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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Two things come to my mind. First, do they drain water from the lake in the rainy season? If so why? Why not just let the lake deplete itself naturally so that there is water left in it during the dry season?
Second, why is it that this is the only lake that appears to go completely dry. It is a lake that is highly visible to all including outsiders who may be considering buying here. I would thing that we'd want this lake above all to look nice 365 days a year. When it is empty, not only is it an eyesore, but it smells awful as well.
Dredging would make the lake able to hold more water so that the water level would be lower but the bottom could be covered.
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You make very appropriate observations. This lake was an existing natural basin. It was not constructed as a retention pond in the same sense that current retention ponds are. I think it was simply adopted and houses built around it and storm drains directed to it. I attempted to find out more by contacting St. Johns River WMD, but got no response. I think I was ignored because I did not have any official status. The dredging-and-lining proposal
sounds reasonable to me, but I think an engineering study is required to determine effective changes to Lake Paradise. I so proposed in the most recent AAC Meeting, minutes of which are not on the website, yet.
I have not made up my mind on a fix for Paradise Lake. It depends on how much it would cost, but I think it deserves a real engineering study and cost estimate so that everyone would know what they are getting in to. Currently, there is only speculation by unqualified AAC Board Members and a cost estimate by the District Property Manager that he admits was done in a half hour on the "back of an envelope."
This is not a sound basis for rejecting improvements to Paradise Lake.
Jerry Lester