The City of Yorkton is going to close a section of it mobile home park to new installations pending developing a better drainage system for the area.
Following a recommendation of City Administration at its regular meeting Monday Yorkton Council passed a motion whereby lots in Pinkerton Bay remain vacant when mobile homes are relocated until further storm water measures are undertaken in this area of the community.
The issue came up as a result of the situation with #26 Pinkerton Bay, which has frequently been damaged due to ponding of water related to large storm events.
"The City's mobile home park is located in a shallow area and as a result water ponds throughout it. Lot 26 is an area which water frequently ponds in Pinkerton Bay. Although the City has attempted to mitigate ponding in this area, it has not been successful. Administration has reviewed the matter further and determined the best alternative may be to relocate the mobile homes located on lots 22 to 30 in Pinkerton Bay. Raising lot 26 requires doing the same for the other two lots. These lots may be better as a storm pond for minor storm events," explained material circulated from Gord Shaw, Director of Planning & Engineering with the City.
"This is an area that is low and will be subject to frequent ponding. Some improvements have been made since the 2006 Bullee Consulting study on storm water management. Despite this, the Pinkerton Bay area adjacent to the CPR line continues to experience problems. In order to alleviate future water ponding in this area as other lots become vacant in Pinkerton Bay, these should remain vacant. This would allow the City to construct a storm pond to allow storm water to collect within it rather than pond on property and cause damage elsewhere in the mobile home park. Storm water ponding will continue to occur within this area due to surface flow from Manitoba Avenue and King Street and upstream areas. Storm water will continuously pond in this mobile home park until other measures are taken to direct it away from this area."
The recommendation received the unanimous support of Council.
