TITLE
Title
APPROVE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ROCK CREEK STREAMBANK STABILIZATION PROJECT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE NC WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT GRANT
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
J. Leslie Bell (Millie Langley)
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BACKGROUND
Background
Along the Stoney Creek Homeowners Association (HOA) nature trail, approximately fifty (50) linear feet of the right bank of Rock Creek has failed, possibly as a result of the removal of streambank vegetation during routine maintenance of the City of Greensboro sanitary sewer easement/line. In an effort to mitigate and repair the damaged portion of the streambank, the Piedmont Conservation Council, via a partnership with the Stoney Creek HOA, the City of Greensboro and the Guilford Soil and Water Conservation District, would like to submit a NC Water Resources Development Grant application to the NC Department of Environmental Quality to secure cost-share grant funding for the repair (see attached conceptual design).
Action items include the following:
- Restoring the right streambank back to its original location with clean fill material;
- Armouring the restored right streambank with a technique known as toe wood which also provides good in-stream fish habitat;
- Building a J-Hook boulder structure just upstream of the meander bend to help reduce near-bank stress by redirecting higher velocity flows towards the center of the channel; and
- Removing bank material from the channel.
As this is a cost-share grant, the Piedmont Conservation Council will mange the grant proposal and overall administration of the grant. The City of Greensboro tentatively has committed to both in-kind services and/or donated materials/services (attached), as needed, based on project scope. The Stoney Creek HOA is committing to securing, at minimum, private funds while the Guilford Soil and Water Conservation District contribution will be in the form of potential Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP) funding. CCAP is a ...
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