Presentation 090606

							                   GRABER POND MASTER
                          PLAN
               •   Joint Meeting Process
               •   Physical Context
               •   Conceptual Alternatives
INTRODUCTION   •   Goals and Objectives
               •   Master Plan
               •   Vegetation Restoration Plan
               •   Next Steps

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                GRABER POND MASTER
            •                 PLAN
                Master Planning as a Tool to Continue
                a Process
                –   Input from Committees
                –   Site Analysis
                –   Conceptual Alternatives
                –   DRAFT Master Plan
 PROJECT
SCOPE AND       –   Public Informational Meeting
 PURPOSE        –   Final Master Plan

            • Purpose Statement: To work with the
              City of Middleton and its citizens to
              create a vision for the future of Graber
              Pond.
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               HIGHWAY 12


                                                       Graber
SITE CONTEXT                                           Pond




                                                                Spring Hill




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WATERSHED
DELINEATION




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SOIL ANALYSIS




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 SLOPE
ANALYSIS




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VEGETATION
 ANALYSIS




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 PRELIMINARY
  WETLAND
DETERMINATION




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               Alternative “A”
               • Low impact, restoration focused
               • Works to restore prairie pothole to pre-
                 settlement condition

               Alternative “B”
               • Moderate Impact, Balanced Approach
CONCEPTUAL
               • Works to balance vegetation restoration with
ALTERNATIVES
                 lower-impact human use

               Alternative “C”
               • Moderate Impact, Recreation Approach
               • Works to restore native vegetation and
                 maintain Graber Pond as an open water
                 resource
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            Low Impact, Restoration Focused
            Works to restore prairie pothole to pre-settlement
             condition
               – Protects all steep slopes
               – Assumed wetland edge is the point of beginning for
                 buffer
               – Provides a 75’ buffer around assumed wetland edge
               – Protects infiltration buffer outside of wetland edge
                 based on soils analysis
ALTERNATI      – Provides min. 2 access points for overlooks
 VE “A”           • Access points are located in areas with shallow
                     slopes without removing native vegetation
                  • Existing access point is utilized
                  • New access point provides further access to the
                     northern portion of Graber Pond
               – No loop trail
               – Assumes land west of High Road will be developed
                 as a Community Park with recreation facilities
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        Goals:
        • Restore Graber Pond to pre-settlement prairie
          pothole vegetation community

        • Provide greater human access to Graber Pond
          while continuing to focus on restoration

GOALS   • Enhance Graber Pond’s educational potential,
          specifically about kettles and prairie pothole
          communities

        • Create new opportunities to link Graber Pond with
          City of Middleton and regional pedestrian and
          bicycle trail systems.

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           Objectives:
           • Plan and implement vegetation restoration plan to
             protect existing native vegetation and restore
             Graber to a prairie pothole community

           • Construct trail segments that introduce visitors to
             diverse areas of Graber Pond.

           • Connect Graber Pond to regional conservancy
OBJECTIV     lands through greenways and buffers
   ES
           • Connect pedestrian access points at Graber Pond
             to regional pedestrian systems

           • Strive to mimic natural infiltration processes
             through Alternative Best Management Practices
             (ABMP) stormwater designs as the Graber Pond
             watershed develops.
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              Graber Pond Master Plan:
              • Strand Associates completing preliminary
                design for Schneider Road connection
                 – Potentially use roadway as northern East-
                   West connector
                 – Graber Road is southern East-West
                   connector
              • Provide safe pedestrian north/south connector
MASTER PLAN   • Permanently protect 75’ buffer around existing
                approximated wetland edge
              • Identify key areas for storm water
                management
              • Link Graber Pond to Pheasant Branch
                Conservancy through utility easement
              • Large part of the master plan is the vegetation
                restoration phased approach

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VEGETATION
RESTORATION
 DIAGRAM




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             GRABER POND MASTER
                    PLAN
            • Master Planning as a Tool to
              Continue a Process
              – Input from Committees
              – Site Analysis
 PROJECT
SCOPE AND     – Conceptual Alternatives
 PURPOSE
              – DRAFT Master Plan
              – Public Informational Meeting
              – Final Master Plan


                  Wednesday, September 6, 2006
             GRABER POND MASTER
                    PLAN
            • Public Input
              – View DRAFT plan online at
                http://www.ci.middleton.wi.us/Lands/Default
                .htm Select “Graber Pond Draft Master Plan.pdf”
              – Comment Period 9/6 through 9/15
 PROJECT
SCOPE AND        • E-mail comments to Rebecca Flood,
 PURPOSE           rflood@ksd-la.com
                 • Send written comments to Rebecca Flood, Ken
                   Saiki Design, 303 S. Paterson St, MSN 53703
                 • Drop off comment slips for Penni Klein at the City
                   Hall.
              – Final Master Plan will be posted online at a
                later date
                   Wednesday, September 6, 2006