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Gahanna committee advances Academy Park detention-waiver request after technical debate over runoff modeling
Summary
Council heard a planning commission request to waive parts of the city’s critical-storm detention standard for the Academy Park project. Staff said modeling with the proposed retention pond shows site hydraulics nearly unchanged; some council members asked for more detail on a modeled 1% change and downstream erosion before final adoption is scheduled.
Gahanna’s Committee of the Whole considered a request from planning commission engineering to waive certain local detention requirements for the Academy Park redevelopment, a project abutting the Big Walnut Creek.
Holly Boyer, speaking for engineering and the planning commission, said the project would remove an existing building and add an ADA-accessible facility, playgrounds, concession amenities, expanded parking, trails and sidewalks. She told council the design includes a retention pond required by the construction general…
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