Title
Request from City Engineering to Install Stormwater Utility Infrastructure at Monona Golf Course as a part of the Dean Ave. Reconstruction project.
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The stormwater drainage system at Dean Ave and the Monona Golf Course is non-standard and was designed by the Town of Blooming Grove when this area developed. Stormwater is intended to overland flow between homes from Dean Avenue, and ponds on the Monona Golf Course. The water does not have a safe way of leaving the golf course, and therefore the golf course acts as a storage area for stormwater (or a “dry pond” that eventually infiltrates into the golf course, or evaporates). The system as it exists often causes flooding on private property and the Stormwater Utility has received a variety of complaints from 3 different homes. The ponding is also a nuisance on the golf course. The Stormwater Utility would like to mitigate private property flooding and minimize the nuisance wet areas on the golf course. Current conceptual ideas include adding in pipes and a small pond along the northern boundary of the golf course. The City is working on building flood models and gathering soils and tree data that will help assess the viability of the solution options.