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Decoto Green Street project,” says Ruark. “That was
a three-block length project and it was just completed
last October and was well-received by the community.
The second project that we’re doing is much larger.
It’s a $3 million grant with a $1 million match. That is
from F Street to I Street and from 12th to 15th; it en-
compasses 15 intersections which equates to 34 rain
gardens that we’re installing, as well as pervious pav-
ers. It is under construction and should be completed
in about a month. The third project is an extenuation
of H Street, where we’re taking it all the way to Decoto.
That is a 12-block project and it will consist of 35 rain
gardens. And that’s $3.75 million.”
Ruark adds that the city’s rain garden projects have re-
ceived both praise and imitation. “The Regional Water
Quality Control Board who gave us two of these grants
have come out and are really pleased with the work
that we’re doing. And we’re probably one of the lead-
ing cities in this area that’s doing this much work in
this field. In addition to that, we’ve implemented these
procedures into our new sub-divisions. We had a sub-
division that went into a former school site – 45 lots on
a seven-acre parcel. And they’ve incorporated the rain
