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Allen's Creek Stormwater Initiative

March 3, 2008 - Project Maps
For those of you that would like to preview materials to be presented Monday Evening, please see the links below. To view Project Maps, click on link. Right click on the link to save or print. Farmers Market Pioneer [more]

Year End Summary and a Look Ahead
Earlier this year the City and the Drain Commissioner’s Office formed the Allen’s Creek Advisory Committee (AC2) and hired the engineering firm of Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment (OHM) to look at ways to reduce pollution and flooding in the basin. [more]

What's the Status
Since our last public forum in early June, we have been pursuing both small and large-scale projects. In the Allen’s Creekshed, 3 new rain gardens have been planted and 7 more are being designed for next spring. This brings the total [more]

Individual Storm Water Treatment Options
Small scale storm water treatment options were discussed last Wednesday at Burns Park Elementary School. There were roughly 60 attendees. Overviews were provided on four topics followed by Q & A, then discussion. For more information [more]

Potential Projects - First Look
The most recent meeting consisted of a brief update of the City of Ann Arbor's Stormwater GIS Project, followed by a conceptual discussion of five potential project sites. A PDF version of the evening's presentation can be viewed here. The [more]

May 14, 2007 Workshop
The last Allen's Creek Stormwater Initiative meeting (April 30) was dedicated to a comprehensive technical presentation: watershed analysis, flooding, water quality, modeling and potential solutions. The complete presentation can [more]

April 30 Meeting Info
The second public meeting of the Allen's Creek Stormwater Initiative will be held on Monday, April 30, 2007 at Slauson Middle School from 7-9 PM (Agenda). The meeting will begin with a discussion of what was heard [more]

Kickoff Meeting Follow-up
Following the kickoff meeting, the Allen's Creek Advisory Committee compiled the participants' feedback (see links below) and took several steps to move the process forward. Developed an email distribution list from the sign-in [more]

Allen's Creek Stormwater Initiative Kickoff Meeting
The first public meeting was held on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. A brief overview of flooding and water quality challenges in Allen's Creek was presented. Four small groups convened, and then reported-out their review of the project goals and [more]