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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark 2013-03-20 Item 5C - Tukwila Tree and Environment Advisory Committee UpdateScope of Work: Codiga Park Stewardship - Sound Stewardship Program Prepared for: City of Tukwila Paul Surek Maintenance and Operations Superintendent 1/31/2013 6310 NE 74th St, Suite 201E Seattle, WA 98115 www.earthcorps.org EarthCorps © 2013 All rights reserved. 9 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Sound Stewardship / page 2 NARRATIVE SCOPE OF WORK Sound Stewardship The Sound Stewardship Program was created in 1999 to help restore degraded shorelines and nearshore lands through local community involvement. EarthCorps, an expert in community -based habitat restoration, adopted the program in 2012. Sound Stewardship training begins by inviting the community to a program orientation and continues with three field trainings throughout the year that teach participants how to organize restoration events, manage volunteers, identify native and non - native plants and implement restoration techniques. Orientation is given three times during the year so that participants can join the program throughout the year. The four trainings (orientation and the follow -up three field trainings) provide new stewards with 20 hours of training. Sound Stewards give back to the program by donating 40 volunteer hours over the course of a year. Continuing education seminars will be available to stewards who have given 20 hours or more. Experts in the topics such as advanced invasive weed identification, salmon life history, and the Duwamish Superfund cleanup will be brought in to lead these seminars. These seminars inspire stewards to continue site maintenance and keep them informed about watershed - related issues and therefore enable them to speak passionately and with accurate information to other volunteers and community members who visit the site. Sound Stewards are matched to a restoration site based on their interest and skills and the needs of the site. With the guidance and resources of EarthCorps, Stewards carry out activities such as planting native vegetation, removing invasive weeds and recording site changes. With cultivation, stewards assume more responsibility and become environmental leaders who influence the adaptive management their adopted restoration sites. Stewards lead habitat restoration events, independently work on prioritized management tasks, and observe and record qualitative and quantitative site information that feeds back into the site work plan and vision for the watershed. EarthCorps currently has a team of four veteran stewards at Codiga Park. EarthCorps' goals are to cultivate those stewards so they are inspired to continue stewardship and also to grow Codiga's stewardship team. 10 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Sound Stewardship / page 3 Codiga Park This scope of work provides a year -long stewardship plan for the City of Tukwila - owned habitat restoration site: Codiga Park. Located on the west bank of the Duwamish River at river mile 8.5, Codiga Park is a four acre site containing the following habitat types: upland forest and tidally - influenced wetland with forested, scrub - shrub, emergent and mudflat areas. An off - channel habitat restoration site was created in 2005 and the surrounding riverbank was transitioned from invasive plant species to native species in phases beginning in 2008. EarthCorps will provide the followin Activity Description Deliverables Recruit and Train • Recruit and train 2 new Sound Stewards dedicated Sound Stewards to regular site maintenance and monitoring • Deliver 1 complete training series (3 orientations, 3 unique field trainings) to new stewards • Cultivate 4 current Sound Stewards • Host two continuing education seminars for Stewards • Recruit external experts to lead continuing education seminars Teams of Stewards • Stewards conduct site surveys that assess the monitor and maintain progress or deterioration of biotic and abiotic site sites components (e.g. plants, goose excluder fences). They send that data to the PM who adapts the site management plan as necessary. • Stewards take annual photographs at previously established locations to record site progress. • Stewards lead 12 small (2 -15 volunteers) work parties without staff present. (Should a Steward be unable to complete maintenance events at their adopted site, EarthCorps will find other stewards to fill that position or temporarily fill it with EarthCorps staff until a replacement can be identified.) • Stewards contribute 368 hours - as trained restoration volunteers we value their time at $24.70/hour making steward match equal to $9,089.60. EarthCorps staff leads • Recruit and engage 135 volunteers broader community- • 3 work parties led by EarthCorps staff: similar to based restoration events Steward -led events, but on a larger scale (approx. 15 -50 volunteers). These events typically focus on special days (e.g. Earth Day) and corporate events. • Volunteers contribute 540 hours totaling $11,534.40 in volunteer match. 11 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Sound Stewardship /page 4 Restoration site maintenance • Maintain 1 site totaling 4.0 acres • Remove invasive plant species, following Best Management Practices: • Mechanical and manual removal of Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus), common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii), reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea). • Install native plants • Install coastal strawberry to compete with field bindweed in appropriate areas. • Apply of cardboard and bark mulch to 4" depth within a 3 foot radius around recently installed native plants and reapply to problematic areas (dense invasive plant growth, low moisture). Agency will provide the following: • Access to the site for the purpose of completing the above activities. • Provide volunteers with insurance for bodily injury to self and personal and property damage while volunteering at the site. • Remove invasive plant material when composting onsite is not feasible. • Remove /dispose of trash collected from the site by EarthCorps volunteers. • Provide irrigation to plants installed in 2013 for hot, dry months (July, August) following installation. SCHEDULE (2013) • February- March: Train new Sound Stewards and introduce them to the site. • February -May: Coordinate five work parties to address invasive weed concentrations. • June - September: Conduct repeat photo monitoring. Train new Sound Stewards and introduce them to the site. Coordinate five work parties to address invasive weed concentrations. • October - December: Train new Sound Stewards. Coordinate five work parties to remove invasive plants and install native fascines. Install native strawberries. • Throughout the year — Stewards conduct quarterly site checks to provide information to the Project Manager about the state of each site. Conduct advanced educational seminars for current Sound Stewards. 12 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Sound Stewardship / page 5 BUDGET Total Project Management $6,525.00 Total Materials and Equipment Rental $2,937.50 $263.75 Materials & Handling Fee (10% of Total Materials) TOTAL FEE $9,726.25 DISCOUNT (2013 WRIA 9 Watershed Salmon Recovery/King County Flood Control District Grant) ($2,500.00) DISCOUNT (2013 Kent - Meridian Settlement Funds) ($7,226.25) TOTAL PAYABLE $0.00 EARTHCORPS BACKGROUND EarthCorps is a non -profit organization founded in 1993 with a mission to build global community through local environmental service. As an AmeriCorps affiliate, EarthCorps provides one -year intensive programs for young adults (18 -25) to learn best practices in conservation techniques and develop skills in leading volunteers (ages 8 -80). Location Restoration EarthCorps' core expertise is community -based environmental restoration. We regard restoration as a process of reestablishing healthy habitat: returning a polluted or degraded environment as closely as possible to a thriving, self - sustaining ecosystem. As restoration practitioners, our goal is to expedite natural processes in rebuilding a functioning natural ecosystem. Environmental service is a uniquely effective way to build community. When people put their hands into the dirt together and see their efforts transform a threatened area into a more vibrant landscape, they forge a special bond, empowering themselves and their community. EarthCorps' science team creates tools specifically to enable citizens to steward healthy ecosystems. Global Leadership Based in Seattle, Washington, EarthCorps brings together emerging environmental leaders from more than 60 countries to work on projects in the Puget Sound region and Cascade mountains. As part of EarthCorps' intensive hands -on curriculum, they learn multiple restoration techniques, try out project design and management, develop leadership and team - building skills, and help manage thousands of local volunteers on projects. EARTHCORPS PROJECT LEAD: DITT 13 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Sound Stewardship /page 6 Project Manager ph 206.322.9296 x101 m (425) 577 -9595 email dhira @earthcorps.org 6310 NE 74th Street, Suite 201E, Seattle, WA 98115 14 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Stewardship - Crew Services Prepared for: City of Tukwila Paul Surek Maintenance and Operations Superintendent 1/31/2013 6310 NE 74th St, Suite 201E Seattle, WA 98115 www.earthcorps.org EarthCorps © 2013 All rights reserved. 15 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Crew Work / page 2 NARRATIVE SCOPE OF WORK Codiga Park This scope of work provides a year -long stewardship plan for the City of Tukwila - owned habitat restoration site: Codiga Park. Located on the west bank of the Duwamish River at river mile 8.5, Codiga Park is a four acre site containing the following habitat types: upland forest and tidally- influenced wetland with forested, scrub - shrub, emergent and mudflat areas. An off - channel habitat restoration site was created in 2005 and the surrounding riverbank was transitioned from invasive plant species to native species in phases beginning in 2008. EarthCorps will provide the following: Activity Description Deliverables Timeframe Maintain steep southeastern slope • Brushcut blackberry • Spot treat blackberry on slope with herbicide • May /June (1/3 day) • August/September (1/2 day) Plant steep southeastern slope • Install native plants (200 trees and shrubs and 300 live stakes) • November/December (1/2 day) Maintain lower southern bench (area of reed canarygrass and edge along southern riverbank) • Brushcut reed canarygrass around native plants • Brushcut invasive plants along river's edge • May /June (1/3 day) • August/September (1/2 day) Plant along southern edge of riverbank • Install 7 fascines along the river's edge • November/December (1/2 day) Control Japanese knotweed • Treat knotweed with herbicide • May /June (1/3 day) • Total of 3 crew days to complete above activities • Basic hand tools along with access to power tools (brush cutter and chainsaws) and specialized equipment including spray and knotweed injection tools and fall restraint systems. • Training and education in ecological restoration best management practices, ecology, leadership and community outreach. • Washington State Licensed Herbicide Applicator onsite as needed. • Workers' compensation, health insurance, and related taxes. 16 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Crew Work t page 3 Agency will provide the following: • Access to the site for the purpose of completing the above activities. • Remove invasive plant material when composting onsite is not feasible. • Provide irrigation to plants installed in 2013 for hot, dry months (July, August) following installation. BUDGET Total Crew Labor $3,536.25 Total Project Management $690.00 Total Materials $1,545.00 Materials & Handling Fee (10% of Total Materials) $154.50 TOTAL FEE $5,925.75 DISCOUNT (2013 WRIA 9 Watershed Salmon Recovery/King County Flood Control District Grant) ($1,395.00) TOTAL PAYABLE $4,530.75 EARTHCORPS BACKGROUND EarthCorps is a non -profit organization founded in 1993 with a mission to build global community through local environmental service. As an AmeriCorps affiliate, EarthCorps provides one -year intensive programs for young adults (18 -25) to learn best practices in conservation techniques and develop skills in leading volunteers (ages 8 -80). Location Restoration EarthCorps' core expertise is community -based environmental restoration. We regard restoration as a process of reestablishing healthy habitat: returning a polluted or degraded environment as closely as possible to a thriving, self - sustaining ecosystem. As restoration practitioners, our goal is to expedite natural processes in rebuilding a functioning natural ecosystem. Environmental service is a uniquely effective way to build community. When people put their hands into the dirt together and see their efforts transform a threatened area into a more vibrant landscape, they forge a special bond, empowering themselves and their community. EarthCorps' science team creates tools specifically to enable citizens to steward healthy ecosystems. Global Leadership Based in Seattle, Washington, EarthCorps brings together emerging environmental leaders from more than 60 countries to work on projects in the Puget Sound region and Cascade mountains. As part of EarthCorps' intensive hands -on curriculum, they learn multiple restoration techniques, try out project design and management, develop leadership and team - building skills, 17 Scope of Work: Codiga Park Crew Work /page 4 and help manage thousands of local volunteers on projects. EARTHCORPS PROJECT LEAD: DIY!r1kA, ..bi R,R WP, Project Manager ph 206.322.9296 x101 m (425) 577 -9595 email dhira @earthcorps.org 6310 NE 74th Street, Suite 201E, Seattle, WA 98115 18