Green Infrastructure in the Chicago Southland Wednesday, March 31, 2011 The Chicago Wilderness Sustainable Watershed Action Team Deanna Glosser, Ph.D. Environmental Planning Solutions, Inc. 217-629-8949, [email protected].
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Green Infrastructure in the Chicago Southland Wednesday, March 31, 2011 The Chicago Wilderness Sustainable Watershed Action Team Deanna Glosser, Ph.D. Environmental Planning Solutions, Inc. 217-629-8949, [email protected] What is the Sustainable Watershed Action Team (SWAT)? SWAT provides technical assistance to local governments. The focus is on sustainability, the protection of natural resources, green infrastructure. Provides assistance to strengthen planning infrastructure – comp plans & ordinances. Provides design guidance. How & why was SWAT created? Chicago Wilderness Key Elements of SWAT Provides customized, hands-on expertise for a project at the request of a local government. Engages a private consultant with the specific experience needed – successful economically & environmentally. Provides peer-to-peer assistance. All participants work partially probono. Engages community leaders & appropriate stakeholders. How SWAT Works •Coordinates with Collaborators to select projects •Identifies appropriate experts •Assembles project materials SWAT Collaborators •Advise on project selection & project execution SWAT Experts •Keeps abreast of potential projects – advises the Director •Works to encourage participation & project success •Work partially pro-bono •Peer-to-peer experts selected SWAT Experts • Applied Ecological Services – Brodhead, Wisc. & West Dundee, IL • JF New, Crete, IL • Conservation Design Forum, Elmhurst • JJR, Madison, Wisc. • Cowhey Gudmundson Leder SWAT Collaborators • • • • • • • • • Campaign for Sensible Growth The Conservation Foundation IDNR’s C2000 program McHenry County Conservation District &Foundation Metropolitan Planning Commission NIPC/CMAP Openlands Project Soil & Water Conservation Districts (Kane, Lake, McHenry) USFWS Comprehensive Plan–Village of Union Village of Union, McHenry County -Population less than 1,000 -Has no planning staff -Was at the developing fringe -North Branch of the Kishwaukee River is a sensitive natural resource -Flooding & water quality problems •Leveraged Village $ with SWAT assistance to develop a comp plan. •SWAT focused on stormwater management, conservation design, restoration, and use of native landscaping. State-of-the-art objectives were included in the final plan. •Union approved their plan and the companion SWAT document in November 2005. Performance Standards–Aurora Aurora’s Countryside Vision Immediate need for annexation agreement language to ensure that final developments would fulfill the vision. SWAT developed language for stormwater management, use of native landscaping, and general review of the preliminary plats. Successful Effort – Trim Creek Trim Creek, in Will & Kankakee Counties, is a tributary of the Kankakee River. SWAT assisted in developing the watershed plan by conducting the environmental assessments and making recommendations for restoration & protection. Green Infrastructure Individual Building Lot Scale Neighborhood Scale Municipal or County Scale Regional or Watershed Scale Regional Scale Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Visi Dodge Washington Ozaukee Muskegon Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision Ottawa Dane Jefferson Waukesha Milwaukee Racine Rock Walworth Kenosha Allegan Lake Michigan Winnebago Boone Mchenry Ê Lake Van Buren Ogle Kane Berrien De Kalb Ê Du Page Cook Lee SWAT is working at this scale in McHenry Co. St Joseph Kendall La Porte Bureau Will Porter Lake La Salle Marshall Grundy Starke Putnam Kankakee Pulaski Marshall Fulton Jasper Newton Livingston Iroquois Ford Woodford White Mclean 0 March 2004, J. Welch, RRPA_FINAL_Chicago 10 20 40 Miles Cass co la Municipal Scale Village of Campton Hills Green Infrastructure Map •Comprehensive Plan is now underway. •Green Infrastructure is the focus of the plan. •All other plan elements will be consistent with protecting GI. •CMAP has selected Campton Hills for an LTA grant so are assisting – leveraging dollars. Site Scale Applicable to both new projects and retrofits Crystal Lake is requiring infiltration BMPS in their most sensitive sub-watersheds. Bannockburn requires rain gardens. Municipal Projects-Permeable Pavement Kane County Government Building Bioswales Natural LandscapingCrate & Barrel Corporate Campus, Northbrook, IL For More Information CMAP website maintains information from SWAT workshops & project results: http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/sust ainable-watershed-action-team If interested in a SWAT project, contact Deanna Glosser at [email protected]