Beverly & Schaeffer Park Improvements Presented by: Justin - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Beverly & Schaeffer Park Improvements Presented by: Justin Mendinsky, P.E Alex Greenly, E.I.T.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Beverly Park Improvements • Schaeffer Park Improvements • MS4 Review • Permit Requirements • Pollutant Reduction Plan Requirements • Proposed Stormwater Management BMPs

BEVERLY PARK - Existing Conditions • Located at the intersection of Beverly Rd. & Westerly Rd. • Approximately 1.5 acre parcel • Borough owned park • Offers a grassy setting with playground equipment, benches, and basketball court

BEVERLY PARK IMPROVEMENTS Design Goals & Considerations • Improve esthetics with plantings and natural features • Rehabilitate existing gardens • Provide adult recreational features, (benches, pergola swing, etc..) • Install walking path • Incorporate grassy open space • Maintain existing playground equipment and memorial fountain • Reduce the amount of stormwater runoff leaving the site • Decrease potential of roadway flooding on Beverly Road • Achieve pollutant load reduction proposed in the Borough’s Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan (MS4 Requirement).

BEVERLY PARK – Conceptual Layout Rendering

SCHAEFFER PARK - Existing Conditions • Located at the intersection of N. 28 th St. & Walnut St. • Prior location of Schaeffer Elementary School • Approximately 3.5 acre parcel • Borough owned park • Offers a grassy field and baseball diamond

SCHAEFFER PARK - CONCEPT TIMELINE  2006-2016: Old Schaeffer School building sat vacant falling into disrepair. Residents in the area reported safety concerns as well as reports of trespassing, squatting, theft , and vandalism. • 2015: Borough offers to share the cost of demolition of the abandoned school with the School District with the vision of constructing a new municipal community park at the location.  2015: Building was fenced by the Borough in fall over safety concerns.  2016: Building condemned in the spring of 2016.  2016: Borough solicited a qualified contractor to demo the building in fall of 2016.  2016: 2018 PADEP General Permit (MS4) regulations announced requiring quantitative pollutant load reductions in municipal stormwater.  2017: Demolition Contract was completed in the early 2017.  2017: Draft Pollutant Reduction Plan submitted to DEP and advertised in July 2017 for 30-day comment period.  2017: Borough produces three (3) unique conceptual layout sketches for the future development of Schaeffer Park to achieve load reduction proposed in the PRP.  2017: Town Hall meeting was held on March 9, 2017 to gain community input on concept drawings and the amenities they wanted to see in the park.  2018: The vision of this building this park is consistent with the general goals and objectives of the Comp Plan to maintain and enhance the public and recreational facilities and infrastructure.  2018 : Revisions made to the conceptual sketches based on community feedback.  2018: The current design has incorporated many of the community’s concerns as well as what Borough Council believes is good for the entire community.

SCHAEFFER PARK IMPROVEMENTS – Design Goals • Rehabilitate existing athletic fields. • Construct a new playground featuring: o New playground equipment o Gaga pit o Basketball courts o New restrooms o Swing set o Pavilion • Provide ADA access & parking improvements. • Maximize open green space for public use. • Reduce the amount of stormwater runoff leaving the site. • Achieve pollutant load reduction proposed in the Borough’s Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan (MS4 Requirement).

SCHAEFFER PARK – Conceptual Layout Rendering

S tormwater Management - MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) The system with the “ Urbanized Area” that collects, conveys, or manages stormwater • Inlets • Pipes • Swales • Detention BMPs • Infiltration BMPs • Water Quality BMPs • Outfalls

MS4 Permit NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) • – Provides the Borough authorization to discharge stormwater to local waterways General Permit (PAG-13) for Stormwater Discharges from Small • Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) – Water Quality Permit – Reduce quantity of runoff – Increase quality of runoff – Reduce stream impairments – Improve local watershed health – Limit impact on downstream receiving waters (Chesapeake Bay) – Unfunded mandate!

MS4 Permit Requirements • Pollutant Reduction Measures (PRM) Activities undertaken to identify and control pollutant discharge to local impaired waterways. • Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan (CBPRP) Requires a reduction in the amount of sediment and nutrients transported to the Chesapeake Bay . Must be completed within 5 years of approval. Pollutant Required Load Reduction Sediment 10% Total Phosporus 5% Chesapeake Bay (2011) Sediment transported after Total Nitrogen 3% Hurricane Irene & T.S. Lee

Improving Local Stormwater Quality – BMPs (Best Management Practices) Riparian Buffer Projects • Reduce rate of runoff – Provide plant uptake of pollutants – Capture sediment before entering streams – Reduce thermal impacts – Establish habitat – Removal of invasive plant species –

Improving Local Stormwater Quality – BMPs (Best Management Practices) Stream Restoration Projects • Reduce streambank erosion – Floodplain reconnection – Improve habitat – Limit Sediment & Nutrient Load – Source: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/dead-run-stream-restoration

Improving Local Stormwater Quality – BMPs (Best Management Practices) Infiltration BMPs • Reduce volume of runoff – Groundwater recharge – Natural filtration of pollutants – Reduce thermal impacts – Reduce flood impacts – Ideal for urban settings –

Chesapeake Bay Plan Preparation Required Sediment Load Reduction: 145,097.9 lbs/yr • Borough Conducted Comprehensive Project Selection Evaluation • Based on the Following Criteria: Property Access (Municipally-owned property preferred) – Site suitability / BMP Type Evaluation – Achievable Pollutant Load Reduction – Cost & Constructability (Best “Bang” for the buck) – Percent of Total Sediment Load Sediment Project Description Reduction Reduction (lbs/yr) (%) Willow Park Stream Improvement Project 51,612.0 35.6% Beverly Park Impervious Area Reduction and BMP Project 55,505.9 38.3% Schaeffer Park Impervious Area Reduction and BMP Project 27,205.1 18.7% Street Sweeping 7,991.9 5.5% Green Infrastructure Projects (Various) 2,586.1 1.8% Storm Sewer Cleaning / Solids Removal 1,072.4 0.7% Total Proposed Sediment Load Reduction 145,973.4 101%

Beverly Park Stormwater Management Facilities Three Infiltration Based Stormwater Management BMPs 1. Shallow Infiltration Bed 2. Underground Detention & Infiltration Basin 3. Small Rain Garden at Low Point 4. Impervious Surface Removal (Existing Basketball Court) 1 2 3 Proposed Sediment Reduction: 255,506 lbs/yr

Schaeffer Park Stormwater Management Facility One Infiltration Based Stormwater Management BMP 1. Infiltration Bed or Rain Garden T.B.D. 2. Impervious Cover Removal (Demolished School Building) 2 1 Proposed Sediment Reduction: 27,205 lbs/yr

QUESTIONS? Please feel free to voice any questions or concerns during the public comment portion of tonight’s Town Hall Meeting. Thank you for your time & attendance!

Contact Information Justin Mendinsky, P.E. jmendinsky@hrg-inc.com • Alex Greenly, E.I.T. agreenly@hrg-inc.com •