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A long, meandering story. Hope? Despair? What next?

This issue of the Post Oak is devoted Certainly it’s long past time to dream This issue focuses mostly on the last to theJohnsonJohnsonJohnson trials and tribulations of the of a natural corridor through town.CreekCreekCreek10 years or so. A lot has happened JohnsonJohnson CreekCreeksince 1995, and drastic changes have waterway that has been most closely This Johnson Creek story contains associated with Arlington’s history. bits and pieces from the past and occurred in just the last few months. Surely Johnson Creek’s The Johnson Creek sage is mostly a location has been its curse in tale of loss that culminates in the terms of habitat destruction, Just how many things can we do to one creek? dramatic structures of the Dallas Here a sewer line crosses near the confluence water quality, erosion, and Cowboys stadium and Glorypark town of Johnson and Trading House Creeks. siltation. center. Those developments will Of course, the same things change much more than the creek. have happened to streams, We despair at the most recent rivers, lakes, and bays world- habitat losses in that area of massive development, but we must look for wide. All it takes is settlement hope where we can. Will we find it in and development close to the latest Johnson Creek plan? Some water, and that’s just where of our most experienced members people have always wanted to think not, and their opinions must be settle. The Johnson Creek respected and carefully considered. story is an emotional one for However, I want to find reasons to many of us, but it’s far from hope, so for now I place my remaining unique. questions about the future. There are bit of trust in the expertise of the Johnson Creek’s troubles probably many omissions, and I apologize to all consultants and in the attitudes and began over 150 years ago. Today, we those not named who struggled at one talents of our Parks Department staff. can only hope that bits and pieces will time or another to help the creek and May they serve the creek well. survive in some diminished state. its plants and animals. John Darling Editor

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Published 10 times a year by the Arlington Conservation Council P.O. Box 216, Arlington TX 76004-0216. METRO 817/265-2902 LOCAL 817/274-2905 John Darling, Editor 1316 S. Pecan St. THE LAW O FFICE Arlington TX 76010 OF S HANE G OETZ 817-274-1077

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Contributors John Blair, Julia Burgen, John Dycus

Proofreader Grace Darling Goading Grace Darling, Marian Hiler Mailing Specialists Peg and Tom Kennedy Post Oak december 2006 3

Julia and the Creek Julia Burgen

Note: It’s hard to imagine anyone who concrete channel for the creek from public parkland and purchased with has given more time and effort to Park Row Drive to Mitchell Street. And tax money. JohnsonJohnsonJohnsonJohnson Creek issues over the years I was a key player in the public CreekCreekCreekI retired from City Council after than Julia Burgen, former ACC Presi- process for making a plan to deal with three terms in May 2003. Then came dent and outstanding environmental the problems caused by a creek in the the voters’ approval of the Cowboys activist. Her article doesn’t just reflect middle of much unwise development. Stadium project in November 2004, the frustrations many of us share; it As a member of the Arlington City although those who voted yes were details the tangled recent history that Council beginning in May 1997, I was probably not aware of voting on will shape the creek’s future. a key supporter of both sales tax anything related to Johnson Creek. elections to fund the Johnson Creek In January 2005, I asked city The extensive Star- Corridor Plan. The first ballot, in May officials and staff what effects the Telegram article 1998, probably would have passed, stadium project might have on the with photos and but for the Smithsonian and art approved Johnson Creek Ecosystem graphics on interests that were added two months Restoration plan. I was told there “Reinventing before the vote. would be none, that the Corps of Johnson Creek” With the failure of a second sales Engineers had been authorized to published on July tax vote in January 2000, the Corps continue their ecosystem work on 16, 2006, was an those 90 acres. A portion of that land admirable effort by required no reme- Neil Strassman to shed some light on dial work. In fact, changes to the creek that have been the U.S. Fish and simmering, hidden for over a year. Wildlife Service had While I should be pleased that the previously rated the listing and photos of “Key Players” land north of started off with me, I am no longer a Sanford as Re- key player in the reinvented Johnson source Category Creek, despite my efforts from about 2—high quality 1989 through 2003. wildlife habitat. I came to that involvement follow- Yet very soon ing many years of advocacy on sound changes occurred in floodplain management issues. the city’s planning. By 1985, increasing development in Even in a drought a rainstorm can mean loss of soil, Despite my experi- the Trinity’s floodplain finally moved trees, and even asphalt. Johnson Creek at Park Row ence in river and the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a and Pecan on March 19, 2006. creek issues and hearing on the problem that threat- especially Johnson ened to overtop the Dallas levees with Creek, my expertise and the city used funds from a feder- the next big flood. I was the person at was not sought. What transpired over the February 12 1985 meeting who ally approved project to buy out 144 the next year was done out of the said, “The Metroplex does not have a homes built in the creek’s 25-year public eye. beach, or a mountain, or a canyon. floodplain. This $26,000,000 project [Editor’s note: Around this time the The only natural feature we have to tie was mostly aimed at flood damage Cowboys were planning massive this area together is the river.” That reduction with ecosystem restoration changes along the west side of the comment was used many times in the and some passive recreation. It was creek; the city was laying out new ensuing 15 years, during which the the largest project of its type in the roads for the stadium; and Steiner + North Central Texas Council of United States. Associates proposed to build a large Governments, the river towns and the Homes were purchased and town center whose western edge would Corps hashed out a plan. undeveloped land was bought to add be close to the creek. Steiner and the From 1989 on I became concerned to flood water storage and to restore Rangers contracted with Applied about problems along Johnson Creek the creek’s damaged ecosystem. Ecological Associates to draft a new caused by longstanding failures to keep Included were 90 acres north of the plan for Johnson Creek.] development out of the floodplain. railroad track and south of Randol Mill The original Johnson Creek Corri- I was a key player in the 1995 effort Road. These acres were considered dor Plan was a model of public that led to the city’s decision against a continued on page 4 Post Oak december 2006 4

Julia and the Creek continued from page 3 involvement, but the new Johnson us were very concerned about the The U.S. legislation deauthorizing Creek Conservation Plan has had no possible fate of the high quality wildlife the 90 acres indicates that the land will formal public input. It was finally habitat in that area. To at least a few be replaced elsewhere in the city. One revealed at a City Council work session people who asked, Mr. Wright seemed of the possible sites includes the old in March 2006. to indicate that none of the 90 acres Snider Auto Salvage land on West In June 2005 Arlington Conservation would be used for parking lots. Division. To replace excellent wildlife Council members were invited to a On February 14, 2006, this item habitat with that damaged land would meeting at which consultant Mark appeared on the evening agenda at City be a travesty. And money will have to O’Leary from Applied Ecological Council: “Dallas Cowboys Develop- be spent to purchase some of the Services discussed his work for the ment Project-Amendment to Lease replacement 90 acres. The taxpayers Rangers and Steiner to deal with Agreement – Second Amendment – have already paid once for the original siltation at the Rangers lakes and Authorizing the execution of a Second 90 acres. Now we must pay again? erosion of the creek near their parking Amendment to the Cowboys Complex Even if some of the 1997 Park Bond lot. It was evident that the meeting was money is used for the purchase, the not open to the taxpayers will still be paying twice for general public and that acreage. Phase I of the reinvented Johnson that the press was A tranquil view of Johnson Creek in the general not wanted. vicinity of the Cowboys stadium. How will it look Creek Conservation Plan addresses Texas has a law in the future? funding only for work from the railroad that allows cities to track north through the baseball sell public parkland, property. The Star-Telegram article on but only with voter July 16 listed the total amount for approval. However, Phase I as $12.5 million, with 65% in the 2005 legisla- federal funding and 35% city funding. tive session a A note indicated that the Texas Rang- curious thing ers and the Dallas Cowboys have each happened. A bill was pledged $1.9 million toward the city’s passed that removed share. And where does the federal the requirement for funding come from? You already know: from all of us federal taxpayers. an election. This [Editor’s note: See page 10.] allowed cities to How and when funding will occur for transfer public the bulk of the creek south of the parkland to a venue Lease Agreement with Cowboys railroad track through Vandergriff Park project without voter approval, and it Stadium, L.P.” —as detailed in the new plan—is happened without park supporters When the minutes for that council anybody’s guess. Cost for that is anywhere knowing about it. session became available, that item was estimated at $27.5 million. The odds It was convenient that this bill detailed as: “Councilmember Patrick are very low that Phase II of the new became effective in June 2005. In made a motion to a resolution authoriz- plan will get done. And there’s a August 2005 I learned that legislation ing the Mayor to execute a Second fundamental problem: It’s just common was moving through Congress via Amendment to the Cowboys Complex sense to solve upstream problems Representative Joe Barton to remove Lease Agreement with Cowboys Sta- before spending millions downstream. the 90 acres of parkland from the dium, L.P. to add approximately 22.49 We’re told, however, that all the Johnson Creek plan and transfer it to acres of land previously identified for the construction in the stadium area the stadium project. Johnson Creek project with no option to requires that the downstream creek Within a month, Arlington Mayor purchase.” work be done first. Pro tem Ron Wright was confirming Why was this transfer of public I wish to reiterate, that I am not a that the transfer was happening, but we parkland hidden in executive session? key player in or a supporter of the heard no explanation about how it Those acres contained the superior reinvented Johnson Creek Conservation could be done. He did say, however, wildlife habitat. They were clearcut by Plan. I had nothing to do with it and that not all of the 90 acres would the time the minutes told anyone what was not consulted about it. To my way probably be used, and that some of it was happening, and in their place will of thinking, this new plan represents the might be returned to parkland. Many of be a parking lot for the Cowboys. opposite of good open government. Post Oak december 2006 5

It Sounds So Simple An overview from the Dallas County Historical Web Site

“Johnson Creek rises near Interstate Highway 20 in eastern Tarrant County and runs northeast for 13 miles to its mouth on theJohnsonJohnson West Fork of the Trinity River, within the city limits of Grand Prairie in westernCreekCreek Dallas County. The stream, which is intermittentJohnsonJohnsonJohnson in its upper reaches, was probably named for Middleton Tate Johnson,CreekCreekCreek who in the early 1840s settled at Marrow Bone Springs, which he renamed Mary Le Bone Springs, about three miles south of the present Arlington City Hall. Johnson owned a great deal of land in eastern Tarrant County and founded Johnson’s Station near the creek. ...The creek, which flows through Arlington and Grand Prairie, has been altered by much urban development along its banks. It forms the northern boundary of Six Flags Over Texas, an amusement park.” Over the prairie... Johnson Creek once arose as The manicured approach at the Franciscan a simple stream apartments provides “the finest in lakeside living.” The blue thing in the middle is in the prairie. Johnson Creek in Vandergriff Park. Johnson Creek, all dressed up. The prairie is gone, along with the original streamside vegetation.

Caelum Moor

Looking south from Waverly at the remains of Johnson Creek, downstream from Gateway Park.

Approximate area of Johnson Creek just north of I-20 and east of the Parks mall. In better days this stretch of the creek was known as Caelum Moor (above).

Left, Looking south toward I-20 from the photo above. Could this grate be the new Gateway Park, just north of Arbrook, headwaters of Johnson Creek? It’s a low is now the first sign of the creek. It’s a point in the parking lot, so maybe it is the landscaped flood-control area that improved origin. Not quite like finding the leads to a concrete ditch at its north end. headwaters of the Nile... Post Oak december 2006 6

And through the woods...

Probably the best remaining stretch of Johnson Creek’s JohnsonJohnsonJohnsonwooded habitat is found in CreekCreekCreek Julia Burgen Park, although it’s not clear how much will be left if the latest plan is implemented. Left, the treeless result of channel widening at the Center- Mesquite bridges. Right, an early map of the park. Center left and right, there are significant variations in the quality and quantity of habitat in Julia Burgen Park.

Left and right, just north of Vandergriff Park Johnson Creek leaves the prairie and enters Founders Park, a small, heavily disturbed remnant of the stream’s first encounter with post-oak woodland. Despite its condition, the park is recognized as an important area for migrating songbirds. In these photos the creek overflows its banks after a rain in March, 2003. Post Oak december 2006 7

Thoughts from 30 years past John Blair

One early memory I have of Johnson large bee tree with an active colony of from the walkway in Founders Park. CreekJohnsonJohnsonJohnson is from the late 1970s, when I native honeybees. Already developmentCreekCreekCreekUnfortunately it’s not a very edifying wasJohnsonJohnson President of the original Arlington had occurred much too close to theCreekCreeksight, as the springs are a sorry rem- Conservation Council (namesake of our stream channel on the east side of the nant of their former flow and usually much more active present-day organi- creek, especially in the section north of littered with trash. I often wish some- zation). One of our field trips was a the Mill Creek addition, where lots of thing could be done to restore the long walk up and down the west side of rubble fill had been used to raise the springs visually, although I realize Johnson Creek south of Park Row, ground level, thereby impacting water nothing can be done to restore their behind the Lutheran Church. At that flow on the west side. flow now that so much of the recharge time the area had already been devel- area has been filled with houses and

Historical marker at the site of Marrow Bone Spring.

oped in housing on both sides, but on I believe much of this woodland on paved with streets and parking lots. the west side the houses and commer- the west side of Johnson Creek south of This is possibly the most historic single cial developments along south Cooper Park Row remains today, and the spot in Arlington and has been abused had not yet been built into the 100-year potential exists for saving it as greenbelt so badly. Only the site of Bird’s Fort floodplain, so there was a sizable area like the stretches north of Park Row would be comparable, but that site is in of riparian woodland remaining. and south of Arkansas Lane. dispute as to its precise location and We were led on a walk to admire what By the way, the stretch from Arkan- inaccessible to the public, whereas the was left that could be preserved, sas Lane to Vandergriff Park was springs between Matlock and Johnson including many mature oaks, elms, and purchased, in very small part, with Creek are still there, still visible, and pecans. I especially remember finding a funds donated by the 1970s Arlington quite accessible. Conservation Council. When we disbanded, we donated all the money left in our bank account for that Beavers near Marrow Bone Spring purpose. Only a few hundred dollars, make their mark on the creek’s but it was something. numerous willows. In that stretch, also back in the ‘70s, I remember being led to a point where we could view the remains of Marrow Bone Spring (AKA Mary Le Bone Spring), the spot where European settlement in this area first started back in the 1840s with Middleton Tate Johnson’s trading post and later his Trash from Vandergriff Park collects in Johnson Creek at Founders Park. plantation. This can be viewed today Post Oak december 2006 8 EndJohnsonJohnsonJohnson of the line or not too bad? CreekCreekCreek

You can’t make an omelet...

A city staffer says that this area is now bare dirt and that this tributary of Johnson Creek is now “in a pipe.”

Above, Cowboys stadium and parking lots appear in blue, and Glorypark almost surrounds Ameriquest Field. The remaining wooded stretch of Johnson Creek winds between them, and its artificial, denuded ponds lie between the ballpark and the city convention center. This is part of the creek that would be managed in the Phase 1a plan.

A collapsed chunk of concrete trail near Ameriquest Field shows the erosional force of Johnson Creek during a flood.

The tangled greenery and calm waters belie the creek’s many manmade problems. Post Oak december 2006 9

Q&A: From the latest public creek meeting

On October 9, 2006, there was a public meeting on the latest Johnson Creek developments. City staff and the creek consult- ants,JohnsonJohnsonJohnson Applied Ecological Services, addressed a variety of questions. On DecemberCreekCreekCreek 18 city staff emailed the document that is excerpted here. Phase 1a refers to the anticipated first stage of the creek plan. Some audience members questioned the wisdom of working downstream before fixing upstream problems.

Has Applied Ecological Services (AES) (edge of parking to top of bank). At its How does the study differ from the consulted on any projects in Texas? widest location, the distance is nearly study paid for by Steiner? What is this Not as a company, but key AES 500 feet. More exact information in costing the citizens of Arlington? employees have project experience this regard will be available this spring. The Johnson Creek Conservation throughout Texas, including botanical Plan is a conceptual plan that provides inventories and community assess- Will there be trees replanted or native the framework for a specific design ments, reviews of noxious weeds, plantings in that area? solution. This plan was jointly paid for landfill and mine reclamation Yes, a large number of native trees, by Steiner + Associates and the Dallas projects; investigations for a wetland bushes, grasses and flowers will be Cowboys. The current work (AES bank in the Houston District of the planted to help stabilize soils, restore contract), which will also be funded by Army Corps of Engineers, a habitat and visually enhance the park. Steiner and the Cowboys, is a specific lichenological investigation for the design that will provide all of the National Institute of Health, and Phase engineering, permitting and construc- I and II environmental assessments. tion documents. The design for Phase In addition, AES has retained a local 1a of the project is expected to cost expert in native plants and riverine $780,000. This expense will be fully ecology and will utilize local Stream covered by contributions from Steiner Team expertise to ensure that plans and the Dallas Cowboys. are appropriate for this region and climate. AES will also have the benefit Is Phase 1a useful if subsequent phases of local engineers who have specific cannot be funded? experience with Johnson Creek and Yes. The proposed sedimentation were primary authors of the 1997 basin, additional flood storage capac- Johnson Creek Corridor Plan. ity, and the bank stabilization efforts in Phase 1a will reduce the severity of How much public input has been these issues in the Entertainment obtained in the last 18 months that District and will stabilize creek banks AES and the City have been working to prevent future meandering which on this project? threatens the adjacent park property. The City is just beginning the formal public input process as part of the How is each phase funded, and what is project design process. During the the cost share between City and conceptual design phase (Conserva- Federal in each phase of the project? tion Plan), which was completed last Funding for the full cost of Phase spring, public presentations were made Is it up to the Cowboys to design for 1a construction has not been formally to interested stakeholders including the run-off of the parking lots or will the identified or authorized. Steiner and Arlington Conservation Council, Parks City’s design through AES address this? the Cowboys have each agreed to and Recreation Board and City Both projects are addressing this contribute $1,945,000 to the project. Council. issue. The Cowboys are designing One option under consideration is to their storm water collection system include Phase 1a under the financing How much space will there be between and the City is working to mitigate any arrangements that are being proposed the Cowboys’ parking lot and the detrimental impacts of the anticipated for other infrastructure improvements creek? creek flow and velocities at discharge within the entertainment district. This This distance will vary with the locations. includes a Tax Increment Reinvestment meandering of the creek. At the most Zone and a Public Improvement narrow point, just north of Sanford, this distance is an estimated 30 feet continued on page 10 Post Oak december 2006 10

Q&A: continued from page 9

District. If the proposed improvements AES is following numerous design routine and periodic maintenance will becomeJohnsonJohnsonJohnson part of an authorized federal guidelines to maximize preservation, CreekCreekCreekbe required in perpetuity. This cost is plan, much of the Johnson Creek plan enhancement, and restoration of being estimated and will be a significant will become eligible for federal funding. existing vegetation and wildlife habitat, annual expense. The City will be Federal funding is typically authorized at maximize public enjoyment of the open discussing options for a cost-sharing 65% federal and 35% city. space, reduce erosion and sedimenta- agreement with Steiner and the Cow- tion, minimize flood damage, incorpo- boys. Maintenance activities will Is any property being removed from the rate natural features, and favor low- include removal of trash and debris, floodplain in this project? maintenance, high-quality vegetation sediment removal, irrigation repair, Yes, some floodplain is anticipated to within the footprint provided. All replacement vegetation, erosion be reclaimed by both the Cowboys and aspects of the restoration project, control, etc. the Glorypark development projects. including stream restoration and park This land will be used for parking and development, will be accessible for Will the Parks and Recreation budget roads. passive recreation on a variety of have to absorb the cost? scales, thereby improving overall It is not expected that the Parks and How can the project proceed if funding quality and use of the space that is Recreation Department will have to has not been appropriated for Fiscal available. Bioengineering techniques absorb this cost out of its current Year 2007? are anticipated to be used to stabilize budget. A shared arrangement is likely, The design portion of the project is bends in the main creek channel and in including a budget request for the City’s proceeding with a combination of constructed overflow channels. Retain- share of the expense. funding from Steiner and the Cowboys. ing walls or landscaped terraces will be The City is currently considering applied where steep slopes must be Who is going to pay for the removal of alternative funding sources for con- maintained to accommodate trails, silt from the Cowboys’ and Ameriquest struction, estimated to begin in the save trees, and maximize width of Field detention ponds? summer of 2007. green space. The assignment of this responsibility has not been determined, although the It is discouraging that the corridor has The plan states that the project must be Texas Rangers are currently responsible seemed to shrink in width. In addition maintained for five years. What will this for maintenance of the ponds north of to bioengineering, what other tech- consist of? How much will it cost, and Randol Mill Road. Pond maintenance niques will be used to accommodate who will pay for it? will likely be included in any negotiated this narrower stream corridor? What While the construction contractor will maintenance arrangement. The disposi- percentage of the creek will these be required to repair and/or replace tion of existing silt in the south pond techniques apply to? defective work for a period of approxi- will be addressed in Phase 1a construc- mately three years (reduced from five), tion, since restoring the creek in the area is an integral part of this project. Don’t miss the next Johnson Creek Meeting Here’s the latest invitation and your chance to make yourself heard:

Our next public design review meeting will be January 9th at 6:30 at the Parks and Recreation Department, 717 Main Street. We will be giving a short presentation and then open up the discussion for questions and comments. I hope that many ACC members will be able to attend.

Gordon Robertson, Manager Park Planning, Design and Construction Arlington Parks and Recreation Department Post Oak december 2006 11

Two big things, two attitudes

Many months ago Grace Darling put drastically exceeds its ability to supply our basic needs. togetherJohnsonJohnsonJohnson some information on green The Cowboys organization has CreekCreekalsoCreek ignored the fundamental wisdom of parking stadiumsJohnsonJohnson and began working to get it structures in favor of gigantic parkingCreekCreek lots. This wasteful decision brings us back to into the hands of Cowboys officials. At the Johnson Creek story. Some of the best natural habitat in Arlington has been least three elected city officials prom- destroyed to put up parking lots close to the creek. A shameful waste, and another ised to see that this would happen, but huge opportunity lost. the Cowboys never responded. On the other hand, we seem to detect a far different attitude from the developer of Glorypark. Jim Kwasnowski, Vice President for Development of Steiner + Associates, recently made it clear: “Johnson Creek is an asset to the community and an asset to Glorypark.” He sees the creek as a natural buffer to the acres of football parking on the west and speaks keenly of the creek’s amenities—its attributes as borrowed land- scape to comple- ment the develop- ment; its func- tion as a cultural promenade; and its ability to provide dramatic overlooks. Now that we have been granted a Kwasnowski look at this monument to entertain- described ment, we can react variously to its Johnson Creek as scale and appearance but one thing is “another front clear: Not one word has been written door” to Glory- about the structure’s sustainable park that would features. This at a time when experts enhance its appeal. work to predict the year when our Kwasnowski’s words convey hope; he sums up his attitude with this quote: “Make exploitation of the earth’s resources no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.” Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect. (1864-1912) Closing thoughts John Dycus In recent years we’ve seen plenty of conservation failures; now we can choose to hope that some good things will happen to our poor creek. On January 16, 2000, following the second failed Johnson Creek election, John Dycus wrote some things we must remember:

Dear Johnson Creek family, You will never know the exhilaration of a victory that you’ve earned ... without risking the sadness of a loss you didn’t deserve. This is one such loss. But as I sit here this morning watching a brilliant winter sun rise over my neighbor’s rooftop (the lady is 92, and she voted yes), I feel satisfaction, too, in memories of tireless people who dared to energize their city with an economic freight train of a plan, in the context of conservation, that would one day bring joy while insulating against the heartbreak and property damage of million-dollar floods. I have linked arms with giants, and together we dared to make our city more than it was, more than it knew it could be. Our city didn’t fail us, although, tragically, it failed itself. Nor did we fail it. We told the truth, we fought cleanly and hard, we never quit. We had but one agenda, and it was the one we showed the world. We shunned the politics of stridency and fear, never betrayed our colleagues, refused to embrace negativism as a cheap ticket to fleeting, secular success. Our conscience is clear, our integrity intact. We have a very real victory, after all, and it’s in our hearts, in bonds formed, in a vision shared. And perhaps in lessons learned for the next civic sally when our passion overtakes us and new dreams tumble forth, and first one, then another, says, “Could we?” Yes, we could. Then: “Should we?” Yes, we should. And off we’ll go, shirttails flapping, ideas shooting like sparks from a grinder’s wheel. For the dreaming must never cease. Otherwise, we die. Post Oak december 2006 12

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