Breakout Session Slides Encouraging Urban Green Infrastructure Practices for Climate Resiliency – Jennifer Fish will discuss how Green Infrastructure above the minimum stormwater standards is important to community sustainability. This includes designing for future storm events and better using existing environmental services. Monday, February 12, 2:30 - 2:55 p.m.

1. Encouraging Green Infrastructure Practices
For Climate Resiliency
NACD Annual Meeting
February 12, 2024
Jennifer Fish, CPMSM
Director

2. We are the only local government agency with a natural resource focus
Mission: To Promote Responsible Land Use
Decisions for the Conservation, Protection, and
Improvement of Soil and Water Resources
Through Effective Partnering, Technical
Guidance, and Education.
OUR MISSION:
Hayden Run, Darby Creek Watershed
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3. Land Use and Climate Change
Nature based solutions can make up to 37% of the global climate
mitigation needs, currently makes up 3% of funding.
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4. Encouraging Green Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change
1) Using the upper confidence limits of curve numbers in
stormwater runoff calculations
2) Engaging natural resource professionals before site design &
engineering commence
3) Provide technical support, incentives, and a regulatory
process that supports green infrastructure.
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5. Climate Change Impacts
• Local Annual Rainfall has increased from 38-42” over the
past two decades.
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6. Improve Available Data for Stormwater Runoff Calculations
1) Updating regional precipitation data models
2) Updating Atlas 14 data
3) Using the upper confidence limits of curve numbers based on
current Atlas 14 data
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7. Update current data and models

8. Use the Upper Limits of Stormwater Curve Numbers

10. Green Infrastructure: Site Assessment
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11. Green Infrastructure: Native Plants

12. Green Infrastructure: Subsoiling
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13. 4- 6 inches

14. Green Infrastructure: Cost Savings
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Schneider Trucking: Cost Savings $26,000

15. Green Infrastructure: Benefits Overview
• Increase Ground Water Recharge
• Reduce grey infrastructure costs
• Increase habitat for pollinators, birds and wildlife
• Reduced water and fertilizer inputs
• Reduce heat from hard surfaces
• Reduce amount of stormwater runoff causing stream erosion & flooding
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16. F r a n k l i n S o i l a n d Wa t e r C o n s e r va t i o n
Franklin Soil and Water Resources

17. Conservation Incentives
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18. References and Further Information
• Climate Summary Information, GLISA, University of Michigan,
https://glisa.umich.edu/summary-climate-information/
• Engineering for Climate Change, Dan Christiansen, Senior Program Manager and
Water Resource Engineer, OSWA Webinar, April 6, 2023.
• Enhancing Soil Infiltration and Reforestation Success with Suburban Subsoiling,
Stu Schwartz ph.D, Senior Research Scientiest, Center for Urban Environmental
Research and Education, University of Maryland, Ohio Stormwater Conference,
May 12, 2023
• Ohio Precipitation Tool, OSU Byrd Polar Research Center, https://ohio-
precipitation-tool.byrd.osu.edu/data_39.9907-82.8770_19532022
• Water Always Wins, University of Chicago Press, Erica Geis, 2022
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19. Jennifer Fish, CPMSM
Director
614-486-9613
jfish@franklinswcd.org
www.franklinswcd.org