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| The original watershed plan for Tyler Creek
was completed in January 1996 by Openlands
Project with input and guidance from the City of
Elgin, Village of Gilberts, Kane County Forest
Preserve District, Kane County, and the IDNR.
Funding was provided by the IDNR Office of
Realty and Environmental Planning. The plan
provided a summary of watershed history, current
physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of the watershed, and an outline
for establishment of a watershed greenway plan,
general watershed protection guidelines, and
recommendations for restoration/protection of
specific sites of concern/interest in the
watershed’s sub areas. |
In 1997, the City of Elgin completed the
Tyler Creek Management Plan, which focused on
stormwater management and natural resource
protection in the lower 1/3 of the watershed
within the municipal limits of Elgin (current as
well as proposed city limits at that time).
This plan was born out of the City’s need to
insure the creek through the lower, already
developed, portion of the City would not
experience additional degradation due to further
development upstream following municipal
expansion.
This plan identified stormwater management
strategies for future development, stormwater
retrofit projects, stream corridor restoration /
stabilization projects, and wetland banks as
part of a plan to improve water quality and
reduce flooding. In 2000, the City took this
plan a step further and prepared an EPA 319
grant application that included preliminary
design plans and cost estimates for implementing
several (12-13) of the projects identified in
the 1997 Tyler Creek Management Plan. To date,
at least two of these projects have been
implemented by the City of Elgin. |
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