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1 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet Location: S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ 0706 Site Use: Park Watershed Name: Elizabeth River Ward: West Green Infrastructure Description: Rain garden Targeted Pollutants: total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total suspended solids (TSS) in surface runoff Estimated Stormwater Captured and Treated Per Year: Rain garden: ~ 34,557 gallons Implementation Date: 6/4/6 Green Infrastructure System: one () 400 sq. ft. rain garden Drainage Area: ~,600 sq. ft. (roadway) Funding Sources: NJ Department of Environmental Protection 39(h) grant Partners/Stakeholders: Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program, Essex County Parks, Unified Vailsburg Services Organization, and Newark DIG Appendix A: Site Visit pre Installation condition Appendix B: Digital design renderings Appendix C: A-built Design Plan Appendix D: Vailsburg Park Seven Site Design Pla Appendix E: Project Completed Photograph of green infrastructure practice

2 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Vailsburg Park Appendix A: Site Photograph 5//05

3 Project Site April, 05

4 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Vailsburg Park Appendix B: Site Renderings 08/04 /05

5 Design Renderings September 4, 05

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8 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Vailsburg Park Appendix C: As-built Design Plan

9 PLAN NOTES:. CONTRACTOR SHALL SCHEDULE MEETING WITH ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION.. CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL INFORMATION INCLUDING ELEVATIONS AND UTILITIES PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION. 3. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING REQUIRED APPROVALS FROM AUTHORITIES WITH JURISDICTION OVER PROPOSED WORK. 4. CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE AND CONFIRM PROJECT SCHEDULE AND WORKING HOURS WITH ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER AND PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. 5. CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE UTILITY MARK OUT PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION. 6. CONTRACTOR SHALL DEMO AND REMOVE ALL EXISTING ASPHALT PAVING AS SHOWN ON PLAN. 7. CONTRACTOR SHALL HAUL REMOVED DEBRIS OFF SITE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY PROPERTY OWNER. LEGEND: EXISTING TREELINE EDGE OF PAVEMENT EXISTING CENTERLINE LIMIT OF WORK EXISTING BUILDING CHRISTOPHER C. OBROPTA, Ph.D., P.E. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER - NJ LICENSE # 3753 DATE 08/7/5 DATE APPROVED CCO CHECKED KWG DRAWN ACC STONE-LINED CHANNEL ' 0.0' PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #8 (400 SF) RAIN GARDEN BERM ELEV. = 00.0' 3 DT- REVISIONS No. DATE DESCRIPTION EP VN PLANT LIST QUANTITY SIZE " PLUG " PLUG " PLUG " PLUG " PLUG PLANT SPECIES LIST Perennials EP Echinacea purpurea JE Juncus effusus LS Lobelia siphilitica RF Rudbeckia fulgida VN Veronia novaboracensis N 0 0' 0' SCALE " = 0'-0" SITE PLAN VAILSBURG PARK WILDFLOWER MEADOWS NEWARK PHASE II 39(H) S MUNN AVENUE, NEWARK ESSEX COUNTY, NJ PROPOSED SITE PLAN #3 RF JE LS EP SHEET # P-4 PLANTING PLAN TOTAL # OF SHEETS

10 SHEET # TOTAL # OF SHEETS 5 VAILSBURG PARK WILDFLOWER MEADOWS NEWARK PHASE II 39(H) S MUNN AVENUE, NEWARK ESSEX COUNTY, NJ RAIN GARDEN DETAILS REVISIONS No. DATE DESCRIPTION CHRISTOPHER C. OBROPTA, Ph.D., P.E. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER - NJ LICENSE # 3753 DATE 08/7/5 DRAWN ACC CHECKED KWG APPROVED CCO DATE

11 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Vailsburg Park Appendix D: Design Plan

12 3 STONE-LINED CHANNEL 56.00' 6.00' 45.00' PLAN NOTES:. CONTRACTOR SHALL SCHEDULE MEETING WITH ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION.. CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL INFORMATION INCLUDING ELEVATIONS AND UTILITIES PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. 3. CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL PROPOSED MATERIALS WITH PROPERTY OWNER AND ENGINEER PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION. 4. CONTRACTOR SHALL STAKE OUT LOCATIONS OF PROPOSED RAIN GARDENS, STONE CHANNELS, AND TRENCH DRAIN AND OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM ENGINEER PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. 5. CONTRACTOR SHALL INSTALL CONVENTIONAL ASPHALT AS SHOWN ON PLAN. THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE MIXING PLANT, HAULING AND PLACING EQUIPMENT, AND INSTALLATION SHALL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH NAPA IS 3 AND THE NJDOT STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, 007 OR LATEST VERSION. 6. CONTRACTOR SHALL GRADE SITE AS SHOWN ON PLAN. CUT SOIL SHALL BE REUSED ON SITE FOR FILL LOCATIONS. 7. CONTRACTOR SHALL HAUL EXCESS SOIL OFF SITE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY PROPERTY OWNER. 8. ALL FINISHED ELEVATIONS SHALL MATCH ADJOINING PAVEMENT ENSURING SMOOTH TRANSITIONS AND NO TRIPPING HAZARDS. 9. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESTORING ALL AREAS DISTURBED DURING CONSTRUCTION TO ORIGINAL CONDITIONS. NOTE : STONE SHALL BE COMPRISED OF 3"-5" DIAMETER CLEAN, WASHED RIVER STONE. ALL AREAS OF EROSION PROTECTION STONE SHALL BE UNDERLAIN WITH GEOTEXTILE FABRIC (GEOTEX 80 BY PROPEX OR APPROVED EQUIVALENT). LEGEND: EXISTING TREELINE EDGE OF PAVEMENT EXISTING CENTERLINE LIMIT OF WORK EXISTING BUILDING CHRISTOPHER C. OBROPTA, Ph.D., P.E. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER - NJ LICENSE # 3753 DATE 08/7/5 DATE APPROVED CCO CHECKED KWG DRAWN ACC PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN # (560 SF) ELEV. = 00.0' PLANT LIST QUANTITY SIZE PLANT SPECIES LIST MIX 6 MIX GALLON Perennials Wildflower Shrubs MP Myrica pensylvanica REVISIONS No. DATE DESCRIPTION DT- PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN # (700 SF) 38.50' 6.00' 38.00' ELEV. = 00.0' STEPPING STONES 3 VAILSBURG PARK WILDFLOWER MEADOWS NEWARK PHASE II 39(H) S MUNN AVENUE, NEWARK ESSEX COUNTY, NJ PROPOSED SITE PLAN # 5.00' DT- PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #3 (500 SF) MP STEPPING STONES MP ELEV. = 00.0' 75.00' N 0 0' 0' SCALE " = 0'-0" SITE PLAN SHEET # P- TOTAL # OF SHEETS 5

13 PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #4 (370 SF).50' 35.00' ELEV. = 00.0' 4 PLAN NOTES:. CONTRACTOR SHALL SCHEDULE MEETING WITH ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION.. CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL INFORMATION INCLUDING ELEVATIONS AND UTILITIES PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION. 3. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING REQUIRED APPROVALS FROM AUTHORITIES WITH JURISDICTION OVER PROPOSED WORK. 4. CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE AND CONFIRM PROJECT SCHEDULE AND WORKING HOURS WITH ENGINEER AND PROPERTY OWNER AND PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. 5. CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE UTILITY MARK OUT PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION. 6. CONTRACTOR SHALL DEMO AND REMOVE ALL EXISTING ASPHALT PAVING AS SHOWN ON PLAN. 7. CONTRACTOR SHALL HAUL REMOVED DEBRIS OFF SITE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY PROPERTY OWNER. LEGEND: EXISTING TREELINE EDGE OF PAVEMENT EXISTING CENTERLINE LIMIT OF WORK EXISTING BUILDING CHRISTOPHER C. OBROPTA, Ph.D., P.E. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER - NJ LICENSE # 3753 DATE 08/7/5 DATE APPROVED CCO CHECKED KWG DRAWN ACC 3 STONE-LINED CHANNEL PLANT LIST QUANTITY SIZE PLANT SPECIES LIST MIX 6 MIX GALLON Perennials Wildflower Shrubs MP Cornus Sericea ELEV. = 00.0' 5 7 REVISIONS No. DATE DESCRIPTION PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #5 (040 SF) 30.00' 0.00' CS 55.00' 3 STONE-LINED CHANNEL PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #7 (450 SF) 33.00' 35.00' 0.00' ELEV. = 00.0' VAILSBURG PARK WILDFLOWER MEADOWS NEWARK PHASE II 39(H) S MUNN AVENUE, NEWARK ESSEX COUNTY, NJ PROPOSED SITE PLAN # 3 STONE-LINED CHANNEL 6 3 DT- PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN #6 (400 SF) 40.00' ELEV. = 00.0' 0.0' N 0 0' 0' SHEET # P-3 SCALE " = 0'-0" TOTAL # OF SHEETS SITE PLAN 5

14 Vailsburg Park Green Infrastructure Information Sheet S Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Vailsburg Park Appendix E: Project Completed Photograph of green infrastructure practice

15 Project Completed June 7, 06

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