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APPENDIX GF

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07 July 2007

BRANCH/1703

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

SUBJECT:

Dallas Floodway, Trip Report for Inspections on 3 & 5 July 20071. GENERAL INFORMATION.

On 2 July 2007, the USACE PM for the Dallas Floodwayproject, Mr. Gene Rice, informed me that he had been notified by the City of Dallas thatseveral slides had developed along the Dallas Floodway levees. Since I had a tripscheduled the next day to observe damage to the Dallas Floodway Lower Chain of Wetlandsconstruction project, I told Mr. Rice that I would stop by and inspect the slides at the leveesas well.At 11:30 on 3 July 2007, I met with the Dallas Flood Control Division (FCD) Manager, Mr.David Garcia; and the Assistant Superintendent of the Street Service Department, Mr. KellyHigh. Mr. Garcia and Mr. High confirmed that there were slides of the levees along the ElmFork and along the main stem of the Trinity River and proceeded to take me to each of theeleven slides they had identified. Figure 1 shows the locations of these slides.

Figure 1. GOOGLE EARTH aerial view with locations of slides observed on 3 July 2007.

CESWF-EC-DS

SUBJECT:

Dallas Floodway, Trinity River – Levee Slide Inspection Trip Report

Dallas Floodway, Trinity River – Levee Slide Inspection Trip Report

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2. CHARACTERIZATION of SLIDES.a. Elm Fork.

Five shallow slides are located along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Eachof these slides is located on the wet side of the levee. The most significant slide, Slide #1(see Photos 1 and 2), is located upstream of the railroad bridge. Approximately 170-feetlong and as much as 10-feet deep, the toe of Slide #1 exits below the river surface(approximate Elevation 405 at the time of the inspection).

Photo 1, 01 July 2007, Slide 1.

The City of Dallas Flood Control District works to make temporary repairs to the most serious of the levee slides. Select backfill mixed with approximately 8 to 10% lime (by volume) was mixed offsite and then placed at the top of the scarp by backhoe. (Photo courtesy of the Dallas Flood Control District)

Due to the access road down into the floodway, the levee cross-section in the area of Slide#1 is slightly larger, so even though this slide removed a small portion of the levee’s crest(approximately 1-foot), the reduction in the crest width is not considered critical.

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