A Sundre resident urged council to consider taking measures to further restrict public access to the Bearberry Creek weir.
Sean Davis told elected officials during the public address portion of the June 26 meeting that he had witnessed a couple of youths unwittingly putting themselves in harm's way by playing near the potentially hazardous waterway within the fenced-in area.
After observing the two boys earlier that afternoon, Davis said he kept an eye out without exchanging any words until the adolescents simply decided the time had come to go.
"On the way out, the (one) boy slipped and almost fell off the lower portion of the weir into the creek ó landed on his butt," he said, adding the young male was otherwise no worse for wear.
"However, I think better restriction to that weir needs to be addressed."
Merely wanting to draw attention to a situation that could just as easily have turned into a worst-case scenario, he concluded his address by suggesting local officials approach Mountain View County council about the possibility of upgrading the weir's fencing or also perhaps installing some kind of monitoring program such as video surveillance.
