TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Public Services Director
Jason Miles, PE, Assistant Public Services Director - Engineering
Byron Reeves, PE, Stormwater Manager
DATE: June 7, 2021
RE:
Title
Stormwater Ordinance and Administrative Manual Review, Revisions, and Recommendations
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
In May of 2020, the City contracted with the firm Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. to conduct an independent review of the Stormwater Ordinance and its companion document, the Administrative Manual. The subsequent background and analysis provide details to the approach in identifying inconsistencies between the two documents and outline a number of proposed changes and updates to both the City's Stormwater Control Ordinance and Administrative Manual
Staff seeks concurrence from City Council on the proposed Ordinance changes detailed below, to include a major policy decision to remove the option that allows for newly permitted residential subdivisions to transfer functional maintenance responsibilities of their SCMs over to the City.
Staff also seeks to establish a 2-year 'sunset' clause for existing permitted residential subdivision SCMs that have yet to be converted due to developer inaction. This sunset clause would allow for developers to complete the conversion of the SCMs per their approved permit while maintaining the ability to transfer the functional maintenance responsibilities to the City upon acceptance for up to a 2-year period. After the sunset clause expires, these basins would not be allowed to transfer the functional maintenance responsibilities to the City.
It is important to note that no changes to development standards are being recommended for the Ordinance at...
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