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Valentine Park Expansion Grant Award Copyrighted January 3, 2018 City of Dubuque Consent Items # 5. ITEM TITLE: Valentine Park Expansion GrantAward SUMMARY: City Manager transmitting the award letter for a$70,000 Catfish Creek Watershed State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) request for the Valentine Park Expansion project. SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Valentine Park Caffish Creek Watershed SRF Award- City Manager Memo NNM Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Valentine Park SRF Award letter Supporting Documentation Location Map Supporting Documentation THE CITY OF Dubuque � AIFA�erlwGh UB E '�� III► Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°'�w'2 7A13 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Catfish Creek Watershed SRF Award: Valentine Park Expansion DATE: December 22, 2017 Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens is transmitting the award letter for a $70,000 Catfish Creek Watershed State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) request for the Valentine Park Expansion project. The SRF award will pay 100°k of the cost of watershed management measures at Valentine Park. �� Mic ael C. Van Milligen �� MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager THE CTTY OF Dubuque �" ui��eNe�ary DUB E 'il��i;' Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°' Z°'Z 2013 2017 MEMORANDUM TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager SUBJECT: Caffish Creek Watershed SRF Award: Valentine Park Expansion DATE: December 20, 2017 INTRODUCTION This memorandum transmits the award letter for a $70,000 Caffish Creek Watershed State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) request for the Valentine Park Expansion project, for City Council to receive and file. A project location map also is enclosed. BACKGROUND The Caffish Creek Watershed Management Authority manages a cost-share grant program with funding from the SRF Sponsorship Program. The Watershed Management Authority evaluates applications in terms of cost, feasibility, goals in the Caffish Creek Watershed Management Plan, visibility (public benefit), and City level of participation. Public projects with educational components are funded 100% with SRF. Valentine Park is an 11-acre public neighborhood park located on the south side of Dubuque and accessed off Valentine Drive. The park includes: parking lot, public restroom, softball field, hard surface play area including basketball standards, green play area for soccer and flag football practice or other activities, play equipment, picnic tables, grill, and bike/hike path. The established park has many sloped areas planted with turf and parkway trees. The City of Dubuque recently acquired an 8-acre residential property adjacent to Valentine Park. There are tall grass areas, trees and shrubs throughout the property and it is more wooded on the southern portion of the property. DISCUSSION The Valentine Park Expansion SRF Project involves installation of watershed management measures at 11-acre Valentine Park and recently acquired 8 acres adjacent to the established park for a total of 19 acres. Management measures identified in the Caffish Creek Watershed Management Plan for Valentine Park and neighborhood concerns with stormwater runoff prompted City staff to initiate this SRF project for the entire 19-acre expanded parkland. City staff consultation with the Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority and the Watershed Management Plan will serve as the project guide. The Valentine Park Expansion SRF ProjecYs management measures include: Replant the northern half of slopes to prairie to reduce mowing/maintenance costs; bioswales to be cut into perimeter of parking lot with curb cuts; existing parking islands converted to depressed rain gardens with curb cuts, soil quality restoration and additional native plantings to naturalize unused slopes throughout the 19-acre parkland. The Valentine Park Expansion SRF Project will remove non-native species and plant native vegetation to help control erosion by stabilizing sloped areas. Soil quality restoration and additional native plantings will reduce that contribute to stormwater runoff impacting downstream neighbors. Creating rain gardens and vegetated swales (bioswales) to capture water promotes infiltration and reduces the amount of runoff entering Catfish Creek. The City's intent is that the Valentine Park Expansion SRF Project would serve as a demonstration project as well for landowners interested in the installation of similar watershed management measures. Educational costs are funded separately from SRF. BUDGETIMPACT The estimated SRF project cost of$70,000 for watershed management measures would be covered 100°k by SRF. This amount is consistent with the Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority's determination that public projects with educational components would be funded 100°k by SRF. The City plans to commit $5,000 in funding from the regional Parks to People plan for educational / interpretive signage about the watershed and the demonstration project. There is no direct cost to the City for the Valentine Park Expansion SRF ProjecYs watershed management measures or educational components. REQUESTED ACTION The requested action is for the City Council to receive and file the enclosed award letter for the $70,000 Catfish Creek Watershed SRF request for the Valentine Park Expansion project. Enclosures cc: Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer F:\Users\LCARSTEN\WP\GRANTS\Valentine Park Expansion\Memo MVM Valentine Park Exp SRF award.doc 2 � - � � o �� c�� o� r�,l� ' � � , � �; orc � � , , � , , . � � , , �------- � CI fY;i�=�iIB;:OUE � I . � PLA"dN!f;G StKVIC�S DrFARTfri�P1T CATFISH CREEK � WASER5HE� Decembe��20, 2017 The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Dubuque City Hall—50 W. 13`� Street Dubuque IA 52001 I SUB7ECT: Valentine Park Application I Dear Mayor and City Council Members: The Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority (CCWMA) is pleased to awaid the City of Dubuque's Valentine Park SRF application. Up to $70,000 will be made available to the City of Dubuque to install waterslled conseivation practices in the park. Having recently finished the Catfish Creek Watershed Mana�ement Plan, the board is excited to continue building partnerships with landowners and communities in the �vatershed. Fonned in 2012 by inteigovernmental agreement, the CC�VMA Board consists of representatives from the Cities of Asbury, Cenu�alia, Dubuque, and Peosta; Dubuque County; and the Dubuque Soil and Water Conservation Dishict. Under Iowa law, the CCWMA was created to accomplish several initiatives, including: . Assess and reduce flood risk; . Assess and improve water quality; and . Educate residents of the watershed regarding flood risks and water quality. Please make sure the City of Dubuque continues to work with CCWMA and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to ensure all conservation practices are eligible for SRF reimbursement. Sincerely, � //' . Curt Kiesling Chair, Catfish Creek Watershed Autharity Board cc: Board of Directors, Catfish Creek Watershed Mana�ement Authoiity Dean Mattoon, Engineering Assistant/CCWMA Administrator, City of Dubuque Eiic Sclunechel, Urban Conseivationist, Dubuque Soil and Water Conseivation District Valentine Park Expansion: Project Location Map � �-r r ry <^-, .Y. #� � � r, � �� y, -. � ,� ; � ""7yp•, �' � \ > ,� , � � �-:-['w,'l' R4 p� +s < � � �Y�� ?� L � , ��Aa°�j � , . �� r,�i � { l�; ' r �� :;� �� , �� / j `` � e � � � �PQc�d � y �✓9 ,(<" � a � g/ ��/C . 1^� � 8 f2 J� � �lQ � �� ''\ P 'i � SRF P ol c[ �{.y .� �4 . t�� j�� -I � � � Locatio � . �^ \,� N 1 � I-� � �' � 1 \( �i h JQ � C� �i � �� '�� . . ValentinaPerk '3' � �.� ��, �� 'FS' ., J �� —�. 11 ecre� . � � e \ � a7 � � �f i ' .1�`11. � .I �t . Y ' I , i . . . - ""�> < � 1�, �/�i, , �� i�`�� ' � � `��--� . i �'�� ..�� i � L i � '_y�� w � � a� '� � 1 �;. �-G"] � . .� ..� ��`.� � � � ^ �� `.z� � ��L�