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3 RESOLUTION
-,. WHEREAS, the Park Commission of the .City 6f Lubbock, has park development
plans for the J B. Maxey Park near 26th Street and Nashville Avenue, and,
WHEREAS, said development plans cannot be consumated until some method of
providing emergency drainage for the lake included within the boundaries of said J.
B. Maxey Park so that the water in the lake will not remain until it kills the grass
and other vegetation as would occur under normal conditions when only evaporatio
and percolation deplete or lower the water level; and,
WHEREAS„ it is possible to lower water Ievelby gravity in the J. B. Maxey Parl t
Lake by draining to an existing storm, sewer at 23rd and Flint Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the said existing storm sewer at 23rd and Flint Avenue is of inade-
quate capacity to provide adequate drainage for the storm water that drains to the
vicinity of 23rd; and,
i WHEREAS, the City Commission deemed it desirable to construct an emergencil
type storm drain facility from the J.B.Maxey Park to connectwith the storm drain
at Flint Avenue and 23rd Street in order to provide a method of lowering the water
level in J. B.Maxey Lake at such a rate that water would not stand on the vegetation
and thus destroy it, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the 'EMERGENCY STORM DRAINAGE FOR J. B.MAXEY
PARK" has been completed and is hereby designated as such.
SECTION 2. The following policies are hereby established with respect to said
Drainage System, to-wit:
(A) The valves that control the flow through this emergency drainage
system shall remain closed at all times when it is raining or when
there is any water to be drained from Tech Terrace Park.
(B) Said valves shall also be closed when the J.B:Maxey Lake has been
emptied.
(C) Said valves on the emergency drainage system shall remain open only
when there is no water in the Tech Terrace Lake or when it is not rain-
ing at said lake, and even then said valves shall remain open for only
such time as is necessary to drain. J,B.Maxey Lake.
NO -
- � D The Park Department of the Cityof Lubbock shall discharge the functio
of operating this emergency storm 'drainage system in accordance with
the intent and purposes of this resolution until such time as additional
storm drainage 'facilities of::adequate design are,provided for Tech
Terrace Lake.
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` passed by the Commission this J day of. ugust , 19 •
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