Runoff Entering the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery
One of the storm water areas that community leaders asked CIty officials for help with, starting in 2010, was the drainage swale within Fort Ward Park just above the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery. Meetings were held with staff from the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services, Councilwoman Hughes and Vice Mayor Donley.
At meetings with City officials homeowners and church officials expressed concern about the changes that were made to the topography of the park when the City decided to create a maintenance yard and solid waste transfer station. While meeting with Vice Mayor Donley homeowners and church officials offered to cooperatively partner with the City to correct the mistakes of the past which have forced water into the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery and the yards of those who live in Marlboro Estates. Of specific concern was the drainage swale that causes water to flow across park land and into the cemetery.
The City Council provided funds in 2011 to the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services to develop interim measures to better manage park storm water. The proposal presented to the City Council and the Fort Ward Park & Museum Advisory Council, which was funded, included interim work to be done on this area.
Although a variety of drains were installed in 2011 to capture some of the storm water and move it away from the cemetery no work has been done on the drainage swale along the Marlboro Estates boundary. In fact, Rich Baier, Director of Transportation & Environmental Services has refused to pursue interim solutions to this problem despite pleas from church officials. Rather than follow-through on the action plan that the City funded Mr. Baier has instead singled-out specific homeowners as being the cause of the storm water problems.
One of the storm water areas that community leaders asked CIty officials for help with, starting in 2010, was the drainage swale within Fort Ward Park just above the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery. Meetings were held with staff from the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services, Councilwoman Hughes and Vice Mayor Donley.
At meetings with City officials homeowners and church officials expressed concern about the changes that were made to the topography of the park when the City decided to create a maintenance yard and solid waste transfer station. While meeting with Vice Mayor Donley homeowners and church officials offered to cooperatively partner with the City to correct the mistakes of the past which have forced water into the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery and the yards of those who live in Marlboro Estates. Of specific concern was the drainage swale that causes water to flow across park land and into the cemetery.
The City Council provided funds in 2011 to the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services to develop interim measures to better manage park storm water. The proposal presented to the City Council and the Fort Ward Park & Museum Advisory Council, which was funded, included interim work to be done on this area.
Although a variety of drains were installed in 2011 to capture some of the storm water and move it away from the cemetery no work has been done on the drainage swale along the Marlboro Estates boundary. In fact, Rich Baier, Director of Transportation & Environmental Services has refused to pursue interim solutions to this problem despite pleas from church officials. Rather than follow-through on the action plan that the City funded Mr. Baier has instead singled-out specific homeowners as being the cause of the storm water problems.
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