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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS - REZONING SURVEY - CODE REFORM - TREE CANOPY - CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION - OVERLAY DISTRICT - 15th Avenue Drainage ( @ NE 2nd St)

 

A portion of NE 2nd Street was vacated to allow construction of the Enclave townhomes. There is an area between the Enclave and the office/parking to the south that has been graded to accept overflow drainage. This was the original intent when the street vacation took place about 10 years ago. Unfortunately, there was no implementation of that plan. A relatively simple solution would be to collect water on the southeast corner and channel it to a French drain (or similar ground absorption system) in the "gully" between the Enclave and the parking lot.

The irregular intersection of NE 15th Avenue and NE 2nd street currently is subject to drainage problems -- water collects at the southeastern corner of the intersection (toward Pine Crest). This runoff and traffic "cutting the corner short" leads to chronic damage to the sidewalk. There are three new townhomes planned for the northeast corner of this intersection.  There will be three new sewer hookups as construction proceeds. This will entail excavation of this corner.  Now would be a good time to address the drainage situation in coordination with work on the townhomes. In addition, Pine Crest is exploring the possibility of paving some areas of swale to provide additional street side parking. NE 15th Ave is a county road and is subject to increasing volumes of traffic.  The intersection at 2nd St is "blind".   Traffic calming measures, such as curbing, would help to slow traffic entering Victoria Park. This is an opportunity to address multiple problems with a comprehensive solution.