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ECMP Overview of Draft Plan

The Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan provides an overview of recommendations for adapting to future changes from flood mitigation investments in Ellicott City, Maryland. The plan focuses on enhancing the town's historic setting by investing in attractive public spaces while also building resiliency. It covers five topics across seven focus areas and provides a menu of options to balance development with watershed protection. The plan was developed through an additive community engagement process involving over 600 survey responses.

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ECMP Overview of Draft Plan

The Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan provides an overview of recommendations for adapting to future changes from flood mitigation investments in Ellicott City, Maryland. The plan focuses on enhancing the town's historic setting by investing in attractive public spaces while also building resiliency. It covers five topics across seven focus areas and provides a menu of options to balance development with watershed protection. The plan was developed through an additive community engagement process involving over 600 survey responses.

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Ellicott City Watershed Master Plan:

Overview of the Draft


Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning, July 2020

Mahan Rykiel | Arnett Muldrow | RK&K | Land Studies | SouthCoast Consulting | Preservation Consulting
In consultation with: McCormick Taylor

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Why a Master Plan for Ellicott City?
• Rebuilding for the long-term = an
opportunity to enhance, in
addition to protect
• Community steeped in history,
notable for connections to the
National Road, B&O railroad, and
rich mill town heritage

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Why a Master Plan for Ellicott City?
• Today regional draw, vibrant Main
Street, nationally significant
historic district
• Town’s unique characteristics
warranted a highly context-
sensitive, community-driven
approach to planning

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Many Ideas from the Community
• Additive Process (details on webpage):
– 2016: Professional Facilitator; open-ended project
idea collection (300+)
– 2017: Master Plan visioning; small table discussions
– 2018: Concepts, emerging recommendations;
reactions online
– 2019: EC Safe & Sound Plan, Revised Master Plan
Concepts and recommendations; reactions online
– 2020: Draft plan, then adoption – online
• 600 survey responses to date
• www.howardcountymd.gov/ecmp
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Vision and Goals

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Themes in the Plan
• Adapting to change that will come
from flood mitigation investments
• Investing in attractive public
spaces within the historic setting
• Building resiliency to bounce back
• Partnering to achieve multiple
objectives
• Maintaining flexibility for future
opportunities
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Topics and Areas Covered in the Plan
• 5 Topics –
Tiber
Watershed
• 7 Focus Areas
apply topics in
the “core”
(along Main
Street and the
West End)

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Recommendations and Options

• Menu of
options
• Domino effect
of changes in
one location
• Resulting
opportunities
elsewhere
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Reminder: 2019 New Stormwater Standard
• In the Tiber Branch Watershed,
developers of new and redeveloped
property must now address the ‘flash
flood’
• Hydraulic equivalent of the torrential
rainfall on July 30, 2016 (6 inches in
3.55 hr)
• Manages peak intensity to ‘flatten the
curve’ to ‘woods in good condition’
• In addition to 100-year, 24-hr storm and
water quality requirements
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Reminder: 2019 Forest Conservation Changes
• Major updates to the Howard County
Forest Conservation Act
• Increased replanting obligations on
developers
• Improved stewardship of the Green
Infrastructure Network (GIN)
• New site design requirements
• A stronger fee-in-lieu regulation
• Tightened variance regulation to limit
exceptions

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Visit our Webpage for More information

www.howardcountymd.gov/ecmp

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