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MINUTES FOR THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15, 2023
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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: November 15, 2023
Location: Municipal Center
First Floor Conference Room
300 South Church
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Opening:
In Attendance marked in bold
Members:
Susan Merideth
Jeremy Bevill
Janice Porter
Charles Coleman
David Handwork
Jeannie Gillis, Co-Chair
LaGanzie Kale
Clint Jackson
Jeff Steiling
Pam Alexander
Rick Wyatt, Chairman
Officials & Staff:
Harold Copenhaver - Mayor
Derrel Smith - Director of Planning & Zoning
Craig Light - Chief City Engineer
Roger Gibson - Stormwater Manager
Marvin Day, Craighead County Judge
Melissa Dooley - ASU
Beverly Parker, Keep Jonesboro Beautiful
Tracey Cooper - Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER
Wyatt called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
*Minutes for the August 16, 2023 Stormwater Management Board Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Porter and seconded by Handwork. The minutes were unanimously approved.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Light stated the City is submitting a pre-application to Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) as a Letter of Intent to submit a grant application for a grant for the first phase of Corps of Engineer study, Lost Creek/Big Creek Watershed which is the lower end that starts at Hwy 349 and comes into the town. Basically, opening up the ditch and widening it. It is a deep ditch and an outlet for a 1/3 of the City. Need to find a way to dampen it before sending the water out into the County. The construction cost of Phase I is estimated to be a little over $10 million. It is a nationally competitive grant so it is not guaranteed you will be funded for the project but ADEM called and said there is some non-competitive money for planning purposes and was pretty much assured the money could be gotten to move the project forward. That money is 90/10 money. Cost of design, ROW acquisition, en...
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