Southwood/Fargo Country Club Flood Risk Management Project

Neighborhood MeetingsJuly 20, 2011

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club HOW WE GOT HERE

PETITION RECEIVED THIS PAST WINTER FROM NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTING A LEVEE PROJECT IN REAR YARDS

EMERGENCY LEVEE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THIS PAST SPRING’S FLOOD

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club Emergency Levee – As Built

BUILT TO AN ELEVATION OF 44-FEET

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club – Across Course Levee

ALIGNMENT DESIGNED BY FARGO COUNTRY CLUB’S ARCHITECT

ONLY POSSIBLE ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE COURSE THAT WILL NOT RESULT IN SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE COURSE

PORTION OF SOUTHERN END WITHIN THE FLOODWAY

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club – Across the Course Levee

GEOTECHNICAL STUDY COMPLETED

STUDY SHOWED THAT THE FACTOR OF SAFETY FOR THE LONG TERM STABILITY WOULD NOT BE MET

ANALYSIS DID NOT FACTOR IRRIGATION OF DRIVING RANGE INTO IT

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club – Permanent Levee Option

CLOSELY FOLLOWS EMERGENCY LEVEE ALIGNMENT

ACTUAL ALIGNMENT WILL BE REVIEWED FURTHER

CENTERED ON PROPERTY LINES FROM 521 TO APPROXIMATELY 909 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE

BUILT TO AN ELEVATION OF 42.5-FEET PLUS 1-FOOT

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Southwood/Fargo Country Club – Schedule

JULY 20, 2011 – PUBLIC MEETING

JULY 27, 2011 – BACKYARD WALKTHROUGH

AUGUST 22, 2011 – CALL FOR BIDS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 – OPEN BIDS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 – AWARD BIDS

OCTOBER 3, 2011 – CONTRACT AWARD, CONSTRUCTION BEGINS SHORTLY AFTER

SPRING 2012 – FINAL COMPLETION

FALL 2012 – PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WILL BE HELD

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