Chapter 5.0 PROPOSED PROJECTS AND ACTIONS

	5.1	Protection (Policies and Programs) Projects
	5.2	Monitoring Projects
	5.3	Public Outreach and Education Projects
	5.4	Restoration Projects

The following projects and actions are numerically ranked using the criteria discussed in Chapter 4. Because of the level of detailed information available is different for each project, the scores assigned for each criterion were somewhat subjective. Actual effectiveness in addressing limiting factors will depend on specific project design and construction. For this reason, the highest scoring projects in each category are grouped together as top-tier projects. A slightly lower score therefore does not necessarily indicate that a given project should not be implemented prior to a slightly higher scoring project. All the top-tier projects will provide significant contributions toward improving watershed health.

5.1 Protection (Policies and Programs) Projects

Twenty-five projects to protect functions from degradation including land use, advocacy, policy, transportation, and planning were identified by TAC members, stakeholders, and the public. The following protection projects were evaluated against the criteria and ranked as the top tier projects (Table 17). See Appendix I (PDF, 119 KB) for a complete listing of protection projects and individual ranking scores.

Table 17 Top Tier Protection (Policies and Programs) Projects

Project Title	Location	Project Description
Implementation Code for the Springwater Concept Plan	Upper Johnson Creek	Creation of concept and implementation plans for land use code, street network, public facilities plan, annexation plan, and natural resources protection, restoration and enhancement plan. Ensure that code is adopted and implemented.
Clackamas County Water Environment Services (WES) New Development Standards	Clackamas County Service District (CCSD) #1	Implement CCSD #1 R&R: Erosion control which provides for a comprehensive, district wide erosion and construction site pollutant control program; provide training and other support as needed.
New Development Standards – actions under Portland’s MS4 permit	Lower and Middle Johnson Cr	Implement City Code Title 10: Erosion Control, which provides a comprehensive, citywide erosion and construction site pollutant control program; provide training and other support as needed.
Implementation Code for the Damascus Concept Plan	Johnson Creek tributaries	Creation of concept and implementation plans for land use code, street network, public facilities plan, annexation plan, and natural resources protection, restoration and enhancement plan. Ensure that code is adopted and implemented.
Implementation Code for the Pleasant Valley Concept Plan	Kelley Cr.	Creation of concept and implementation plans for land use code, street network, public facilities plan, annexation plan, and natural resources protection, restoration and enhancement plan. Ensure that code is adopted and implemented.
Illicit Discharges Controls – actions under MS4 permit	Watershed Wide	Implement all elements of the Illicit Discharge Elimination Program to prevent, search for, detect, and control illicit discharges to the MS4; continue to evaluate existing properties and non-stormwater discharges.
Healthy Portland Streams	Lower and Middle Johnson Creek	Environmental Zone remapping and code revision to ensure that environmental zoning adequately protects streams, wetlands, riparian areas and uplands and that restoration efforts are promoted.
Metro Goal 5	Watershed Wide	Fish and wildlife protection regulation including uplands and restoration opportunities.
Clackamas County Water Environment Services (WES) Illicit Discharge Control Program	Bell Station Area- Reaches 6-7	Implement the Illicit Discharge Elimination Program in the District to prevent, search for, detect, and control illicit discharges to the MS4. Continue to evaluate non-stormwater discharges.
Stormwater Master Plan	Kelley Cr.	Create Master Plan to accompany the Public Facilities Plan for stormwater. Determine appropriate size and design for conveyance swales and regional stormwater management facilities. Determine appropriate location and release rates for stormwater management.
Implementation and restoration of ESRA’s	Kelley Cr.	Develop plans and/or programs to protect those areas of the Environmentally Sensitive Resource Areas (ESRA) that are not protected by environmental zoning and to address potential takings involved where properties have lost all development potential. Also, develop plans and or programs to revegetate.
Other Activities – actions under MS4	Lower and Middle JC	Continue implementation of the Stormwater Monitoring Plan. Continue program management evaluation and reporting activities.
Three Bridges Project	Lower Johnson Cr.	Extend the Springwater Corridor by building three bridges, one over Johnson Cr., one over McLoughlin Blvd., and one over Union Pacific RR.
Fallen Tree Policy	Lower and Middle JC	Develop City policy for dealing with fallen trees in creeks. When to remove, where to place, and how to protect.
Clackamas County Water Environment Services (WES) Proposed Green Development Policies	Bell Station Area- Reaches 6-7	Encourage use of green development practices and evaluate incentives.

The top tier Protection (Policies and Programs) Projects (PP) will be further characterized below by highlighting preliminary implementation attributes including: expected lead entity, potential partners and project sponsors, project description, goal and objectives, limiting factors addressed, targeted benefiting area, rationale for priority rating, planning level cost estimates, sequencing, and anticipated future monitoring or maintenance needs.

5.2 Monitoring Projects

Thirteen projects to improve understanding of watershed functions including monitoring, modeling, and database management were identified by TAC members, stakeholders, and the public. The following monitoring, modeling, and data management projects were evaluated against the criteria and ranked as the top tier projects (Table 18). See Appendix I (PDF, 119 KB) for a complete listing of monitoring and database management projects and individual ranking scores.

Table 18 Top Tier Monitoring Projects

Project Title	Location	Project Description
Sediment Monitoring	Upper Johnson Cr	Conduct Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Turbidity monitoring to identify point and nonpoint pollution sources.
TMDL Bacteria	Watershed Wide	Baseline monitoring of E.coli bacteria levels at eight locations along Johnson Cr. to support establishment and implementation of TMDLs.
Toxics Source ID	Watershed Wide	Identification of sources of toxics.
Cutthroat Trout EDT Modeling	Watershed Wide	Cutthroat Trout EDT Model Results.
Fishery Survey	Tributaries	Additional fish surveys to determine presence and extent of use of all tributary streams.
Fish Passage Barriers Inventory on Private Lands	Watershed Wide	Complete inventory of passage barriers to include private lands; characterize severity and rank.
Upland habitat and wildlife resources	Watershed Wide	Characterize upland habitat problems and opportunities.
Upland watershed tributary habitat and water quality	Upper JC	Characterize habitat and water quality conditions in upper watershed tributaries; focus on tributaries suspect to provide refuge; collect similar level of data available for Kelley and Crystal Springs Cr.
Vegetative Monitoring	Watershed Wide	Create volunteer structure to monitor revegetation sites for water quality, habitat, and other objectives.
Water Rights Information	Watershed Wide	Locate legal and illegal water rights information including diversions and quantify the extent of water withdrawals.
Fill data gaps to ID sources in high priority areas	Watershed Wide	Address key data gaps, ID rock wall locations, toxics sources, refugia areas, pollutants of concerns, and water rights.
Outfall discharge characterization	Watershed Wide	GPS specific outfall locations and collect and characterize pollutant loading information.
Fish Passage Prioritization (Public Right-of-Ways)	Watershed Wide	Prioritization of fish passage barrier removal/replacement on public right-of-ways within the entire watershed (may supercede other proposed fish passage projects).
ID specific WPA locations and conditions	Lower and Middle JC	GPS specific locations of bank and channel lining and condition.
Portland Operations and Maintenance	Lower and Middle Johnson Cr.	Review and update the implementation of a Stormwater Maintenance Program that includes elements needed to successfully maintain and enhance performance of MS4 conveyance and treatment facilities within the City’s urban services boundary.
Johnson Cr. Ambient Monitoring	Watershed Wide	Baseline monitoring of Johnson Cr. to support TMDL process. Include chemical, physical, and biological parameters.
Identification of Fish Refugia Areas	Watershed Wide	Identify fish refugia area that provide cool waters or conditions that support areas for avoiding hot spots, or chemicals.
Groundwater Monitoring	Middle Johnson Cr.	Install two staff gages in wetland complex along Springwater Corridor to monitor seasonal surface water fluctuations. Install two piezometers south of Foster and one in wetland complex to monitor groundwater fluctuations.

Culvert The top tier Monitoring (M) Projects will be further characterized below by highlighting preliminary implementation attributes including: expected lead entity, potential partners and project sponsors, project description, goal and objectives, limiting factors addressed, targeted benefiting area, rationale for priority rating, planning level cost estimates, sequencing, and anticipated future monitoring or maintenance needs.

5.3 Public Outreach and Education Projects

Nine projects to inspire stewardship behavior including public outreach and education were identified by TAC members, stakeholders, and the public. Ranking of Public Outreach and Education Projects are included in Table 19. See Appendix I (PDF, 119 KB) for a complete listing of Public Outreach and Education projects and individual ranking scores.

Table 19. Ranking of Public Outreach and Education Projects

Project Title	Location	Project Description
Lower Willamette Enhanced Agricultural Water Quality Rule Implementation	Upper Johnson Cr	Coordinate with East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District (EMSWCD), Clackamas County Soil & Water Conservation District (CCSWCD), and the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to enhance education and technical assistance programs towards meeting WQ Management Area rules and minimize need for enforcement and fines.
Landowner Outreach	Upper Johnson Cr Reaches 17-18	Contact all landowners in these reaches, especially in the confluence area of N.F. Johnson Cr., Badger Cr., and Sunshine Cr. ID and prioritize all project opportunities in this high priority area. Apparent large-scale project opportunities for channel reconstruction, floodplain, wetland reclamation, addition of large wood structure, revegetation, etc. Plan and implement pilot project to initiate interest.
Community Restoration Project	Middle Johnson Cr	Work with private property owners to restore creek and riparian area to provide flood storage and improve habitat and water quality.
Construction BMPs	Watershed Wide	Offer assistance to regulatory agencies, builders and developers, to ensure adequate erosion prevention and sediment control and other construction site BMPs.
Public Involvement and Participation Program	Watershed Wide	Implement a comprehensive stormwater/watershed Public Participation Program that includes information, education, involvement, and stewardship.
Car trip reduction	Watershed Wide	Reduce car trips in watershed through education program in order to reduce petroleum aromatic hydrocarbons and other pollutant levels.
Signage Program	Watershed Wide	Develop an educational signage program for stormwater treatment facilities, creek crossings, and other sensitive areas, and along Springwater Corridor.
Annual Watershed Report	Watershed Wide	Annually monitor, report, and publicize stream health and status report by subwatershed.
Exotic Fish Education	Watershed Wide	Develop and disseminate educational program on exotic fishes and ID potential areas for removal.

Kids planting trees The top tier Public Outreach and Education Projects (POE) will be further characterized below by highlighting preliminary implementation attributes including: expected lead entity, potential partners and project sponsors, project description, goal and objectives, limiting factors addressed, targeted benefiting area, rationale for priority rating, planning level cost estimates, sequencing, and anticipated future monitoring or maintenance needs.

5.4 Restoration Projects

Fifty-three projects to restore and enhance watershed functions including revegetation, habitat improvement or recovery, floodplain connectivity and flow management, etc. were identified by TAC members, stakeholders, and the public. Restoration projects were ranked by Total Watershed Health Scores. Total Social/Economic Scores were ranked and summarized only for informational purposes. Ranking of the top tier Restoration Projects are included in Table 20. See Figure 15 (PDF, 784 KB) for the location of the top tier ranked restoration projects. See Appendix I (PDF, 119 KB) for a complete listing of monitoring and database management projects, their limiting factors that are addressed, targeted areas that the project benefits, and their individual ranked scores.

Table 20. Ranking of top tier Restoration Projects

Project Title	Location	Project Description
Reed Branch Habitat Restoration/Fish Passage	Crystal Springs	Replacement of culvert at 28^th Avenue; Large wood placement upstream in Reed Canyon. Revegetation in Reed Canyon for temperature reduction; this is a possible subsurface channel.
Alsop/Brownwood Flood Mitigation and Habitat Restoration	Middle Johnson Cr	Create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Create off-channel habitat for salmonids and water quality improvements.
Kelley Cr. Confluence flood mitigation/ habitat improvements	Middle Johnson Cr/Kelley Creek	Create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Create off-channel habitat for salmonids and water quality improvements.
Tideman Johnson/Errol Heights Flood Mitigation	Lower Johnson Cr Reach 4-5	Purchase frequent flooded properties and create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Rehabilitate over 50-acres of wetlands. Create off-channel habitat for salmonids and water quality improvement.
SE 7^th Street Br.	Middle Johnson Cr Reach 15	Develop two wetlands, reconnect floodplain, remove invasives, and stabilize bank and toe.
Main City Park Improvements (B)	Upper Johnson Cr at Main City Park Reach 15-16	Implement Master Plan. Large project with channel reconstruction, daylighting a tributary, wetland and floodplain creation.
West Lents Flood Mitigation	Middle Johnson Creek	Create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Create off-channel habitat for salmon and water quality improvement. Purchase frequently flooded properties to move people out of the floodplain.
Freeway Land Company Flood Mitigation	Middle Johnson Creek	Create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Create off-channel habitat for salmon and water quality improvement.
Springwater Wetlands Complex	Middle Johnson Creek	Create and restore wetlands habitat for flood storage, aquatic and wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement.
East Lents South of Foster Flood Mitigation	Middle Johnson Creek	Create flood storage to mitigate nuisance flooding. Create off-channel habitat for salmon and water quality improvement. Purchase homes to move residents out of floodplain.
Habitat Restoration	Kelley Creek (Mitchell to mouth); Richey through Bliss property	Large wood placement/enhancement of instream habitat complexity and floodplain connectivity/revegetation.
SW 14^th Street Riparian Corridor	Butler Creek and Upper JC Reach 15	Control erosion by re-grading banks of JC and install soil bioengineering. Remove invasive and install natives. Add large wood. Address streambank instability and erosion.
Main City Park Improvements (A)	Middle Johnson Cr Reach 15	Remove island and dig out a pond and create wetland for flood storage, remove invasives and plant natives.
Westmoreland Park Improvements	Crystal Springs	Master planning effort to create a variety of habitat enhancements, including establishing Crystal Spring’s channel and revegetation the banks to create a more naturalistic riparian edge. Other improvements may include adding boardwalks and viewpoints.
Habitat Restoration	Reach 17	Restore channel with large wood. Enhance instream habitat complexity and floodplain connectivity and revegetate.

Several of the top tier Restoration (R) Projects will be further characterized below by highlighting preliminary implementation attributes including: expected lead entity, potential partners and project sponsors, project description, goal and objectives, limiting factors addressed, targeted benefiting area, rationale for priority rating, planning level cost estimates, sequencing, and anticipated future monitoring or maintenance needs.