LaoLao Bay Road & Coastal Management Improvement Plan ARRA/NOAA Grant No. NA09NMF Project Summary: December 2012

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1 LaoLao Bay Road & Coastal Management Improvement Plan ARRA/NOAA Grant No. NA09NMF Project Summary: December 2012

Grant Summary LAOLAO WATERSHED Original Grant - $641,273 (awarded 6/26/09) Revegetate 14-acre upland area Marine Monitoring - Ecological & Water Quality Public Awareness Campaign - Beach Signs -

reef flat - Profiling beyond reef Low-volume Roads Engineering Training Workshops Design & Construction of Stream Crossings Re-grading of LaoLao Bay Drive LaoLao Bay Drive Minor Improvements

2 Grant Summary LAOLAO WATERSHED Original Grant - $641,273 (awarded 6/26/09) Revegetate 14-acre upland area Marine Monitoring - Ecological & Water Quality Public Awareness Campaign - Beach Signs - Public Service Announcements - Informational Brochures & Posters Supplemental Funding - $492,118 (awarded 8/10/10) Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring - Additional sampling of streams - Sampling of reef flat - Profiling beyond reef Low-volume Roads Engineering Training Workshops Design & Construction of Stream Crossings Re-grading of LaoLao Bay Drive LaoLao Bay Drive Minor Improvements NOAA-Funded/Managed Works - $1,470,773.4 mile Road Paving & Drainage LauLau Bay Dr. Construction Management A/E Design for GapGap Rd. Paving & Drainage Total ARRA Funding: $2,604,164 Additional Funding: $65,926 EPA grant (for streamcrossings construction) Sedimentation at LaoLao Bay stream outfalls prior to grant activities (2004)

3 Contributing Agencies Contractors & Vendors 1) Office of the Governor 2) Office of the Lt. Governor 3) Office of the Attorney General 4) Office of the Public Auditor 5) Treasury 6) Dept. of Finance 7) Procurement & Supply 8) Office of Personnel Management 9) Dept. of Public Works 10) Coastal Resources Management Office 11) Historic Preservation Office 12) DLNR Forestry 13) DLNR Division of Fish & Wildlife 14) Dept. of Public Lands 15) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA) 16) US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 17) US Fish & Wildlife Service 18) US Army Corps of Engineers 1) GPPC, Inc. 2) TRL Consulting 3) Pacific Marine Resources Institute 4) MEGAbyte Computer Service & Sales 5) Joeten Motor Company, Inc. 6) National Office Supply 7) Modern Stationary & Trading Co. 8) ACE Hardware 9) All Parts, Inc./Carquest 10) Aqua Connections, Inc. 11) Jin Yong Americana, Inc. 12) Representa Company 13) Shell Marianas/IP&E 14) Motion Automotive Repair Center 15) Pacific Quick Print & Post 16) R&M Enterprises 17) Tropical Gardens, Inc. 18) L&F, Inc. 19) Star Marianas, Inc. 20) CMS, Inc. 21) Younis Art Studio, Inc. 22) Saipan Tribune 23) White Coconut Computer Services 24) Safety 1 st Systems CNMI, Inc. 25) Hollywood Theaters Saipan 26) WERI* ( ) CTSI Logistics 28) DHL Express* (500) 29) 670 Rock Steady Shop 30) Ideal Signs 31) Schobwuut Premier Consulting 32) Pacific Islands Club Saipan 33) Hyatt Regency Saipan 34) Seafix, Inc. 35) Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting, Inc. 36) KWAW FM Saipan 37) Blue Continent Communications, Inc. 38) Hawaiian Rock Products 39) Swift & Harper Archaeological 40) Treetrans Systems (55,150) 41) IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (4,879) 42) North Central Laboratories (3,233) 43) Hydroscape Products, Inc. (5,342) 44) YSI Incorporated (18,149) 45) Modern Laboratory Service (3,475) 46) DKSH Australia Pty. Ltd. (6,900) 47) Black & Veatch/Duenas Camacho (442,657) Local Economic Impact ~$1.8 million into private sector ~$300,000 into government (4 DEQ jobs + indirect costs) 115 contracts & purchase orders processed

4 LaoLao Bay Drive Road Paving & Drainage Length: 0.4 mile (2,100 ft.) Cost: $1.47 million (incl. CM) Features: curb & catch basin system, subgrade drain pipe, concrete sediment chamber, gabion sediment chamber Completed: April 2012 ISA DRIVE View 1 View 1 View 2 View 2 5 2

5 LauLau Bay DriveRoad Paving & Drainage: Construction 36 in. diameter sub grade drain pipe Gabion sediment chamber Asphalt paving Excavating for drain pipe Sub grade drain pipe & catch basin system terminating at concrete sediment chamber Rip-rap slope & channel protection 5 2

Additional Erosion Controls Workshop participants discuss Stream Crossing #3 Low-Volume Roads Engineering Training

including DPW and Mayor s Office personnel from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota; private sector engineers and contractors;

Regrading DEQ DPW partnership Utilized techniques from workshop training Length: 1.

rip-rap slope protection at 6 stream crossings Completed: September 2012 Section of road grading work completed by

6 Additional Erosion Controls Workshop participants discuss Stream Crossing #3 Low-Volume Roads Engineering Training Workshops Conducted by US Forest Service engineers 5-day workshops conducted in 2010 & attendees, including DPW and Mayor s Office personnel from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota; private sector engineers and contractors; agency staff from DEQ, CRM, HPO, DLNR, CUC and NRCS. LauLau Bay Dr. & GapGap Rd. Regrading DEQ DPW partnership Utilized techniques from workshop training Length: 1.9 miles Completed: November 2011 Stream Crossings Engineering design & construction of reinforced concrete fords & rip-rap slope protection at 6 stream crossings Completed: September 2012 Section of road grading work completed by DPW 8 THICK REINF. CONCRETE 6 THICK COMPACTED AGGREGATE 6 THICK COMPACTED AGGREGATE MORTARED RIPRAP CONCRETE SWALE Stream Crossing #2 Construction Plan Road Grading Stream Crossing Locations

7 Stream Crossings: Before & After Photos Workshop participants discuss Stream Crossing #3 Low Water Crossing #RR1 - Before Low Water Crossing #RR1 - After Low Water Crossing #1.5 - Before Low Water Crossing #1.5 - After Low Water Crossing #2 - Before Low Water Crossing #2 - After

8 Stream Crossings: Before & After Photos (cont d.) Workshop participants discuss Stream Crossing #3 Low Water Crossing #RR1 #3 - - Before Low Water Crossing #3 - After Low Water Crossing #5 - Before Low Water Crossing #5 - After Low Water Crossing #6 - Before Low Water Crossing #6 - After

Revegetation LaoLao Bay Drive Revegetation Site Divesite GapGap Rd.

Propagation & planting in 2010 & 2011 Results: 1,600+ plants representing 12

Completed: September 2011 LaoLao Bay GIS map of planting areas & plant

9 Revegetation LaoLao Bay Drive Revegetation Site Divesite GapGap Rd. DEQ partnership with DLNR, DFW, CRM & NRCS 14-acre deforested upland site Propagation & planting in 2010 & 2011 Results: 1,600+ plants representing 12 native species 5,000+ linear feet of Vetiver grass 68% overall survival rate Completed: September 2011 LaoLao Bay GIS map of planting areas & plant locations Plant propagation at DLNR Nursery DLNR Forestry demonstrates planting techniques

Coral reef ecological monitoring photo quadrant survey Marine Monitoring LaoLao Bay Coral Reef & Water Quality Monitoring

survey of reef flat and reef slope completed January 2011 (benthic, coral population, fish, macroinvertebrate data) Phase I

html) Water quality monitoring of streams and reef flat Water quality profiling of outer reef Summary report completed

10 Coral reef ecological monitoring photo quadrant survey Marine Monitoring LaoLao Bay Coral Reef & Water Quality Monitoring Plan completed March 2010 DEQ-CRM Marine Monitoring Team (MMT) trained in data collection methodologies Baseline ecological survey of reef flat and reef slope completed January 2011 (benthic, coral population, fish, macroinvertebrate data) Phase I report comparing current ecological data to 1992 study completed April 2011 (available online at Water quality monitoring of streams and reef flat Water quality profiling of outer reef Summary report completed September 2012 Reef flat water quality monitoring Water quality sampling and ecological survey sites, outer reef water quality profiling

Awareness Campaign Stakeholder workshops Revegetation

turtle protection & anti-littering installed at 2

months) Radio PSAs (broadcast on 3 stations 6 months)

11 Awareness Campaign Stakeholder workshops Revegetation training (55 community volunteers) Beach signs for turtle protection & anti-littering installed at 2 locations Theater slide PSAs (Hollywood Theaters 6 months) Radio PSAs (broadcast on 3 stations 6 months) Informational brochures & posters distributed to 32 schools

COASTAL APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SITING PERMIT

COASTAL APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SITING PERMIT Frank M. Rabauliman Administrator Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality Division of Coastal Resources Management Gualo Rai Center