Integrated Resource Planning Kathleen Anglo City of Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation

114 Pages·2014·34 MB·English

Integrated Resource Planning
Kathleen Anglo
City of Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation
 Largest sub-watershed in
CRWD (5,054 acres) and
Saint Paul (4,000 acres)
 TB has highest flow of
any stormwater outlet in
Saint Paul (536M cu. Ft in
2013: 77% base flow)
 Saint Paul has the most
miles of shoreline of any
City along the Mississippi
River
 “Bringing Water Back” –
CRWD Goal
 The longest surface
stream segment in CRWD

Surface Stream
Piped Stream

Trout Brook Valley
1850s Historic Stream
Channel
Trout Brook Valley
MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Trout Brook: 1920s
 “Hundreds of acres have been added to the land area of St. Paul. within the past forty years by
the drainage or filling up of lakes and ponds. St. Paul’s splendid sewerage system is responsible
for draining many of these shallow ponds to the betterment, no doubt, of the salubrity of the
atmosphere and health of her citizens.” – History of St. Paul and Vicinity, Henry Anson Castle
Sewer Expansion
 “In our office, we are highway-conscious
because this is the way of the future”
 – Governor Orville Freeman, 1957
Highway Expansion
REDEVELOPMENT METRO DAYLIGHTING
PRESSURES GREENPRINT TRENDS