Powell CWM assisted the City of Independence with a Capital Improvement Project to address drainage problems at a number of sites within the City and involving a number of stakeholders including the City Water Pollution Control and Public Works Departments, City Council Members, a private business owner, church, various homeowner’s associations, and private citizens. Powell CWM performed a Preliminary Engineering Study (PES) of five sites providing an existing conditions analysis, design alternatives, and associated construction cost estimates. The analysis included site inspections; review of Customer Service Request Reports, City GIS data, and information obtained from the various utility providers; and input from constituents obtained during public meetings. The various design alternatives proposed for the various sites ranged included pipe and structure removal and replacement; pipe relining; creation of a small regional detention basin; gabion walls; roadside ditch grading; driveway culvert removal and replacement and; lake dredging, aeration, forebay creation, and littoral zone planting.