Department of Transportation & Environmental ... - City of Alexandria

DATE: JANUARY 19, 2012
City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
TO: PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEMBERS
FROM: JACK BROWAND, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PARK OPERATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, PARKS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT: PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION - ITEM V-B
PARK OPERATIONS UPDATE
Trail Flooding Signs Installed
Staff completed the installation of ten (10) signs at the
public entrances of Dora Kelley and Holmes Run Trails.
Following heavy rain events, these trails experience
frequent minor to moderate flooding resulting from storm
runoff and the opening of the Baracroft Damn in Fairfax
County.
Native Oak and Fern Planting at Chinquapin Park
Om December 3, 2011, 32 restored native species to
sections of the Chinquapin Park that lacked native flora as
a result of past disturbance, stream cleanup, and invasive
exotic plant removal. Volunteers participating in the
ecological restoration work included numerous City of
Alexandria residents; staff and volunteers with the
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT); Arlington
Regional Master Naturalists (ARMN); T.C. Williams High
School students; Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) students; a Hayfield
Intermediate School student; volunteers with the Virginia Native Plant Society; Earth Sangha
volunteers; City staff; and others - and drew folks from all over the region and as far away as
Kensington, Maryland and Woodbridge, Virginia. Special thanks to Jim Clark, Alexandria
resident with the Arlington Regional Master Naturalists, for helping get the workday initiated
and organized.
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