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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program 2015 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (Annual Update)

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Education Theme for 2015 Honey, I Shrunk the Lawn! – In urban and suburban areas, lawns can be a significant contributor to nonpoint source pollution. Compacted soils, short-rooted turf grass and excessive use of fertilizers and other lawn care chemicals cause lawns to generate increased amounts of runoff, nutrients, pesticides and herbicides, all of which negatively impact the health of aquatic systems. By replacing portions of turfed, traditionally managed lawn area with native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and/or grasses, the negative impact of lawns on water quality is also reduced. Likewise, simple changes in lawn management practices can reduce the pollution contribution from lawns.

Beachwood Involvement / Education Event: Rain Barrel Workshop in Beachwood – Monday, April 20, 6:30-8pm - Community

Center – 25 people attended and made 18 rain barrels to take home and install

Education Activities: New Year New Lawn – Tuesday, March 31, 6:30-8:00pm – Beachwood Community

Center – renowned author speaking on alternatives to perfect green lawn, NEOPIPE – 101 attendees – great regional speaker event

Eaton Corp Health and Wellness Fair – Thursday, June 11, 11am-2pm – Eaton Corp – made 80 contacts and 37 people signed up to learn more about watershed and to enter rain barrel raffle

Tinkers Creek Watershed Festival, October 3, 9am-1pm – UH Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood – Euclid Creek information at table at event if we can get volunteers (conflicting

event, Mayfield Library Eco-Fair) – cancelled due to weather Beachwood Service Department Open Houses

Beachwood High School – monitoring at Acacia Reservation with Cleveland Metroparks

Beachwood Middle School – intern cut back phragmites in August

Before Phragmites Cut Back After – can see some native plants!


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Cleveland Involvement / Education Events: Wildwood Spring Cleanup (Wildwood, Villa Angela, Euclid Beach Parks) with

Metroparks - Saturday, May 16 – 10am-noon – 24 participants helped plant 20 trees and 20 seedlings, cleaned up rain garden and creek/park

Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out – July 16, 6:30-8:00pm - Collinwood Recreation Center – cancelled due to low enrollment

Wildwood Park Fall Cleanup Day - Bioswale and Wetland Activity with Metroparks– Saturday, September 19 – 10am-noon – 11 participants assisted with restoration

activities

Education Activities: Year of Clean Water Kickoff Event – Friday, January 23, 11:00am-2:00pm –

Watershed Collaboration table at event Sustainability Symposium - Cleve. Museum of Natural History – Saturday, February

7 – 9:00am-3:30pm – FOEC staffed Euclid Creek display at event – made 30 contacts

World Water Day at Greater Cleveland Aquarium – Thursday, March 20 9am-1:30pm with Drink Local Drink Tap (CLDT)

Proposed Riparian Setback Ordinance – letter sent to residents April 1, did not pass Council in 2015

Wildwood Bioswale Tour – Stop on Euclid Creek Watershed Tour as part of Cuyahoga RAP Green Infrastructure Tour – April 17th tour – 20 attendees

Euclid Beach Adopt-A-Beach monthly beach cleanups (Wildwood Park-Euclid Beach/Villa Angela) - organized by Stephen Love – monthly cleanups 3rd Sat. of month usually

2015 National Public Works & Safety Week Open House (NPWW) – Friday, May 22, CSWCD’s Education Specialist participated in day’s activities

Waterloo Arts Festival – June 27 – noon-7pm – FOEC was supposed to table event,

rained out

Euclid Beach Blast – Saturday, August 1 – 4:30-8:30pm - Euclid Creek display at event, made contact with 50 residents


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Great Lake Erie Boat Float – Saturday, September 12 – Edgewater Park – o Friends of Euclid Creek, Highland Heights Green Task Force, Mayfield High School,

Cleveland Metroparks collaboration again this year – weather crummy so group was not able to float boat in Lake Erie (this is the last year group wants to participate)

2015 Annual Sustainability Summit – 2015 Year of Clean Water Theme – Sept. 16-17, Cleveland Public Auditorium

Cleveland Stormwater Management Steering Committee o Serving on Steering Committee, ongoing quarterly meetings – attended 3/20 & 8/21

meetings

A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 18, 9:00am-2:30pm – Wildwood Park, Euclid Creek Reservation - details and photos under Watershed-wide events section below

Wildwood Lacustrine Restoration Project Tour – Farm Bureau – Aug. 254 – took 33

8th grade students on tour of wetland restoration project

Wildwood Lacustrine Restoration Project Tour - Hawken – Sept. 1 – took 33 8th grade

students on tour of wetland restoration project

Northeast Shores Development Corporation – watershed presentation to staff on Nov. 19

– 10 participants

E. 185th Transportation for Livable Communities (TLCI) Project – will participate in

project as meetings arise.


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Euclid Involvement / Education Events: Rain Garden – Spring Eagle Scout project to install rain garden at City Hall. Planning

meetings held with Eagle Scout candidate and installation happened over weekend of May 30, 10 scouts installed

Riparian Tree Distribution Event – 5 Euclid property owners enrolled

Education Activities: Larick Streams Presentation – Wednesday, June 10, 6:30-8:30pm, Euclid Public

Library E. 185th Transportation for Livable Communities (TLCI) Project – will participate in

project as meetings arise.

A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 18, 9:00am-2:30pm– Highland Picnic Area, Euclid Creek Reservation monitoring activity – details and photos under Watershed-wide events section below

Highland Heights

Involvement / Education Events: Rain Barrel Workshop and Compost Seminar – Tuesday, June 23, 6:30-8:30pm – 29

attendees learned about composting and made 16 rain barrels to take home and install

Riparian Tree Distribution Event – 11 Highland Heights property owners enrolled

Education Activities: Lions Club Meeting – presented on Watershed and ways to get involved at June 1

meeting, 13 attendees Highland Heights Community Day – Saturday, July 25 at Community Park


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Lyndhurst Involvement / Education Event: Rain Barrel Workshop at Acacia Reservation – Saturday, May 30 – 32 attendees

made 23 barrels to take home and install

Rain Barrel Workshop at Cleveland Clinic-Lyndhurst Campus – July 17 – 12

participants from Clinic-wide Green Team made 16 barrels

Riparian Tree Distribution Event – Thursday, April 30, 6:00-8:00pm; Saturday, May 2, 9:00am-noon. Lyndhurst Service Garage (enrollment required). 13 Lyndhurst residents enrolled.

Education Activities: Cleveland Metroparks Dam Modification project, GLRI funded – project and public

meetings around concept design in 2015 – project did not move forward

Arbor Day Planting at Acacia –activity led by Metroparks scheduled for April 25 – they planted several hundred trees with 50 volunteers

Lyndhurst Home Days – September 11-13 at Lyndhurst Park A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – July 18, 9:00am-2:30pm – Acacia monitoring

activity – details and photos under Watershed-wide events section below Wildwood Lacustrine Restoration Project Tour – Hawken Students – Sept. 1 – took

33 8th grade students on tour of wetland restoration project

Beachwood High School – monitoring at Acacia Reservation with Cleveland Metroparks


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Mayfield Heights Involvement / Education Events: Demonstration Rain Garden at Community Center – October 23 – installed 288 sf

rain garden with City and 10 Mayfield Middle School Student Council students and provided educational signage

Education Activities: Rockwell Automation Earth Day Fest, Mayfield Heights Office – April 21 – Euclid

Creek Table at event – FOEC volunteers made 35 contacts at event Hillcrest Hospital Earth Day Event – March 6 – Rain Barrel auctioned off at employee

event – 143 people bid on barrel! (collaborated with Highland Heights Green Task Force)

Mayfield Heights Community Unity Days – June 26-28 at City Park Brownie Troop Enviroscape Presentation at Lander Elementary – Oct. 26, 7pm – 7,

3rd grade brownies from Mayfield Heights and Mayfield Village

Mayfield Village

Involvement / Education Events: Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out Workshop – Wednesday, March 4 – 15

participants learned about green lawn care and indoor cleaning products that are natural. Education Activities: Mayfield Village Community Advisory Committee – January 20 – 7:00-9:00pm –

discussed overall watershed program and asked for ideas as to get Mayfield Village residents more involved in program and PIPE activities, 11 participants

EcoFair at Mayfield Library – Saturday, October 3 –– 10:00am-3:00pm – Watershed Collaboration table - 26 green groups participating, FOEC/Watershed Collaboration staffed

booth – made 72 contacts at EcoFair and 29 people pinned their watershed.


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Mayfield Village Green Infrastructure project at Civic Center – worked with Village and Chagrin River Watershed Partners and developed educational signage for project throughout spring/summer, installed in October 2015

Brownie Troop Enviroscape Presentation at Lander Elementary – Oct. 26, 7pm – 7, 3rd grade brownies from Mayfield Heights and Mayfield Village

Richmond Heights Involvement / Education Event:

City Hall Riparian Project Invasive Plant Removal Activity – July 29 - Cleveland YOU students removed invasive thistle and planted native plants at ends of project, but plants did not make it through hot August, 8 students and supervisor

Redstone Run Eagle Scout Project – monitoring

monarch waystations installed in 2014


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Stream Cleanup or Other activity – Judy Dearden mentioned buildup of trash on

Claribel Creek on bank of post office – someone cleaned it up Riparian Tree Distribution Event – 23 Richmond Heights property owners enrolled

Education Activities: Arbor Day Celebration – April 24 – 21 attendees – planted arbor day tree and read

resolution

FOEC/HHGTF meeting / Greenwood Farm Tour – Wednesday, August 5 –– 6:30-

8:30pm - Joint program between FOEC and Highland Heights Green Task Force – Topic:

Clean Water and Trees, Chad Clink, Community Forester with Holden Arboretum presenting – 45 participants in event.

Greenwood Farm's Annual Fall Fun Fest - September 19 – 1:00pm-5:00pm

o FOEC / Highland Heights Green Task Force shared booth at event, made 60 contacts


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South Euclid Involvement / Education Event: Green Cleaning for Inside and Out Workshop – at Community Center – October 29,

6:30-8:00pm, 15 participants

Riparian Tree Distribution Event – 34 South Euclid property owners enrolled

Education Activities: Rock the Block Event – Saturday, June 13 – Noon-8pm – no FOEC participation,

volunteering at Harvest Fest.

South Euclid Harvest Festival – September 12, 11am-3pm – FOEC table at event, made 30 contacts at event

South Euclid Green Infrastructure project in rear parking lot – developed educational signage for project in March 2015

All Watershed Education:

2015 Year of Clean Water – part of Sustainable Cleveland 2019 program – years focus on connecting people to water resources. Details on program year here: http://www.sustainablecleveland.org/celebration-topics/2015-clean-water/ - donated FOEC bling for sweepstakes/raffle

http://www.sustainablecleveland.org/celebration-topics/2015-clean-water/


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A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek Event – July 18, 9:00am-2:30pm – Wildwood

Park, Euclid Creek Reservation - lots of event planning meetings (5/19, 6/25, 7/16) 83 people participated in taking snapshot of the creek’s health with stops at Acacia

Reservation (chemistry monitoring), Highland Picnic Area - Euclid Creek Reservation (ECR) (macroinvertebrate) and Wildwood Park-ECR (chemistry and fish) focusing on different aspects of monitoring at each park.

Event Organizers: led by Cleveland Metroparks in partnership with Euclid Creek Watershed Program partners, NEORSD, Sierra Club Water Sentinels Program, Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program.

Website created as Program on Euclid Creek Watershed website

EarthFest at County Fairgrounds – Sun. April 19 -

worked Watershed Collaboration table and made 50 contacts in 2 hours. Participants love the ‘pin your watershed’ map.

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. Mr. Sawyer doing historical research to date.

Year in Review Watershed Presentation – Thursday, June 11, 6:30-8:00pm - Watershed Stewardship Center, Parma – 36 attendees - Watershed Coordinators receiving NEORSD Operating Support Grant funding presented on annual projects.


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Euclid Creek Watershed Program Meetings:

Euclid Creek Watershed Council Meetings (3/year) March 19 - Hosted by City of Euclid July 9 – Hosted by Richmond Heights (Greenwood Farm) November 12 – first Watershed Summit - combined watershed program meeting at

Beachwood Community Center, 5:00-7:00pm, 35 participants

PIPE Committee Meetings (2/year) March 7 - Hosted by City of Euclid – tour of Sims Park pier / Lakefront Plan discussion (11

attendees) July update – will email committee PIPE Work Plan update November 12 – first Watershed Summit - combined watershed program meeting at

Beachwood Community Center, 5:00-7:00pm, 35 participants (photos above)

Technical Committee Meetings (scheduled as needed) Winter (January 2016) meeting to go over Watershed Friendly Stream Maintenance Manual

and new phase 2Stormwater Permit requirements

Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program Committee Meeting Training as part of A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event on 7/18

Friends of Euclid Creek General Meeting and/or Board Meetings (monthly) Watershed Coordinator project and event update at monthly meetings - Participated in

meetings: 1/3, 1/21, 2/3, 2/19, 3/3, 3/18, 4/7, 5/5, 6/3, 8/5, 9/1, 10/6, 12/1, 12/16


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Monthly Storm Water Tips to Watershed Communities: January Tip – New Year, New Lawn Attitude tip – distributed on 1/16 February Tip – Fall in Love with your Yard tip – distributed on 2/5 March Tip – Mowing March Madness tip – distributed on 3/2 April Tip – Hop To It, Get Outside – distributed on 4/1 May Tip – Mother Earth – Treat Mom Right – distributed on 5/5 June Tip – Give Dad a Break – distributed on 6/3 July Tip – Independence from Chemicals – distributed on 7/1 August Tip - Dogs Days of Summer September Tip - Don't Labor Over Your Lawn October Tip - Mulching Leaves Isn't a Trick. It's a Treat for your Lawn November Tip - Be Thankful for a Healthy Lawn December Tip - Give Your Lawn the Gift of Good Health Winter Tip - Hold the Salt-and Other Watershed Protection Tips

Annual Education Poster: Upcoming in Summer deliverable

Euclid Creek Newsletters: Issued Winter Newsletter (emailed to distribution list of 1,648 mailed to 224 Watershed

Council and Friends of Euclid Creek contacts), 1/6 Issued Spring Newsletter (emailed to distribution list of 1,496 mailed to 224 Watershed

Council and Friends of Euclid Creek contacts), 4/10 Issued Summer Newsletter (emailed to distribution list of 1,507 mailed to 224 Watershed

Council and Friends of Euclid Creek contacts), 8/31

Materials for Communities’ Displays: Distribute print materials to Communities with educational materials related to PIPE Annual

Theme and newsletters three times a year: Delivered to communities 1/6, 4/20, 9/2

Targeted Mailing: Shrink Your Lawn – Landscaping with Native Plants Brochure – mailed out in

December 2015 – to 10% households in watershed council communities

City # Households Receiving Brochure

Cleveland (not part of Euclid Creek Program)

16,749

Beachwood 507

Cleveland - Euclid Creek 894

Euclid 2,438

Highland Heights 340

Lyndhurst 665

Mayfield Heights 984

Mayfield Village 155

Richmond Heights 486

South Euclid 954


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Streamside Property Owner Targeted Mailing (Lake Erie Protection Fund grant-funded project) - Mailing to 1,421 streamside property owners as part of Lake Erie Protection Fund Grant (103 enrollees – 7.3% response rate) in January 2015

Mailed to

Enrollees

Picked up

plants

Mailer response

rate

39 BEACHWOOD 0 0 0.00%

9 CLEVELAND 0 0 0.00%

64 EUCLID 5 6 7.81%

206 HIGHLAND HEIGHTS 11 10 5.34%

194 LYNDHURST 13 17 6.70%

0 MAYFIELD HEIGHTS 0 0 0.00%

6 MAYFIELD VILLAGE 0 0 0.00%

28 PEPPER PIKE 0 0 0.00%

453 RICHMOND HEIGHTS 23 19 5.08%

197 SOUTH EUCLID 34 26 17.26%

222 WILLOUGHBY HILLS 17 12 7.66%

1418

103 90

Broadcast Emails to Euclid Creek Distribution list: monthly eblasts sent out on 1/6, 2/13 (first one with new format), 3/18, 4/10, 5/13, 6/9, 7/6,

9/1, 9/29, 11/30, 12/24 Facebook 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.

Twitter Account created for Friends of Euclid Creek Still not entirely sure the value, but trying to input information regularly!

Volunteer Hours dedicated to program in 2015

912 volunteers - 3,082 volunteer hours - monetary value of $71,101!

PIPE Committee Work Plan approved by PIPE Committee at March 13 meeting in Cleveland.

Copies of all articles/education materials at www.EuclidCreekWatershed.org under ‘About Us’ then ‘Euclid Creek Watershed Council’

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