Representatives from QVRA met with the Bell Acres Council last night to provide an update on the status of the Bouchard Family Park project.  QVRA identified that the storm water water management systems are now fully deployed and the remaining construction work on the site is largely cosmetic with the final spreading of topsoil and hyrdoseeding to occur before this coming weekend.  Council asked that we continue to update the borough engineer and the borough manager as per our previous agreement and to have them attend the next site inspection by the Allegheny County Conservation District.  The ACCD has advised that the site is far enough along that we can remove the chain link fencing with erosion control fabric along the perimeter.  We will be allowed to remove the temporary construction baffles once we have good growth along 70% of the site but the QVRA Fields and Facilities Sub-Committee is recommending to keep the baffle structures in place for one more spring season regardless of the growth percentage on the site.  The baffles are an eyesore but we should anticipate another spring season like the last two and we feel the baffles will help manage the flow of water while the root structure of the vegetation in the ponds continues to take deeper root.   As mentioned in the previous post, the next phase of construction will involve the completion of the inner roadway and the vegetative and man-made privacy fence agreed to by QVRA will be constructed then.