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September 25, 1992 <br /> TO: Councilor Randy McDonald <br /> FROM: Gene Shutt, Public Works <br /> SUBJECT: VOLUNTEER CLEAN-UP OF AMAZON <br /> Since our meeting on the afternoon of the 23rd weather conditions have <br /> changed substantially. I went out Thursday and looked at some of the sec- <br /> tions of the Amazon from 24th to 46th. At the time of my visit the water <br /> level covered the channel bottom at several locations. The water flow has <br /> caused the channel bottom to become water logged and will temporarily prevent <br /> us from dropping a crawler into the bottom of the channel as previously dis- <br /> cussed. However , if the weather improves we may still be able to do the <br /> work we talked about later this fall . If so, prior to doing any work I'll <br /> let you know exactly what we plan to do. <br /> We also looked at the possibility of setting our excavating machine on 24th <br /> and cleaning some of the channel from that work location. However, the lim- <br /> ited reach of the machine and the small amount of work we would accomplish <br /> isn't worth the risk of attempting to perform maintenance in that described <br /> manner. Our best bet is to hope for good weather and set the excavating <br /> machine on the east bank of the channel south of the concrete wingwalls and <br /> load material pushed to a pick-up point by the crawler as we discussed at our <br /> meeting. <br /> The real reason for this note is to get back to you regarding the volunteer <br /> clean-up effort planned for this weekend. You mentioned there is a possibil - <br /> ity that some of the folks might do some vegetation removal north of Hilyard <br /> and asked that we provide some direction as to the type of vegetation we <br /> would like to see removed. My suggestion would be to concentrate on black- <br /> berries and any cottonwood growth that exceeds 3/4 inch in diameter at the <br /> base or is higher than eight feet tall . Obvious trees should be left in <br /> place. However if a chainsaw is being used there is a log in the channel at <br /> about the 4600 block that should be bucked up and removed so it doesn't float <br /> downstream during a heavy rainfall and create problems at one of our street <br /> crossings. Additionally, if enough people show up and there is plenty of <br /> labor available, there is a beaver dam about 200 feet south of the foot <br /> bridge within the Krueger area that should be removed. If these latter two <br /> problems cannot be taken care of with volunteer labor we will need to have <br /> our maintenance staff take care of them before heavy rains set in. <br /> 4 Good luck on the volunteer effort. <br /> cc: Chris Andersen <br /> Bob Hammitt <br /> 0 <br /> 4 <br />