SAVE GREER PARK SOUTH

Lake is continually flooding over perimeter containment wall even during the dry season, killing the grass. Lake regularly floods our neighborhood when it rains hard.         Pic 1     Pic 2     Pic 3     Pic 4

Residents DO NOT want our lake perimeter expanded as currently planned & without ANY community input.  We want a SMALLER lake that will accommodate LESS water birds, and MORE GRASS for PEOPLE.   We DO NOT want our neighborhood park to be utilized as a flood control basin any more.  We want our soggy, city-created-wetlands neighborhood to be de-watered like the rest of the city.  We want WORKING storm drains, more grass & A SMALLER BIRD MENACE LAKE.

Increasing the permiter of the current flood control basin in our neighborhood  is a non-starter for residents.

"Parks Make Life Better"....for PEOPLE  Not for flood control. Not for birds.   FOR PEOPLE.

Recommended short term solution:  Lake pump TIMER must be augmented with a water elevation sensor (float switch) that activates the pump before the lake overflows.

Recommend final solution:  Replace existing 18” Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) with new 57” RCP and connect it to the existing 63" RCP storm drain near the catch basin at the southeast corner of McFadden & Golden West and extend it west on McFadden, beneath Golden West to manhole 149MHL002.  Replace existing 18” Vitrified Clay Pipe (VCP) with 48” RCP from manhole 149MHL002 south to catch basin 149CBN005 & then a 36” RCP from 149CBN005 to grate drains 149GRT004 & 149GRT005.  Replace existing 8” (VCP) with 48” RCP from manhole 149MHL002 east to manhole 149MHL001 southwest to manhole 149MHL004 south to catch basin 149CBN004.  Replace existing 6” cast iron pipe with 36” RCP from catch basin 149CBN004 to grate drains 149GRT002 & 149GRT003.  Replace unknown pipe from manhole 149MHL001 to grate drain 139GRT001.  Disconnect the existing 18” RCP lake drain pump pipe from the existing “Y” connector and run a new 18” RCP to connect to the 63” RCP just downstream from the catch basin located at the southeast corner of McFadden & Golden West.  Replace existing 18” RCP from inlet 149ILT001 to manhole 149 MHL002 so it will function as a gravity lake-overflow but will still allow a limited amount of water to enter the lake during heavy rain conditions. (pipe sizes may require size adjustments upon expert analysis) If this gravity drain system is not feasible then a new lift station would be best positioned on the high ground at the northwest corner of the park.            Storm Drain Reference Map

Procure and install an identical sign just to the north of the existing sign. 
The new sign can then house a new media graphic similar to this:      Pic 1     Pic 2

It turns out the current sign was a Eagle Scout Project so it is highly unlikely any changes would even be considered. 

Increase maintience until the park can be made less inviting to birds by reducing illegal feeding with new signs warning of stiff fines for feeding & preventing lake flooding.  Designate Park to be a off-leash dog training area to discourage the birds from loitering.