Lakeville Receives Grant for Stormwater Management Project
The City of Lakeville received a $350,000 Clean Water Grant to retrofit stormwater management infrastructure at Foxboro Park, according to a presentation by Jeff Dunn from the Vermillion River Watershed.
The project addresses flooding and erosion problems along North Creek that developed after urban development in the late 1970s. Dunn explained that the original development gave little consideration to stormwater runoff, creating impervious surfaces that increased water flow and caused bank erosion along the Vermillion River tributary.
The retrofit project at Foxboro Park, located west of Cedar Avenue and north of Dodd Road, was identified as an ideal candidate for addressing these stormwater management issues. The North Creek of the Vermillion River runs through the park area.
Funding for the project comes from multiple sources, with the Clean Water Grant providing the primary funding. The City of Lakeville, Vermillion River Watershed, and Dakota County also contributed to the project costs, though specific amounts from these partners were not detailed in the presentation.
The timing coincides with Minnesota's 1979 legislation requiring stormwater management for new development. Additional information about the watershed's projects is available on the organization's website at vermillionriverwatershed.org.
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Jeff Dunn from the Vermillion River Watershed presents an overview of the Foxborough Pond retrofit project in Lakeville. The presentation discusses how urban development in the late 1970s created stormwater runoff problems, leading to flooding and erosion along North Creek. The city partnered with multiple organizations to secure funding for a stormwater management retrofit project at Foxboro Park.
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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]
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