Green Infrastructure Projects Phase 1 of the Sewer System Improvement Program Presentation for the CAC Wastewater Subcommittee Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Saed Toloui and Raphael Garcia SSIP Green Infrastructure Project Managers Teresa Young Communications & Public Outreach 1
Presentation Agenda Sewer System Improvement Program Green Infrastructure Projects Overview History and development Planning approach Technologies Map of projects Chinatown Green Alleyway Wiggle Neighborhood Greenway Mission & Valencia Green Gateway Public Outreach & Engagement Approach Q&A 2
Sewer System Improvement Program Grey. System & Seismic Reliability & Redundancy SYSTEM & SEISMIC RELIABILITY & REDUNDANCY Green. Innovative INNOVATIVE STORMWATER Stormwater MANAGEMENT Management SOLUTIONS Solutions Clean. Protecting Our Bay & Pacific Ocean 3
Commission-Endorsed Levels of Service Goals + Provide a Compliant, Reliable, Resilient, & Flexible System that can Respond to Catastrophic Events + Integrate Green & Grey Infrastructure to Manage Stormwater + Provide Benefits to Impacted Communities + Modify the System to Adapt to Climate Change + Achieve Economic & Environmental Sustainability + Maintain Ratepayer Affordability 4
SSIP Improvements Improve System Reliability & Operationality Seismic Retrofit of Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Pump Stations Construction of New Biosolids Digester Facilities at Southeast Plant Building of Seismically Safe Tunnel from Mission Bay to the Southeast Plant Investment in Green Infrastructure 5
PHASE 1 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT LOCATIONS WESTSIDE BAYSIDE Chinatown Green Alley Northshore Watershed Richmond Watershed Wiggle Neighborhood Greenway Channel Watershed Sunset Watershed Mission & Valencia Green Gateway Islais Creek Watershed Lake Merced Watershed Yosemite Creek Watershed Sunnydale Watershed 6
Project Planning Approach
Green Roof Rain Garden Bioswale Permeable Paving
Chinatown Green Alley Existing Proposed Design Concept 9
PROJECT: CHINATOWN GREEN ALLEY HANG AH SPOFFORD ROSS BMP TPE
PROJECT: CHINATOWN GREEN ALLEY + Interagency Coordination SFDPW + Next Steps Initiate Public Outreach Topo + Utility Survey Hang Ah Existing Playground Spofford Develop Conceptual Design Alternatives Perform Detailed H&H Analysis Ross 11
Wiggle Neighborhood Greenway Existing Proposed Design Concept 12
PROJECT: WIGGLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY Phase 1: Fell & Oak Street Bulb Outs Phase 2: Wiggle + Interagency Coordination SFMTA, SFDPW, SF Planning Green Connections, CBSIP, SSIP + Current Status Phase 1 & 2 Conceptual Options Development Phase 1 Bracketing Opportunity (Range of Expected Performance and Targets) + Next Steps: Coordinating with Rec Park for Duboce Park GI Opportunity Currently Evaluating Conceptual Options, Utility Locations, GI Volume Yield Field Investigation in June: Geotechnical Analysis, Permeability Testing
PROJECT: WIGGLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY 14
PROJECT: WIGGLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY 15
Mission & Valencia Green Gateway Existing Proposed Design Design Concept Concept 16
PROJECT: MISSION/VALENCIA GREEN GATEWAY + Interagency Coordination SFPUC, SFMTA, SFDPW, SF Better Streets, SSIP, Sutter Health + Current Status: Conceptual Options Development Bracketing Opportunity (Range of Expected Performance and Targets) Evaluating Range Conceptual Options (Technologies, Alignments, etc.) + Next Steps: Refine Options Based on Cost/Benefit, Feasibility, Risk Assessment, etc. Public Outreach Meeting April 27th Field Investigation in June (Geotechnical Analysis, Permeability Testing)
PROJECT: MISSION/VALENCIA GREEN GATEWAY 18
Public Outreach & Engagement + Goals Coordinate with City agencies to better plan for project Meet with key stakeholder prior broader public outreach Increase in-person and online participation for community input Increase public education about sewer system, SSIP, green infrastructure, and urban watersheds Increase number of informed, engaged and champion stakeholders 19
Public Outreach & Engagement + Tools In person and online participation Guerilla marketing, word of mouth, online marketing Walking/biking tours and virtual tours Community open houses and interactive online surveys Print, online, social media platforms Neighborhood newspapers, Facebook, and Twitter + Metrics Attendance, website visits, online survey responses Google analytics Likes, shares, retweets 20
Get Involved! Unable to join us in-person? Participate online at sfwater.org/greeninfrastructure. 21
Questions? Project Managers Saed Toloui stoloui@sfwater.org; (415) 551-4586 Raphael Garcia rfgarcia@sfwater.org; (415) 551-4872 Communications & Public Outreach Teresa Young tyoung@sfwater.org; (415) 554-3274 22