Session 9 Outline

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Session 9 Outline

• Seek out credit opportunities.
• Funding resources.
• Leveraging other community programs and needs.

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Seek Out Credit Opportunities

• Get Credit for Things You are Already Doing!!
• - Newsletters.
• - Good housekeeping practices (salt storage).
• - Watershed protection initiatives (riparian
  setbacks).
• - Street sweeping.
• - Catchbasin clean-out.
• - Existing training programs (good
  housekeeping).
• If not, can still incorporate into Phase II
  Annual Report.

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Funding Sources
Storm Water Management Program
General Fund
Storm Water Utility
Loans
Grants
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General Fund

• Determine costs to maintain system and fund plan.
• Request funds for annual operating budget.
• Issues
• - Current financial climate makes it tough to
  request funds.
• - Not user based so no incentive to implement
  best management practices.
• - Amount of funds can vary from year to year,
  making it difficult to sustain program.
• - Piece meal approach which can lead to worse
  problems later on.

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Storm Water Utility

• User pay based system.
• Monthly fee charged.
• - Residential Equivalent residentual unit
  (ERU)
• - Commercial/industrial fee amount of
  impervious cover divided by one ERU.
• - No one pays less than one ERU.
• Setting up utility requires a number of steps.
• - Legal.
• - Needs assessment revenue requirements.
• - Master plans, public rducation, and
  implementation steps.
• - Stormwater charges, billing system, and credits

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Loans

• Several loan funds exists to pay for storm water
  improvements.

OEPA Water Pollution Control Loan Fund
Lake Erie Protection Fund
Ohio Public Works Commission
Ohio Water Development Authority
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Grants

• Grant funds available to defray cost but becoming
  increasingly more competitive.

Lake Erie Protection Fund
Ohio Environmental Education Fund
Private Foundation
Transportation Enhancement Grant Program
OEMA - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
ODNR DSW
Clean Ohio Conservation Fund
ODNR Coastal Zone Program
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Leveraging Other Community Programs

• Asset Management
• All Natural Hazards Mitigation Planning
• Drainage Improvements
• Open Space and Recreation Planning
• Flooding (Basement Flooding)
• Septic Tank Inspection/Replacement Program

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Other Potential Resources

• Local universities/colleges (map, illicit
  discharge inventory, public education).
• Local high schools (map, outfall inventory).
• Boy and girl scout organizations (public
  education, outfall inventory).

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Dos and Dont to Manage Program Costs

• If its not broke dont fix it.
• Go ahead, its not rocket science.
• If you cant fix it dont.
• Fix the worst first.
• Dont build new problems.

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Dos and Dont to Manage Program Costs

• Build a firm foundation.
• Be mid-tech.
• Make the most of what you have.
• Timing is everything.
• Wade in dont dive in.
• Source Andrew Reese, PE. The Ten Commandments
  of Municipal Storm Water Quality Programs.

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Questions and Answers
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End of Session 9

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