Original FY22 project was area in red, we are also now looking at the area in blue (Lotus plants) However, with the explosion of the Lotus plant we needed to step back from the original goal and we are now looking at an overall pond restoration project, one that looks at the immediate need to remove the Lotus plant that now covers half of the pond as well as the dredging of the area that was not completed in the 1980s. This area of the pond has not been previously dredged. Dredging will remove approximately 4 feet of material.
In the FY22 CIP#51 budget, there was $210,000 approved to dredge and clean up the west end of the pond. The area known as the cove was not done at that time, and continues to be a weed problem each year, these weeds over time have expanded and are now infesting almost the entire edge of the pond. In the mid to late 1980s the City approved funds to dredge White Park pond and add stone to the bottom of the pond to prevent weed infestation.