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Title: Sustainable Development: Design Guidelines for the Town of Scott


1
Sustainable DevelopmentDesign Guidelines for
the Town of Scott City of Green BayJoint
Planning Area
  • Environmental Science and Policy 763
  • University of Wisconsin Green Bay
  • 14 December 2004

2
Presentation Outline
  • Project Background
  • Environmental Design
  • Sustainable Building Methods
  • University Connections
  • Question and Answer Session

3
Project Background
4
Joint Planning Area
  • Land exchange between the City of Green Bay and
    the Town of Scott in 2003
  • Formation of the City of Green Bay/Town of Scott
    Joint Planning Commission

5
Current Land Use
  • What is currently located in the Joint Planning
    Area?
  • Agricultural and natural areas
  • Sparse residential use
  • How is the Joint Planning Area currently zoned?

J Fink
6
Project Background
  • Dan Madigan-President of FEECO
  • Requested that the students enrolled in Capstone
    provide recommendations for sustainable
    development
  • The following are our recommendations for Mr.
    Madigan to present to the Joint Planning
    Commission

7
Overall Project Objective
  • Guidelines on developing the Joint Planning Area
    in an ecologically sustainable manner
  • Application of guidelines to other developments
    beyond the Joint Planning Area

8
Guiding Principles
  • 1. Advocate comprehensive, low-impact
    development.
  • 2. Promote energy efficient building design and
    environmentally sensitive site planning and
    housing construction.
  • 3. Protect biodiversity through restoration and
    conservation of habitat areas.
  • 4. Encourage innovative transportation
    development at a pedestrian-friendly, walkable
    scale.
  • 5. Enhance connections between the development
    and UWGB to benefit both the university community
    and future businesses.
  • 6. Increase public awareness and education
    concerning sustainable development.

9
Environmental Design
  • Conservation of Natural Areas
  • Wetlands
  • Riparian Areas
  • Uplands
  • Urban Landscaping
  • Development Layout
  • Transportation Network
  • Storm Water Management

10
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11
Wetland Habitats
EPA
12
Wetland Services
  • Services Provided
  • natural purification of water
  • protection against erosion
  • providing habitat for unique flora and fauna
  • recreational opportunities
  • aesthetic value

Maryland Dept. of the Env.
13
Wetland Destruction
  • Destruction and Degradation
  • Agriculture
  • Development
  • Roads
  • Buildings

Minn. Board of Soil and Water Res.
14
Recommendations
  • Wetlands and Planned Landscapes
  • Closely match predevelopment hydrology
  • Preserve or enhance native vegetation
  • Provide upland buffers of adequate size
  • Connect core wetland habitats with corridors
  • Allow for public use of habitat patches

15
Multiple Use Model (MUM)
  • Zone 1 Central Core
  • Wetlands
  • Diverse habitats
  • Zone 2 Buffer
  • 100 ft in width
  • Walking trails
  • Zone 3 Light Development
  • Parks, Playgrounds
  • Zone 4 Urban Landscape

Barnes and Adams 1999
16
Riparian Habitats
EPA
17
Stream/Riparian Habitats
  • Water transport
  • Aquatic Terrestrial Habitat
  • Recreational Potential
  • Filter Runoff

USDA
18
Road Crossings
  • Minimize Road Crossings
  • 3-Sided Culverts at Crossings

Di Misa 2004
19
Upland Habitats
W. Gilgert
20
Upland Habitats
  • Terrestrial and avian wildlife habitat
  • Excess nutrient uptake
  • Recreation potential
  • Aesthetically pleasing
  • Wind barrier

US Forest Service
21
Habitats
  • Reforest areas to create wooded corridors
  • Connect and buffer ESAs
  • Reduce wind erosion
  • Habitat enhancement
  • Minimize fragmentation
  • Reduce edge effect

22
Management
  • Properly time and execute maintenance/
    disturbance activities
  • Avoid disrupting wildlife breeding
  • Mowing, burning, spraying
  • Spot treat weeds when possible
  • Seed or re-plant disturbed ground as soon as
    possible

23
Urban Landscaping
EPA
24
Low Impact Landscaping
  • Conserve water
  • Only water when necessary
  • Plant trees, shrubs, and ground covers
  • Water in the early evening and morning
  • Minimize fertilizer use
  • Get soil checked
  • Avoid phosphorus
  • Minimize pesticide use

EJ Heath
25
Utilize Native Plants
  • Utilize native plants
  • Adapted to weather conditions
  • Adapted to soil conditions
  • Adapted to native pests
  • Benefit native organisms

EJ Heath
26
Avoid Invasive Species
  • Avoid non-native, invasive species
  • Can escape and destroy habitat
  • Form monocultures of non-beneficial plants

27
Development and Infrastructure Layout
www.cnu.org.
28
Development and Infrastructure Layout
  • Residential/ commercial development
  • Open space network
  • Community gardens
  • Transportation network
  • Stormwater management

29
Conventional Subdivision Layout
Alex MacLean, www.cnu.org
30
Proposed Development Layout Overview
Jarvis, 1993
  • New urbanist, low-impact, cluster development
  • Variety of housing choices -mixed-use, village
    center area
  • Pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods
  • Density bonuses for developers
  • Open space network

31
Single Family Lot Design
  • Promote 2-story homes
  • Encourage shared driveways
  • Reduce front yard setbacks to 20 feet
  • Provide options that increase density (7 dwelling
    units per acre)
  • townhouses and condominiums

Natural Lands Trust, 2001
32
Multi-Family Lot Design
  • Cluster multifamily housing near transit and
    commercial areas
  • Use structured parking underneath multifamily
    units to reduce exterior parking lots
  • Ensure all units have easy access to open space

Calthorpe Associates, www.env.org
33
Commercial Lot Design
  • Multi-level structures
  • Encourage shared parking
  • Limit construction of parking spaces

JJR, 2002
34
Open Space Network Design
  • 30-40 in permanent open space
  • 70 a continuous network
  • Protect hydrologically sensitive areas
  • Groundwater recharge areas
  • Establish a homeowner association
  • Open space maintenance
  • Minimize disturbance from construction activities

35
Community Gardens
  • Economic and qualitative benefits
  • Character to neighborhoods
  • Sense of place and loyalty
  • Educational environment

Portland Parks and Recreation, 2004
36
Community Gardens
  • Case studies
  • New York
  • 600 community gardens
  • Portland
  • 1975
  • 28 gardens located throughout city
  • Madison
  • Early 1900s

Portland Community Garden Locations Portland
Parks and Recreation, 2004
37
Recommendations
  • Plots to local residents, then to Green Bay
    community
  • UW-Extension, Green Bay Botanical Garden, and/or
    the Green Bay Parks and Recreation
  • Locate gardens along eastern edge of development
  • Protect gardens with permanent conservation
    easements

38
Transportation Network
  • Street Design
  • Residential street widths 24-30 feet
  • Reduce the overall length of streets
  • Avoid cul-de-sacs
  • If used, create a pervious island in center
  • Replace with loop roads

Urban Design Associates, www.cnv.org
39
Transportation Network
  • Pedestrian and Transit Facilities
  • Sidewalks on all streets
  • On-street bike lanes
  • Provide bump-outs, textured paving, and bike
    racks in commercial districts

SmithGroup JJR, 2003
40
Transportation Network
  • Pedestrian over/underpasses for both Hwy 54 and
    57
  • Green Bay Metro bus service to the area
  • Minimize crossings of open space network and
    trail system

41
Transportation Network
  • Trails
  • Multi-use trail system loop
  • Walking,
  • Hiking
  • Nature observation
  • Rollerblading/ bicycling
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Connections to other regional trail systems
  • UWGB Arboretum
  • Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Baird Creek

Arvidson, 2004
42
Stormwater Management
  • Goals
  • Limit stormwater runoff quantity
  • Reduce stormwater pollutant loads
  • Protect critical habitats (natural drainage
    channels)
  • Maintain groundwater recharge and quality

43
Stormwater Management
  • Pollutants of concern
  • Total suspended solids
  • Sediment from construction and erosion
  • Nutrients
  • Residential fertilizers
  • Heavy metals
  • Rooftop and parking lot runoff
  • Pesticides

44
Stormwater Management
  • Rain Gardens
  • Residential areas
  • Industrial and commercial parking lots
  • Use native plants

DNR
45
Stormwater Management
  • Green Roofs
  • Commercial and industrial areas
  • Encourage the use of intensive green roof systems

Miller, 2002
46
Stormwater Management
  • Wet Detention Ponds
  • Continuous vegetation around pond edges
  • Treatment trains

Blankinship, 2004
47
Poster Session
  • Sustainable Development Transportation
  • Economic Feasibility of Sustainable
    Development
  • Sustainable Landscaping Practices
  • Landscape Conservation Principles

48
Sustainable Building Methods
49
Whole Building Design
US Green Building Council
50
Importance of Sustainable Building
  • Economics
  • Security, prosperity, and jobs
  • Social
  • Comfort and productivity
  • Environment
  • Health and resources

51
Incentive Sources
  • Department of Energy
  • Wisconsin Focus on Energy
  • EPA Energy Star
  • Green Financing
  • Leadership in Energy Environmental Design
  • Green Built Home Program

52
Energy 10 Model
53
RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDIES RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDIES RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDIES RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDIES
Methods Cost Annual Savings Payback
Daylighting Solar Hot Water Heater Photovoltaic Stems (Bircher Home) 9,900 800 Utilities 6 years
Daylighting Solar Hot Water Heater Photovoltaic Stems (Bircher Home) Minus 30-50 Rebates 800 Utilities 6 years
Passive Solar Specialized geothermal HVAC system (Esperanza del Sol) 1,250 Minus 1,000 saved from special HVAC 300 on Utilities lt 1 year
Following LEED Standards (Traugott Terrace) Homes are similar to conventional home. 2,000 on Utilities Up to 10 years
Following LEED Standards (Traugott Terrace) Homes are similar to conventional home. 9,000 on Water Usage Up to 10 years
54
COMMERCIAL CASE STUDIES COMMERCIAL CASE STUDIES COMMERCIAL CASE STUDIES COMMERCIAL CASE STUDIES
Methods Cost Annual Savings Payback
Improved lighting (Bare Bones Furniture) 16,240 500 maintenance 4 years
Improved lighting (Bare Bones Furniture) 16,240 4,000 energy costs 4 years
Gas-electric cooling system (Watertown U.S.D.) 170,000 14,000 energy costs 5 years
Gas-electric cooling system (Watertown U.S.D.) Minus 128,000 incentives 14,000 energy costs 5 years
Daylighting Passive solar heating Geothermal HVAC Improved building envelope (Clearview Elementary) 150,000 more than standard school with same capacity 18,000 energy costs 9 years
55
Passive Design Methods
  • Passive solar heating and cooling
  • Building orientation
  • Windows and shading
  • Thermal mass
  • Green roofs
  • Insulation
  • Protection of building

56
Active Design Methods
  • Geothermal heat pump
  • Solar hot water
  • Photovoltaic panels
  • Building-integrated photovoltaics
  • Other technologies

57
All Things Considered
  • Environment is important
  • Use the suns energy
  • Careful building design decreases long-term costs
    and increases comfort
  • Financial and technical resources are available
  • Education is the key

58
University Connections
Biodiversity Center
59
Introduction
  • Location of development in relation to campus
  • Mutually benefit each other
  • Connecting learning to life

60
Assessing Opinions
  • Face to face
  • Chancellor Bruce Shepard
  • Assistant Chancellor for Planning and Budget Dean
    Rodeheaver
  • Dr. Robert Howe, Professor Natural Applied
    Director of the Biodiversity Center
  • Student poll

61
Administration
62
Student Housing
  • Projected enrollment 7,500
  • 75 residential
  • Non-traditional campus housing

Residence Life
63
Flexibility
  • Options to fit student interests
  • Provide housing for senior citizens to utilize
    campus amenities
  • Quality not quantity
  • Coordinated effort
  • Resource for faculty

64
University Perception of Isolation
  • Development can offer an area for socialization
    of students and faculty
  • Potential employment
  • Expansion of passpoints

UWGB
65
Potential Businesses
  • Consistent Architecture makes better character
  • Move away from Big Box businesses
  • Hotel for the campus to use for visiting
    families, faculty visits, and sports teams

66
Biodiversity Center
67
Linking Trails
  • Cofrin Arboretum
  • Alternative for transportation
  • Volume capacity on current trail
  • Local connections
  • Invasive species

Center for Biodiversity
68
Walkable Community
  • Break out of the mold
  • Alternative transportation routes
  • Recreational circle
  • Design for community character
  • Connections outside community

69
Trail Maintenance
  • Getting people to pull their own weight
  • Individual ownership
  • Neighborhood association
  • Public ownership

Center for Biodiversity
70
Preservation of Green Space
  • Preserve existing areas
  • Larger buffer areas
  • Native landscaping

Center for Biodiversity
71
Student Insights
72
Methods
  • 3 day student poll
  • 10 questions
  • yes/no format
  • Area for additional comments
  • 138 responses

UWGB
73
Is There Support for Development?
  • 89 support a development in the proposed area
  • 84 feel that housing options nearby campus are
    appealing
  • 59 would consider living in the development

74
Connectivity to Campus
  • 82 would like to see a connection between campus
    and the development
  • 82 would utilize and link to the campus trail
    system

UWGB
75
Transit Extension
  • 75 thought extending the bus system to the area
    would be positive
  • 69 said that they would not ride the bus
  • There was indication that a shuttle would be more
    appropriate
  • 25 commented on fare prices
  • Average 1.10
  • Range 0.25-2.00

76
Features in the Area
  • 59 would like a trail system connection
  • 59 would like more off campus housing
  • 60 supported a University Center area
  • Only 30 indicated a preference that the
    University remain isolated

77
Student Comments
  • I do not like the fact that campus is so
    isolated from the outside world, so any
    connections and development would be
    appreciated!
  • I chose UWGB because it was isolated. I grew
    up in an isolated community and I like it that
    way. Cities are not my style, but I had to move
    to one for college. UWGB was the best choice for
    me because it has a small town feel with plenty
    of peace and quiet away from the main city.

78
Conclusions
  • The campus has a positive outlook about the
    development
  • Careful planning can benefit both the community
    and campus
  • Project is connecting learning to life

79
Acknowledgements
  • Professor Bob Howe, UWGB
  • Professor John Katers, UWGB
  • Bill Lockery, Green Bay Planning
  • Dave Cerny, Town of Scott
  • Bill Hafs, Brown County Land Conservation
    Department
  • Ray Kopish and Paul Jadin, Chamber of Commerce
  • Paul Wozniak, Wisconsin Public Service
  • Paul Hartman, University of Wisconsin Extension
  • Students at the UWGB
  • Community Members in Attendance of Brainstorming
    Session
  • Professor Laurel Phoenix, UWGB
  • Professor Patricia Terry, UWGB
  • Dan Madigan, Landowner
  • Bruce Shepard, UWGB Chancellor
  • Dean Rodeheaver, UWGB Assistant Chancellor for
    Planning and Budget
  • Joel Trick, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Jeff Dumez, Brown County Land Information Office
  • Bill Hafs, Brown County Land Conservation
    Department
  • Pat Robinson, WDNR
  • Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission
  • Professor Gary Fewless, UWGB Herbarium Curator

80
Thank You
  • The complete Capstone Seminar Project including
  • Report document
  • Poster presentations
  • Oral presentation
  • Internet URL
  • http//www.uwgb.edu/gradstu/ESP/CourseProjects.htm

81
Questions
  • Capstone Seminar Project
  • http//www.uwgb.edu/gradstu/ESP/CourseProjects.htm
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