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Residents and staff push for formal 'Friends of the Springs' to maintain Waukesha's historic springs
Summary
At a Landmarks Commission meeting, a resident described repeated flooding and structural problems at four city springs and urged the commission to secure steady funding; staff and commissioners discussed reviving an ad hoc committee or creating a nonprofit 'Friends of the Springs' to fundraise, organize volunteers and hold donations at the Waukesha County Community Foundation.
Lisa Salb, a Waukesha resident, told the Landmarks Commission she is worried the city’s historic springs lack routine maintenance and public funding, saying, “If we’re responsible, there should be some funding that should be available.”
That public comment, delivered during the commission’s public-comment period, focused on recurring problems at four springs the city is responsible for maintaining — Menisca, Acme, Silurian and Hobo — and on how the city has relied largely on volunteers and intermittent grants rather than a standing maintenance budget. Salb said Hobo Spring was “flooded up to the second step” and described pitting in recently redone tiles and growing cracks in concrete at another spring.
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