I was recently contacted about removing the earth berms that were created during the near flooding event in 1998 at the rivers edge in the former parking area of the Casket Company. I informed them that this proposal would not require a flood plain permit provided that a habitat management plan demonstrated that the removal would not be detrimental to the existing flood plain. That should be pretty easy in my mind, almost a no-brainer. I have been hammerring on the Parks Department for a few years and am happy to see that some movement is perrhaps going to take place. I feel that this portion of the riverbank certainly does need some environmental help, as some of you know, but it needs to be done carefully and professionally. I just want to throw out that if or when the time comes to remove these dirt piles, the Parks Department should do this work for free since they brought the material in for free. Incidently, the berm does not work as a dike and probably would do nothing beneficial during flood events as indicated by the fact that last year the flood water was coming up from the end of Water Ave and made it to the intersection before it started to receed. Thank goodness that it did not get any higher.

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For all who attended this weekends park's charrette let me say thank you. Thank you for volunteering to dedicate 3 straight days to the reclamation of our neighborhood parks. Thank you for believing that you have a voice and that it will be heard and respected. Thank you for sharing your visions, goals, and hopes with old friends and new friends. Thank you for giving %100 of your energy to this dream of reclaiming our land. And thank you for giving this young man hope that communities can still come together and accomplish great things when they work together trough all their differences and focus on common goals. I look forward to moving this plan forward with the help of my neighbors in the coming weeks, months and years.

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