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Page 1: And Low Impact Development Success - Seattle.gov Home · Shoreline $1600 rain garden;conservation landscaping Lake Forest Park $1000 residential RG; $2000 community RG Bellingham

Green Gardening

And Low Impact DevelopmentSuccess

Page 2: And Low Impact Development Success - Seattle.gov Home · Shoreline $1600 rain garden;conservation landscaping Lake Forest Park $1000 residential RG; $2000 community RG Bellingham
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Survey of LID rebate programs in Puget Sound

Rain gardens clusters as an outreach tool

Rain Water Harvesting

Rain Garden Handbook for Western WA

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Success – Number of programs is increasing

Jurisdiction RebateOlympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Thurston Cty

$400 rain garden; stormwater fee reduction

City of Tacoma (retooling program) $2000 rain garden; stormwater fee reduction

Puyallup $7500 pervious pavers; $1000 rain garden

Kitsap County $1000 rain garden and menu of LID practices

Shoreline $1600 rain garden; conservation landscaping

Lake Forest Park $1000 residential RG; $2000 community RG

Bellingham $6000 rain garden Lake Whatcom area

Port Angeles $750 rain garden; $150 disconnect downspouts

Everett $2500 rain garden, North Everett areas

Kirkland Residential pilot with menu of LID practices

Seattle/King County RainWise $4500; rain garden and cisterns

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Puyallup rain gardens

Inspires community building

Uses resources efficiently

Measurable stormwater impact

Models are installed to scale

Leverages other programs

Creates partnerships

Success 

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8th Ave NW Puyallup

7 rain garden cluster in 2009; live radio show Gardening with Ciscoe

Cover story in This Old House Magazine; King 5 News coverage

13 rain gardens added 2010‐2012; PSE energy campaign

Green Street completed in 2013; 11 roadside rain gardens

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8th Ave NW Puyallup

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8th Ave NW Puyallup

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8th Ave NW Puyallup

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8th Ave NW Green Street

Before

After

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8th Ave NW Green Street‐‐ By The Numbers

Porous Asphalt Roadway

25’ wide, 630’ long

Permeable PaverSidewalk

5’ wide, 620’ long

Pervious Concrete Sidewalk

4’ wide, 620’ long

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8th Ave NW – Before

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8th Ave Green Street – After

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8th Ave Green Street – After

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Eatonville – The Rain Garden Capital

10 rain garden cluster along Orchard Ave 

37 rain gardens in multiple clusters 2009 ‐ 2014

High per capita concentration: Rain Garden Capital

Partnerships between several agencies and Town

PBS documentary series “Long Live the Kings”

NY Times cover story on adapting to climate change

LID centric comprehensive stormwater plan

Ciscoe Morris and Myrna Lopas

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Town of Eatonville Library

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PBS – Long Live the Kings

NAPA Auto Parts store rain gardens

Filming rain garden construction and planting 

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Eatonville Stormwater Plan

Partnership between Town and Nisqually Tribe

Updated draft 2003 plan with EPA $$ to Tribes

LID focused and prioritized capital projects list

Outreach and education campaign; partnership matrix

Increased stormwater rates and charges for maintenance

Capital program entirely grant funded; grant matrix

Prepared by AHBL

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Stormwater Plan Campaign

Educates and inspires residents to change behavior

Creates opportunities for all Eatonville residents to participate 

Informs and attracts outside investors and partnerships

Completes the funding and implements the capital and programmatic 

elements

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Stormwater Plan Campaign

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Stormwater Plan Collaboration

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Stormwater Plan Grants

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Capture and storage of rainwater

Includes rain tanks and rain gardens 

Beautiful landscape features and water storage

Storage for irrigation and drinking water

Prevent flooding and improve water quality

Create habitat and increase home values

Display at WA State Fair

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Water right permit not required 

Rain water to be used on site

Collected from existing structures 

Doesn’t  impair instream flows/water rights

205 Gallon Tanks

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530 gallon cisterns

1110 gallon cisterns

123,000 gallons/year4500 gallons of storage

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Google Earth Pro

RainWise Calculator

King County iMAP

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Thank you

And Low Impact Development