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PARKING LOT EXPANSION
PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the proposed parking lot project can be developed
based upon the site development plan. The 100 -year storm runoff volumes have been calculated in
conformance with the requirements. of the city to demonstrate that the proposed on -site retention
basin is adequate for the expansion project.
EXISTING SITE DESCRIPTION
The church property consists of approximately 49 acres. A portion of this 49 acres consists of the
existing church structure and accompanying facilities which were constructed in the mid- 1980's.
There is approximately 47 acres to the north of the church property that is tributary to the existing
low point in Washington Street.
The city contracted NAI consulting to provide a drainage study to determine what responsibility this
' project has for the drainage generated from the existing development within the tributary area which
was determined to be 1.54 acre feet.
DRAINAGE DESIGN CRITERIA
This study determines the retention volume required by the proposed new development. The
' existing church development drainage patterns are not being altered with this development and will
remain as originally approved and constructed. The proposed project area is used to calculate the
volume of retention due to development of a portion of the site. Added to this volume is the 1.54
' acre feet determined to be attributed to the property for the existing condition. The remaining
portion of the property not developed by this project will remain vacant and will not be disturbed.
When this portion of the property is developed an additional retention basin will be provided as
required.
IHISTORICAL DRAINAGE PATTERNS
' The St.. Francis Church property is severely impacted by off site drainage from the approximately
44 acres of mountain and developed property adjacent to the north boundary of the property. We
researched existing records in order to find topography that was done before the development of the
property that is now tributary to the church property. We were able to obtain topography from the
Coachella Valley Water District that was done by the Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation.
' We show the pre - development flow patterns which indicate that the drainage from the area impacting
the church property flowed easterly north of Avenue 47 and southerly along Washington Street to
a low point in Washington Street and then easterly. Over the years with the development along the
' eastside of Washington Street, the historical drainage patterns have been compromised.
CONCLUSION
' The proposed development requires retention capacity of 1.42 acre feet. The existing conditions
responsibility as determined the NAI study for retention is 1.54 acre feet for a total project
' responsibility of 2.96 acre feet. Percolation was not considered in the volume determination for the
basin. As requested by the City, the basin was deepened to provide additional capacity to be used
for off -site drainage. The basin capacity at elevation 56.0 is 5.19 acre feet which provides for a
' minimum of 2.23 acre feet additional storage for off -site drainage.
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PERC. RATE PER HOUR: 1,800 CF / HR
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67.70 HRS _ 24 = 2.82 DAYS
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EXISTING CONDITION: 1.54 AF
SITE IMPROVEMENTS: 1.42 AF
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77 -723 Enfield bane, Suite 100, Palm Desert, CA 92211 (760) 772 -3893 Fn: (760) 772 -3893
6782 Stanton Ave., Suite A, Buena Park, CA 90621 (714) 523 -M52 Fax (714) 523 -1369
450 Egan Avenuc. Bzaumc*mt. CA 92223 (951) 845 -7743 Fax (951) 845 -$863
October 19, 2007
Prest- VuksiC Architect$
44-530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 200
Palm Desert, California 92260
Attention: Mr. John Vuksic
Project St. Francis of Assisi Church Expansion
47 -225 Washington Street
La Quinta, California
Project No. 544 -3253
07- 10-691
Subject: Supplemental Infiltration/Percolation Testing for Storm Water Retention
As requested, we have performed supplemental subsurface investigation and
percolation/inMtration testing on the subject site to evaluate the infiltration potential of the'soil at
the bottom of the proposed storm water retention /percolation system: The current plans indicate
that it is proposed to collect storm water runoff within large multi -plate arch type subsurface
percolation/storage chambers manufactured by Contech. The plans indicate a proposed bottom
elevation of approximate 35 feet above mean sea level (AMSL).
Tn order to evaluate the infiltration potential of the native soil underlying the proposed multi-
plate arch system, 2 additional test holes were excavated to a depth of approximately 3 feet below
the anticipated bottom elevation. Percolation testing was performed on September 21, 2007. In
general, approximately 3 feet of water was maintained within the test holes and the flow rate was
monitored with time. Testing was performed in general accordance with the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR) Test Method for Unsaturated Soil above Groundwater. The infiltration rates
determined are.reported in approximate inches per hour.
Tests results are summarized below:
Rate
Teat Hole (incheAour)
B1 -A 7.8
B2 -A 8.6
' October 19, 2007 -2- Project No. 5443253
07- 10-691
' It should be noted that the infiltration rates determined are ultimate rates based upon field test
results. An appropriate safety factor should be applied to account for subsoil inconsistencies and
' potential silting of the percolating soil. The safety factor should be determined with
consideration to other factors in the storm water retention system design (particularly storm
water volume estimates) and the safety factors associated with the design components.
' Our exploratory bore holes indicate that the native soil at an elevation of approximately 35 feet
AMSL consists of fine - grained silty sand and cleaner fine - grained sand. Although some isolated
thin silt or clay layers were observed below the test elevations, the silt /clay layers were generally
' less than one inch in thickness and were not continuous. The presence of isolated widely thin
and discontinuous silt/clay layers should not significantly limit infiltration potential. The
supplemental testing indicates that the maximum allowable infiltration rate of 2 inches per hour
' should be applicable for use in the design of the multi -plate arch Sturm water retention system.
The approximate test/bore locations utilized for testing are indicated on the attached plan. The
corresponding bore logs are also attached.
' We appreciate the opportunity to provide continued service to you on this project. if you have
questions regarding this letter or the data included, please contact the undersigned.
' Respectfully submitted,
SLADDEN E.NGINFAMNG
Brett L. AndersdW
' Principal Engineer
Peres /nd
Nu. G 45369
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Copies: 2/Prest- vuksic Architects
2/Watson & Watson
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JOB NAME: SL Francis of Assisi Church
APPROXIMATE BORE HOLE LOCATION
JOB NO, 544 -3253
APPROXIMATE PERC TEST LOCATION
REPORT NO: 07- 07-492
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Job Number* 544-3253
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Silty Sand, Fine Grained and Sandy Silt Interbedded
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Grey in color/Dry
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Silty Sand: Fine Grained and Sandy Silt (1/2 8t 12)
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Sand. Fine G d raine
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6.8
Grey in color/Moist
40
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Date: 7/31/2007 Bore No. 2A Job Number: 544 -3253
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Sand: Fine Grained with Sandy Silt Layer --2 Inches
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Sand. Fine Grained with Thin Silt Leases .
SM
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20.0
Grey in color /Moist
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CITY OF LA QUINTA
DRAINAGE. STUDY
o .�� 68 -955 Adelina Road
Cathedral City, CA 92234
consulter [760] 323 -5344 • Fax [760] 323 -5699
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Drainage Capacity Study
March 2009
Prepared for:
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA . .
Prepared for City of La Quinta
Table of Contents
TheTask ............................................ ............................... Page 1
Exhibit A
Summaryof Findings ......... ............................... .................Page 2
Background............ ............................... .............:.............Page 2
TopographicPreparation ....................... ..........................Page 3
Calculation Methodology..* ............................................... Page 4
Exhibit. B
Exhibit C
Exhibit D
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Prepared for City of La Quinta
The Task
The City of La Quinta (City) retained NAI Consulting, Inc., (NAI) to calculate how much storm
water naturally ponds on the .low -lying property owned by Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church (Church) during a storm event. The February 28, 1939 Bureau of Reclamation
Topographic Map is the earliest known documentation of the sump area on the undeveloped
Church property. It should be noted, however, that even though the lowest point in the.sump
area is located on the Saint Francis property, the sump area extends into the Washington Street
right of way.
It has been known for years that in large storm events, the natural sump area on the Saint
Francis property does not have sufficient capacity to contain all of the storm water runoff from
larger storms and as a result, the rising storm water elevation in the sump ultimately extends
into the public right of way. It is also known that the depth and configuration of the sump area
has changed through the years since 1939; sometimes by natural forces, sometimes by the
forces of man.
Thus, a key question -is:.what was the storm water retention capacity of the sump when the
Church acquired the undeveloped property in December, 1998 via Lot Line Adjustment 98 -295
that separated its undivided ownership interest in a larger property it co -owned with the La
Quinta Arts Foundation.
As it turns out, the Church submitted a detailed topographic map of the undeveloped property
to the City as part of its application seeking approval of Lot Line Adjustment 98 -295. City staff
requested NAI to calculate how much water from a • 100 -year storm event draining to the
combined sump area lies west of the Washington Street centerline, and how much of the water
in the combined sump area lies east of the Washington Street Centerline. The centerline
delineation aspect is a result of La Quinta Municipal Code section 13.24.120(D) which requires
landowners to be responsible for storm water out to the centerline of streets adjacent to their
property. NAI was tasked with calculating the sump capacity based on the 1998 topography
since that is when the Church acquired the property..
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Summary of the Findings
Lloyd Watson of Watson and Watson, Inc, who was retained by the Church to prepare site plans
for the project proposed by the Church, submitted a hydrology study to the City indicating the
100 -year storm event produces 8.4 acre -feet of storm water runoff that drains to the Church
owned property from the neighborhood north of the Church. Since Mr. Watson's hydrology
' study was based on the current City rainfall specification (NOAA Atlas 14), City staff directed
NAI to use the 8.4 acre -feet figure in its calculations. NAI discovered that the overflow
elevation for the sump area is 58.7 feet and is located in the north flowline of Lake La Quinta
Drive at the easterly end of the curb return. NAI determined that 1.54 acre -feet of the 8.4 acre -
feet (18.4 %) is retained in.the combined sump area on the west side of the Washington Street
centerline, and 0.44 acre -feet (5.3 %) is retained in the combined sump area on the east side of
the Washington Street centerline. The balance of the 8.4 acre -feet of storm water runoff (6.42
acre -feet; 76.3 %) produced by a 100 -year storm event flows out of the combined sump area at
the overflow point and flows easterly in the north flowline of Lake La Quinta Drive and
eventually drains into Lake La Quinta. Le, lce i►a. �� w,j �� e, &t
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Background
The Church acquired additional unimproved property in 1998 that was not part of its original
property on which the existing church structure and accompanying facilities were .constructed
in the mid- 1980's. The unimproved property is still unimproved, except for a temporary turf
parking lot, as of the date when the City retained NAl to prepare the capacity calculation of the
combined sink area. The Church was authorized by the City to construct the temporary turf
parking lot shortly after the Church acquired the unimproved property. In doing so, the existing
topography of the land was modified (minor leveling) to some degree as an expedient means to
accommodate significant excess parking onsite instead of blocks of on- street street parking
along busy Washington Street and in the neighborhood north of the Church. NAI acquired
digital topographic data in AutoCAD format from Fiero Engineering that was used by Fiero to
process a lot line adjustment in 1998 on behalf of the Church and the La Quinta, Arts
Foundation. Fiero commissioned acquisition of the aerially acquired topographic data before
the temporary parking lot was constructed on the unimproved property.
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Topographic Background Preparation
The digital topographic data acquired from Fiero Engineering does not contain sufficient
elevation information in the Washington Street right of way to perform the desired capacity
calculations without augmenting the Fiero topographic data. Thus NAI obtained elevation data
from two sets of street improvement plans that were used to construct Washington Street in
the area adjacent to the Church owned property, and onsite grading plans for the commercial
building pads on the eastside of Washington Street. These three plans sets are:
Plan Set 90015 — Plans for the west side of Washington Street prepared by BSI
Consultants, Inc fora city sponsored capital improvement project.
Plan Set 90030 - Plans for the east side of Washington Street prepared by Mainiero
Smith /Spiska Engineering, a joint venture, for offsite street improvements associated
with the Lake La Quinta development.
Plan Set 90114 — Grading plans for the Lake La Quinta development, also prepared by
Mainiero Smith /Spiska.
NAI initially considered importing cropped TIFF images from the aforementioned plan sets into
the Fiero AutoCad topographic file. However, it was determined that even though the TIFF
images would provide a quick visual image of the existing street improvements, the imported
images would interfere with, and hide the existing topographic data in the Fiero AutoCad file in
the street right of way area, and moreover, the plan view of those TIFF images does not contain
very many elevations that are needed to draw contour lines for the ponded water, because
most of the elevation information on those plan sheets is contained in the profile portion of the
plan sheet. Therefore, it was necessary for NAI to augment Fiero's topographic AutoCad file by
re- drawing selected aspects of the grading on the east side of Washington Street, most notably,
the long narrow retention basin (Exhibit C) sandwiched between Washington Street and the
commercial building pads on the east side of Washington Street, plus implement a stationing
system on the Fiero plan that matches the street improvement plans and then enter scores of
new elevations on the Fiero plan that were obtained from the archived plans noted earlier in
this report.
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Calculation Methodology
In essence, the sump area where storm water from the surrounding neighborhood collects is a
single sump, but it is bifurcated by the Washington Street centerline. -Thus pursuant to the
City's request to determine how much of the 1998 storage capacity is on the west side of the
Washington Street centerline and how much is on the east side of the centerline, NAI started
drawing contours at the lowest elevation on each side of the Washington Street centerline. The
contours were drawn in 0.2 foot increments until reaching elevation 58.6, then one additional
contour was drawn with a 0.1 foot increment at elevation 58.7. If a contour line was found to
naturally cross the centerline it was instead terminated at the centerline with the centerline
acting as a phantom bulkhead between the storage areas located on each side of the
centerline. Exhibits D contains the topographic drawing with the 0.2 foot contours defining the
sump area.
The area enclosed by each contour was then obtained from the AutoCad program, and entered
into a. spreadsheet (See Exhibit B) prepared for calculating the storage capacity on each side of
the centerline.
It was discovered that the storage area of the combined sump area holds only 23.7% of the
storm water runoff from a 100 -year storm. The capacity of the combined sump area is 1.98
acre -feet, while the 100 -year storm drains 8.4 acre -foot of storm water runoff into the
combined sump area. Thus, 6.42 acre -feet of the 100 -year storm flows out of the sump area at
the overflow point. See Exhibit B for a complete breakdown of the capacity calculation.
It should be noted, that the lower elevations in the. long narrow man -made retention basin on
the east side of Washington Street sandwiched between Washington Street and the
commercial building pads in the Lake La Quinta development were reserved for storm water
emanating from the Lake La Quinta.development. The upper 1.0 foot of the retention basin (ie
the freeboard) was included in this capacity study.
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EXHIBIT C
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68 -955 Adelina Road
Cathedral City, CA 92234
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Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Drainage Capacity Study
March 2009
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City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA
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Table of Contents
TheTask ............................................ ............................... Page 1
Exhibit A
Summary of Findings ............................. ...........................Page 2
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Background............ ............................... ...........................Page 2
TopographicPreparation ...................... ...........................Page 3
CalculationMethodology ...................... ...........................Page 4
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Exhibit ,D
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The Task
The City of La Quinta (City) retained NAI Consulting, Inc., (NAI) to calculate how'much storm
water naturally ponds on the low -lying property owned by Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church (Church) during a storm event. The February 28, 1939 Bureau of Reclamation
Topographic Map is the earliest known documentation of,the sump area on the undeveloped
Church property. It should be noted, however, that even though the lowest point in the sump
area is located on the Saint Francis property, the sump area extends into the Washington Street
right of way.
It has been known for years that in large storm events, the natural sump area on the Saint
Francis property does not have sufficient capacity to contain all of the storm water runoff from
larger storms and as a result, the rising storm water elevation in the sump ultimately extends
into the public right of way. It is also known that the depth and configuration of the sump area
has changed through the years since 1939; sometimes by natural forces, sometimes by the
forces of man.
Thus, a key question is: what was the storm water retention capacity of the sump when the
Church acquired the undeveloped property in December, 1998 via Lot Line Adjustment 98 -295
that separated its undivided ownership interest in a larger property it co -owned with the La
Quinta Arts Foundation.
As it turns out, the Church submitted a detailed topographic map of the undeveloped property
to the City as part of its application seeking approval of Lot Line Adjustment 98 -295. City staff
requested NAI to calculate how much water from a 100 -year storm event draining to the
combined sump area lies west of the Washington Street centerline, and how much of the water
in the combined sump area lies east of the Washington Street Centerline. The centerline
delineation aspect is a result of La Quinta Municipal Code section 13.24.120(D) which requires
landowners to be responsible for storm water out to the centerline of streets adjacent to their
property. NAI was tasked with calculating the sump capacity based on the 1998 topography
since that is when the Church acquired the property.
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Summary of the Findings
Lloyd Watson of Watson and Watson, Inc, who was retained by the Church to prepare site plans
for the project proposed by the Church, submitted a hydrology study to the City indicating the
100 -year storm event produces 8.4 acre -feet of storm water runoff that drains to the Church
owned property from the neighborhood north of the Church. Since Mr. Watson's hydrology
study was based on the current City rainfall specification (NOAA Atlas 14), City staff directed
NAI to use the 8.4 acre -feet figure in its calculations. NAI discovered that the overflow
elevation for the sump area is 58.7 feet and is located in the north flowline of Lake La Quinta
Drive at the easterly end of the curb return. NAI determined that 1.54 acre -feet of the 8.4 acre-
feet (18.4 %) is retained in the combined sump area on the west side of the Washington Street
centerline, and 0.44 acre -feet (5.3 %) is retained in the combined sump area on the east side of
the Washington Street centerline. The balance of the 8.4 acre -feet of storm water runoff (6.42
acre -feet; 76.3 %) produced by a 100 -year storm event flows out of the combined sump area at
the overflow point and flows easterly in the north flowline of Lake La Quinta Drive, and
eventually drains into Lake La Quinta.
Background
The Church acquired additional unimproved property in 1998 that was not part of its original
property on which the existing church structure and accompanying facilities were constructed
in the mid- 1980's. The unimproved property is still unimproved, except for a temporary turf
parking lot, as of the date when the City retained NAI to prepare the capacity calculation of the
combined sink area. The Church was authorized by the City to construct the temporary turf
parking lot shortly after the Church acquired the unimproved property. In doing so, the existing
topography of the land was modified (minor leveling) to some degree as an expedient means to
accommodate significant excess parking onsite instead of blocks of on- street street parking
along busy Washington Street and in the neighborhood north of the Church. NAI acquired
digital topographic data in AutoCAD format from Fiero Engineering that was used by Fiero to
process a lot line ' adjustment in 1998 on behalf of the Church and the La Quinta Arts
Foundation. Fiero commissioned acquisition of the aerially acquired topographic data before
the temporary parking lot was constructed on the unimproved property.
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Topographic Background Preparation
The digital topographic data acquired from Fiero Engineering does not contain sufficient
elevation information in the Washington Street right of way to perform the desired capacity
calculations without augmenting the Fiero topographic data. Thus NAI obtained elevation data
from two sets of street improvement plans that were used to construct Washington Street in
the area adjacent to the Church owned property, and onsite grading plans for the commercial
building pads on the eastside of Washington Street. These three plans sets are:
Plan Set 90015 — Plans for the west side of Washington Street prepared by BSI
Consultants, Inc for a city sponsored capital improvement project.
Plan Set 90030 - Plans for the east side of Washington Street prepared by Mainiero
Smith /Spiska Engineering, a joint. venture, for offsite street improvements associated
with the Lake La Quinta development.
Plan Set 90114 — Grading plans for the Lake La Quinta development, also prepared by
Mainiero Smith /Spiska.
NAI initially considered importing cropped TIFF images from the aforementioned plan sets into
the Fiero AutoCad topographic file. However, it was determined that even though the TIFF
• images would provide a quick visual image of the existing street improvements, the imported
images would interfere with, and hide the existing topographic data in the Fiero AutoCad file in
the street right of way area, and moreover, the plan view of those TIFF images does not contain
very many elevations that are needed to draw contour lines for the ponded water, because
most of the elevation information on those plan sheets is contained in the profile portion of the
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plan sheet. Therefore, it was necessary for NAI to' augment Fiero's topographic AutoCad file by
re- drawing selected aspects of the grading on the east side of Washington Street, most notably,
the long narrow retention basin (Exhibit C) sandwiched between Washington Street and the
commercial building pads on the east side of Washington Street, plus implement a stationing
system on the Fiero plan that matches the street improvement plans and then enter scores of
new elevations on the Fiero plan that were obtained from the archived plans noted earlier in
this report.
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Calculation Methodology
In essence, the sump area where storm water from the surrounding neighborhood collects is a
single. sump, but it is bifurcated by the Washington Street centerline. Thus pursuant to the
City's request to determine how much of the 1998 storage capacity is on the west side of the
Washington Street centerline and how much is on the east side of the centerline, NAI started
drawing contours at the lowest elevation on each side of the Washington Street centerline. The
contours were drawn in 0.2 foot increments until reaching elevation 58.6, then one additional
contour was drawn with a 0.1 foot increment at elevation 58.7. If a contour line was found to
naturally cross the centerline it was instead terminated at the centerline with the centerline
acting as a phantom bulkhead between the storage areas located on each side of the
centerline. Exhibits D contains the topographic drawing with the 0.2 foot contours defining the
sump area.
The area enclosed by each contour was then obtained from the AutoCad program, and entered
into a spreadsheet (See Exhibit B) prepared for calculating the storage capacity on each side of
the centerline.
It was discovered that the storage area of the combined sump area holds only 23.7% of the
storm water runoff from a 100 -year storm. The capacity of the combined sump area is 1.98
acre -feet, while the 100 -year storm' drains 8.4 acre -foot of storm water runoff into the
combined sump area. Thus, 6.42 acre -feet of the 100 -year storm flows out of the sump area at
the overflow point. See Exhibit B for a complete breakdown of the capacity calculation.
It should be noted, that the lower elevations in the long narrow man -made retention basin on
the east side of Washington Street sandwiched between Washington Street and the
commercial building pads in the Lake La Quinta development were reserved for storm water
emanating from the Lake La Quinta development. The upper 1.0 foot of the retention basin (ie
the freeboard) was included in this capacity study.
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