Title
Tumblin Creek Watershed Management Plan (B)
Explanation
The CRA has been working with the Public Works Department and Jones Edmunds and Associates on the development of a stormwater management plan for University Heights and Tumblin Creek watershed. On October 4, 2006, the College Park/University Heights (CPUH) Redevelopment Advisory Board authorized the creation of a sub-committee and appointed Member Fleming and citizen Bruce DeLaney to serve. Staff has been working with the sub-committee and the CPUH Advisory Board to provide the CRA with recommendations for improvement of stormwater in the College Park/University Heights District.
In the 2005 College Park/University Heights Community Redevelopment Plan prepared by the consultant, Herbert Halback Inc. (HHI), stormwater treatment was among the biggest infrastructure concern in the area. The consultant recommended upgrading and constructing new stormwater treatment facilities to improve quality of infrastructure and increase redevelopment opportunities. Stormwater infrastructure improvements are necessary to reduce impediments to development in the College Park/University Heights Community Redevelopment Area, which plays a key role in enhancing the environment for private investment.
Providing pooled facilities for stormwater is also a suggestion which leads to more open spaces for redevelopment and better utilization of land. Additionally, CRA-assisted stormwater improvements can help alleviate some of the impediments to redevelopment as they relate to on-site detention and retention of stormwater run off. These improvements are needed to mitigate blighted conditions within College Park/University Heights and will in turn make the area more attractive to development and reinvestment.
Jones Edmunds and Associates have now completed the Tumblin Creek watershed Management Plan. This important planning document outlines the stormwater issues and opportunities in the area.
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