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Vermillion River Watershed - Foxborough Pond Overview

Lakeville Area Public SchoolsTuesday, June 3, 2025
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[0:01] [Music] [0:06] hi I'm Jeff Dunn with the Vermillion [0:08] River Wershed today we're in Foxboro [0:11] Park west of Cedar and north of Dodd the [0:14] north creek of the Vermillion River [0:16] bisects through this park when the park [0:19] was developed and the land was developed [0:21] in the late '7s there was little if any [0:24] regard or consideration giving to storm [0:27] water runoff around the same time in [0:29] 1979 the state of Minnesota enacted [0:32] legislation for storm water management [0:36] for new development from houses [0:39] driveways streets from areas that were [0:42] undeveloped before that all that [0:44] impervious area created a lot more [0:46] runoff and it caused flooding problems [0:49] it caused bank erosion along the creeks [0:52] stirred up a lot of sediment the city of [0:54] Lakeville started looking at how they [0:57] could retrofit one of these ponds into [0:59] an into the urban landscape and they [1:03] found that Foxboro Park was an ideal [1:05] candidate the city of Lakeville along [1:08] with the Vermillion River Wershed [1:10] submitted for a clean water grant the [1:13] city was awarded [1:15] $350,000 to construct the retrofit or to [1:18] construct the pump the city also [1:20] contributed as well as the Vermillion [1:22] River wershed and Dakota counties you [1:25] can see where we are with our projects [1:27] and what we've done if you visit our [1:29] website vermillion riverwwaterhed.org [1:34] [Music]