Portland Watershed Management Plan
2007-08 Annual Fiscal Year Report
July 16, 2008
I. Introduction
A. Watershed Plan Context
B. Management Plan Goals and Objectives
C. Taking Action: Grey to Green
Sidebar: Role of the Annual Report vs. SOTR
II. FY 07-08 PWMP Milestones
A. Short Term Project Selection
B. Environmental Measures
C. Taking Action – Ramping up for G2G
III. Watershed Strategy Implementation
A. Stormwater Management
a. Feature: Brooklyn Creek Basin / Tabor to the River -
b. Project highlights
- Tryon Headwaters
- Owens – Corning
- Portland Building Ecoroof
Sidebar: Ecoroof and green street targets for G2G
c. Performance Measures
- Gallons of stormwater
- Acres of impervious surface removed/managed
- # and acres of ecoroofs
- # of green streets
- # feet of swale
- # swales and planters
- # stormwater facilities managing acres of impervious surfaces
- # facility inspections
- # stormwater permits
- # illicit discharges corrected
B. Aquatic and Terrestrial Enhancement
a. Feature: Fish Monitoring and Recovery Plan - Our monitoring in FY08 documented fish presence in areas where we have not seen them. This could indicate that restoration is working, and gives a chance to talk about restoring aquatic and terrestrial habitat in general, but this will also be framed to highlight the significance of restoration and monitoring over the long term.
b. Feature: TEES Advancements – a major element of PWMP Implementation Plan; highlighting annually will help us continue to balance aquatic and terrestrial work in reporting
c. Project highlights
- Oaks Bottom Natural Area - PP&R continued the amphibian studies and have recorded breeding red legged frogs within the natural area. Creation of additional wetland/amphibian habitat took place in the northern end of the natural area with money from OWEB grant.
d. Performance Measures
- Linear feet of streambank restored
- Acres of habitat enhanced
Sidebar: Culvert removal targets for G2G
C. Revegetation
a. Feature: Citywide Tree Project – interbureau project that puts many other FY08 accomplishments into context (tree code work, Parks Canopy Study and Urban Forestry Action Plan, G2G revegetation targets)
Sidebar: Revegetation targets for G2G
b. Feature: Invasive Management Program – present the Invasives Strategy report, provide context for link to Gardenwise publication (and many partnerships), EDRR early actions, interbureau collaboration.
Sidebar: Invasive targets for G2G
c. Project highlights
- Rocky Butte
- Oaks Bluff
d. Performance Measures
- Acres of land planted with native vegetation
- Acres of invasive species removal
- Number of street trees planted
D. Protection and Policy
a. Feature: Ross Island Conservation – this conservation of Ross Island shows how a collaborative approach with public/private partnerships are often needed to
Sidebar: Conservation targets for G2G
b. Project highlights
- Waterleaf Property Acquisition (protection)
- River Plan – North Reach (policy)
c. Performance measures
- Acres of land conserved
- # calls to spill protection hotline
- # erosion control inspections
E. Operations and Maintenance
a. Feature: Brownfields Program secures EPA Grant Funding – This highlight ties to the PWMP action to “operate and maintain…Greenspaces and other city facilities and infrastructure to prevent pollution discharges.”
b. Project highlights
- CBO Grants
- TBD
c. Performance measures
- # inspections
- # outfalls decommissioned
- # sumps inspected
- # streets sweeped
F. Education, Involvement, and Stewardship
a. Feature: Public workshops and training – this feature highlights an interbureau perspective at the numerous opportunities the city offers to educate and involve folks in watershed health. (highlights will include stormwater retrofit workshops, ecoroof seminars, naturescaping workshops, stewardship events, etc).
b. Feature: CWSP gets first national Carter Award
c. Project Examples:
- TBD
d. Performance measures
- # stewardship grants
- # events conducted and attendees
- # events presented and # attendees
- # stormwater mgmt volunteers
- # students reached in classroom and field activities
- # community groups and businesses
- # of people on media distribution list
IV. Watersheds at a Glance
A. Watershed Investment Fund FY 2008
a. FY08 Summary
b. Map of projects and grants
B. Watershed Highlights
a. Columbia Slough
- Street Tree planting in 2008
- Columbia Slough Confluence design FY09
b. Fanno/Tryon
- SW Marigold project design completed. Construction scheduled for summer FY09
- Highway 43 and Iron Mtn construction during FY09
c. Johnson Creek
- Brownwood/Schweizer celebration completion
- East Lents Floodplain Restoration design in FY09
d. Willamette/Westside/Lost Creeks
- SW Texas LID
- Subwatershed plan acceleration
V. Tracking Progress
A. PWMP Data System: building upon last year, we’ll highlight how we’ll track our actions in the future
B. Measures Development: we’re getting more specific about what we want to track
C. Watershed Health Index: we’re moving towards tracking how our collective actions help us progress towards PWMP Goals
Sidebar: Ecosystem Service targets for G2G
D. Visualization TBD
VI. Challenges and Recommendations (TBD)
VII. Looking Forward to FY08-09 and beyond
A. Ramping up G2G for the next 5-years
B. Tracking Environmental Measures
C. Inform ourselves using adaptive management
Draft Outline – Comments
Linda Dobson
I would suggest another Feature: "Urban Framework beyond Stormwater Management" I don't know what to call this but it is to get at the idea that a new urban development framework? context? (not sure what the word is yet) emerges when we utilize these vegetated systems in a more comprehensive way……. We can achieve all the multiple benefits we talk about like air quality and reduced temperatures, bike and pedestrian safety enhancements, community and property value enhancements etc. Tryon Headwaters is a good illustration of this………... as is some of the development in South Waterfront………as well the Clay street Green Street specifically highlighting the 12th street intersection project and PCC (still in the design stages)………… we can talk about it in terms knitting all of our City efforts together BES, PDOT, Planning, Parks, PDC and OSD as we consider the Portland Plan work. The Green Connectors map is one beginning illustration of this. This needs development but I think that a number of people are beginning to see the linkages and it would be good to try and bring them to the forefront now.
I also wonder if we couldn't find a place under Project Highlights to talk about the 1% for Green program?
Paul Ketcham (and response)
--Under Aquatic and terrestrial habitat, Oaks Bottom is featured. Would you also be mentioning the culvert replacement and salmon enhancement project is under design (Tetra Tech) and full design expected by fall 09?
In this context I wanted to feature the terrestrial work as an accomplishment, and take the opportunity to include a description of the upcoming culvert replacement. It will also connect with the Parks reveg work there funded through WIF.
--Under Operations and Maintenance, there is a TBA. Would Burlingame sewer rehabilitation project be apropos here--currently, the stream restoration is occurring from July -October for Stephens Creek where the sewer line has been moved or still is adjacent to the channel. Maybe report on this work next year?
We reported on the first phase of Burlingame last year, but that's no reason to exclude the second phase in this year's report. O&M examples are tough to summarize because they are often reactions to problems (Fanno Creek, for example) that are not considered "highlights"….but this project sounds like a great candidate.
--Under Tracking Progress, there is no mention of the project selection tool which was created over the past year and Is now in final form; its purpose is to give us more detailed information about the ecological and management benefits of proposed projects to assist in decision making and prioritization of watershed enhancement projects.
I listed the STPST in the PWMP Milestones section. The Tracking Progress section, based on last year's format, is trying to get at the connection between on actions, measures, and the PWMP goals. I tried to emphasize (in a nice way) that we did not have what we needed to connect these things yet, and that we're working on tools to help us do so. So the STPST does fit into that context well. This section is still being refined, but I'd be interested to see where it fit best once the draft is getting pulled together.
--Looks like you have your reporting on monitoring and won't need a short blurb on WQ monitoring results from the Willamette watershed. Let me know if you want something (such as the results of our westside streams monitoring project).
I talked a bit with Marc, and it sounds like perhaps next year will be a better time to report on the water quality. However, we did discuss
--Under Education and Outreach, we did a focus group to assess receptivity to the 500+ proposed stormwater facilities in the Tabor to the River program. Maybe this is covered in the Tabor to River feature.
Yes, I'd like to include that in the Tabor to the River narrative within the stormwater section, but as far as attendees I would like to include them in the outreach/education/stewardship performance measures. I will make sure to double-check this.
Patrice Mango
Under E Operations and Maintenance
c. Performance measures
- # inspections – MS4 (Not clear what is being inspected, the major outfalls, public sw facilities?)
- # outfalls decommissioned – MS4 Not sure how this will be a performance measure - we rarely decommission an MS4 outfall (technically, they are 'abandoned'), do you mean CSO outfalls abandoned/converted to storm only?)
- # sumps inspected – MS4 UIC Program (Note: sumps are not part of the MS4 - they are regulated under the SDWA rather than the CWA and as a result are under the UIC WPCF permit, you might add # sed mhs cleaned - the UIC program tracks that as well.)
- # streets sweeped – MS4 & UIC Suggestion- change to miles swept - the MS4 program tracks total miles swept then extracts out via GIS miles swept within the MS4 and UIC areas, You may prefer to have just the total miles swept citywide.