Board pulls 3 Oaks Pond grading/park proposal, asks staff to prioritize stormwater projects
Staff proposed grading and piping 3 Oaks Pond to repurpose it as a one-acre community park; several commissioners objected to using stormwater funds for recreation and asked that Valencia and South Madison stormwater needs be addressed first. The board asked staff to provide a prioritized list and funding availability and pulled the item.
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City staff presented a design to grade and pipe 3 Oaks Pond (Pheasant and Meadowlark, about 1.5 acres) so the site could be repurposed for community use now that drainage was diverted to Lake Cornelia. "We wanted to repurpose that location for community area, more likely to be a park," the project presenter said, describing Lanier Engineering's design and noting the item would be one of the first stormwater capital projects.
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