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

[Pat Carstensen]

I thought we discussed this at a delegate meeting and thought the question for us was less "yes or no" but "how do we do it in a way that is most compatible with neighborhood needs?"
Regards, pat

From: TheOcean1 at aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 22:57:18 -0400
To: bulldurhamnc at yahoo.com; mmr121570 at yahoo.com; inc-list at durhaminc.org
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Help --Trinity Park Wetland could save Durham $20	M and more...






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.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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