HomeMy WebLinkAbout188-09 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 188-09
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE CLEAR CREEK RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION & DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
SERVICE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves
the City of Fayetteville's participation in the Clear Creek Riparian Management Education &
Demonstration Project in association with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
Service.
.PASSED and APPROVED this PI day of September, 2009.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
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0 EL 1 1 ' i AN, Mayor SONnRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
Chris Brown
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A resolution to partner -with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to provide in-kind match for ar
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Project".
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Thru: Don Marr, Chief of Staff
Jeremy Pate, Development Services Director
Chris Brown, City Engineer »
From: Sarah Wrede, Staff Engineer G(4/
Date: August 13, 2009
Subject: A resolution to partner with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to
provide in-kind match for an Arkansas Natural Resources Commision grant titled "Clear Creek
Riparian Management Education & Demonstration Project".
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of a resolution to partner with the University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service to provide in-kind match for an Arkansas Natural Resources Commision grant
titled "Clear Creek Riparian Management Education & Demonstration Project".
BACKGROUND
The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service applied and was selected for this grant.
The objective of the project is to raise awareness and knowledge of the importance of riparian areas
and incite individual management actions through public outreach, education, and demonstration
programs.
The City's Nutrient Reduction Plan recommends that the City implement a Riparian Buffer
Ordinance. The educational materials, outreach, and education strategy utilized in this grant will
assist the City in implementation of an ordinance.
DISCUSSION:
The City's in-kind match contribution will be made up of staff time from GIS, Urban Forestry,
Planning, and Engineering staff to develop and implement a riparian buffer ordinance, collaborate
on education program promotions, and support creek cleanups and riparian plantings through
. promotion, volunteer coordination, recycling and roll -off collection/hauling, and tree seedlings;
public volunteer hours in the form of riparian plantings, creek cleanups, and ordinance
development, and tree plantings in the Clear Creek watershed valuing $1,000. The total value of the
City match is $22,593.
The project work plan is attached. The project is expected to be completed in August of 2011.
BUDGET IMPACT
Funding for the tree planting ($1,000) will be provided by the Urban Forestry Program. The remainder
of the City's participation will be in the form of in-kind services.
Council Agenda Request_ Riparian Management Match
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE CLEAR CREEK RIPARIAN
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS*
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves
the City of Fayetteville's participation in the Clear Creek Riparian Management Education &
Demonstration Project in association with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
Service.
PASSED and APPROVED this lst day of September, 2009.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
By: By:
LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
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Nonpoint Source Summary Page
Project # FY 09-1200 CWA Section 319(h)
1. Title of Project: Clear Creek Riparian Management Education & Demonstration Project
2. Project Goals/Objectives: Raise Clear Creek Sub -Basin residents' awareness and knowledge of the
importance of riparian areas and incite individual management actions through public outreach, education,
and demonstration programs.
3. Project Tasks: 1) Financial Review, 2) Planning and Input; 3) Individual Landowner Riparian Assessments;
4) Riparian Management Implementation; 5) Public Outreach and Education; 6) Technology Transfer; 7)
Reporting
4. Measures of Success: This project will be considered a success if educational materials, processes and
programs (including a riparian resource management guide, landowner assessments and public meetings,
riparian management demonstrations, riparian management workshops, riparian steward recognition
programs, and a riparian corridor protection ordinance) are developed for replication throughout the Illinois
River and Beaver Lake Watersheds along with documented increases in riparian awareness, knowledge and
voluntary BMP implementation actions.
5. Project Type: Statewide ( ) Watershed (X) Demonstration (X)
6. Waterbody Type: River ( ) Groundwater ( ) Other ( ) Creek (X)
7. Project Location: The Clear Creek Watershed (Hydrologic Unit Code 1111010302)
8. NPS Management Program Reference: Agriculture - Objectives 4.10, 4.11, 4.12.; Silviculture -
Objectives 5.1, 5.3; Surface Erosion - Objectives 7.9, 7.10; and Household and Business Activities, Objective
8.8
9. NPS Assessment Report Status: Impaired (X) Impacted ( ) Threatened ( )
10. Key Project Activities: Hire Staff (X) Monitoring ( ) Technical Assistance ( ) Education (X) BMP
Implementation (X) Demonstration Project (X) Other ( ) Planning (X)
11. NPS Management Program Elements: Objectives 4.10-1 12• Direct technical assistance to landowners in
targeted watersheds giving emphasis to developing new conservation plans and areas that connect established riparian
corridors... provide and improve extensive education and training to promote BMP implementation to acquaint
landowners with the conservation practices most effective in reducing runoff, sediment detachment and transport,
including riparian zone management.... and encourage landowners to establish riparian buffer strips, grass drainage
ways, stabilize streambanks, and restore riparian areas; Objectives 5.1 and 5.3: Develop additional mechanisms for
delivering BMP implementation training targeted at private non -industrial landowners and continue to promote incentives
for landowners to increase voluntary BMP implementation; Objectives 7.9-7.10: Develop education programs for
landowners and developers concerning proper stream corridor management and for professionals concerning stream
corridor restoration practices and promote tax credits, cost share and other incentive programs that are available for
riparian zone and stream corridor restoration projects; Objective 8.8: Continue to maintain and implement broad-based
education programs aimed at increasing awareness and disseminating best management practices to urban and rural
households and businesses.
12. Project Costs: Federal $250,000 State/Local $188,598 Total ($438,598)
13. Project Management: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and a sub -contract with the
City of Fayetteville
14. Project Period: July 1, 2009 — August 15, 2011
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Project 09-1200
Clear Creek Riparian Management Education & Demonstration Project
FY 2009, CWA Section 319(h)
Introduction of Watershed Area
The Clear Creek Watershed (Hydrologic Unit Code 1111010302) is an impaired 49,590 -acre sub -
watershed of the 1,052,864 -acre Illinois River Watershed (HUC 11110103). Beginning in urbanized
areas of southeast Springdale and northeast Fayetteville, Clear Creek flows west through residential
neighborhoods, city parks, commercial developments and eventually rural and agricultural lands along
its 12 -mile course to the Illinois River. Clear Creek is listed on the ADEQ 303(d) list as impaired due to
excessive bacteria levels from urban sources, but nutrients, sediments, trash, and eroding stream
banks are likely impacting the watershed as well.
Problem/Need Statement
Clear Creek is one of the most urbanized and populated sub -watersheds of the Illinois River.
The population of this watershed has increased 50% and the total urban area has increased 43% from
1990 — 2000 and has likely increased even more since the last census. This population expansion has
been accompanied by increases in commercial, residential, and industrial developments and
infrastructure which have either eliminated, or degraded the quality of riparian buffers along the four
sub -watersheds that comprise the Clear Creek Watershed (Lake Fayetteville Clear Creek, Mud Creek,
Little Wildcat Creek, and Hamestring Creek). The depletion of an estimated 54% of functional riparian
areas along approximately 700 properties throughout the Clear Creek Watershed has contributed to
the loss of designated uses, in addition to reducing the natural pollutant buffering capacity, stream
bank stability, stormwater velocity and volume reduction potential, aquatic wildlife habitat and other
associated benefits that are provided by healthy riparian areas.
Since Clear Creek flows through land that is owned by individuals, private corporations, municipalities
and townships in both rural and urban areas, this project provides a great opportunity to engage a
broad cross-section of watershed stakeholders from all walks of life who own riparian lands to
collaboratively improve the water quality of the creek through improved appreciation for and
management of riparian buffers.
For nearly three decades, water quality issues in Northwest Arkansas have often focused solely on
agricultural practices, wastewater effluent, or urban stormwater. This project provides a great
opportunity to increase the unified ownership of water quality protection and improvement efforts
among all stakeholder groups linked through shared riparian corridors.
In December 2008, the $25 million Arkansas' Illinois River Watershed Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program (CREP) was announced as a partnership between USDA and the State of
Arkansas that seeks to enroll 15,000 acres of eligible marginal pastureland and cropland in 14- to 15 -
year contracts along creeks and stream throughout the Upper Illinois River watershed. The project will
support the establishment or restoration of riparian forest buffers and wildlife habitat buffers by
planting native grasses, forbs, trees, and shrubs. The primary goals of the project are to enhance
wildlife habitat and improve water quality by filtering agricultural runoff by removing nutrients,
sediment, organic matter, pesticides, and other pollutants from surface runoff and subsurface flow,
restoring native plant communities, stabilizing stream banks, reducing flood damage impacts, creating
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shade to lower water temperature to improve habitat for aquatic organisms, and providing a source of
detritus and large woody debris for aquatic organisms and habitat for wildlife.
The CREP project goal is to reduce the amount of sediments and nutrients entering streams from
agricultural sources, and restore habitat for both terrestrial and aquatic species through a voluntary,
incentive -based program. This 319 project will serve as a model, helping establish an effective
protocol for engaging landowners in voluntary participation in the current Illinois CREP project as well
as a potential CREP project in the Upper White River Watershed.
General Project Description:
The Clear Creek Watershed has undergone dramatic landuse changes due to rapid population growth
and urbanization. The resulting decrease in riparian buffer areas along the main stream channel and
most of its tributaries has caused physical, chemical and biological implications including accelerated
stream bank erosion, increased urban pollutant loads, and loss of aquatic and terrestrial wildlife
habitat. Therefore, a tremendous need has emerged to educate riparian landowners about the
importance of management decisions and actions to maintain, restore, and preserve riparian buffers
along waterways. Working directly with riparian landowners is critical as they are the last line of
defense for keeping pollutants from reaching rivers. Based on scientific literature, it is estimated that
riparian buffers can reduce sediment, phosphorus, and bacterial loads by up to 70%. Load reduction
estimates for this project are expected to be similar but may vary from site to site. Load reductions
will be based on measured, documented riparian restoration and improvement BMPs implemented on
the 700 targeted properties along the banks of Clear Creek and its major tributaries. The educational
products and processes developed through this project will serve as a pilot for additional water quality
improvements to be made by other watershed stakeholders through a diffusion of ideas and
information across neighborhoods, business communities, and municipal entities
The intent of this project is to develop watershed ownership and incite urban, rural, and municipal
riparian stewardship actions among the residents of the Clear Creek Watershed. The priorities of the
project are to:
• Identify and engage riparian land owners to assess their knowledge/understanding of
riparian buffer functions and associated benefits for improving and maintaining water quality
• Conduct riparian area assessments and encourage each landowner to consider options to
protect/improve their riparian area(s)
• Implement riparian management/improvement demonstrations
• Develop a series of riparian management outreach and education resources including a
riparian management resource guide for statewide use
• Support the City of Fayetteville in adding a "Riparian Corridor Protection" ordinance to the its
municipal code
• Establish a riparian stewardship recognition program
In this project, the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service will partner with the City of
Fayetteville and the Illinois River Watershed Partnership as well as other neighborhood, watershed,
and conservation organizations to engage all riparian landowners along each of the four sub -
watersheds that comprise the Clear Creek Watershed. Working collaboratively with these organizations
will greatly enhance this project, support complementary efforts currently underway by these
conservation groups, and will ensure continuance long after the project funding has concluded.
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To measure the impacts of this outreach, education, and capacity building project, stakeholder
interviews and riparian assessments will be made prior to and after education, outreach, and capacity -
building efforts have taken place. Conservation easements, riparian restorations, and other best
management practices and changes in behavior will also be documented and quantified.
Year 1
All riparian landowners will be identified, engaged, and presented with riparian educational materials
regarding preservation, restoration, or best management or riparian areas at watershed workshops and
individual site visits. These landowners will also be encouraged to take advantage of available cost -
share programs, tax incentive programs, and/or technical assistance to begin to enhance their riparian
management practices. All stakeholder programming will utilize focus groups and partnerships with
other agencies and conservation groups to have the most locally -relevant and effective program
outreach and education approaches Additionally, riparian planting demonstrations, creek cleanups,
creek walks, and documentation of baseline data will begin.
Year 2
Stakeholder educational programming will continue to expand, measureable changes in knowledge and
riparian management BMP implementation will be documented, and a riparian ordinance for the City of
Fayetteville will be crafted. Remaining educational materials will be finalized, riparian demonstrations
will be completed and featured in conjunction with creek walks and creek cleanups/riparian planting
events, and the riparian management (technology transfer) will be conducted.
To adhere to the schedule of tasks outlined in this workkplan, County Agents will create and follow an
Individual Plan of Work (IPOW) for each year of the project. Additionally, the County Staff Chair will
hold weekly meetings to facilitate project progress and all project staff/partners will meet quarterly
meetings to ensure all work is being completed according to the workplan.
The success of this project will be measured according to the number of participants who:
- gained new knowledge about riparian buffer characteristics and functions and BMPs to protect,
improve and restore them
- altered attitudes concerning their role in riparian management
- utilize the riparian management assessment tool and resource guide
- the number/breadth of documented riparian management BMPs implemented
Project efforts will be sustained by the continued use of the educational materials developed, the
outreach and education strategy utilized which will be utilized in the both the Watershed Management
Plans and CREPs for the Illinois River and Upper White Watersheds, and through the riparian
preservation ordinance established in Fayetteville.
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Task 1: Financial Audit
Each year, in compliance with the required Legislative Audit, the financial audit report of the University
of Arkansas System, which includes the Division of Agriculture and all its financial aspects for the
current fiscal year regarding this project will be provided to ANRC. This statement will be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental
Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Task 2: Planning and Input
Within each of the 4 sub -watersheds, identify and compile a landowner contact database for the
approximately 700 properties that border Clear Creek and its major tributaries and collect stakeholder
input through focus group meetings.
Task 3: Individual Landowner Riparian Assessments
Contact riparian landowners to assess the condition of their riparian areas, provide education on how
to improve or maintain these areas, and connect these stakeholders with technical assistance for
riparian BMP implementation.
Task 4: Riparian Management Implementation
Establish residential, municipal, and rural riparian management demonstrations and work with
individual riparian property owners, conservation organizations, technical service providers,
municipalities, communities, and University of Arkansas to encourage proper riparian management and
maintain, restore, and preserve riparian areas of the Clear Creek Watershed.
Task 5: Public Outreach and Education
Public outreach and education will combine a grassroots -style synergistic effort with watershed,
conservation, and municipal organizations with one-on-one individual contacts with property owners,
school programs, educational creek walks, creek cleanups, riparian management workshops, the
development of a riparian area management tool, and media releases.
Task 6: Technology Transfer
The successful methods for fostering participation, affecting public policy, and inciting BMP
implementation among riparian landowners within the Clear Creek Watershed will be shared with other
watershed and conservation organizations, county, state, and federal agencies. With the current CREP
for the Illinois River and the anticipated CREP for the Upper White River Watershed, this project will
serve as model for organizations and agencies that are working to affect conservation practices among
riparian landowners from private, commercial, and municipal entities throughout the Illinois River and
Beaver Lake Watershed. Furthermore this pilot approach to garnering measurable impacts can be
replicated across the state of Arkansas and will be promoted regionally and nationally.
Task 7: Reporting: All reports will be prepared and submitted acccording to grant requirements.
1. Quarterly reports will be submitted utilizing the forms provided electronically by ANRC and will
briefly state accomplishments made for each subtask.
2. Annual reports will be submitted to ANRC by October 1 of each year in which the project is/was
active. The Annual Report will contain a summary of the BMP implementation documentation
in addition to a narrative summary of the project activities that occurred in the previous Federal
Fiscal year (October 1— September 30).
3. A Final Report will be submitted to ANRC at the completion of the project. An executive
summary as well as a final outcome and/or conclusion section will be included in the Final
Report.
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Tasks, Objectives, Subtasks, Schedules, Deliverables, and Estimated Costs
Task 1: Financial Review
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match
$0 $0
Total
$0
Objectives: Complete annual reviews of all financial records by a CPA following agreed upon
procedures.
Subtask 1.1 Financial review year 1
Subtask 1.2 Financial review year 2
Deliverables:
1. Annual CPA reports of financial review
Task 2: Input and Planning
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 29,000 $ 32,000 $ 61,000
Objectives: Identify and compile a database of all the riparian property owners of the Clear Creek
Watershed as well as watershed, conservation, and municipal organizations to foster individual and
group communication mechanisms and provide a method for tracking measurable results.
Subtask 2.1 Use the online GIS parcel data of the Washington County Assessor's Office to
identify the landowners with riparian area along Clear Creek and its tributaries and build a riparian
stakeholder database.
Subtask 2.2 Capitalize on the existing relationships of the University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service in Washington County to identify and coordinate with all active watershed,
conservation, and municipal organizations that are working on complementary conservation
programs and activities in and around the Clear Creek watershed.
Subtask 2.3 Utilize focus groups for the sub -watersheds of the Clear Creek Watershed to garner
stakeholder input on effective outreach and education program development and empower
stakeholders by providing them with a voice in the process of developing 1) a successful and
locally -relevant riparian education program and 2) the City of Fayetteville's "Riparian Corridor
Preservation" ordinance.
Deliverables:
1 Contact database
2. Focus group meeting minutes and sign -in sheets
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Task 3: Individual Landowner Riparian Assessments
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 28,500 $ 17,000 $ 45,500
Objectives' Conduct sub -watershed stakeholder meetings and meet with individual stakeholders to
assess their knowledge of riparian buffer health and function in relation to water quality protection,
flood control, and ecological diversity in addition to providing a riparian area assessment and education
for restoring, improving, or preserving riparian areas on their property.
Subtask 3.1 Plan, announce, and conduct sub -watershed stakeholder meetings.
Subtask 3.2 Make individual contacts to assess knowledge, conduct riparian area assessments,
provide educational materials and technical service provider contact information, and encourage
voluntary riparian BMP actions.
Deliverables:
1. Meeting advertisement materials, agendas, program presentations, and stakeholder sign -in
sheets
2. Knowledge assessment results and riparian assessment data
3. Photographs of focus group meetings and riparian conditions
Task 4: Riparian Management Implementation
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 35,000 $ 18,598 $ 53,598
Objectives: Establish a riparian preservation ordinance, install riparian management demonstrations,
and track improved landowner and municipal riparian management implementation
Subtask 4.1 Collaborate with the City of Fayetteville to develop and adopt a "Riparian Corridor
Preservation" ordinance.
Subtask 4.2 Install riparian management demonstrations on a residential site, a municipal (trail)
site, and a rural/agricultural site.
Subtask 4.3 Provide private, commercial, and municipal riparian landowners with riparian
protection, improvement, and restoration educational materials based on their individual buffer
area site assessments Encourage voluntary actions to improve riparian areas and facilitate
appropriate technical and/or financial assistance.
Subtask 4.4 Document actions that have been taken to restore, improve, or preserve riparian
areas.
Deliverables:
1. "Riparian Corridor Preservation" ordinance
2. Assessment recommendations
3. Documented actions of riparian restoration, improvement, preservation and best management
practices (including # and type of practices adopted, stream miles, acres)
4. Before and after photographs
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Task 5: Public Outreach and Education
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 85,000 $ 94,000 $ 179,000
Objective. Raise public awareness and provide education on the importance of riparian area
functions to maintain and improve water quality, and increase the actions of riparian landowners to
preserve, improve, and restore their riparian buffer areas.
Subtask 5.1 Develop and promote public awareness and education materials (including news
articles, fact sheets, and public service announcements) that explain riparian area functions within
a watershed and the importance of proper riparian area management to be utilized through
individual contacts, conservation group, special interest group and municipal meetings, mass
mailings, and mass media promotion.
Subtask 5.2 Coordinate watershed and conservation group riparian restoration and preservation
activities with municipal planning boards and departments to conduct public meetings, educational
creek walks/riparian management workshops, and youth programs.
Subtask 5.3 Collaborate with City of Fayetteville Parks and Recreation and conservation
organizations on creek clean up and riparian tree planting events.
Subtask 5.4 Collaborate with State Extension faculty and UA Monticello Forestry Resources
Center faculty to create a statewide riparian area self-assessment tool and riparian management
resource guide.
Subtask 5.5 Utilize program evaluation tools to evaluate program impact on increasing
awareness, knowledge, and actions of participants involved.
Deliverables:
1. Program dates, agendas, materials, and sign -in sheets
2. Numbers of participants and results of creek walks, creek cleanups, and the riparian
management demonstration
3. Proof of coordination between watershed, conservation, and municipal entity's activities for a
common purpose of riparian restoration and preservation
4. Riparian area self assessment and management tool
5. Photographs of participants at activities
6. Results of program evaluations
Task 6: Technology Transfer
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 22,000 $ 12,000 $ 34,000
Objective Disseminate effective methods of engaging watershed stakeholders in riparian
management to neighboring watershed and conservation organizations and statewide agencies
Subtask 6.1 Conduct a workshop to share project methodologies, deliverables and impacts to
watershed and conservation organizations in the Illinois River Watershed and Beaver Lake
Watershed of the White River, and other watersheds in the state of Arkansas.
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Subtask 6.2 Share successful techniques of garnering riparian management implementation
within the Clear Creek Watershed statewide, regionally, and nationally.
Deliverables:
1. Transfer technology from within Clear Creek to watershed and conservation organizations
2. Transfer technology from within Clear Creek to other stakeholders in the greater Illinois River
Watershed and Beaver Lake Watershed of the White River.
Task 7: Reporting
Costs
Federal Non -Federal Match Total
$ 50,500 $ 15,000 $ 65,500
Objective: Provide ASWCC information regarding the progress of this project on a quarterly and
annual basis; further more provide a Final Report detailing the project.
Subtask 7.1 Quarterly Reports that include implementation documentation.
Subtask 7.2 Complete and deliver the Annual Reports.
Subtask 7.3 Complete and deliver the Final Report.
Deliverables:
1. Quarterly Reports with implementation documentation
2. Annual Reports submitted by October 1 each year of the project
3. Final Report at the conclusion of the project activities
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pverall Schedule of Tasks and Outputs:
Task
Subtask
Number
Description
Start Date
Completion
Date
1
1.1
Year 1 Financial
Completion
Date
Review
1.1
7/1/09
7/1/10
7/1/10
1.2
Year 2 Financial
Review
7/1/10
7/1/11
2
2.1
Identify riparian
landowners
9/30/09
7/1/09
9/30/09
Establish
2.2
Establish partnerships
7/1/09
6/30/10
6/30/10
2.3
Utilize
focus groups
7/15/09
6/30/11
3
3.1
Conduct riparian stakeholder
3.1
meetings
riparian
8/1/09
6/30/11
8/1/09
3.2
Individual riparian
3.2
assessments
8/1/09
6/30/11
4
4.1
Riparian Preservation ordinance
7/1/09
6/30/10
7/1/09
4.2
Install
4.2
riparian management
demos
riparian
9/1/09
4/1/11
9/1/09
4.3
Incite voluntary riparian improvements
8/1/09
riparian
6/30/11
improvements
4.4
Document measurable changes
8/1/09
6/30/11
5
5.1
Develop riparian educational materials
7/1/09
12/31/10
Develop
5.2
Conduct public education programs
7/1/09
6/30/11
5.3
Clean
up and riparian planting events
7/1/09
6/30/11
7/1/09
5.4
Develop riparian assessment tool and
resource guide
7/1/09
12/31/10
events
5.5
Track measurable impacts
7/1/09
6/30/11
6
6.1
Conduct riparian workshop
6/30/10
3/15/11
5/30/11
Track measurable impacts
6.2
Present project
success at conferences
9/15/10
6/30/11
7
7.1
Quarterly Reports
10/15/09
7/15/11
10/1/09
7.2
Annual
Reports
10/1/09
10/1/10
7.3
Final Report
6/30/11
8/15/11
Schedule of Task and Outputs to be completed within 12 months of proiect start date
Year 1
Task
Subtask
Number
Description
Start Date
Completion
Date
1
1.1
Year 1 Financial Review
7/1/09
7/1/10
2
2.1
Identify
riparian
landowners
7/1/09
9/30/09
2.2
Establish
partnerships
7/1/09
6/30/10
2.3
Utilize
focus groups
7/15/09
6/30/10
3
3.1
Conduct
riparian
stakeholder meetings
8/1/09
6/30/10
3.2
Individual
riparian assessments
8/1/09
6/30/10
4
4.1
Riparian Preservation ordinance
7/1/09
6/30/10
4.2
Install
riparian
management demos
9/1/09
6/30/10
4.3
Incite voluntary
riparian
improvements
8/1/09
6/30/10
4.4
Document measurable changes
8/1/09
6/30/10
5
5.1
Develop
riparian educational
materials
7/1/09
6/30/10
5.2
Conduct
public
education
programs
7/1/09
6/30/10
5.3
Clean up and riparian planting
events
7/1/09
6/30/10
5.4
Develop riparian
resource guide
assessment tool and
7/1/09
6/30/10
5.5
Track measurable impacts
7/1/09
6/30/10
6
6.1
Quarterly Reports
10/15/09
4/15/10
6.2
Annual Reports
10/1/09
10/1/09
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Schedule of Task and Outputs to be completed within 24 months of nroiect start date
Task
Subtask
Number
Description
Start Date
Completion
Date
1
1.1
Year
1
Financial
Review
7/1/09
7/1/10
1.2
Year 2 Financial Review
7/1/10
7/1/11
2
2.1
Identify riparian landowners
7/1/09
9/30/09
2.2
Establish partnerships
7/1/09
6/30/11
2.3
Utilize focus groups
7/15/09
6/30/11
3
3.1
Conduct riparian
stakeholder
meetings
8/1/09
6/30/11
3.2
Individual riparian assessments
8/1/09
6/30/11
4
4.1
Riparian
Preservation ordinance
7/1/09
6/30/10
4.2
Install riparian management demos
9/1/09
4/1/11
4.3
Incite voluntary riparian improvements
8/1/09
6/30/11
4.4
Document measurable changes
8/1/09
6/30/11
5
5.1
Develop riparian educational materials
7/1/09
12/31/10
5.2
Conduct
public education programs
7/1/09
6/30/11
5.3
Clean up and riparian planting
events
7/1/09
6/30/11
5.4
Develop riparian assessment tool and
resource guide
7/1/09
12/31/10
5.5
Track measurable
impacts
7/1/09
6/30/11
6
6.1
Conduct riparian workshop
3/15/11
5/30/11
6.2
Present project
success at
conferences
9/15/10
6/30/11
7
7.1
Quarterly
Reports
10/15/09
7/15/11
7.2
Annual
Reports
10/1/09
10/1/10
7.3
Final
Report
6/30/11
8/15/11
Coordination, Roles and Responsibilities:
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service: Overall project coordination planning, materials
development, educational program delivery, and evaluation of project progress and measurable results
tracking, reporting, budget management (including tracking and documenting project match and sub-
contract with the City of Fayetteville).
City of Fayetteville: Develop/institute a "Riparian Corridor Preservation" ordinance and collaborate on
education program promotion and support creek cleanups/riparian plantings (promotion, volunteer
coordination, recycling and roll -off collection/hauling, tree seedlings)
Public Participation:
Specifically, public involvement will take place through the project planning and evaluation work of the
sub -watershed focus groups, through Fayetteville residents engaged in the development and passing
of the "Riparian Corridor Preservation" ordinance, and public participation in educational programs,
volunteers who work on creek clean-up and riparian planting events, and personal adoption of riparian
BMP actions.
Measures of Success and Performance:
Project success will be measured according to the number of participants who:
- gained new knowledge about riparian buffer characteristics and functions and BMPs to
protect, improve and restore them
- altered attitudes concerning their role in riparian management
- utilize the riparian management assessment tool and resource guide
- the number/breadth of documented riparian management BMPs implemented
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Reference to Project in the NPS Management Program:
This project addresses both the long-term goals and objectives of the NPS Management
Program. The specific objective of the NPS Management Program that best references this
project is: Objective 7.9. Develop education programs for landowners and developers
concerning proper stream corridor management and for professionals concerning stream
corridor restoration practices.
Project Lead:
Katie Teague
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
2536 N. McConnell Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704
(479) 444-1755
kteague@uaex.edu
List of Appendices:
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Estimated Project Budget
City of Fayetteville Budget
Project Budget Justification Worksheet
Literature Cited:
Diebel M.W., Maxted, J.T. Robertson, D.M., Seungbong, H., and Zanden, J.V. (2008) Landscape
Planning for Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction III: Assessing Phosphorus and
Sediment Reduction Potential. Environmental Management 43:69-83.
htto://www.sonngerlink.com/content/m5468n5516j327j/
Farm Services Agency Illinois River CREP Fact Sheet, January 2009.
http://www.fsa.usda gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=home&subject=emol&tonic=ofs&newstvoe=orf
actsheet&tvDe=detail&Item=of 20090130 consv en arkirw.html
U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005 Riparian Buffer Width, Vegetative Cover, and Nitrogen
Removal Effectiveness: A review of Current Science and Regulations
htto://www.epamov/nrmrl/oubs/600R05118/600R05118.odf
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Riparian/Forested Buffer Fact Sheet
http://cfDub.epa.gov/nodes/stormwater/menuofbmDs/Index.cfm?action=factsheet results&view=s
pecific&bmp=82
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Personnel
County Extension Agents
Secretary
District/State Professional
Faculty
Total, Personnel
Fringe Benefits 27.6%
Total Personnel
including Fringe
Travel
In -State
Out -of -State
Total Travel
Equipment
Supplies
LCD Projector
Digital Camera
Hand-held GPS
Educational Materials
Materials and Supplies
Educational Signage
Training
Materials/Supplies
Total Supplies
Contractual
City of Fayetteville
Total Contractual
Printing
Educational Brochures and
Flyers
Total Printing Costs
Other
Postage, Analysis
Total Other
Total Direct Charges
Indirect
Grand Total
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Appendix 1
Estimated Project Budget
Salary
$ 48,926
$ 21,161
$ 80,826
Units
1
1
1
M/Yrs Cost
2.96 $ 144,820
0.84 $ 17,775
0.78 $ 63,044
$ 225,639
$ 62,276
Unit Cost
$ 1,500
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 287,915
13
$ 6,000
$ 2,000
$ 8,000
$0
$ 1,500
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,500
$ 3,500
$ 1,569
$ 3,500
$ 13,569
$ 22,593
$ 22,593
Federal
$ 91,351
$ 4,190
$0
$ 95,541
$ 26,369
$ 121,910
$ 6,000
$ 2,000
$ 8,000
$0
$ 1,500
$ 1,000
$1,000
$ 1,500
$ 3,500
$ 1,569
$ 3,500
$ 13,569
$0
$0
$ 12,000 $ 12,000
$ 12,000 $ 12,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 345,078
$ 93,520
$ 438,598
$1,000
$1,000
$ 156,480
$ 93,520
$ 250,000
Non Federal
$ 53,469
$ 13,585
$ 63,044
$ 130,098
$ 35,907
$166,005
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$ 22,593
$ 22,593
$0
$0
$0
$0
$ 188,598
$0
$ 188,598
Personnel
Public Volunteers (riparian
plantings, cleanups,
ordinance development)
GIS, Urban Forestry,
Planning, Floodplain staff
Total, Personnel
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Trees
Total Travel
Total Supplies
Contractual
Total Contractual
Printing
Total Printing Costs
Other
Total Other
Total Direct Charges
Indirect
Grand Total
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Appendix 2
City of Fayetteville Budget
Salary M/Yrs Cost
$20/hour 650 hours $ 13,000
$43,500 0.20 $ 8,593
$ 21,593
Federal Non Federal
$ 0 $ 13,000
$
$
$0 $0
$0 $0
Units Unit Cost
10 $100 $ 1,000
$1,000
14
$ 8,593
$ 21,593
$0
$0
$ 0 $ 1,000
$ 0 $ 1,000
$0 $0
$0 $0
$0 $0
$ 22,593
$0
$0
$0
$ 0 $ 22,593
$0 $0
$ 22,593
$0
$ 0 $ 22,593
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Appendix 3
PROJECT BUDGET JUSTIFICATION WORKSHEET
BUDGET CATEGORIES INFORMATION
Costs, i.e.,
Federal
(Attach Separate
(FROM SF424A,
and Non -Federal
Sheet(s)
SECTION B
Funds Combined
if necessary)
TOTALS) Enter Total Program
OBJECT CLASS CATEGORIES:
a. Personnel: (Program Staffing —
include and indicate vacant positions)
Position Title
Number in
Position
Class
Annual Salary
Rate
Work Years
Personnel
Costs
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
County Extension Agents
4
$48,926
2.96
$144,820
Secretary
1
$ 21,161
0.84
$ 17,775
District/State Professional Faculty
8
$ 80,826
0.78
$ 63,044
$ 225,639
b. Fringe Benefits: (27.60%)
$ 62,276
c. Travel: Include estimates of In -State and Out of State travel including if
appropriate, mileage in State or private vehicles, Per Diems, air fare and
conference fees.
In State
$ 6,000
Out of State
$ 2,000
TRAVEL: TOTAL
$ 8,000
d. Equipment:
(1) List each item costing
$5,000 or more to be
purchased for this
project:
$ 0
(2)
appropriate.
List items costing less than $5,000. You may list items by groups, as
$ 0
COMBINED EQUIPMENT TOTAL
$ 0
e. Supplies: List by groups,
as appropriate
LCD projector, digital camera, and GPS unit
$ 3,500
Educational/training materials and supplies
$ 8,500
Educational signage
$1,569
SUPPLIES TOTAL
$ 13,569
f. Contractual: List each planned contract separately, type of service to be
procured, proposed procurement method (i.e. small purchase, formal
advertising, competitive negotiations or non-competitive negotiations) and the
estimated cost. Also, please indicate if the proposed contract performance
period will go beyond the budget period of assistance for which this application
is submitted.
City of Fayetteville
$ 22,593
CONTRACTUAL TOTAL
$ 22,593
g. Construction:
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
$ 0
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h. Other: Explain
standard budget
by
categories.
major
categories any items not included in above
Printing
$ 12,000
Postage
$ 1,000
OTHER TOTAL
$ 13,000
i. TOTAL DIRECT CHARGES: (Sum of Items a. through
h.)
$ 345,078
j. INDIRECT COSTS: (Attach a copy
of your latest indirect cost agreement)
$ 93,520
k. TOTAL PROPOSED PROGRAM COSTS (Sum of Items I and j.)
$ 438,598
SHARE: FEDERAL 57%
$ 250,000
GRANTEE 43%
$ 188,598
Project Personnel Justification Summary:
A new full-time County Extension Agent will be dedicated to implementing the project tasks including
input, planning and evaluation efforts, working one -one -on with riparian landowners, developing
educational materials, conducting outreach and education programs, and compiling and submitting
required reports and deliverables)
A part-time secretarial position will manage travel and public correspondence for the program, process
the large volume of data entry associated with the project databases, and other duties directly related
to this project. This 0.24 FTE -position funded with grant dollars will be a new soft money position in
support of the County Agent position created as part of this project.
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