Chain link fence with a locked gate? Ish. At least the one at 42nd and
Bloomington has a wrought iron fence, some trees, etc. It looks quite nice,
actually.
Wizrd Marks, Central
Dave Stack wrote:
> > From: Dave Porter >
>
> >> Maybe there should be a "Bassett Creek Watershed District" to come up
> with some of the initial funds needed to bring more parks into north
> Minneapolis? >>
>
> I agree. I am in favor of watershed areas pitching in to help
> establish greenspace/parkland that will improve water quality. This
> greenspace/parkland can be located in and around stormwater treatment ponds,
> infiltration basins, and infiltration swales. Many Infiltration basins and
> swales can be established with many types of native wildflowers, grasses and
> shrubs (these planted garden infiltration basins are sometimes referred to
> as raingardens).
>
> Actually, simply vegetated land is good for the watershed - that is if
> chemical fertilizers and pesticides are not used. I have heard it said that,
> on average in Minnesota, over 90% of the rain that falls on well vegetated
> land, soaks into the ground near where it lands - and thus does not enter
> the storm sewer system. But this is a city afterall, so more intense
> rainwater runoff treatment is probably required to gain watershed funding.
>
> I have heard that approximately $6 million is being kicked into the Hollman
> Near North project by the Middle Mississippi watershed area.
>
> The Hollman area was up until recently part of the Bassett Creek watershed.
> The size of the Bassett Creek watershed area in Minneapolis has just been,
> or is about to be, cut approximately in half. As I understand it, the land
> where rain water still flows into the open creek will remain part of the
> Bassett Creek watershed. And land where rain water no longer flows into the
> open creek is changing over to the become part of the Middle Mississippi
> watershed. Even the Bassett Creek water itself will no longer be in the
> Bassett Creek watershed after it drops into the huge storm sewer tunnel
> about four blocks west of Lyndale Ave.
>
> The first and only stormwater treatment pond in the Harrison Neighborhood
> ran into a buzzsaw of opposition. After it was built, some neighborhood
> people were very upset because they were afraid that children would drown in
> the pond. The pond was thus completely surrounded by a chainlink fence with
> a locked gate.
>
> Dave Stack
> Harrison
