High water in Kelsey Creek causes more bank erosion

The recent wet weather has has caused some more erosion along the banks of Kelsey Creek. The worst damage has occurred along the areas where the City of Bellevue did in-stream work last summer. I met with the city inspector who is assigned to the job and  we looked at the areas this morning. He took photos and will meet with City of Bellevue Storm and Surface Water engineers next week to see what can be done temporarily limit further damage. A long term solution will require more engineering, permits, and review by all of the governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over the stream. 

The photo above is along the 8th fairway about 175 yards from the green. This erosion occurred last weekend. 

Further erosion along the 8th tee. I'm not an engineer, but I could see that when all of this large woody debris was installed, the water would be diverted around it. A common sense solution would be to remove some of the stumps and let the flow stay in the channel, not make a new channel. Sometimes common sense is not so common.

West side of the creek on the 16th hole looking downstream.

East side of the stream directly across from the area in the last photo on 16. The City has hired a landscape contractor to maintain this planted area on 16 (for the next five years!). They will be replacing plants as needed, weeding (I can't wait to see how they manage all the Canarygrass and Knotweed) and general maintenance.