DR9604-CS 961104To:
Jim Witt, City Manager
From:
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E., ACM/City Engineer Vo
Corps of Engineers Project along Denton Creek
Date:
November 4, 1996
This memo is in response to your recent question about whether or not the City could get credit
for work performed in lieu of monies for any construction along the Denton Creek area in
conjunction with the Corps of Engineers Environmental Restoration Project for Denton Creek.
I have spoken and met with Gene Rice of the Corps of Engineers concerning this issue. Mr.
Rice has indicated that there is a way to receive credit for construction. However, there are
certain guidelines to be followed. Before I go into the guidelines, I want to be very clear that
the credit is on the construction end. The project that I presented to Council dealt strictly with
the design of the restoration and any recreational improvements. Nothing that the City does will
offset our cost in the design of the project. The most recent numbers that I have for the design
cost is approximately $500,000, with the City's share being approximately $250,000. To get
credit for construction that has taken place, the City has to have entered into a contract with the
Corps of Engineers for the study. Then the Corps of Engineers has to receive special
permission from National Headquarters before any trail construction has begun. There is
approximately a three to five month lead time on obtaining permission from the National
Headquarters. If permission is received to allow construction of any trails that would have been
part of the restoration program to offset some of our costs in the construction phase of the
program, then what would happen is that our cost would be credited by the amount that the
Crops would have participated in the construction of the trails i.e., the recreational facilities of
this program would be funded 50/50. So if the City spent $300,000 on trails that were part of
the study, then when the construction phase started the Corps of Engineers would credit our
participation in the construction in the amount of $150,000.
Again, to get the ball rolling on this program, the City has to have entered into a contract with
the Corps of Engineers to perform the study. At that time the Corps can petition National
Headquarters for permission to allow the City credit in the future and that permission takes
approximately 3 to 5 months.
I still do not have a finn commitment from the City of Carrollton as to whether or not they are
willing to participate in this program and it is likely that ironclad permission from Carrollton
could be difficult to obtain. At this time, this particular project is not moving forward.
cc: Clay Phillips, Deputy City Manager
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