood Drive, N. W. 48. Storm Sewer: Eulalia Road , N. E. 49. Storm Sewer: Northsi de Drive, N. W. so. St orm Sewer: Farrington Place, S. E. 51. Storm Sewer: Holly Roa<l, N. W. ' Penelope Cir cle, S . E. - 2- �Note 2: A workab l e program could be initia t e d with an in- house staff doing preliminary p l anning and base map development, then, negotiat ing a c ontract with a suitable consultant to supplement st~ff and facilities. An in- house staff essent i ally as listed here ,vould provide this capability : One each Sen ior Civi l Engineer One each Civil Engineer Four each Draftsman II This staff capabil ity should be supplemented by a consulting contrac t t he following purpose s and ob jectives : 1. Provide final map drawings. 2. Provide fiel d contro l and lo ca tions. 3. Provide topo graph ic map ba se material . 4. Study existing system. 5. Evaluate system trouble spots. 6. Recommend improvements . 7. Develop problem scope and f inancing base . 8. Deve lop plans and s chedule s. 9. Provide Ma ster Plan. -1 - 1.: ith �