I was at the Parks & Rec meeting over at Ringer Library. Sometimes it pays to show up to public meetings
At that meeting they gave renderings of what the Smith Track was gonna look like.
I do not mean to get all "engineer'y" but if you look at the TOPO from FEMA you can see that the track (roughly red circle) is basically 100% flood zone.
So in order to do mitigate that you will have to build run off into the creek and then the side walls to prevent erosion. This does NOT take into account the fact that you will have to dump all the excess water into the creek which creates flood downstream worse. And trust me when I tell you:
When we had that huge amount of rain a while back Wilderness N&S was under 3 feet of water. And yes... I mean the road itself was under water not just the curb ETC
in short I do not see anyone with the expertise on council to plan this kinda stuff properly. Staff does what they are told to do after giving advise.
Again... one party rule
At that meeting they gave renderings of what the Smith Track was gonna look like.
I do not mean to get all "engineer'y" but if you look at the TOPO from FEMA you can see that the track (roughly red circle) is basically 100% flood zone.
So in order to do mitigate that you will have to build run off into the creek and then the side walls to prevent erosion. This does NOT take into account the fact that you will have to dump all the excess water into the creek which creates flood downstream worse. And trust me when I tell you:
When we had that huge amount of rain a while back Wilderness N&S was under 3 feet of water. And yes... I mean the road itself was under water not just the curb ETC
in short I do not see anyone with the expertise on council to plan this kinda stuff properly. Staff does what they are told to do after giving advise.
Again... one party rule