[Durham INC] Help --Trinity Park Wetland could save Durham $20 M and more...

[TheOcean1 at aol.com]

Yup, I'm  with John, those neighborhoods (and any that might be forming in 
that area)  should have first and heavier weighted votes - for want of a 
better  term.
 
That also  allows other neighborhoods to scratch their heads awhile and 
examine such things  as cost benefits.  Personally, the total estimated cost 
seemed shocking to  me. They had this property under contract to buy for well 
under $3 million a  couple years ago, and you'll need to add demolition and 
tipping the building  into the landfill fees. (I hope some things can be 
salvaged, like the gym  floor)
 
So it will  cost how many million to create a natural area?

Bill  Anderson



 
In a message dated 5/9/2012 10:09:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bulldurhamnc at yahoo.com writes:

Melissa,  


Before you and others rush to embrace this, I think it would be  wise to 
get input from the neighborhoods most directly affected:  Trinity Park, Old 
North Durham, and Central Park.


I have a lot of questions about this and the effects it will have  on those 
neighborhoods. The cost savings and environmental concerns are  not the 
only issues.


John 




--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Melissa Rooney  <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From:  Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Durham INC]  Help --Trinity Park Wetland could save Durham $20 M 
and more  ---
To: "INC" <inc-list at rtpnet.org>, "Durham Enviro"  
<durhamenviro at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012,  9:15 PM


 
 
Please review the article below and consider writing Mayor Bell  and the 
City Council (council at durhamnc.gov) with  your support for construction of a 
wetland at the old Diet and Fitness  Center on Trinity Avenue for the 
following reasons:


1) this wetland will help to reduce the velocity of water runoff  during 
storm events, thereby reducing erosion of private properties  that now suffer 
from storm water run-off directed through those  properties. We NEED more 
wetlands and retention ponds in this  watershed to protect existing structures 
and private  properties.



2) this wetland would be aesthetically pleasing and provide  wildlife with 
a much needed habitat in our urban area;


3) this wetland would immensely help naturally filter Nitrogen  and 
Phosphorous and other pollutants out of the Ellerbe Creek  Watershed, which flows 
into Falls Lake and could save Durham as  much as $20 Million in the long run 
with regard to costs of BMPs (best  management practices) required to 
reduce N and P runoff into Falls  Lake (as a result of the Falls Lake Rules).


_The Durham News | Wetland could save city  up to $20M_ 
(http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wetland%20wise%20durham%20news&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFcQ
FjAA&url=http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/05/08/212014/wetland-could-save-c
ity-up-to.html&ei=dxSrT8PAOcautwfJ5eiiAg&usg=AFQjCNFLs0wgbZEUajqkt4SN6kIdrtL
3fA) 



 
(http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wetland%20wise%20durham%20news&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFcQFjAA&url=http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/05/08/212014
/wetland-could-save-city-up-to.html&ei=dxSrT8PAOcautwfJ5eiiAg&usg=AFQjCNFLs0
wgbZEUajqkt4SN6kIdrtL3fA) 
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/05/08/212014/wetland-could-save-city-up-to.html


Thanks for your consideration and input!
Melissa (Rooney)








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