🌿 Strategic Plan Overview

Protecting Our Watershed & Green Space: A Community-Driven Approach

This multi-phase strategy is designed to safeguard the integrity of our watershed and preserve vital green space. It empowers residents to engage transparently, advocate effectively, and hold decision-makers accountable for responsible development and ecological resilience.

🔍 Phase 1: Clarify the Technical Narrative

Goal: Build public understanding of stormwater basin dynamics, runoff impacts, and hydrological instability.

📊 Visuals: Annotated schematics showing stormwater basin flow paths, rainfall overlays, and lake-bound runoff accumulation

🕰️ Timeline: Historical shifts in lake level management, basin connectivity, and surface water policy

🧾 Memo: Analysis of surface water rise, groundwater compression, back pressure risks, and regulatory gaps affecting basin-to-lake discharge

📢 Phase 2: Amplify Public Awareness

Goal: Raise visibility of ecological risks and invite informed participation.

🗣️ Summary: Accessible overview with simplified language and illustrations

🏡 Events: Neighborhood Q&As and informal info sessions

📰 Outreach: Local press, newsletters, and digital platforms

🤝 Phase 3: Present the Offer to Residents

Goal: Equip residents to advocate for watershed protection and green space preservation.

⛔ Moratorium on high-risk development until watershed concerns are resolved

🌲 Environmental reassessment tied to legal lake levels, groundwater behavior, and green space function

💰 Transparent fiscal disclosures on infrastructure, stormwater, and ecological offsets

🏛️ SAD Proposal: Establish a Special Assessment District (SAD) for all currently approved or future development contributing runoff toward Eagle Lake. Properties with stormwater basins or discharge infrastructure—regardless of shoreline adjacency—would participate, ensuring fair funding for lake health, flood mitigation, and long-term ecological oversight.

🔄 Phase 4: Sustain Momentum

Goal: Keep residents informed, engaged, and united in protecting our shared environment.

📈 Monthly updates: Rainfall, elevation, and board activity across the watershed

💡 Feedback loop: Crowdsourced ideas and community input

🎉 Recognition: Celebrate wins and spotlight individual contributions