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Green Ribbon Committee
May 15, 2007
City Council Briefing
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Background
· 27 Members appointed by City Council May 9, 2006 -
one year term
· Media releases & notifications, Website, posting of all
minutes and resource materials.
· Kick-Off Meeting November 9,2006
· Preliminary Recommendations Meeting April 5, 2007
· City Staff Support: Facilitators, Technical Advisors,
Recorders
· Administrative Support: Lynnhaven River Now
· Consulting Support: Chesapeake Bay Alliance, Builders
for the Bay, Center for Watershed Protection
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The Committee will:
"Make recommendations on improving water
quality with a focus that includes:
· Means of developing property;
· Supporting infrastructure that:
- Reduces harmful effects on water quality;
- Minimizes the use of natural resources; and
- Creates a healthier environment"
The Committee will:
"Advise City Council on regulatory and other
methods of improving water quality in the City's
waterways by:
· reducing the impact and extent of site
impervious cover;
· preserving and enhancing existing natural
resources to the maximum extent practicable;
· integrating stormwater management to
maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the
overall system; and
· utilizing such other means as are effective and
practicable."
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Why are we here?
· Water running off of only
approximately 17% of the
land area is treated
before it flows to
Lynnhaven River
· 979 total direct outfalls
(216 major, 763 minor)
into the Lynnhaven River
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Why are we here?
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Subcommittees
· Natural Resources, Wayne McCoy,
Spokesperson
· Site Planning, Lot Design, Streets,
Parking & Infrastructure, Peter Schmidt,
Spokesperson
· Stormwater, June Barrett-McDaniels,
Spokesperson
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Natural Resources
· Wayne McCoy,
Spokesperson
· Todd Barnes
· Hap Chalmers
· Roy Flanagan
· Susan French
· Barbara Henley
· Ken Jobe
· Laurie Sorabella
· Clay Bernick
· Joann Moore
· Ed Weeden
· Brian Solis
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Site Planning, Lot Design, Streets,
Parking & Infrastructure
· Peter Schmidt,
Spokesperson
· Jeff Ainslie
· Billy Almond
· Eddie Bourdon
· Craig Cope
· Andrew Fine
· Ron Foresta
· Dan Hassett
· Noah Hill
· John Olivieri
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· Meredith Ching
· Barbara Duke
· Karen Forget
· Barry Frankenfield
· Karen Lasley
· Betty Wade Perry
· Phil Pullen
· Brian Solis
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Stormwater
· June Barrett-
McDaniels,
Spokesperson
· Mike Barbachem
· John Baum
· William Din
· AI Henley
· Richard Whittemore
· Jim Wood
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· Tina Harrell
· Bill Johnston
· Tom Leahy
· Cynthia Whitbred-
Spanoulis
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Subcommittees
· 25 meetings averaging three hours -
· Approximately 1,800 volunteer hours
· At least 2,000 staff hours
· Recommendations for Code, Ordinance &
Policy Changes
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Challenges
· How to change the long-standing culture of
getting water off the road and parking lot, into
the pipe, and down to the river?
· How to retrofit existing development?
· How to improve water quality in re-development
and infill sites?
· How to increase water quality requirements in
new/greenfield development?
· How to manage outfalls flowing directly to
receiving streams?
· How to reduce overall impervious surface?
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Possible Recommendations
· City must be the leader and model and develop
guidelines and standards
· Existing impervious and infill must be addressed
because this is where the real water quality improvement
can begin
· Incentives are needed to encourage water quality
improvements
· The existing stormwater ordinance needs to be
overhauled to remove inconsistencies citywide
· 20% of required parking to be pervious; 100% of
overflow parking to be pervious
· Cluster development a by-right option if 40% of property
is dedicated to Open Space
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Possible Recommendations
· Natural Resource Assessment of properties
prior to development, assuring more tree
preservation in rezoning applications
· Create new partnerships with outside
organizations to promote preservation of natural
resources
· Extensive and ongoing education for City staff,
developers, consultants, and property owners
· Preserve natural resources within City to
greatest extent possible
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City Leadership
· City policy should ensure
all new City projects and
renovations meet water
quality requirements and
are a positive example of
"green" building
techniques and standards
· City policy should ensure
long term phased
renovations of existing
infrastructure to meet
water quality
requirements
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Major Steps to Water Quality
· Goal for redevelopment of
existing properties is to
treat 100% of the
stormwater 100% of the
time based on site
constraints
· Existing Landscape
Guidelines to be revised
to allow and encourage
bio-retention in parking
lots.
· Phased 10 year retrofit of
existing expansive
impervious areas -
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· NPDES Phase II Regulations becoming more
stringent - the environmental bar will continue to rise,
bringing more requirements and higher costs
· Continuing beach closures will drive voluntary
regulations towards mandates
· As environmental bar is raised, modest investments
today forestall crippling financial requirements
tomorrow
· City needs to have some "skin" in the game - cannot
just tell the private sector to do it
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Incentives for Buffers and
Reduction of Lot Coverage
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Bio-Retention in Parking Lots
New and/or Retrofit
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Desired Activities & Incentives
Activity Incentive Action
Vegetative Buffers Proportional Property Tax Offset Local ordinance required
Enabling Legislation in place
Certified Stormwater Proportional Property Tax Offset, Local ordinance required
Management Elimination of onsite pond.
Enabling Legislation in place
Rain Garden and/or Proportional Property Tax Offset, Enabling legislation required
Green Roofs Elimination of onsite pond.
Dedication or Proportional Property Tax Offset Enabling legislation required
Preservation of Open
Space
Bio-Retention in Cul-de- Proportional Property Tax Offset. Enabling legislation required
sacs & Parking Lots Elimination of onsite pond
and/or Stormwater Fee
Reduction
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Tough issues ahead
· Cultural change is difficult - staff concerned about plan
review times, street widths, vegetated swales, having
sufficient staff available - need to work through issues
· Mandatory 10 year retrofits of parking lots
· Goal of treating 100% of runoff 100% of the time - now
only need to reduce 10% of pollution load in CBPA!
· 20% pervious surface for new parking lots
· Short term fiscal impacts of stormwater fee reductions
and proportional property tax relief versus long term
benefits - City needs to be a partner in this process
· Modifications to long-established programs, like
Landscape Guidelines, are sensitive issues
· "Don't Feed The Wildlife" Ordinance may not be
....... ceceived well by some - but it is a public health issue
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Schedule
· Draft Recommendations by June
· Town Meeting June 19th
· Staff and Citizen Review July and August
· Recommendations to City Council by
September
· Ongoing Implementation Committee to
"monitor" staff progress and to explore long
term financial plan to address outfalls
· Ordinance, Regulatory, and Policy Revisions
for 2008
· Clean Water for your Children & Grandchildren!
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The goal is cleaner water.
"Clean water does not come from
cookie cutter solutions" - Charlie
Meyer, 2007
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