The Brentwood YMCA and city leaders are in talks to add new warning systems after flash flooding swamped the YMCA parking lot and nearby areas earlier this week, leaving several cars partially submerged.
The YMCA parking lot sits in a flood plain. When the Little Harpeth River rises rapidly, it overflows into a retention pond — and then into the parking lot. The flooding also occasionally affects River Park and the Brentwood library parking lot next door.
Currently, the YMCA uses signs in the parking lot to alert drivers, puts out additional signage near the door when it starts raining, and staff walk the building to warn people to move their cars. Staff also monitor the retention pond from inside the building, using it as their primary indicator that the parking lot is close to flooding…