1000 Friends of Iowa Award for the Bee Branch Creek Watershed Project Copyrighted
July 2, 2018
City of Dubuque Presentation(s) # 2.
ITEM TITLE: 1000 Friends of lowa Award for the Bee Branch Creek
Restoration Project
SUMMARY: Civil Engineer Deron Muehring will present the 1000 Friend
of lowa 2017 Best Development Jurors' Choice Award for
the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project.
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: 1000 Friends of lowa Award for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project
DATE: June 28, 2018
1000 Friends of lowa is a statewide nonprofit organization focused on land use
education. 1000 Friends of lowa established the Best Development Awards to
showcase development projects and programs in lowa that best reflect the principles of
smart growth, sustainability, and uphold the mission of 1000 Friends of lowa.
According to the 1000 Friends of lowa, "the winners of the Best Development Awards
are models of how responsible development practices provide benefits to the
community, the environment, and the quality of life for future generations. The very best
projects show collaboration between public and private sectors to build, repurpose or
preserve our infrastructure. These buildings and projects provide sustainability to our
state by considering site placement, design, water efficiency, energy management, the
materials and resources used, the indoor environmental quality, and public use and
benefit."
According to 1000 Friends of lowa Best Development Awards Coordinator Julia
McGwire, "(the) jurors were so blown away with the comprehensive nature and site
specific location of the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration project that they felt it
deserved its own category." So, they created one: The Jurors' Choice Award.
Civil Engineer Deron Muehring accepted the 1000 Friend of lowa 2017 Best
Development Jurors' Choice Award for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project at
their annual Best Development Awards Ceremony and will present it to the City Council
at this time.
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DATE: June 28, 2018
RE: 1000 Friends of lowa award for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to provide information related to the Best Development,
Juror's Choice award the City received from the 1000 Friends of lowa for the Bee
Branch Creek Restoration Project.
DISCUSSION
1000 Friends of lowa was founded in 1998 as a statewide nonprofit organization
focused on land use education. Their mission is to unite lowans in efforts to protect
farmland & natural areas, revitalize neighborhoods, towns & cities and improve quality
of life for future generations.
1000 Friends of lowa established the Best Development Awards in 2001. The awards
showcase development projects and programs in lowa that best reflect the principles of
smart growth, sustainability, and uphold the mission of 1000 Friends of lowa. The
awards recogniz� the efforts of businesses, developers, cities, organizations, and
individuals for these projects in the following categories:
•New Civic
•R�novated Civic
•New Commercial
•Renovated Commercial
•Innav�tive Leadership
•Mixed Use
•Renewable Energy
•N�w Residential
•Renov�ted Residential
•Stormwater Manayement
•Trans�ortation/Complete Streets
•Urban Pl�cemaking/GreEn Spaces
Ac�ording to the 1 U00 Friends of lowa, "th� winners of th�: Best D�velopm�nt Awards
�re mod�ls of h�w respc�nsibls development practices provic�� benefiits to the
community, the environment, and the quality of life for future generations. The very best
projects show collaboration between public and private sectors to build, repurpose or
preserve our infrastructure. These buildings and projects provide sustainability to our
state by considering site placement, design, water efficiency, energy management, the
materials and resources used, the indoor environmental quality, and public use and
benefit."
According to 1000 Friends of lowa Best Development Awards Coordinator Julia
McGwire, "(the)jurors were so blown away with the comprehensive nature and site-
specific location of the Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration project that they felt it
deserved its own category." So, they created one: The Jurors' Choice Award.
The Bee Branch Creek Restoration phase of the flood mitigation project involved
converting 4,500 feet of buried storm sewer back into an expanded open channel. The
restored creek and floodplain has increased the area's capacity for stormwater while �
also improving the quality of runoff and providing aquatic habitat. Permeable pavement,
bioswales, and native plants were strategically used along the creek to promote the
infiltration and filtration of stormwater. The space also serves as a linear park with
several amenities including a multi-use trail system, a play area with slides, an urban
orchard, and an outdoor amphitheater.
On behalf of the City of Dubuque, Civil Engineer Deron Muehring accepted the 1000
Friends of lowa 2017 Best Development, Jurors' Choice award at their annual Best
Development Awards Ceremony this January at the lowa State Capitol Rotunda in Des
Moines.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request that Civil Engineer Deron Muehring be allowed to present to the
City Council the 1000 Friends of lowa 2017 Best Development, Jurors' Choice award
for the Bee Branch Creek Restoration Project.
Prepared by Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer
Cc: Steve Sampson-Brown, Project Manager
Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer
Randy Gehl, Public Information Officer
Kristin Hill, Bee Branch Communications Specialist