IMPROVING TOLEDO’S DELAWARE CREEK Public Meeting September 19, 2019 Walbridge Park Shelter House Edith Kippenhan, City of T oledo Jordan Rofkar, Ph.D., Hull & Associates, Inc.
WELCOME • Project Introduction • Edith Kippenhan, City of Toledo • Delaware Creek Overview, Conditions and Initial Restoration Considerations • Jordan Rofkar, Ph.D., Hull & Associates, Inc. • Anticipated Project Schedule • Questions/Discussions
PROJECT INTRODUCTION • The City of T oledo is leading efforts to create rain gardens and bioswales at Delaware Creek Park to improve water quality and habitat within the park property. • The City received a grant from Ohio EPA sourced through the U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - Nonpoint Source program to help address the high levels of nutrients and sedimentation in the creek. • Hull & Associates, Inc. was hired through a competitive procurement process to provide professional science and engineering services to establish plans and oversee improvement installations. • Sharing our initial considerations and concepts to gain your ideas and input is an important part of this process.
DELAWARE CREEK OVERVIEW Delaware Creek is a 1.8-mile perennial stream that drains five square miles. • It is located in the Maumee River watershed in south Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. • Delaware Creek enters the Maumee River from the west at river mile 9.2. • • Our project area is in the 0.9-mile lower reach of the creek and entirely within the permanently protected City of Toledo Delaware Creek Park.
DELAWARE CREEK CONDITIONS • Ohio EPA water quality sampling results in the creek show: • Significant sedimentation/siltation • Excessive nitrate/nitrite and phosphorus • Elevated levels of pesticides, chloride, and total dissolved solids Ohio EPA biological sampling results in the creek • show: • Above target for fish communities • Below target for invertebrate communities • “Very poor” narrative score and an estimated 20% of the target goal Below target for aquatic habitat quality • 74% of the target goal • Decreased 4.5 points between 2006 and • 2017 Ohio EPA sampling events
DELAWARE CREEK OBSERVATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK OBSERVATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK RESTORATION CONSIDERATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK RESTORATION CONSIDERATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK RESTORATION CONSIDERATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK RESTORATION CONSIDERATIONS
DELAWARE CREEK RESTORATION CONCEPTS
ANTICIPATED BENEFITS • Mitigate some erosion concerns by capturing road runoff in key locations • Reduce sediment, nutrient and chemical loading from stormwater into local waterways • Improve habitat by installing native plants
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE September 19, 2019 Public Meeting Mid-November 2019 Plans Finalized Late Winter/Spring 2020 Construction July 31, 2020 Grant Closeout Ongoing Project Maintenance
QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION Photo Credit: Mary Healey
PROJECT CONTACTS Marisa Stewart and Edith Kippenhan City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services (419) 936-3015 Marisa.DeLancey@toledo.oh.gov Edith.Kippenhan@toledo.oh.gov Jordan Rofkar, Ph.D. and Jenny Carter-Cornell, APR Hull & Associates, Inc. (419) 385-2018 jrofkar@hullinc.com jcornell@hullinc.com
This product or publication was financed in part or totally through a grant from the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and the United States Environmental Protection Agency with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds. The contents and views, including any opinion, findings, or conclusions or recommendations contained in this product or publication are those of the authors and have not been subject to any Ohio Lake Erie Commission or United States Environmental Protection Agency peer or administrative review and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission or the United States Environmental Protection Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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