Our Foxwood Meadows neighborhood has a retention pond near our entrance off 183rd. Many modern neighborhoods like ours have such water retention ponds. The purpose of these ponds is to help hold water runoff and release it in a more steady state to avoid localized flooding downstream. This water retention is particularly important during those days with heavy rainfall of over one inch in 24 hours and the associated heavy runoff to help avoid any flooding downstream along North Creek that drains into the Sammamish River in Bothell.
Our retention pond is not all that deep and as a result, plants and vegetation can grow and accumulate in just a few years. So it is important to clean out the pond periodically so it can perform as intended. Snohomish County cleaned our pond for no charge about five years ago. But the county indicated our neighborhood was responsible to clean it in the future. We did so again late in 2013. If you have not walked by it recently, it looks quite good!
Foxwood Meadows HOA will continue to monitor the pond. Hopefully it will not need to be cleaned again for some years to come.