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Happening Thursday, June 8th, 2023
8:30AM - 2:30PM at Ganesha Park, City of Pomona
Are you interested in how your City's streets can better prioritize pedestrian circulation, shade, urban cooling, green space, and other pedestrian-oriented features such as sidewalk widening, native landscaping, and traffic calming? Do you want to see how streets can help us better manage stormwater runoff as a resource?
Taking place in the City of Pomona, the Greenstreet* Knowledge Exchange will connect cities in the East San Gabriel Valley with their colleagues and peers to share planning and implementation experiences and provide tools to identify resources, overcome challenges, and implement best practices for successful greenstreet implementation.
Audience members will learn about best practices related to greenstreet...
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Public engagement and input
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Planning and lead time
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General plan consistency
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Operations and Management – Sign up now, space is limited!
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Agenda
8:30AM – Check In and Networking Coffee
9:00AM – Background on WaterTalks Program (DACTI) and Safe Clean Water Program
9:15 AM – Introduction
9:20AM – Greenstreets Keynote
Daniel Apt, Founder & President, Olaunu
9:45AM – Case Study Presentation on South El Monte and Claremont Greenstreets
David Diaz, Executive Director, Active San Gabriel Valley
Rene Salas, City Manager, City of South El Monte
Chris Veirs, Principal Planner, City of Claremont
10:15AM – Panel Discussion
10:35AM – Break
10:45AM – Breakout Group Activity
11:45AM – Lunch (Provided)
12:30PM – Leave to Site Visit Tour
1:00PM – Tour of Foothill Blvd (School of Theology, Colby Circle, Claremont Blvd)
Chris Veirs, Principal Planner, City of Claremont
Robert Perry, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona
2:30PM – End / Optional Tour of California Botanic Garden Nursery and Forest Pavillion
Who should attend?
Municipal staff, electeds and NGO representatives from Cities/Agencies from the East San Gabriel Valley
* “Greenstreets are streets that include median and streetside planters or swales that capture stormwater runoff and allow it to soak into the ground as soil and vegetation filter pollutants. This replenishes groundwater supplies and keeps polluted runoff out of our streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Greenstreets also make attractive streetscapes that connect business districts, neighborhoods, parks and schools, and they can be designed to accommodate the diverse traffic needs of cars, trucks, pedestrians and bicyclists.” (adapted from the City of Portland)
Hosted by: WaterTalks Team and the Safe, Clean Water Program's Watershed Coordinators
This workshop series is funded in part by the Department of Water Resources Proposition 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Disadvantaged Communities and Tribal Involvement (DACTI) program.
What is WaterTalks? | Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | Workshop 3 | Greenstreet Exchange
