North Central Conservation District
Project Partners Meeting #2
June 16, 2023
GIS Data Gathering and Review (ongoing)
− Existing watershed characteristics & conditions
− Support desktop screening of GI opportunities and watershed plan update
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GIS data requests submitted to MDC and watershed municipalities
Finish compiling project GIS database • Research and develop inventory of public (city and state) and institutional properties in project area for potential GI project opportunities
Identify and map locations of existing and planned stormwater retrofits (MS4 and other projects)
Research ongoing and planned projects & capital improvements
Updating Watershed Mapping (ongoing)
− Developed list of watershed maps and data layers
− Compiling GIS data
Preliminary existing conditions watershed plan maps (by next meeting)
− Feedback from CT DEEP and EPA
− Role of GIS Story Map
5 – Public Outreach & Community Engagement • Planning for Upcoming Public Outreach and Community Engagement Events
− Update from Mary Pelletier and Walker Holmes
• Project Partner Meeting Schedule (Friday, 9-10 AM)
− June 16th (today’s meeting)
− August 18th
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October 13th
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December 8th
− 4 additional meetings in 2024 (date and times to be determined) or another meeting added during autumn of 2023 depending upon development of project content
Project Partners
Organizations with a direct or indirect role in implementing projects that emerge from this project and the watershed plan update.
• Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule
(Thursday, 2-3 PM)
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June 15th (yesterday)
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August 17th
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October 12th
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December 7th
− 2 additional meetings in 2024 (date and times to be determined)
• Project Partners invited to attend Advisory Committee meetings to provide direct discussion of technical issues with various stakeholder groups
Project Advisory Committee
Broader set of stakeholders representing the neighborhoods and communities in the North Branch Park River watershed. Advisory Committee meetings will assist in gathering input and evolve a comprehensive, "big picture" for how neighborhoods along the riparian corridor can benefit from improved ecosystem functionality along the North Branch - as well as identify appropriate, safe access (if simply a scenic view) to the volatile (flooding) and often contaminated North Branch.
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North Branch Park River Drainage Study
− Sewer Separation Sewer Design (Granby Street and Blue Hills Avenue)
City of Hartford
− North Branch Park River debris removal efforts
− CT DEEP Climate Resilience Fund Grant (Citywide flooding/climate resiliency assessment)
CT DEEP
CRCOG (CT DEEP Grant – Stormwater Authority Feasibility Assessments)
UConn CLEAR (Community Engagement/North End Flooding)
EPA Region 1 & UNH Stormwater Center (Granby Street Green Infrastructure Design)
− GIS utility data requests (MDC and Municipalities)
− Other discussion items?
Priority GI
− Finish data gathering and review
− Complete research ongoing and planned projects & capital improvements
− Desktop GI screening
− Develop updated existing conditions mapping
Stakeholder Engagement
− Begin public outreach and community engagement
North Central Conservation District
Contacts:
Joanna Shapiro jshapiro@conservect.org
Erik Mas emas@fando.com
Mary Rickel Pelletier maryp@parkwatershed.org
Walker Holmes walker.holmes@tpl.org