NORTHWEST MASTER PLAN--Update

Presented to OSAB: June 6, 2012

Update
1. Survey of Properties 2. SmartCode Regulating Plan 3. Low-Impact Development Engineeringfor Arroyos 4. Conservation Options

Update
1. Survey of Properties

Survey(s)

210 acres donated to State Park in 2009

Survey(s)
1. Property Boundary

Survey(s)
1. Property Boundary 2. Developed Land Survey

Survey(s)
1. Property Boundary 2. Developed Land Survey 3. Define Arroyos

Survey(s)
1. Property Boundary 2. Developed Land Survey 3. Define Arroyos 4. Land for Conservation Additional Cost for Survey Work: $16,000

Update
1. Survey of Properties 2. SmartCode Regulating Plan

Zoning in Place

Illustrative Plan

Illustrative plan

Regulating Plan

Transects

Public Facilities

Playgrounds

Thoroughfare DesignStreet Network

Specific designs to encourage walking, biking & vehicular mobility

Neighborhoods

Neighborhood green facing the Franklin Mountains

Access

Trailhead on neighborhood edge

Update
1. Survey of Properties 2. SmartCode Regulating Plan 3. Low-Impact Development Engineeringfor Arroyos

Illustrative Plan

Low Impact Development

Low Impact Development

Low Impact Development

Unless accounted for in some way, the velocity of stormwater can become quite destructive. We all know that rainwater washing off our roofs, sidewalks, asphalt and other impermeable surfaces races downhill. Our urban development has removed many features that can soak-up and otherwise handle stormwater: plants, natural ground, natural swales in the landscape and so forth. Just like the development that has created urban sprawls of cul-de-sacs and strip malls, smart growth development (although it addresses density and quality of life issues while preserving more natural features) does not address stormwater management. So, whatever the development may be along arroyos, that development impacts water flow in the arroyos and engineers will all tell you that

arroyos need to be modified in some way to provide flood control.

A tool for preserving natural features such as arroyos in their natural state is green infrastructure/low impact development which employs more pocket parks and linear parks and shallow depressions to manage stormwater rather than one big drain the arroyo itself. --Jim Tolbert, El Paso Naturally

Low Impact Development

1. LID/Green Infrastructure Concepts & Design Guidelines for Arroyos

2. Proposals from: 1. Sites SouthwestAlbuquerque 2. Crabtree EngineeringColorado 3. CEA GroupEl Paso Additional Cost of $50,000 & 45-60 Days

Update
1. Survey of Properties 2. SmartCode Regulating Plan 3. Low-Impact Development Engineeringfor Arroyos 4. Conservation Options

Conservation Options 1. Partnership w/ State Park 2. Dedicating as City Park 3. Conservation Covenant 4. Conservation Easement

Conservation Option:

State Park

STRENGTHS
1. Perpetual Protection 2. Historic Precedent 3. Good Steward 4. Enhances Existing Amenity 5. Identifiable Funding Source 10. Reverts Back to City 6. Experience Managing Open Space 7. On Site Park RangersExisting 8. Contiguous Boundary 9. Part of State Management Plan 1994

Conservation Option:
CONSIDERATIONS:
1. Must Follow State Regulations 2. Still Needs Legislative Approval--2013

State Park

3. Fees Assessed to Public (Waivers for Educational, Military, Nonprofits, Religious Group) 4. Increase Funding

Next Steps
1. Present City Council Options June 19, 2012 2. Conduct Surveys 3. LID Engineering 4. SmartCode *from July 1, 2012 30-45 Days* 45-60 Days* 45-60 Days*

NORTHWEST MASTER PLAN--Update

Presented to OSAB: June 6, 2012