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SALT CREEK STREAM BANK STABILIZATION STAGE 3. Presented by Jason G. Souden, PE Patrick Kelsey, CPSS/SC Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd . Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd. July 14, 2009. SALT CREEK STREAM BANK STABILIZATION STAGE 3. Area A – Kennedy Pond
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SALT CREEK STREAM BANK STABILIZATION STAGE 3 Presented by Jason G. Souden, PE Patrick Kelsey, CPSS/SC Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd. July 14, 2009
SALT CREEK STREAM BANK STABILIZATIONSTAGE 3 • Area A – Kennedy Pond 1230 feet of improved creek bank (at $119/ft) • Area B – Central Road School 1030 feet of improved creek bank (at $325/ft) • Area C – Homes South of Central 168 feet of improved creek bank (at $ $503/ft) • Area C (Alt) – Homes South of Central 168 feet of improved creek bank (at $531/ft) • Total Estimated Construction Cost = $705,000
Example: Native Buffer Zone – Central School and Homes South of Central
Example: Steep Bank with Native Buffer and Gabion – Central School and Homes South of Central
Living with Streams & Ponds Drainage Flood Conveyance Flood Storage Habitat Amenity
It had a little creek in back The kids like to play back there We fed the geese We dumped our grass clippings That’s where I get rid of brush Now it’s a thicket The banks are eroding The geese are everywhere. They make such a mess What does it hurt to throw grass and branches in the creek? When we bought the house … 10
Managing Native Vegetation The Three Phases of Life 12
Native Plants for the Home Flowering Plants Grasses, Sedges, Rushes Little Bluestem Northern Dropseed Chair Maker’s Rush Soft Stem Bulrush Wooly Sedge Crested-Oval Sedge Fox Sedge • Brown-Eyed Susan • Purple Coneflower • White Coneflower • Spiderwort • Tall Coreopsis • New England Aster • Smooth Blue Aster • Goldenrods 18
BROWN-EYED SUSAN GOLDENROD PURPLE CONEFLOWER SPIDERWORT SMOOTH BLUE ASTER TALL COREOPSIS
CHAIR MAKER’S RUSH SOFT STEM BULRUSH LITTLE BLUESTEM NORTHERN DROPSEED WOOLY SEDGE FOX SEDGE
Recycle grass clippings Notify the City if you see erosion Don’t dig in the bank slope of the creek Don’t build on the slope Do not place mulch on the slope Protecting your investment 21
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