MINUTES OF MEETING
OLMOS DAM STUDIES
31 AUGUST 1977
1. A meeting was held at the Fort Worth District Office on 31 August 1977
to present r esults of studies on Olmos Dam to representatives of the City
of San Antonio and the San An·tonio River Authority . Represen tatives in
attendance ar e listed below:
Fred N. Pfeiffer
Dorian French
Bob Hahn
Art Deny;;
David T. Killen
Jimmy Baggett
William P. Jobes
Tom Nelson
W. M. Nichol s
C. M. Fowlds
Sam Garrett
J ack Hussey
Paul K ~ Rodman
'Harren Shaver
Harold Simpson
Peter Wersal
R. L. Half
San Antonio River Authority
San Antonio River Authority
City of San Antonio
FWD Engr Div
FWD Des i gn Br
FWD Hydrauli cs Br
FWD Design Br
FWD Hydraulics Br
FWD F&M Br
FWD Design Br
FWD Planning Br
FWD Design Br
FWD Hydraulics Br
FWD Design Br
FWD Design Br
FWD Prog Dev Br
FWD Design Br
2. Mr. Denys welcomed the San Antonio visitors and stated that this was
a follow- on meeting of the one held on 23 February 1976 . At the prior
meeting the Fort Worth DistricL (FWD) agr eed t o undertake ce rtain studies
relating to the impact of the proposed Olmos Dam modification on downstream
ch ~~nel rectification. One of the purposes of the studies was t o determine
whether there would be a Federal interest in participation in the pro­posed
modification. Mr . Denys expressed interest in the status of
City planning relating to modification of the dam considering information
provided to Col. Wall during a r ecent visit to San A.~tonio . I t was his
understanding that design work was complete and SARA was ready to start
construction on the darn.
3. Mr. Pfeiffer advised that they have a des i gn contract with the firm
Hensley-Schmidt , Inc . (in joint venture with W. E. Simpson Co . , Inc . ) for
OJ.mos Dam and re1ated work. Simpson is doing the road ~vork and Hensley­Schmidt
the dam. Considerable progress has been made on the by-pass road
location which will be just below the toe of the dam. Ot her des i gn work
ie just getting star·ted . They are anticipating a grant from the Economic
Development Agency (EDA) for partial funding; however, it has not b een
r eceived yet . In r esponse to questions~ Hr. Pfeiffer and l1r . French indicated
the~ a requi~eme nt f or a s tilling basin was still under debate. Top of tne
new weir would be at elevacion 728, which would be above the 100-year f lood .
The new design will permi t operation with all gates closed .