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Presentation from the final community meeting for the Alley Creek Watershed Plan.
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Alley Creek Watershed Management and Habitat Restoration Plan
December 10th 2014
3rd Community Meeting
This project is being funded in part
through a grant from the New York State
Department of State under Title 11 of the
Environmental Protection Fund
Meeting overview
2Title of Presentation Goes Here
Meeting objective: Present & review 10 strategies and associated priority recommendations
Presentation (6:10 – 7:00pm)
Site specific recommendations
• Strategy 1 Protect and restore habitats
• Strategy 2 Stormwater management
General Recommendations
• Strategies 3 – 10 (Regulatory, engagement, other)
Questions and Discussion 7:00 – 7:30
Characterization
and Assessment
Opportunity
Identification
Implementation
Strategy
Goals and
Objectives
Alley Creek Ecological
Restoration and
Watershed
Management Plan
Getting to the PlanWatershed Plan Development
Draft vision
statement /
objectives
Stakeholder &
Community input,
(1st Community
meeting)
FINAL VISION
STATEMENTS
Watershed &
Ecological Context,
Current conditions,
Problem
Identification
Characterization
report
Ecological mgmt &
restoration,
Stormwater Capture,
Other (Education,
outreach, Regulatory
& policy reform, etc.)
Prioritization
(feasibility/cost,
environmental benefit)
2nd community
meeting to present
priority
recommendations
Strategies for
coordination,
planning and fund
raising.
Monitoring and
tracking planning.
Feedback on
recommendations
and strategy
(3rd Community mtg)
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“Vision statement”
The Alley Creek Watershed is an ecologically healthy urban system where clean water, wetlands, fish, water birds, and other native species are valued and protected from the headwaters to the bay. It is a place where water-sensitive practices, policies, and environmental stewardship help maintain and improve water quality and diverse native habitat, as well as public health, recreation, and a high quality of life for local and adjacent communities.
Goals of the plan
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I. Habitat Restoration
a. Upland Forest, Meadows and Streetscapes
b. Riparian and other Freshwater Wetlands
c. Coastal Ecosystems
II. Hydrology and Water Quality
III. Public Engagement
IV. Improve Resiliency
Goals to Implementation
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Goals
(4)
Strategies
(10)
Habitat
Stormwater
Illicit discharge
Partnerships
Codes
Engage Public
Training
Communicate
Research
Track
General
(97)
Prioritization
Short term
(28)
Long term
(208)
Existing
programs
1270
869
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7
11
9
4
7
8
7
Spatial
analysis
Existing
partnerships
Existing
projects
Identified
funding
Recommendation
Implementation
Total (236)
By site
(139)
Strategy 1 – Protect and restore Habitat
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1. Protect and Restore Habitat
• Upland recommendations
• Freshwater & riparian recommendations
• Coastal recommendations
2. Manage stormwater using best management practice
3. Fix illicit connections and septic systems
4. Promote partnerships and interagency collaboration
5. Review & update regulation/codes
6. Engage the public
7. Increase training and professional capacity
8. Promote research and adaptive management
9. Track and monitor plan progress
10. Communicate progress and plan updates
Upland short term recommendations
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Upland long term recommendations
9
Riparian & freshwater short term recommendations
10
Riparian & freshwater long term recommendations
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Coastal short term & long term recommendations
Strategy 2 – Manage stormwater
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1. Protect and Restore Habitat
2. Manage Stormwater using best management practice
3. Fix illicit connections and septic systems
4. Promote partnerships and interagency collaboration
5. Review & update regulation/codes
6. Engage the public
7. Increase training and professional capacity
8. Promote research and adaptive management
9. Track and monitor plan progress
10. Communicate progress and plan updates
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Stormwater infrastructure & outfalls in the watershed
Impacts of stormwater:
• water quality
• erosion
• habitat degradation
Stormwater management opportunity identification
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• Identified opportunities
using GIS
• Prioritized opportunities
based on location,
property owner,
complexity
priority sites
other sites
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Short term stormwater management recommendations
General stormwater management recommendations
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• Engage with private landowners
• Promote partnerships to develop & recommend a
Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
• Design and construct recommendations from LTCP
Strategies 3 – 10 (general recommendations)
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1. Protect and restore habitat
2. Manage stormwater using best management practice
3. Fix illicit connections and septic systems
4. Promote partnerships and interagency collaboration
5. Review & update regulation/codes
6. Engage the public
7. Increase training and professional capacity
8. Promote research and adaptive management
9. Track and monitor plan progress
10. Communicate progress and plan updates
Strategy 3. Fix illicit connections and septic systems
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• Ensure all illicit
connections are
tracked down and
corrected.
• Work with state
agencies to address
localized sources of
contamination
Strategy 4. Promote partnerships and interagency collaboration
• Continue interagency collaboration to
develop a SWMP
• Continue NRG, NAC, USFS
collaboration and expand to other
agencies
• Integrate stewardship activities with
maintenance needs at Oakland Lake
ball field meadows
• Partner with stewardship groups and
organizations such as APEC, UCPC,
and DMEA.
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Strategy 5. Review & update regulation/codes
• Develop citywide SWMP working with stakeholders. The SWMP will include:
Address pollutants of concern (floatables)
Public engagement
Public involvement
Mapping
Illicit discharge detection and elimination
Construction stormwatermanagement
Post construction stormwater management
Pollution prevention/good house keeping
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Strategy 6. Engage the public – short term
• Identify key issues that would benefit from education programs (such as private landowner sustainable stormwatermanagement)
• Carry out and analyze park stewardship survey (USFS)
• Seek funding for staff to help coordinate and strengthen outreach and engagement
• Identify an execute one coastal and one upland restoration activity with community/volunteer coordination
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Strategy 6. Engage the public – long term
• Through a new hire, regularly
identify key ways the community
can be directly engaged in active
and proposed restoration
projects, and support that
engagement
• Using the stewardship survey as
a base, support connections
between and capacity of
community groups surrounding
the watershed
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Strategy 7. Training and Professional Capacity
• Develop and implement a
pollution prevention/good
housekeeping program for
municipal operations and
facilities in NYC (e.g.
sanitation, transport vehicles,
snow and ice)
• Train park managers in
invasive species and native
species identification.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watershed_protection/stormwater_ms4.shtml
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Strategy 8. Research and adaptive management
• Identify knowledge gaps
• Continue to expand
collaboration with
universities
• Develop management
recommendations based on
(recently completed) forest
and wetland assessments
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Strategy 9. Track and monitor plan progress
• Continue forest restoration
inspections
• Track forest planting and
management
• Track community engagement
and stewardship
• Continue monitoring at
established sites
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Strategy 10. Communicate progress and plan update
• Hold annual meetings.
• Potentially move the watershed plan online where progress
and updates can be published.
• Track projects through existing programs such as Harbor
Estuary Plan, LIS CCMP, NYC SWMP…
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Implementation
mechanism
Strategy/recommendation (#)
Existing programs • Forest restoration (Million trees) (S1)
• Illicit connections (MS4 permit) (S3)
• Codes (MS4 permit) (S5)
• Public engagement (MS4 permit) (S6)
• Training (MS4 permit) (S7)
• Monitoring (NRG, NAC) (S9)
In house (DPR) • Monitoring (S9)
• Partnerships (S4)
• Research (S8)
Awarded grants • Marsh restoration design and construction (S1)
Future programs
& grants
• Coastal build out (S1)
• Riparian restoration (S1)
• Stormwater (S2)
• Public engagement (S6)
TBD • Annual meetings (S10)
Opportunities for Feedback
• Public comment to 30th
January 2015
• Plan is found here:
http://issuu.com/alleycreek
This project is being funded in
part through a grant from the
New York State Department of
State under Title 11 of the
Environmental Protection Fund
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