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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program 2016 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (June Update)

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Education Theme for 2016 Lake Erie Starts Here – education related to direct tributaries to Lake Erie and their impact on the great lake and things you can do on property.

Beachwood

Involvement / Education Event: Rain Barrel Workshop and Compost Seminar – Thursday, May 26, 6:30-8:30pm – 34

attendees learned about composting (photo below) and made 15 rain barrels to take home and install

Education Events: Rain Barrel program Mandel Jewish Day School – Thursday, March 10 –

Beachwood’s Vild presented on rain barrels to 47 6th grade students – ECWP, donated demonstration rain barrel to school

Entrovation CLE – Sat., April 30 - 11am-6pm - first year at High School and on a Saturday – FOEC and Doan Brook volunteers made 60 contacts at event (attendees pinned their watershed – map below)

Eaton Health and Wellness Fair – Wednesday, June 15 – Tinkers and Mill Creek

watersheds worked event on behalf of CLEB/Euclid Creek and made 50 contacts Beachwood Service Department Open Houses (“Honking and Hauling” theme)


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Cleveland Involvement / Education Events: Wildwood Spring Cleanup with Metroparks - Saturday, May 14 – 10am-noon, 10

volunteers cleaned up 15 bags of trash and removed erosion netting (photo below)

Wildwood Park Fall Cleanup Day - Bioswale and Wetland Activity with Metroparks– Saturday, September 17 – 10am-noon

Education Events: Wildwood Restoration Project Tour – Tuesday, May 24 – 15 Laurel School

juniors/seniors learned about restoration and watershed issues as part of ‘How Great is Lake Erie’ class tour

Wildwood Restoration and Park Tour – Friday, June 3 – 21 Girl Scouts taken on tour of Wildwood with FOEC member / plant expert

2016 National Public Works & Safety Week Open House (NPWW) – Friday, May 20 – Cuyahoga SWCD participated – provided lesson plans to 4 school groups

Euclid Beach Blast – Cancelled this year Euclid Beach Adopt-A-Beach monthly beach cleanups (Wildwood Park-Euclid

Beach/Villa Angela) - organized by Stephen Love – monthly-ish cleanups Cleveland Stormwater Management Steering Committee

o Serving on Steering Committee, ongoing meetings ~ bimonthly A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 16, 9:00am-2:30pm – Wildwood Park,

Euclid Creek Reservation Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Hike Series –Euclid Creek Reservation-

Wildwood Park hike - Tuesday, September 6, 6:30-8:00pm – 1.5 miles


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Euclid Involvement / Education Events: Green Creek Ecological Inventory - led by Roy Larick, with support from NEORSD

and Euclid Creek o Saturday, June 11 and Saturday June 18 – finished up measuring large trees

for ravine inventory (Dominion/WRLC Watershed Grant funded project)

Green Creek Planting/Cleanup – with Euclid Schools if Royal Bank of Canada

application funded (will hear in April) o Sat., June 18 cleanup led by City of Euclid – 3 participants o Fall Cleanup led by City of Euclid o Fall Planting led by City of Euclid and EC Watershed Coordinator

Education Events: Lakeland Civic Association – Thursday, April 7 – presentation on Rain Barrels to

community group, 37 attendees Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Hike Series –Euclid Creek Reservation-

Highland area hike - Tuesday, May 3 – discussed watershed and wildflowers – 21 attendee

Illegal Dumping Calls – multiple calls from resident of apartment building about dumping in forest behind parking lot and call from resident watching company dump in storm drain – coordinated response with City as lead

Fullerwood Neighborhood Association – Thursday, June 30 – presentation on Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens

Sims Park Beach Adopt-A-Beach cleanups - organized by Anne Roberto - monthly cleanups, Sunday mornings


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Highland Heights Involvement / Education Events: Green Cleaning for Inside and Out Workshop – at Community Center – July 21,

6:30-8:30pm - in partnership with Highland Heights Green Task Force Education Events: Bishop/Hawthorne site – plant success monitoring June 3 Highland Heights Community Day – Saturday, July 23 at Community Park

Lyndhurst

Involvement / Education Event: Rain Barrel Workshop at Acacia Reservation – Saturday, June 4, 26 participants put

together 23 rain barrels

Education Events: Cleveland Metroparks Acacia Dam Modification project, GLRI funded – project and

public meetings around concept design in 2016 o Pond Design Presentation / public meeting led by Cleveland Metroparks at

Acacia, March 20, 50 attendees Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Hike Series – Saturday, June 18 -

Cleveland Clinic-Lyndhurst Campus hike and talk about restoration, storm water issues – 25 attendees

Rain Garden resident call – follow up discussion with city about ordinances prohibiting rain garden installation / downspout disconnection, May/June

A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 16, 9:00am-2:30pm – Acacia monitoring activity

Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Hike Series – Tuesday, August 2 (7-8:30pm) & Saturday, November 5 (9:30-11am) - Acacia Reservation hikes and talk about restoration work , 2.5 miles

Lyndhurst Home Days – September 9-11 at Lyndhurst Park


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Mayfield Heights Involvement / Education Events: City Park Girl Scouts Cleanup – Saturday, April 16 - 22 Girl Scouts and troop leaders

in troops 70637, 70814, 70453 and 70454 participated in cleanup and planting (photos below)

Mayfield High School Rain Barrel Art project – fall project with high school art class Education Events: Hillcrest Hospital Earth Day event – April 19, 11am-2:30pm, talked about stormwater

and watershed issues with 300 employees at Euclid Creek table Rockwell Automation Earth Day Fest, Mayfield Heights Office – April 20, 11am-

1:30pm– Euclid Creek Table at event – Joe Newman and Rick Glady (FOEC) made contact with 76 people

Stormwater Management Plan update meetings with City staff – May 17 Mayfield Heights Community Unity Days – June 24-26 at City Park

Mayfield Village

Involvement / Education Events: Planting Activity – working on logistics for fall activity Education Events: Stormwater Management Plan update meetings with Village staff – January 29 and

February 5 EcoFair at Mayfield Library – every other year (2017 next fair)


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Richmond Heights Involvement / Education Event: Demonstration Pollinator Garden Girl Scouts Installation and Bioswale Cleanup at

Greenwood Farm – Friday, April 15 - 38 Girl Scouts Troops 70075, 71597 installed prairie and Troops 70644, 71597 and 70633 participated in bioretention cleanups (photos below) Prairie Installation photos (before/after)

Bioswale Cleanup


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Education Events: Redstone Run site – plant success monitoring June 3 A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 16, 9:00am-2:30pm– Greenwood Farm

monitoring activity and tour of Green Infrastructure project Redstone Run– invasives treatment in 2016 (EnviroScience $500 for year) City Hall Re-Leaf Project – invasives strategy to develop for 2016 (see what

EnviroScience quote is to treat first and what Cuyahoga AOC coordinating) Signage for Richmond Heights Streams

Received funding for Richmond Heights Watershed signage (FOEC/NEORSD Service Agreement) – up to 16 signs to mark 4 named tributaries in Richmond Heights in 2016

Similar in design to existing Euclid Creek signs – will work with Richmond Heights on that

Greenwood Farm's Annual Fall Fun Fest - September ? – 1:00pm-5:00pm FOEC watershed educational booth at event?

South Euclid

Involvement / Education Event: Nine Mile Wetland Girl Scouts Cleanup – Saturday, April 16 - 24 Girl Scouts from

Troops 70120, 70776 and 70887 participated in wetland cleanup (photos below) Education Events: Rock the Block Event - Saturday, June 18, noon-9pm – couldn’t recruit enough

volunteers to participate South Euclid Harvest Festival – September 10 – 11am-3pm – recruiting for

volunteers now Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Hike Series – Saturday, October 8, 1-

3pm - Lyndhurst/S. Euclid walk-Schaeffer Park off Professor Rd. – neighborhood hike, 3.0 miles


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All Watershed Events / Education:

EarthFest 2016 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea – Sunday, April 17, Watershed Collaboration display at event, FOEC volunteer worked 1 shift, made 30 contacts

Friends of Euclid Creek 15 Year Anniversary Celebration Events Throughout Year – 15 miles for FOEC – 7 hikes planned totaling 15 miles to participate in:

May 3, 6:30-8pm, Euclid Creek Reservation-Highland parking lot, 2.5 miles

Jun 18, 9:30-11am, Cleveland Clinic - Lyndhurst Campus, 2

Jul 16, 12:30-1:15pm, A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek @ Wildwood Park, 1.0 mile

Aug 2, 7-8:30pm, Acacia Reservation-Cedar Rd. parking lot, 2.5 miles

Sept 6, 6:30-8 pm, Euclid Creek Reservation-Wildwood parking lot, 1.5 miles

Oct 8, 1-3pm, Lyndhurst/S. Euclid walk-Schaefer Park off Professor Rd., 3.0 miles

Nov 5, 9:30-11am, Acacia Reservation-Cedar Rd. parking lot, 2.5 miles

Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event (July 21) – FOEC sponsoring event Euclid Creek Watershed Summit (October 6) – FOEC sponsoring event

A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek Event – July 16, 9:00am-2:30pm – Wildwood Park & Highland Picnic Area, Euclid Creek Reservation & Acacia Reservation Event planning meetings – 3/15, 4/11, 7/12

Stream Naming Project – Euclid Creek Watershed resident, Charles Sawyer, to research and propose stream names for unnamed streams in Euclid Creek. Mr. Sawyer and Ms. Posius will coordinate on how to outreach on effort to streamside property owners, Watershed Council communities, etc.

Stormwater Control Measure (formerly known as BMP) Trainings will be offered by CSWCD staff to PIPE communities that have features in

community (detention/retention basins, bioretention, permeable pavement, green roofs…) to train those maintaining features

Letters sent to communities late February: have heard from Beachwood, Euclid, Highland Heights, Mayfield Heights and South Euclid

Targeted Streamside Property Owner Mailing Building off of 2015 riparian planting brochure Designing brochure for streamside property owners – annual deliverable – first

one to be on most egregious issue – illegal dumping, then on to who owns stream, addressing invasives in your riparian area, planting on steep/bedrock slopes, protection/reestablishing riparian buffer… – other streamside issues you all see?

Funding through FOEC/NEORSD Service Agreement

Targeted Mailing Property Owners with Large Lots and room to reduce grass or impervious Letter to see if property owner wants to reduce impervious or grass for green

infrastructure or native plant meadow or more watershed friendly practice and offer to provide technical assistance

Euclid Creek Watershed Program Meetings: Euclid Creek Watershed Council Meetings (3/year) March 24 - Hosted by City of South Euclid – 15 participants June 23 – Hosted by City of Cleveland October 6 – 2nd Watershed Summit – Mayfield Village new Community Center PIPE Committee Meetings (2/year) February 12 - Hosted by City of Richmond Heights


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June email update October 6 – 2nd Watershed Summit – Mayfield Village new Community Center Technical Committee Meetings (scheduled as needed) January 26, Mayfield Village - Phase 2 TMDL/SWMP and Watershed friendly

Stream Maintenance workshop - 14 attendees Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program Committee Meeting Training as part of A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event Friends of Euclid Creek General Meeting and/or Board Meetings (monthly) Watershed Coordinator project and event update at monthly meetings – Participated in board meetings: 3/15, 4/11 Participated in Anniversary planning meetings: 3/10, 5/17 Participated in membership meetings/hikes: 3/1, 4/5, 5/3, 5/17, 6/7, 6/18

Quarterly Stormwater Tips to Watershed Communities: 1st Tip – Lake Erie Starts Here – distributed on 2/8 Annual Education Poster: Upcoming in Summer deliverable Euclid Creek Newsletters: Issued Winter Newsletter - 12/24/15 and delivered to communities on 1/4/16 Issued Spring Newsletter – 4/19/16 Targeted PIPE Mailing: Annual mailing will be sent to 10% of Watershed Community's households in

Summer

Broadcast Emails to Euclid Creek Distribution list: monthly eblasts to be sent out Facebook / Twitter page for Friends of Euclid Creek Provide weekly or more frequent updates on events/conferences, interesting water

related articles/news/facts, and partners’ related events.

Volunteer Hours dedicated to program to date: 786

Work Plan approved by PIPE Committee at February 12 meeting in Richmond Heights.

Blue Text: Events that occurred since last PIPE update report Black Text: Events Past Red: Events Upcoming

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