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What is the plan and timeline for dredging Alison Pond Park to address flooding concerns?

4:26:03

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Council Member Kamillah Hanks highlights the need to dredge Alison Pond Park, a crucial component of the North Shore runoff drainage plan, to alleviate persistent flooding in the Randall Manor and Livingston neighborhoods.

Commissioner Sue Donoghue acknowledges the importance of enhancing the city's resilience through green infrastructure initiatives like wetlands mitigation.
However, she lacks a specific timeline for the dredging project at Alison Pond Park.
The discussion concludes with a commitment to follow up offline to address the dredging plan and timeline.

Kamillah Hanks

4:26:03

So in the city council's fiscal preliminary 2025 budget response, we noted that the parks and recreation park maintenance needed to be restored to prior levels.

4:26:13

The budget response also called in the administration to add 59,700,000.

4:26:17

The executive plan does not include any additional funding for the council's priorities.

4:26:22

And so I say that to say that we have repeatedly called for the dredging of Alison Pond Park, which is a vital link to flood resilience in the North Shore runoff drainage plan.

4:26:34

And because this dredge dredging has not taken place, several flooding incidents have occurred in this in this year in in Randall Manor And Livingston Neighborhoods.

4:26:44

What is the plan to dredge this important parkland and relieve my district?

4:26:50

Some of this persistent and consistent flood concern.

4:27:33

We'll also I don't know if you have anything to yeah.

4:27:36

Add to that.

4:27:36

You look very like, you had something to say.

4:27:42

So one more question.

Sue Donoghue

4:26:56

Thank you, Councilwoman for the question.

4:26:58

And We are very much focused on enhancing the resiliency of the city and utilizing green infrastructure initiatives, a number of opportunities to enhance the resiliency of the city very much concerned about flooding.

4:27:17

That's why we're planting as many trees as we can.

4:27:19

That's why we're very focused focused on our wetlands mitigation and lens management framework.

4:27:25

They're dredging at that particular location.

4:27:28

I don't think I have a specific timeline on, but how happy to address that.

4:27:39

Just like we'll get back to figure out on it.

Tami Lin-Moges

4:27:32

Yeah.

4:27:32

We'll offline.

Matt Drury

4:27:39

No.

4:27:39

Not at all.

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