1. GEO 325 Environment Land Use Planning, Spring 12

3. Sustainable Sites Initiative “The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance practices.” (from sustainablesites.org) The Sustainable Sites Initiative is the basis for this project. Goals and objectives for this project were designed to follow and address the different credits from the SSI for all content areas.

4. Inspirations Sustainable Sites Case Studies Richmond Comprehensive Plan Eastern Kentucky University Plan College Campus’s around the Nation

5. : Create a unifying gateway between EKU campus and the Richmond Community, while preserving historical and cultural aspects. This will be accomplished by creating a sense of environmental responsibility through the restoration and preservation of vegetation, wetlands and water sources, the establishment of safe and sustainable transportation methods, and the implementation of renewable technology.

6. http://gardening.bloginky.com/2011/06/22/say-hi-butterfly-kentucky-native-plant- garden-tour/

7. Goals and Objectives Objective 4.4: Minimize soil disturbance in design & construction Goals:  Install a walking path in high pedestrian-traffic areas where turf and soil is currently being trampled because paths don’t exist by January 2015  Install appropriate mulches against erosion and to improve soil quality around existing and new landscape features by May 2015 Photo By: Jamie Carter

8. Goals and Objectives Objective 4.9: Restore plant communities native to the ecoregion Goals:  Identify plants appropriate to EKU’s designation as an Ecological Region 8.0 Temperate Forest and that are available from local growers by April 2012  9 Install wildflower gardens with all native perennial species that are low care by March 2015 around the wetland area, on Gateway Hill, and around the New Science Building http://www.wildflower.org/clearinghouse/slides.php

9. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.3: Promote sustainability and awareness to the public Goals:  Install identification signs detailing native flora incorporated in the landscape and their benefits, as well as conservation efforts utilized in the landscape within 6 months of component installation. http://cbs.avenue.org/id41.htm

12. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.4: Protect and maintain unique cultural and historical places. Goal:  I.D. building and sites on campus with historical significance on the site and visible from the proposed site. All this should be done within the next six months

13. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.5: Provide for optimum site accessibility, safety, and way finding. Goals:  Improve welcome signs at the proposed site and also improve navigation signs on campus with better marked building and streets by January 2013.  Create a walking trail/bike path that goes around the wetland area and connects it to EKU's main campus by January of 2015.  Repaint all road surfaces to improve way finding and safety of pedestrians and bike riders on campus. January 2013.

14. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.7: Provide views of vegetation and quiet outdoor spaces for mental restoration. Goals: Create various garden sites around campus with low maintenance native vegetation from the area to provide for mental restoration areas. That can be viewed from many locations around campus. By the fall of 2013.

16. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.5 : Goal:  Build a kiosk at site that will display EKU Map and Richmond area by March 2013.

17. Goals and Objectives Objective 6.6 : Goal:  Create an arboretum at site with low maintenance native plants, clearly marked paths that provide access to the pond, waste bins, benches, and distance markets to encourage physical activity by Summer 2018.

20. Objective 8.5: Use renewable sources for landscape electricity needs  Goal: Install Human generators, solar panels and water turbines to convert free energy into mechanical energy used to power lighting in high pedestrian traffic areas, by January of 2014. “Many concentrated solar power plants could be built within the next several years. And a single plant can generate 250 megawatts or more, which is enough to power about 90,000 homes. That's a lot of electricity to meet America's power needs.” http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar.html http://kykernel.com/2009/03/01/refueling-the-johnson- center-new-technology-uses-man-power-to-put-energy- back-in-generators/ Goals and Objectives

21. Objective 4.10: Use vegetation to minimize building heating requirements Objective 4.11: Use vegetation to minimize building cooling requirements This apartment building in Portland, Oregon, is among the 6 acres (24,300 m2) of green roofs in the city, as of 2007. Many roofs remain candidates to become green roofs. (Photo courtesy of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services) Goal: Create green roofs to maintain building structure’s core temperature on major building structures on EKU campus whose roofs meet building requirements, by March 2015 http://www.epa.gov/heatisld/mitigation/greenroofs.htm Goals and Objectives

22. Objective 6.8: Provide outdoor spaces for social interaction Objective 6.7: Provide views of vegetation and quiet outdoor spaces for mental restoration Goal: Create restorative gardens next to existing water structures on EKU campus for mental restoration, and social interaction, by January 2015. https://learn.eku.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_398_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2 Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_109508_1%26url%3D Goals and Objectives

25. Objective 3.5 Manage storm water on site Objective 3.5 Manage storm water on site Goal:Contact Bill Rhodes to identify EKU campus storm water management plan by April 2012.

26. Goals and Objectives Objective 3.6 Protect and enhance on-site water resources and receiving water quality Objective 3.6 Protect and enhance on-site water resources and receiving water quality Goals: Within rainwater and run-off collection system, create a natural chemical free treatment process prior to discharge into storm sewer or drainage system to reduce water processing costs for the city of Richmond, designed by April 2013, implementable by 2015.

27. Goals and Objectives Objective 3.7Design rainwater/storm water features to provide a landscape amenity Objective 3.7 Design rainwater/storm water features to provide a landscape amenity Goal: Design a rain water collection system that cleanses and conserves water, reducing the usage of potable water to maintain site and help manage storm water on site, by April 2013, implementable by 2015.

28. GIS Hydrology Map

31. Stakeholders Survey data Extra survey data Richmond planning and zonning/transportation/gis/storm water management meeting info EKU ground meeting Ice cream place meeting info

32. Manage storm water on site. Manage storm water on site. Create visual displays of water that are educationally, ecologically and economically useful. Create visual displays of water that are educationally, ecologically and economically useful. Incorporate rain garden basins to reduce storm water run-off. Incorporate rain garden basins to reduce storm water run-off. Research the idea of “green streets.” Research the idea of “green streets.” Add Vegetation to the medians on the Eastern Bypass. Add Vegetation to the medians on the Eastern Bypass.

33. Create identifiable and functional campus districts & Enhance the sense of place and campus edges. Create identifiable and functional campus districts & Enhance the sense of place and campus edges. Our site includes a part of campus that is lacking in way finding and identifiable campus markers. Our goal supports this objective of the EKU Plan. Encourage interaction among users Encourage interaction among users This goal in the EKU Plan is supportive of our mission to support outdoor physical activity.

35. Hydrology: http://www.sidwell.edu/about_sfs/envstewardship.aspx http://www.natsys-inc.com/portfolio/schools/sidwell-friends-middle-school/ http://kierantimberlake.com/pdf_news/sidwell-friends-school.pdf http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/docs/publications/wqgbchapter5.PDF?ga=t http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/ http://www.terrene.org/index.htm Soils and Vegetation: http://cplan.richmond.ky.us/Richmond_Comprehensive_Plan_Adopted_2011.pdf http://cen.orcg.au/old-site/pdf-files/sust_campus_report_final.pdf http://www.b.edu/offices/sustainability/campus-initiatives/nature.html http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/69C2F0F7-B4D9-4F90-A301-D408CC029675/0/Chapter4NativePlants.pdf Wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=KY www.uky.edu www.naturalareas.eku.edu www.knps.com www.naturepreserves.ky.gov/pubs/publications/county…/Larue.pdf. www.fws.gov/endangered/species www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/unitedstates/ky.shtml www.sci.sdsu.edu/SERG/techniques.html www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils www.soils.usda.gov

36. Sources for Human Use – Transportation http://www.sustainablesites.org/cases/show.php?id=27 http://www.sustainablesites.org/cases/show.php?id=15 http://www.sustainablesites.org/cases/show.php?id=20 http://geo325sustainablesites.wikispaces.com/file/view/traffic+calming+details.pdf Sources for Human Use – Recreation http://cplan.richmond.ky.us/Richmond_Comprehensive_Plan_Adopted_2011.pdf https://learn.eku.edu/courses/1/GEO325_23179_S12/content/_4557123_1/EKUMasterPlan.zip http://www.sustainablesites.org/cases/ Sources for Climate and Energy: http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/landscaping/index.cfm/mytopic=11910 http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/landscap.htm http://www.epa.gov/heatisld/resources/pdf/TreesandVegCompendium.pdf http://www.sustland.umn.edu/design/energysaving.html http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/landscaping/index.cfm/mytopic=11940 http://www.nrel.gov/ http://www.builditsolar.com/ http://solarreport.net/ http://www.awea.org/