20041246 Ver 3_Meeting Minutes_20031124

November Z1, 21103
SubjecL• Dratt Minutes Intera~~c,i.~~ P~nnit Dra~~~in~, Re~~ie~~ i~~l~~tin~~ on No~~emh~-?(l. ?00~. ti~- R-~~;7B
in Caldwell Count.
Team Members:
.lohn Thomas - USAGE
Cynthia Van Der Wier-NCD~~'O
Marla Chambers - NCWRC
Marella Buncick - USF WS
Christopher Militscher- USEPA
Elizabeth Lusk - NCDOT ONF:
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Marella- Does the culvert have sill in it?
Participants:
Marshall Clawson - NCDO"f Hydraulic
(Absent) lames A. Byrd - Transite Consulting
(Present) pate Colwell -Stantec Consulting
(Present) Dou,7 "Naylor - NCDO"r Design Services /Roadway
(Present) Alan Ray - NCDO~f Design Services /Roadway
(Present) pan Duffield - NCDOT Hydraulics
(Present) ,john Frve - NCDO~N Structures Unit
Brian Hanks - NCDOT Structures Unit
DOT's response: -The existin~~ culvert may be bottomless. Until this is confirmed the current desi~,n is the
have a culvert extension at the inlet end with sills and more than likely a bottomless extension at the outlet
end.
General Comments at the end of the meetin~~
Marla -Has the alignment be adjust ro less the impacts to the sU-eams?
DOT's response: -Yes, the alignment has been revised (from the original design) to minimize impacts. ~fhe
s -curves have been replaced with lon~~er tlatter curves instead of straight tangent sections. Also. a lar~,e
amount of retaining walls have been utilised to less impacts that ~~ould have been caused from lung till
slopes.
Chris -Have the large cut slopes heen minimized?
DOT's response: -YES, all cuts ~~ere minimized to the extent practicable, steepening slopes where allowed
by the Geutech Unit cawing rock catchment areas to be added and thus caused a decrease in the footwrint.
Copies of.lohn Thomas- entire e-mail were handed out to all the "team Nlembers stating that he confirmed
the jurisdictional determinations conducted by the consultants Stantec and also that he had concerns ahout
the 600 +/-linear feet of,jurisdictional su•cam channel impacts that are in the areas where the s-curves are
located.
DOT's response: ,lust to reiterate, yes. the ali`,nment has been revised (from the original design) to minimize
impacts. The s -curves have been replaced ~~ i[h louucr tlatter curves instead of strai~,ht tangent sections.
r~l-;o, a Iar~,e amount Ot rEaainin~, ~~alls Dave heen utilised t~~ Ics impacts that would have heen .~u:~~l h-i~m
long till slopes.
The me~tin~, was adjourned.