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HOA New Website: Please visit the new website that has been posted on the internet. www.logangatevillage.info illsborough County EPC Selects the Tax District Proposal: Tax district president Don Hardy made a presentation to the EPC's citizen board requesting funding for an Artificial Wetland Cell project. The $5,500 project received the recommendation of both the EPC staff, and the citizen board. We are currently awaiting the approval of the Board of County Commissioners. Once this action takes place we plan on notifying the residents of a the planned work day. Wetlands filter and clean storm water runoff. The wetland cells are designed to help consume the excess nutrients that are in our ponds. By consuming the nutrients, algae and duck weed will not be able to thrive in such abundance that they over populate the ponds.
Traffic Light for Logan Gate Village Dr and Henderson Road: Traffic engineering professionals have resurveyed the intersection. The criteria for approving intersections for a traffic control device must now meet 8 points. This intersection barely meets 1 of the 8. End result, we have been notified that there will be no traffic control device for this intersection. Artificial Wetland Cell Project: Follow these links to download PDF documents on the Artificial Wetland Cell. These documents can guide you to understanding and building your own artificial wetland cell. This project is designed to help cleanup our polluted ponds. Comments can be made to president@logangatevillage.org.
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Artificial Wetland Design Sheets 2 Practical Significance of Mud Clean Water Nitrogen Cycle Artificial Wetland Cell Build Sheet Pond Watch Volunteers Wanted: John McGee an Environmental Specialist with the Hillsborough County Adopt-A-Pond program is looking for volunteers to take monthly measurements at the in-flow and out-flow points of ponds in neighborhoods. The goal is to establish some standardized reporting on the water quality in ponds throughout the county. Currently water quality is unknown for many ponds. If you are interested, contact president@logangatevillage.org for more information.
Homeowners that live on these ponds are missing out on considerable amounts of money for the care of ponds that are registered in the program. The Tax District Board has been active in helping homeowners with their ponds and you are encouraged to enroll your pond in the program. Here is a link to the count program website. http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/public works/engineering/stormwater/adoptapond.cfm
October 2006: Homeowner James Smith as Adopt-a-Pond
coordinator for Trucious Pond has launched a floating island out on the The island concept is based on hydroponics which is the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soil-less growth of plants
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pond. The Special Tax District provided the funding for this
project. The 100 square foot island features marginal plants that
are common to the state of Florida. Plants included are Blue Flag Iris,
Arrowhead and Bull Rush. The purpose of the floating island is to
have plant root systems help absorb the super-nutrients that are causing
the duckweed infestation each year. Nitrogen and phosphates are
washing into the ponds from neighbor's yards and street stormwater
runoff. Grass clippings, leaves that get washed into the pond are
decomposing and partially causing the nitrogen infusion.