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Freedom Park (Little Sugar Creek)
Monitoring Report
Year 6 (2010)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
USGS HUC: 03050103
Project ID No. 141
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NCDENR- Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1652
Submitted November 2010
Revised March 2011
Executive Summary
The Freedom Park Stream Restoration project falls within USGS hydrologic unit 03050103. The
project stream lies within an urban setting of the City of Charlotte that is comprised
predominantly of residential and commercial uses. Prior to restoration work, the project stream
(Little Sugar Creek) had been destabilized through historic channelization and dredging. Also,
prior to restoration work, the channel consisted of a concrete lining.
HDR Engineering designed the restoration plans and restoration was completed in 2003. Baker
Engineering prepared maintenance plans and Fluvial Solutions completed the maintenance
construction in early 2008. The maintenance was in response to some areas of localized
instability that had developed in this large, flashy, urban system. KHA had previously
completed 5 years worth of geomorphic monitoring that is documented in the 2009 monitoring
report and, other than these localized areas of instability, the documented data indicated general
stability of the channel. Floodplain vegetation is generally performing well, but streambank
vegetation has had difficulty establishing in some areas of prior scour ( -6% of the channel
banks), although vegetation is continuing to advance. The maintenance also included
supplemental planting in the winter /spring 2008 -2009 with some additional supplements of
woody stems and live stakes scheduled for winter 2010/2011 in order to address several
remaining pockets of low stem density. During the late growing season of 2010, KHA assessed
six (6) vegetation plots for the Year 6 monitoring. The mean planted stem density equaled 479
stems per acre, exceeding the success criteria. Steel bollards with signage were cemented into
the ground to demarcate the easement boundary and support long term stewardship. The project
is planned to be offered for regulatory closure in fall 2011.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIGURES
FIGURE I
PROJECT SETTING
FIGURE 2
CURRENT CONDITIONS PLAN VIEW UPPER
FIGURE 3
CURRENT CONDITIONS PLAN VIEW MIDDLE
FIGURE 4
CURRENT CONDITIONS PLAN VIEW LOWER
PROJECT TABLES
TABLE I PROJECT RESTORATION COMPONENTS
TABLE II PROJECT ACTIVITY AND REPORTING HISTORY
TABLE III PROJECT CONTACT TABLE
TABLE IV PROJECT BACKGROUND TABLE
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A VEGETATION MONITORING DATA
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FIGURES
Title I Project Setting
Prepared For: Project Freedom Park (Little Sugar Creek) Stream Restoration Monitoring Year 6 — 2010
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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PROJECT TABLES
Table I. Project Restoration Components
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project #141)
Project
=Enhancement
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Mitigation Unit Summaries
Stream (If)
Riparian
Non - Riparian
Total Wetland
Buffer (Ac.)
Comment
Wetland Ac.
Wetland Ac.
Ac.
4,425
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=Restoration
EI
=Enhancement
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= Enhancement
S
= Stabilization
P 1 = Priority I
P2 =Priority 1I
P3 =Priority III
SS = Stream Bank stabilization
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Table II. Project Activity and Reporting History
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project #141)
Scheduled
Data
Actual
Activity or Report
Completion
Collection
Completion
Comments
Complete
or Delivery
Restoration Plan
Oct -02
Final Design — 90%
Construction
2003
Sept-03
Temporary S &E mix
applied to entire
2003
Sept -03
ro'ect area
Permanent seed mix
applied
2003
Sept -03
Containerized and
B &B plantings for
2004
June -04
reach /se ments 1 &2
Mitigation Plan / As-
built (Year 0
2004
Spring 04
Performed by NCSU
Monitoring —
Year 1 monitoring
2005
Oct -05
Nov -05
Performed by SEC, PA
Year 2 Monitoring
2006
Oct -06
Jan -07
Performed by KHA, Inc.
Year 3 Monitoring
2007
Nov -07
Feb -08
Performed by KHA, Inc.
Plans prepared Baker Engineer,
Repair
2008
Winter -08
Construction performed by Fluvial
Solutions
Year 4 Monitoring
2008
Oct -08
May-09
Performed by KHA, Inc.
Year 5 Monitoring
2009
Sept-09
November -09
Performed by KHA, Inc.
Year 6 Monitoring
2010
Sept-10
November -10
Performed by KHA, Inc.
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Table III. Project Contact Table
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project #141)
Designer
128 South Tryon St., Suite 1400
HDR Engineering, Inc. of the
Carolinas
Charlotte, NC 28202
Primary Designer POC
Construction Contractor
5100 North I -85, Suite 7
SEI Environmental
Charlotte, NC 28206
Primary Contractor POC
Planting Contractor
Planting contractor POC
Seeding Contractor
Planting contractor POC
Seed Mix Sources
Nursery Stock Suppliers
Monitoring Performers
PO Box 33068
Kimley -Horn and Associates
Raleigh, NC 27636
Stream Monitoring POC
Daren Pait
(919) 677 -2000
Vegetation Monitoring POC
Daren Pait
(919) 677 -2000
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Table IV. Project Background Table
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project #141)
Project County
Mecklenburg
Drainage Area
13.6 square miles
Drainage impervious cover estimate ( %)
75%
Stream Order
3
Physiogra hic Region
Piedmont
Ecore ion
Charlotte Belt
Rosgen Classification of As -built
C4
Cowardin Classification
N/A
Dominant soil types
Cecil, Monacan
Reference site ID
N/A
USGS HUC for Project and Reference
03050103
NCDWQ Sub -basin for Project and
Reference
03 -08 -34
NCDWQ classification for Project and
Reference
C
Any portion of any project segment 3034
listed?
No
Any portion of any project segment
upstream of a 303d listed segment?
No
Reasons for 303d listing or stressor
No
of project easement fenced
0%
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APPENDIX A
VEGETATION MONITORING DATA
Table I. Vegetative Metadata
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Report Prepared By
Joshua Allen
Date Prepared
11/9/2010 12:04
database name
141–Freedom Park.mdb
database location
K: \RAL_Environmental \011795 Freedom Park Monitoring FPARK \FPARK VEGETATION
computer name
DD83075
file size
62599168
DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHEETS IN THIS DOCUMENT ------------
Metadata
Description of database file, the report worksheets, and a summary of project(s) and project data.
Proj, planted
Each project is listed with its PLANTED stems per acre, for each year. This excludes live stakes.
Proj, total stems
Each project is listed with its TOTAL stems per acre, for each year. This includes live stakes, all planted stems,
and all natural /volunteer stems.
Plots
List of plots surveyed with location and summary data (live stems, dead stems, missing, etc.).
Vigor
Frequency distribution of vigor classes for stems for all plots.
Vigor by Spp
Frequency distribution of vigor classes listed by species.
Damage
List of most frequent damage classes with number of occurrences and percent of total stems impacted by each.
Damage by Spp
Damage values tallied by type for each species.
Damage by Plot
Damage values tallied by type for each plot.
ALL Stems by Plot and spp
A matrix of the count of total living stems of each species (planted and natural volunteers combined) for each plot;
dead and missing stems are excluded.
PROJECT SUMMARY-------------------------------------
Project Code
141
project Name
Freedom Park
Description
Riparian Buffer Restoration
River Basin
length(ft)
stream -to -edge width (ft)
area (sq m)
Required Plots (calculated)
Sampled Plots 10
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Table II. Vegetation Vigor by Species
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project
#141)
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Species
4
3
2
1
0
Missing
Alnus serrulata
1
Betula nigra
13
2
Cornus amomum
5
2
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
81
1
Quercus falcata
2
1
Quercus michauxii
1
Quercus phellos
3
Salix nigra
4
4
1
1
Sambucus canadensis
61
1
Morus rubra
4
Platanus occidentalis
3
1
Populus deltoides
3
2
Acer rubrum
1
Unknown
6
TOT: 114
1
521
81
101
11
1
4
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Table III. Vegetation Damage by Species
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Acer rubrum
1
1
Alnus serrulata
1
1
Betula nigra
15
15
Cornus amomum
7
7
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
91
9
Morus rubra
4
4
Platanus occidentalis
4
3
1
Populus deltoides
5
5
Quercus falcata
3
3
Quercus michauxii
11
1
Quercus phellos
3
3
Salix nigra
10
5
1
5
Sambucus canadensis
6
6
Unknown
6
6
TOT: 114
75
68
1
6
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Table IV. Vegetation Damage by Plot
Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project
#141)
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Table Vl. Vegetative Problem Areas
Little Su ar Creek Stream Restoration Site (EEP Project #141
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Bare Bank
Bare Bench
Bare Flood lain
invasn e/Exotie Populanom
2009
Bare Bank
Bare Bench
Bare Flood lain
Im asi-lExodc Populations
--
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2008
520 - 700 (Right Bank)
Excessive bank sm,=unng )early flooding
e is
vPl
520 .700 (Left Bank)
Ex-ve bank stresses dunng )early flooding
co s
1,690 - 1,750 (Left Bank)
Excessive bank stresses during)early flooding
events
VP2
Bare Bank
2,030 -2,1 10 (Left Bank)
Excessne bank stresses during )early flooding
events
2,220- 2,330(Right Bank)
Excess - bank stressesdunng)early flooding
e.• is
2,220 - 2,330 (Left Bank)
l"cessne bank stresses during yearly flooding
e l ve treatment
Bare Bench
1,070 - 1250 (Right Floodplan)
Cleared for staging area for channel
tenance
VP3
Bare Fleod Plain
4,000 - 4,250 (Right Floodplam)
Cleared for rea staging a for channel
a t an
IosasndExoNc Populations
2007
100 - 350 (Right Bank)
Eece -ve bank stresses during yearly flooding
events
400 - 700 (Right Bank)
E.-sne bank stresses dunng)early flooding
is
750 - 775 (Right Bank)
V -srve bank stresses dung yearly flooding
e is
800 - 850 (Right Bank) )
14xcessrvebmkAmTsesdunng )culyflwding
s
930 - 950 (Right Bank)
hx.-v. bank stresses dunng yearly flooding
et
1,690 -1,750 (Left Bank)
loxcessne bank she during yearly flooding
'e tso tet eat cot
Bare Bank
2,070 - 2,130 (Right Bank)
I- Neessr.e bank stresses during yearly flooding
ist sve et c
2,250 - 2,600 (Left Bank)
3xrcv
e ban k ressesdunng yearly flooding
cots
2,280 -2,335 (Right Bank)
I;xcessrve bank stmsses during yearly flooding
vents o s ve tmat ent
2,600 - 2,700 (Left Bank)
F c e-ve bank stresses during yearly flooding
'e t Ves ue t eat enI
3,010 - 3,070(Lelt Bank)
Exmsstve bank 1.-a dunng) early flooding
'c t ve t eat c t
3,120 - 3,190 (Right Bank)
Lxcessvw bank stresses during yearly flooding
vc tso ref ee el
Bare Bench
1,250 - 1,580 (Left Floodplam)
Cleared area cvh,b Img su -,-nal growth
cud .local amirces
Bare Flood Plain
2,065 - 2,200 (Lett Bank)
13xcessrve, bank stmsses dunng }early flooding
events vetreatment
InvaabdExone Populations
1,250 - 1,580 (Left Floodplam)
Clearedcarea ,slobit ng sucessional growth
ud
2006
410 - 1,140 (Both Banks)
ENce-ve bank stressesdunng)early flooding
Bare Bank
1,690 - 1,750 Left Bank
2.065-2 350 Both Banks
Bare Bench
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Bare Flood Plain
1,250 - 1,580 Lett Flood lain
Cleared area cxh,bdn su oral growth
35 - 1,030 Both Banks
Local source colonization after bank sruur
1,240 - 1,860 (Left Bank)
1,250 - 1,580 (Len Floodplarn)
Cleared area exh,bdmg sucessronal growth
1,950 - 2,190 (Left Bank)
Iavasne/Exonc Populations
2,210 -2,380 (Right Bank
2,680 - 3,065 (Len Bank)
2690 -3555 (Right Bank
3,555 - 3,790 Len Bank
2005
2.100 -2,175 w Compact
Bare
Bank
2,560 -2,735 Overbank tow I Compacted soils
2004
2Z
as poor a aceous success
3
as poor herbaceous success
General
3
as poor er aceous success
3o
nave poor rierinaccaus success
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Taken: 10/19/2006
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VQ6: Vegetation Quad 6
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