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CASE # .3 REVIEW DRAFT CULVERT POLICY By: Steven Jankowsld, Assistant City Engineer Background: At the June 16, and July 21, 2009 Public Works Committee meetings the Committee disc1.1ssed the need for defining installation and maintertllnce responsibilities for driveway culverts in those areas of the City where,roadside ditches are used to carry storm water drainage. Although the current City Code does not address the requirements for driveway culverts, as late as 1999 the' code required that a minimum 15 inch culvert be placed beneath. every driveway unless it was determined by the street superintendant that a cttlvertwould not be required. At the July meeting the Committee expressed concern with the draft policy. The Committee pointed out that some areas which currently do not have culverts are functioning quite satisfactorily without them. Staff has attempted to address those concerns by adding language to the second paragraph of the policy which would identify conditions where driveway culverts may not be necessary. Attached to this case is a draft policy for the Committee's review. Recommendation: Staffrecom111ends that the Committee recommend the attached culvert policy to City Council 'for adoptiOll following review by the City Attorney. Action: Motion to rec?m.mend adoption of the draft driveway culvert to the City Council for adoption following revie\v by the City Attorney. ~-.' _--:;.'::.r'~ ,- . Revfewecl.By:, Direc;lo!:,-ofPublicW orks/Principal City Engineer City Engineer Public Warks Street Supervisor City Attorney , PW: 08/191-09.:.