HomeMy WebLinkAboutHartman Reserve, et al. - Education Proposal-7/10/2017Please return this copy to:
City Clerk & Finance Dept.
715 Mulberry St.
Waterloo, IA 50703
Contracted Education Proposal April 7, 2017.
Between Hartman Reserve Nature Center and Cities of Cedar Falls, Elk Run
Heights, Evansdale, Hudson, Raymond and Waterloo
Hartman Reserve Nature Center (HRNC) will partner with the Cities of Cedar Falls, Elk Run Heights,
Evansdale, Hudson, and Waterloo to organize and conduct stormwater education sessions. This effort
will occur under the direction of city staff and HRNC. Education sessions will occur throughout FY2018
(July1-June 30) and consist of primarily school groups.
OVERVIEW
• Hartman Reserve will provide a wide range of hands-on water quality and stormwater themed
programs to classrooms and visitors to the Center who come for school trips, public and private
programs and summer camps.
• This program will allow the participating municipalities to remain in compliance with their DNR
issued NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) General Permit #2, which
contains a Public Education and Outreach program requirement.
• Because the surrounding municipalities are working together this becomes a cost effective way
to meet the federal requirements.
• Programs will include: a pond study, which involves finding and identifying macro invertebrates
to assess water quality; a stream table lesson, which demonstrates the watershed concept and
provides a good lesson on the forces of erosion; a live animal room, where children get to meet
the animals that depend on clean water and learn about how water quality effects them; a
fishing and canoe/kayaking, which can provide a lifelong appreciation for recreational activities
that are directly impacted by water quality, These activities, and more, are available to teachers
as they plan field trips.
• This new initiative will have a two -fold process. The first will build water quality lessons into
existing programs and field trip curriculum and the second will develop additional educational
programs that also focus on stormwater and water quality.
PROJECT COORDINATION
Hartman Reserve will handle program planning, set-up, equipment usage, equipment maintenance and
storage, billing and registration, and training. Reports will be submitted as requested.
STAFF
Currently, Hartman Reserves Assistant Program Coordinator (APC), under the direction of the lead
naturalist plans, organizes, and implements outdoor education programs for children and adults. This
position will lead the Watershed Education Initiative.
BUDGET
The incorporation of water quality lessons into existing programs, cost -share matching from each of the
participating municipalities and partial match in funding from REAP -CEP (Resource Enhancement and
Protection- Conservation Education Program) allows this to be a cost-effective stormwater education
program.
Cedar Valley Stormwater Education Initiative
FY 2017
City
Hartman Staff .25 FTE (10 hrs/week) _ $5,504
Waterloo
$2570.14
Cedar Falls
$1630.77
Evansdale
$411.88
Hudson
$329.85
Raymond
$27530
Elk Run
$286.05
TOTAL
$5504
DELIVERABLES
Hartman Reserve will provide field trips, classrooms and visitors with hands-on water quality themed
lessons that will meet the required education component of the Iowa DNR MS -4 stormwater mandate.
Over 2,000 individuals will receive this instruction at an average of % hour per person per lesson.
Because this project funding is limited in scope we will only be introducing this topic into already
established programs such as field trips and group visits. HRNC will track this number and provide a final
report at the end of the year or when requested.
INVOICE
HRNC will invoice the cities at beginning of FY 2018 (July 1- June 30) and it will be payable within 60
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