GREEN: City workers are moving quickly to meet the administration’s goal of addressing persistent stormwater issues.Crews already have tackled some problem areas, while contractors have been shown other locations of concern, with the goal that they will submit costs and improvement schedules by Monday.Mayor Dick Norton, who challenged the City Council and his administrative team to find ways to make Green the “model city” for solving stormwater problems, announced at Tuesday night’s council meeting that he has appointed Deputy Service Director Paul Oberdorfer to lead a committee to seek solutions and cost data for more complex stormwater improvements.Norton named Planning Director Wayne Wiethe co-chair of the panel, and suggested that others join, including Engineer Paul Pickett and Councilman-at-large Bruce Manwaring, chairman of the council’s Transportation, Connectivity and Storm Water Committee.The mayor said he also plans to name some advisory professionals, such as engineers and hydrologists, to the panel on a part-time basis.Manwaring said Green will show “some decent improvement before the end of the year” on several initiatives. He said city crews on Tuesday completed cleaning a ditch carrying stormwater between Melanie and High Tower drives.He also said Pickett will have plans to contractors by Friday concerning improvements involving the Anderson Ditch and the areas of Lauby Road, Solar Estates, High Tower Drive and Spade Road.Service Director Randy Monteith said four contractors walked the areas with him and Pickett, and will have prices to the city by Wednesday. Each project is expected to cost less than $25,000, meaning bidding won’t be required.