Title
Final Report of Northeast Park Stormwater Task Force (B)
Explanation
The Task Force held seven meetings, with their final meeting being September 19, 2001. The Task Force appreciates the opportunity it has been given by the City Commission to bring together the community and the neighbors of Northeast Park to address stormwater concerns in the area of the park. After reviewing much information, it has become clear that there are, indeed, stormwater problems in the Sweetwater Branch basin. It has also become clear, however, that Northeast Park itself contributes only a minor percentage of the stormwater volume. The Task Force believes these issues should be resolved.
The Task Force has developed the following recommendations:
A. 1. Northeast Park is far too valuable to use for detention of stormwater coming from areas other than park property. Therefore, no part of Northeast Park should be used for this purpose.
2. In order to deal with stormwater quantity and quality issues generated from 16th Avenue properties, we recommend that the water in these ditches be diverted away from Northeast Park and the Popejoy property.
B. Option #1: The City purchase Kim Popejoy's property for a Northeast Park extension and address stormwater treatment needs there, with design input by the five (5) member Task Force-appointed design work group, and plan approval by the entire Task Force.
Option #2: (If the City will not purchase Popejoy property)
In the interest of good citizenship and environmental stewardship, the Task Force recommends that the City utilize the un-treed area on the south end of the soccer field, where a small ditch and swale already exist, in conjunction with a berm of the smallest size possible, to collect the run-off from the impervious area of Northeast Park. We ask that the five (5) member design work group, which has been elected by the Task Force, work with City engineers in the design of this stormwater ...
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