HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9838 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 9838
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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council January 26, 2015
x SUBJECT: COORDINATION WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON
DIL DRAINAGE PROJECTS
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This Informal Report is to respond to a recent City Council question as to how local government
jurisdictions in the Fort Worth area communicate with each other on drainage issues that could
affect more than one jurisdiction.
The only formal process in this regard is the Corridor Development Certificate (CDC) program.
This is a voluntary process which currently involves 9 area cities (Arlington, Carrollton, Coppell,
Dallas, Farmers Branch, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Irving, and Lewisville) and 2 counties (Dallas
and Tarrant). Participants in the CDC program submit for the review of the broader group any
actions in their jurisdiction that could have an impact on the 100 year floodplain of the Trinity River.
The purpose of the program is to ensure common understanding of activity proposed in the Trinity
River floodplain in any of the participating jurisdictions and agreement by the group, prior to the
proposed activity moving forward, that such actions will have no adverse impact on other
jurisdictions. The CDC process does not consider any drainage related activities that do not
directly relate to the Trinity River floodplain.
It is also common practice amongst area jurisdictions to communicate and coordinate with each
other in cases where an activity is planned in one jurisdiction that could impact drainage in others.
There is no formal process for such coordination, though.
Staff is not aware of any activities in recent memory in other jurisdictions that have had an adverse
drainage impact within the City of Fort Worth. Specifically in this regard, Staff evaluated the recent
concern expressed by a Fort Worth citizen about a drainage project in the City of Hurst. After
visiting the site and speaking with the construction contractor and City of Hurst staff, it was
concluded that that project had no adverse drainage impact within the City of Fort Worth. Further,
the project in Hurst was not of the type or magnitude as to necessitate any sort of inter-
jurisdictional coordination.
Please contact Greg Simmons, TPW Assistant Director, at 817.392.7862 with any questions about
this.
David Cooke
City Manager
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