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C. EVALUATION OF OBJECTIVES AND TASKS ~ Objs~ctive 1: Preplanning and Coordination Task: 1: Complete Restoration Design The Restoration Team completed the design plans for the Stream Corridor Restoration • Plan that identified the Best Management Practices to be used for restoration work. Bec~iuse the restoration actions involved work along the stream and road over both public and ;private property, permits were obtained from local, county and federal governments. • These included: • • Army Corps of Engineer's Section 404 Clean Water Act Nationwide Permit • Town of Jamestown's Watershed District Permit • Boulder County Land Use's Waiver of a Special Use Permit • Boulder County Building Division's Grading Permit In acldition to obtaining permits, letters of approval from private and public property ~ own~:rs within the project corridor were required. All property owners were consulted with • during the beginning stags of project design and were kept informed throughout project development. This early engagement of property owners helped to ensure public support for tine restoration effort. Letters of approval were obtained from private property owners as well as from the U.S. Forest Service's Boulder Ranger District. The Boulder County Transportation Department staff and the Boulder Ranger District staff met at the project ~ site i:o determine the boundaries between the forest land and County road. Task; 2: Information Sharing The James Creek Watershed Initiative has informed the community, stakeholders and partners in the restoration of the James Creek corridor in the following ways: . Invitation to the public to join the Restoration Team • Monthly reports to the public at Town Board meetings of Jamestown • Public newsletter to stakeholders in winter 2003 with project updates • Project information at the Jim Creek Fest in summer 2003 and 2004 • a Presentation at the Nonpoint Source Forum on September 10, 2003 • Presentation at the Boulder Creek Watershed Forum on July 22, 2003 Presentation at a Public Forum on September 20, 2004 in Jamestown ~ Minutes of Restoration Team meetings have been mailed to property owners • within the project corridor Work has begun on developing a web site with completion date March 2005 • Watershed information board posting of the "work in progress" in Jamestown Task: 3: Develop Construction Plans ~ Wal:~h Environmental Scientists and Engineers, LLC (Walsh) received the contract and prepared a set of construct-to-build drawings for the projects that required technical • expertise. Wildlands Restoration Volunteers provided the streambank bioengineering and vegeaation design plans. A map of the restoration sites was completed by Exponent Environmental as in-kind contribution to the project. In preparation for work to begin, a • section line was posted at 100 ft to 1000 ft intervals along the project corridor. Fall 2004 restoration work was completed by AmeriCorps volunteers who were trained at the project sites on bioengineering techniques. 5