Pewaukee River Partnership Inc.

At its meeting on March 1st, the Pewaukee River Partnership Board of Directors voted to withdraw the offer made to the Village of Pewaukee to finance and build a rain garden on the site of the new Village Hall. They also postphoned developing plans for a river walk on the site. A Letter of Withdrawal dated March 3, 2006 has been sent to Chuck Nichols, president of the Village Board, as well as each of the trustees.
The Village will not be ready to install a rain garden and/or river walk until some time in 2008. The Board suggested that the Village contact PRP at that time to consider resubmitting the offer. Taking this step gives PRP the freedom to move ahead on other conservation projects in the watershed. Whether PRP resubmits the offer in the future will depend on the availability of resources at that time.

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The regular meeting of PRP was held on Thursday, February 22nd. Members were updated on the results of the meeting with the Village of Pewaukee Board of Trustees.
Because delaying the construction of the rain garden would seriously impact on PRP's activities for the 2007 summer, members asked that the PRP Board meet to review the situation and return to the March meeting with recommendations as to how to proceed.

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On Wednesday, February 21st, Mary Schwister, president of the Pewaukee River Partnership, appeared before the Village of Pewaukee Board of Trustees to outline their two step plan.
Since the approved site plan for the new Village Hall already included plans for the construction of a rain garden, PRP offered to supply both funding and labor for the rain garden portion of the project.
In addition, Schwister explained that since the river walk was not on the already approved Village Hall site plan, PRP would make a proposal to the Village Plan Commission as soon as details for the river walk could be finalized.
The Board of Trustees suggested that PRP wait to implement any of these plans until 2008 due to the recently revised directives received from the Wisconsin DNR regarding management of storm water during the construction period.

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The Village of Pewaukee is currently working on plans to build a new Village Hall. The site is located along the Pewaukee River. Charlie Shong, vice-president of PRP, recently met with the landscape architect to discuss preliminary landscape design ideas for the site. PRP has volunteered to work on building a river walk along the River at the south end of the property. Also discussed were plans for a rain garden. PRP is currently looking for donors or a corporate sponsor to share in the cost of this project.

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The Pewaukee River Partnership has volunteered to work with the Village of Pewaukee to build a riverwalk along the Pewaukee River at the rear of the the new Village Hall site. Mary Schwister, president, and Charlie Shong, vice-president, recently met with Scott Gosse, Village administrator, to discuss plans for cooperation. Construction of the new building will begin in early 2007. The proposed parking lot will extend from the building to the River. PRP offered to seek funding sources, secure necessary permits (DNR), develop the design and finally to build the riverwalk. The project would also include restoration of the the riverbank along the site. PRP also will look for ways to partner with other local groups to implement this project.

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Members at the Sept. 28th Annual Meeting reviewed the three projects that have been proposed for 2006/2007: Profile the River, Develop a Canoe Route or Build a Boardwalk/Riverwalk.

After open discussion the members voted to revise the third proposal and focus on developing a Riverwalk along the River at the back of the site for the new Village Hall. In addition there may be some necessary shoreline restoration work involved with the project.

Because archectitural plans are currently being developed for the Village Hall, it was felt that this part of the Boardwalk/Riverwalk proposal was the most urgent. (Plans for building a Boardwalk in Village Park were temporarily put on hold.)

Members felt that we should also look for ways to work with the Village on plans for the parking lot adjacent to the Riverwalk. The Village will be looking for ways to implement requirements of the Clean Water Act. We would like to explore new ideas for storm water management relating to parking lot situations. We also felt that we would like to explore grant funding opportunities that could be helpful in financing this project.

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