DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS

This amphitheater-shaped dam and spillway is one of several others like it throughout the park. In the park’s early days, lush trees and vegetation lined the slopes of each feature. Today, regulations prevent any woody plants from being grown on the embankment, leaving the amphitheater looking bare and overgrown and raising safety concerns about people getting down into the water on either side of the feature.

DRAINAGE PEDESTRIAN PATH DESIRE LINE CARS VIEWS SAFETY HAZARD Key

Waterfront Views

Assets

• The community loves looking at and taking pictures at the waterfall

• Trees offer shade for the path to Tower Hill and the shared road moving east

• Waterfront views

Challenges

• Full access to the water from the concrete around the amphitheater without safety patrols, lifeguards, or signs makes the site potentially dangerous for people who don’t know how to swim.

• The amphitheater appears rundown and overgrown.

• Regulations prevent trees and many woody shrubs on the embankment.

• The limited seating is in full sun.

• Runoff from the road is directed toward Waldo Lake, likely having a negative impact on water quality.

• Poor paving conditions raise general hazard and ADA concerns.

SPILLWAY FLOWS THROUGH PIPE TOWARDS UPPER PORTER POND

HUMMOCKY, FORESTED UPLANDS