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La-&L 5�p9l91 a s116/j� <br />8 Toe City Council <br />From: Parks Commission <br />Re. Flooding in Tablyn Park <br />Date: April 24, 1989 <br />Today we started the annual walkthrough of all our parks. At <br />Tablyn Park we viewed the aftermath of the flooding from this <br />spring's melt. We saw that the outfield of the ballfield is <br />littered with debris left after the water, which had been up to <br />the infield, receded. What is left of the fence at the edge of <br />the streambed of the Valleybranch project is also full of debris. <br />Last year I talked with Al Dornfeld of the Valleybranch about <br />this problem which not only occurs every spring, but after every <br />major rainfall. This causes a lot of maintenance on our part and <br />unsafe conditions for those who use the facilities of the park. I <br />met with Mr. Dornfeld and another gentleman who I believe was an <br />engineer for Valley Branch and we looked over the site. They <br />thought that a realignment of the streambed would be the proper <br />remedy for the situation and we tentatively mapped out the new <br />location. <br />This realignment would send the water on a straighter path and <br />improvements would be made to the entire bed to increase it's <br />capacity. We would also benefit with an increase in the size of <br />the playing field in right field, as it is now it is too short <br />and is dangerous to older players who run into or over the fence <br />and risk injury. This is a great potential liability to the City. <br />Valley Branch later backed out of this proposal. They apparently <br />did not think it was cost effective. They opted to merely clean <br />out the streambed which was not effective. <br />I ask that our Council request Valley Branch to realign the <br />streambed as they initially proposed, and also ask them to <br />install a new fence. <br />Thank You. <br /><kar,Fc._ LMta <br />Park Commission Vice Chairmen <br />