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HAMMITT Bob From: SHUTT Gene To: HAMMITT Bob Subject: FW: Tugman Park Date: Thursday, June 01, 1995 12:59PM Bob, this computerized note is more or less the tracking mechanism that has been in place since this issue first came up. Reviewing it, I see you haven't been included in the link and am sending it your way. A quick summary is that Dave and I walked this ditch and are not sure that minor cleaning (with the exception of picking up a few branches and sticks) will help the situation at all. Major deepening and widening doesn't seem to be appropriate for a park setting nor consistent with what I believe a water quality ditch should look like. Let's see what other kinds of feedback you get. Gene From: SHUTT Gene To: RHAY Tim W; ETTER John F Cc: MORGAN Dick A; RITTER Dave P; MEDLIN Johnny R; CAHILL Michelle R; KROECK Louis G Subject: RE: Tugman Park Date: Thursday, May 25, 1995 4:13PM This is an issue several of us have had recent discussions about in the last few days and it now appears there is a new group of staff who may like a briefing. If you get this note more than once, then it means someone is reading what I'm writing. Again, we do not have a "history" of maintaining this ditch but do recall doing some minimal cleaning several years ago. Gene From: SHUTT Gene To: RHAY Tim W; ETTER John F Cc: MORGAN Dick A; RITTER Dave P Subject: RE: Tugman Park Date: Tuesday, May 23, 1995 9:23AM For tracking purposes I thought I would add another note to Tim's comments. Dave Ritter and I looked at the Tugman ditch on May 22, 1995. It looks like the type of ditch we are wanting to see more of throughout the city. After looking at the ditch and evaluating Tim's comments, I am inclined to believe our best approach may be to not do anything. The ditch is going to handle small rainstorms and the ditch and the terrain will handle medium or severe rainstorm. There isn't anything short of a major channel that is going to handle a major rainfall and I doubt even a major rainfall could be contained with a channel. The ditch is a classic example of what I visualize as something we want to leave alone. While I still think cleaning and widening is something we can talk about and consider, without such a discussion, the only thing I suggest is for someone to walk the ditch and pick up a few sticks. Gene From: RHAY Tim W To: ETTER John F Cc: MORGAN Dick A; RITTER Dave P; SHUTT Gene Subject: RE: Tugman Park Date: Friday, May 19, 1995 8:16AM The grass in the rough area at Tugman has been mowed except for the small area inside the "bump out" on the fence surrounding the "hazardous" areas of the former landfill. (There is no gate, so a section of fence must be taken down to let the tractors in. Dick tells me that the grass inside the fence is not as tall as the rest of the field was. This area will be mowed before June 15th which, according to the City Code, is "soon enough". We've been on the current, two times a season, schedule for most such areas for some time. It is Page 1