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Resident asks Hyde Park council to allow filling of private stormwater pond, cites safety concerns
Summary
A resident, Colleen Jesherski, told the council her private stormwater detention pond is steep and unsafe and said she was given inconsistent guidance by staff about permit requirements. She asked the council to approve engineered changes; councilors said they would inspect the site and take the request under advisement.
A Hyde Park resident asked the City Council on Oct. 8 for help after saying her private stormwater detention pond poses a safety hazard and that she had received inconsistent guidance from city staff about permits.
“My name is Colleen Jesherski, and I live at 494 North 200 West,” the resident told the council, describing a half-acre lot with an open, steep-sided pond that she said could hold roughly 3,000 to 4,000 square feet of water. She said she has engineering drawings and that her plan would increase the pond’s capacity to about 11,000 square feet while making the area safer and adding fencing.
Jesherski said she had spoken with multiple city employees and was told at different times that permits were not required; she said one staff member told her to seek council approval. “Brett told me that I needed to come to you and see if you couldn't help approve it. He said he couldn't approve it,” she said. She asked the council to consider approving the changes so she could make the area safer for her family and the neighborhood.
The chair said he would take the request under advisement and that he would inspect the property. City staff did not make a formal approval at the meeting and indicated the council would need to consider permits and easement issues before staff could authorize changes. The council made no immediate decision and did not vote on the request.
