SALT CREEK

STREAM BANK STABILIZATION

STAGE 3

Presented by Presented by

Jason G. Souden, PEJason G. Souden, PE

Patrick Kelsey, CPSS/SCPatrick Kelsey, CPSS/SC

Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.

Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd.Wills Burke Kelsey Associates, Ltd.

July 14, 2009July 14, 2009

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SALT CREEK STREAM BANK STABILIZATIONSTAGE 3

• Area A – Kennedy Pond1230 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 Central168 feet of improved creek bank (at $ $503/ft)

• Area C (Alt) – Homes South of Central168 feet of improved creek bank(at $531/ft)

• Total Estimated Construction Cost = $705,000

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Existing Conditions : Area A - Kennedy Pond

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Existing Conditions : Area A - Kennedy Pond

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Proposed Typical Sections

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Example: Stone Toe with Emergent Plants – Kennedy Pond

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

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Living with Streams & Ponds

• Drainage

• Flood Conveyance

• Flood Storage

• Habitat

• Amenity

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When we bought the house …

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?

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On Flooding & Erosion

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Managing Native Vegetation

The Three Phases of Life

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Birth to Toddler

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The Teenage Years

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The Golden Years

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Wildlife Habitat

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Don’t feed the Geese

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Native Plants for the Home

Flowering Plants

• Brown-Eyed Susan• Purple Coneflower• White Coneflower• Spiderwort• Tall Coreopsis• New England Aster• Smooth Blue Aster• Goldenrods

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes

• Little Bluestem• Northern Dropseed• Chair Maker’s Rush• Soft Stem Bulrush• Wooly Sedge• Crested-Oval Sedge• Fox Sedge

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GOLDENROD

PURPLE CONEFLOWER

BROWN-EYED SUSAN

TALL COREOPSIS

SPIDERWORT

SMOOTH BLUE ASTER

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FOX SEDGEWOOLY SEDGE

CHAIR MAKER’SRUSH

SOFT STEM BULRUSH

LITTLE BLUESTEMNORTHERNDROPSEED

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Protecting your investment

• 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

Thank YouQUESTIONS?

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