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<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br />To address future drainage problems, the plan discussed two <br />Spencer Landing Joint Use Park <br />common approaches: on-site detention and regional detention. <br />and Detention <br />While there are benefits and costs for each, consideration shoul <br />given to the fact that the City has a finite area remaining for <br />physical and economic development purposes. When regional <br />detention is used, it creates multiple opportunities. First, it <br />the amount of land needed to be set aside on each individual sit <br />and maximizes the amount of land that is available for taxable <br />purposes, e.g., residences and businesses. When there is plenty <br />land left to develop, this may not seem as important. However, <br /> <br />Spencer Landing Park is one the <br />when there is limited land left to develop, i.e., the limited in <br />remaining in La Porte, it becomes increasingly important. Indeed <br />park system and it serves a dual <br />many of the remaining infill lands may be undeveloped because th <br />purpose of providing both regional <br />are constrained in one form or another, e.g., limited size, pres <br />detention and passive and active <br />of floodplain, incompatibility with adjacent property, etc. So t <br />recreation. <br />may be mutual benefit to multiple property owners to pursue <br />regional detention options. Second, regional detention provides <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />opportunity for the joint purpose of detention and active and <br />passive recreation (see inset). Coincidentally, the Citywide Drainage <br />Study identifies <br />and 44) that coincide with or abut areas of park need as identif <br />Brookglen Regional Detention <br />Map 2.5, Park System Plan. Coordinating regional detention efforts <br />with park expansion efforts would be a good way to improve flood <br />resources at the same time. <br /> <br />Finally, although the Citywide Drainage Study did not specifical <br />identify buy-outs of flood prone homes, it did recognize that so <br />buy-out may be necessary in the future. Currently, HCFCD has been <br /> <br />working in collaboration with willing home-owners to buy-out som <br />of the most flood prone homes in the Brookglen Subdivision (see <br />inset). <br /> <br />However the City chooses to mitigate increased drainage stemming <br />from future development, i.e., on-site, regional, or a combinati <br />both, it is recommended that it be designed and constructed to <br /> <br />combine functionality with the cross purpose of creating an <br />The Brookglen Detention Ponds, <br />attractive and sustainable public amenity that provides citizens <br />which are currently under <br />accessible opportunities for active and passive recreation, <br />construction, are a good example of <br />particularly trails. <br />an after-the-fact retrofit to solve <br /> <br />existing drainage problems within <br />Key Planning Considerations <br />the City. <br /> <br />Key planning considerations regarding the planning needs to <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />improve flood control and drainage, include: <br />1)Implementing the recommendations of the Citywide <br />Drainage Study so that it leads to actionable results. <br />3.4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />