Lauren Striegl, PE with the City of Madison – Engineering Division has provided the following update. If you have any questions, Lauren may be reached at 608-266-4094

Our main move forward is that Jeff Haen has agreed verbally (not yet in writing) to a solution that we drafted that would keep more water on the golf course and help Pond C behave as it was originally intended to function. Jeff has indicated that he would like to start his work as soon as possible, so we are expediting completion of the engineering plans for the new berm/detention pond and will get those to him very shortly. He has said that he’d like to get this done yet this summer, and we’re hopeful that that will come to pass.

Meanwhile, we’re having MSA (our consultant) move forward with various other aspects of the Hawks Landing project. More specifically, we’ve asked them to investigate the construction of a new outlet and overflow for Pond C, which should further reduce flooding through the easement by 1809 Hidden Hill. Additionally, we’re having them look closely at what we should do north of Hill Creek and Grassy Hollow – right now Rob Phillips (the City Engineer) is leaning towards installing a pond to the north and tying it to the existing storm system, but final decisions will depend a lot on what MSA’s modeling tells us.