Commissioner Dodd…”IS THE PAVILION SINKING BEFORE WE GET IT OPEN?”
Finishing up yet another 2- day Commission meeting …we got hit with a news from the Town Manager that we not only have a new Beach Pavilion…we have a new Beach Sinkhole….
It’s developed next to the catch basin on the south side of the Pavilion….and the cost to repair…$3,815…
According to Holland Engineering the properties to the north and the south are “impacting the drainage system”…Also included in a memo today handed out to the Commission…the Environmental Protection and Growth Manage Department are now in the mix…meaning…the funds need to be approved and the problems need to be addressed with the property owners…because DEP is involved…
BC- which means the previous post about run-off from Aruba…appears to be correct…just as it was shown in the previous memo sent to the Commission…received after Comm. Dodd sent in the pictures of the flooded area…So now this corrects the correction…OOPS!…
The letter from the Engineer…to Ocampo & Assoc…
I would like to bring to your attention the presence of exiting conditions that are impacting the drainage design of the pavilion currently under construction on Commercial Blvd. A portion of commercial Blvd. drains toward the pavilion & included in the drainage system for the pavilion., which will accommodate most normal rain events that are 2-inches of rain or less ( The drainage system for the pavilion was upsized to account for this drainage.)
However, there is another existing condition that is impacting the drainage system for the pavilion. The contractor for the pavilion informed me that the properties to the north and the south of the pavilion also discharge drainage from their parking areas to commercial Boulevard. This was evident during the extreme storm event that occurred the week of March 16th, 2009. The water from the neighboring properties eventually ends up flowing toward the pavilion, resulting in flooding during intense rain events. Broward county code states that properties are to retain their storm water within their own property limits.This discharge of water from these properties into Commercial Boulevard will negatively impact the pavilion during certain rain events. Please review these findings with your client & inform me how to proceed, as this is not part of the original scope of work.
Included in the memo was a letter to Municipal Director Don Prince with the DEP requirements “for holding water for 72 hours retention area”..pointing out numbers 4 & %…
4. Retention basins shall again provide the capacity for the given volume of stormwater within 72 hours following the storm event. The additional storage volume must be provided by a decrease of stored water caused only by percolation through soil, evaporation or evapotranspiration.
5. Swales shall be designed to percolate 80% of the runoff resulting from a three-year, one-hour design storm within 72 hours after a storm event,assuming average antecedent conditions.
Following that was the request for change order from Ocampo and Coastal Construction…
BC- One observor looking at the “sinkhole” believes that there may be “voids” by the new drains…
Another glaring reason why the plans for this pavilion should have been brought to this Commission every step of the way!
And as for the properties addressed in the memo …be prepared…the Town will be calling you….
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony…April 6, 2009…7 pm….
more to come…
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