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RESOLUTION N0. --~~~
WHEREAS, the flooding situation in West Memphis is such that there is
a potential for great damage and even loss of life and,
WHEREAS, the West Memphis City Council deems it necessary for the
public safety and welfare of the citizens to relieve this
critical and potentially dangerous situation.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the West Memphis City Council does
support the Corps of Engineers Memphis District study for
the improvements of West Memphis Arkansas and Vicinity
(LMMPD-F) and urges that the selected plan be implemented
with all possible haste.
PASSED ANG APPROVED THIS DAY OF ~~ ~~'' A ~~ y
1983.
ATTEST:
CITY CLER
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30 December 1982
NOTICE OF REPORT
ON
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS AND VICINITY
As District Engineer, Memphis District, I have forwarded a report
on West Memphis, Arkansas, to the Mississippi River Commission.
The report was prepared as authorized by a resolution (adopted 29
May 1975) of the Committee on Public Works of the United States
Senate. The resolution requested review of the report on the
Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, published as House Document
Numbered 308, Eighty-eighth Congress, and other pertinent reports,
with a view toward determining whether any mod ifications of the
recommendations contained therein are advisable at this time, to
provide for improved flood control yin West Memphis, Arkansas, and
vicinity.
Information is presented in the report concerning problems, needs
and opportunities in the study areas; alternative plans considered for
meeting these problems, needs and opportunities; and the plan
recocrsnended for implementation.
The recommended plan of improvement consists of 23.86 miles of
earthen channel enlargement on Ten and Fifteen Mile Bayous. The
improvement would extend from the vicinity of Greasy Corner, Arkansas,
up the present Fifteen Mile Bayou channel to its confluence with Ten
Mile Bayou, then upstream on Ten Mile Bayou to the St. Louis - San
Francisco Railroad crossing on Ten Mile Bayou in the center of West
Memphis, Arkansas.
The channel enlargement is designed to provide, as a minimum,
protection to structures from the 10-year storm event downstream of
the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad crossing on Ten Mile Bayou.
Upstream of this point, structures in some areas would be affected by
storm events smaller than 10-years, but would receive some reduction
in damages. Most structures will enjoy a greater than 10-year level
of protection. The channels through agricultural areas are designed
to carry urban floodwaters and provide protection from the 10-year
storm. To minimize environmental impacts, channel enlargement would
be accomplished from one side as much as possible, restrictive
easements along the rights-of-way would be acquired and the berms and
embankments would be revegetated.
Alternatives considered included an array of channel improvements,
pumping stations, and nonstructural features to provide urban and
agricultural flood control. The channel improvements studied
considered protection in the agricultural area ranging from three to
10-year storm events and in the urban area from 10 to 100-year storm
events.
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The recommended plan is judged to be the best plan to meet they
immediate and future needs for flood control in the study area. Total •
estimated .first cost of the recommended plan is $18,880,000. The
project is recommended for construction subject to costsharing which
is satisfactory to the Congress and the Administration.
The staff of the Mississippi River Commission is now reviewing the
District Engineer's report. Your written views are invited and should
be sent to:
President, Mississippi River Commission
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
ATTN: LMVPD-F
P. 0. Box 80
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
Your views should reach this office by 31 January 1982. For an
extension of this date, you may write .the President, Mississippi River
Commission, stating reasons and the additional time required.
It is not necessary to repeat information already presented at
public meetings held by the Memphis District or contained in the
report, as this information was used in selecting the recommended
plan. Copies of information received by mail will not be furnished to
other parties. However, information will be regarded as public
information, unless otherwise requested. This information may be
inspected and notations made therefrom by other interested parties in
the Office of the President, Mississippi River Commission.
Information furnished by mail is considered just as carefully by
the Mississippi River Commission and bears the same weight as that
furnished at public meetings. Therefore, meetings will be held only
when found to be in the public interest.
The Mississippi River Commission will give full consideration to
all information submitted in response to this Notice, and will take
action on the report only after this Notice and any extensions thereof
have expireQ.
An Environmental Assessment has been prepared for the recommended
plan and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was made.
Interested parties, including the news m?dia, may make such notes of
the contents of the report as they desire. Requests for copies of the
report or envir~mental assessment or any other information should be
addressed to the Commander, Memphis District at the address on the
letterhead.
You are requested to give the foregoing information to any persons
known by you to be interested in the report and who, not being known
by the Commander, Memphis District, did not receive a copy of this
Notice.
T,
Inel 0 F. HATCH, JR.,
1• MaP Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
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