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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 9667 (Runoff Pollution Prevention Program)RESOLUTION NO. 9 6 6.7 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARIN STREET LIGHT ACQUISITION JPA (MSLAJPA) AND THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL TO MANAGE THE BASELINE SURFACE RUN- OFF POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM (the MCSTOPP PROGRAM) (FROM 7/1/96 AND ENDING ON 6/30/97). WHEREAS, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), has directed Marin County and all Marin County cities/towns to develop and implement a single, coordinated, and integrated "Baseline Surface Runoff Pollution Prevention Program" for the County and the eleven municipalities; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael is a member of the Street Light JPA; and, WHEREAS, the Baseline Program requires Marin County and the eleven municipalities to continue a long term effort to adopt and amend ordinances, carry out inspections, monitor pollution, develop and implement educational programs, submit annual reports, and develop action plans for each year; and, WHEREAS, the MSLAJPA has been administering the MCSTOPP Program for all Marin cities/towns and the County of Marin. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael does hereby authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement between the Marin Street Light Acquisition Joint Powers Authority and the City of San Rafael to allow the City to manage the MCSTOPP Program on behalf of the MSLAJPA. I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of said City on Monday, the 19`h day of August, 1996, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen, Heller, Miller, Phillips & Mayor Borc NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None JE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARIN STREET LIGHT ACQUISITION JPA (MSLAJPA) AND CITY OF SAN RAFAEL TO MANAGE THE BASELINE SURFACE RUN-OFF POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM This Agreement is made and entered into this 1 2thday of Auh,Gt , 1996, by and between the CITY OF SAN RAFAEL (hereinafter "CITY" and MARIN STREET LIGHT ACQUISITION JPA (hereinafter "MSLAJPA"). RECITALS WHEREAS, the Marin Street Light Acquisition JPA, under section 6.6 of its amended agreement, has the power to "involve itself in other special projects"; and WHEREAS, the members of MSLAJPA have authorized that the JPA manage the Baseline Surface Run-off Pollution Prevention Program mandated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) upon the County of Marin and upon all the cities of Marin County (the MCSTOPPP program); and WHEREAS, MSLAJPA desires that the City of San Rafael coordinate and manage the MCSTOPPP program on behalf of all Marin County Cities and the County of Marin. AGREEMENT NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. PROJECT COORDINATION. A. CITY. The City Manager shall be the representative of the CITY for all purposes under this Agreement. The Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Manager is hereby designated the PROJECT MANAGER for the CITY, and said PROJECT MANAGER shall supervise all aspects of the progress and execution of this Agreement. B MSLAJPA. MSLAJPA Board of Directors shall provide oversight for the progress and execution of this Agreement for MSLAJPA. 2. DUTIES OF CITY. CITY shall perform the duties and/or provide services as described in Exhibit "A" (Action Plan 2000), attached and incorporated herein. 3. COMPENSATION. The municipalities and county will pay the CITY, as described in Exhibit "B" attached and incorporated herein. The CITY will then disburse these funds as outlined in the Five (5) year plan and will provide monthly reports and an annual audit as described in Section 7. 4 TERM OF AGREEMENT. The term of this Agreement shall be for one (1) year commencing on Juiv 1., 1996 and ending on June 30. 1997. Upon mutual agreement of the parties, and subject to the approval of their governing boards, the term of this Agreement shall be extended for an additional period as agreed. 5 TERMINATION. A. Discretionary. Either party may terminate this Agreement without cause upon thirty (30) days written notice mailed or personally delivered to the other party. B. Cause. Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause upon ten (10) days written notice mailed or personally delivered to the other party, and the notified party's failure to cure or correct the cause of the termination notice, to the reasonable satisfaction of the party giving such notice, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of said notice. C. Effect of Termination. Upon receipt of notice of termination, neither party shall incur additional obligations under any provision of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other. D. Return of Documents. Upon termination, any and all CITY documents or materials provided to MSLAJPA and any and all of MSLAJPA'S documents and materials prepared for or relating to the performance of its duties under this Agreement, shall be delivered to CITY as soon as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days after termination. 6. OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS. The written documents and materials prepared by the CITY in connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement, shall be the sole property of CITY. CITY may use said property for any purpose, including projects NOT contemplated by this Agreement. Copies of all such documents shall be provided to IVISLAJPA and all its members upon request. 7 7 MONTHLY REPORTS AND AUDIT. CITY will make available to municipalities and the County monthly reports and an annual audit. 8. ASSIGNABILITY. The parties agree that they shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement nor the performance of any of their respective obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of the other party, and any attempt to so assign this Agreement or any rights, duties or obligations arising hereunder shall be void and of no effect. 9. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. CITY and MSLAJPA do not intend, by any provision of this Agreement, to create in any third party, any benefit or right owed by one party, under the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to the other party. 10. INDEMNIFICATION. Liability for any loss, damage, claim, action, injury or other expense of any kind, including attorney's fees and administration of claim arising out of CITY'S performance of its duties under this Agreement, shall be apportioned among the members of the MSLAJPA in the same amounts as their respective contributions to MSLAJPA for the MCSTOPPP program, which contributions are detailed in Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein. 11. INSURANCE Should MSLAJPA have or maintain liability insurance coverage regarding its activities relating to the "Basin Plan" of the RWQCB or should the MSLAJPA participate in any public entity pool for liability coverage, either primary or excess, MSLAJPA shall name CITY, its volunteers, officers, agents and employees as additional named insureds under the policy or coverage, and shall provide evidence of such coverage and an endorsement to said policy within thirty (30) days of the execution of this agreement or of commencement of coverage. 3 12. NOTICES. All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement, including any notice of change of address, shall be in writing and given by personal delivery, or deposited with the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties intended to be notified. Notice shall be deemed given as of the date of personal delivery, or if mailed, upon the date of deposit with the United States Postal Service. Notice shall be given as follows: TO CITY: Mr. Steven Zeiger, Program Manager City of San Rafael 1400 Fifth Avenue P.O. Box 151560 San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 TO MSLAJPA: (Project Director) 13. ENTIRE AGRIF HENT — AMENDMENTS. A. The terms and conditions of this Agreement, all exhibits attached, and all documents expressly incorporated by reference, represent the entire Agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. B. This written Agreement shall supersede any and all prior agreements, oral or written, regarding the subject matter between the MSLAJPA and the CITY. C. No other agreement, promise or statement, written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be valid or binding, except by way of a written amendment to this Agreement. D. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be altered or modified except by a written amendment to this Agreement signed by the MSLAJPA and the CITY. E. If any conflicts arise between the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of the attached exhibits or the documents expressly incorporated by reference, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. 4 14. WAIVERS. The waiver by either party of any breach or violation of any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement, or of any ordinance, law or regulation, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other term, covenant, condition, ordinance, law or regulation, or of any subsequent breach or violation of the same or other term, covenant, condition, ordinance, law or regulation. The subsequent acceptance by either party of any fee, performance, or other consideration which may become due or owing under this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding breach or violation by the other party of any term, condition, covenant of this Agreement or any applicable law, ordinance or regulation. 15. COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. The prevailing party in any action brought to enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or arising out of the performance of this Agreement, may recover its reasonable costs (including claims administration) and attorney's fees expended in connection with such action. 16 APPLICABLE LAW. The laws of the State of California shall govern this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day, month and year first above written. CITY OF SAN RAFAEL MSLAJPA By: City Manager ATTEST: Name: Title: City Clerk APPROVED'AS TO FORM: City Attorney,. EXHIBIT "A" MARIN COUNTY STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM ACTION PLAN 20'00 DRAFT DECEMBER 29, 1995 j EOA, Inc. Member Agencies: Belvedere City of San Rafael 1400 Fifth Avenue, P.0 Box 151560 San Rafael. California 94915-1560 Tel. (415) 485-3355 Fax (415) 485-3334 December 29, 1995 Ms. Dale Hopkins Corte Madera Environmental Specialist California Regional Water Quality Control Board County San Francisco Bay Region of Marin 2101 Webster Street, Suite 500 Fairfax Oakland, CA 94612 Larkspur However, MCSTOPPP is not capable of building such a program on its own. Our strengths are in public education and outreach, and in promoting the use of best management practices. To develop the program described in the draft Action Plan 2000, MCSTOPPP will need to develop long-term alliances with other entities, including the Marin County Flood Control District (FCD) and community organizations. (The FCD, although severely understaffed in recent years, has a history of promoting creek preservation. In the late 1970s, prior to budget cutbacks, the FCD was developing comprehensive watershed management planning in some areas of the county.) MCSTOPPP also needs more energy, ideas and participation from municipal staff. During late 1995, MCSTOPPP staff and consultants met with staff from five of the 12 municipalities to discuss the program's direction and ideas for the next five years. MCSTOPPP also held four workshops with municipal staff —on horse corrals, combined inspections, construction and new development, and preventing recurrence of non- stormwater discharges. During these meetings and workshops, municipal staff offered many ideas for improving implementation and enforcement of BMPs. Dear Ms. Hopkins, Mill Valley Novato Attached is MCSTOPPP's draft Action Plan 2000. The draft outlines MCSTOPPP's ambitious plans to help create, over the next four -and -a -half years, a bottom-up, creek -and - Ross wetland -oriented, community-based program to preserve and enhance Marin County's watersheds. San .anselmo San Rafael Our idea is to use the results of creek surveys and habitat assessments to guide and prioritize elements of our stormwater pollution prevention program. And we want to Sausalito change the program's emphasis — from achieving "baseline" regulatory compliance, to Tiburon preservation of local habitat and quality of life. We think that a focus on local creeks and wetlands will help build popular support for the program and for pollution prevention activities in general. However, MCSTOPPP is not capable of building such a program on its own. Our strengths are in public education and outreach, and in promoting the use of best management practices. To develop the program described in the draft Action Plan 2000, MCSTOPPP will need to develop long-term alliances with other entities, including the Marin County Flood Control District (FCD) and community organizations. (The FCD, although severely understaffed in recent years, has a history of promoting creek preservation. In the late 1970s, prior to budget cutbacks, the FCD was developing comprehensive watershed management planning in some areas of the county.) MCSTOPPP also needs more energy, ideas and participation from municipal staff. During late 1995, MCSTOPPP staff and consultants met with staff from five of the 12 municipalities to discuss the program's direction and ideas for the next five years. MCSTOPPP also held four workshops with municipal staff —on horse corrals, combined inspections, construction and new development, and preventing recurrence of non- stormwater discharges. During these meetings and workshops, municipal staff offered many ideas for improving implementation and enforcement of BMPs. `�c6VNTY STpR�� Ms. Dale Hop�„ils !� 9 Regional Water Quality Control Board December 29, 1995 o e Page 2 -.. 7. o PRE'VENIVIO As shown in the draft Action Plan 2000, MCSTOPPP will begin working on many of these improvements right away. But the more in-depth changes — including the transition to a creek -and -wetland -oriented, community-based program — require more discussion, review and planning by municipal staff, the FCD and community representatives. For these reasons, we consider the attached draft document tq be the beginning, rather than the end, of a planning process. A final plan should include information about dollars and positions budgeted for the 1996-97 fiscal year, and should be completed by June 30. Looking forward to your comments on the dram and to working with you on implementing the fust tasks. Very truly yours, Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program Steve Zeiger Program Manager EOA.I= F:WNOM10NEW APICOVERLTR.000 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Let's protect and enhance 1 Marin County's watersheds. CHAPTERTWO Local government leads the way. 3 CHAPTERTHREE Caring for our creeks, 9 CHAPTERFOUR Building and renewing, 17 CHAPTER FIVE Educating ourselves at work, 23 CHAPTER SIX And at home. 31 H Let's protect and enhance Marin County's watersheds... his ACTION PLAN 2000 will sharpen MCSTOPPP's focus on preserving creeks and wetlands. It will also expand the program's out- look, to help prevent or mitigate physi- cal impacts to habitat (like alterations to creeks and riparian areas) and to help enhance creeks and wetlands. Using this "bottom up" approach to watershed management, MCSTOPPP will assist, and participate in, efforts to in- spect, assess and monitor the health of Marin's creeks and wetlands. When problems are identified — and particu- larly when the problem involves water quality — MCSTOPPP will target its re- sources to specific, measurable actions to resolve the problems. In this way, real problems in Marin's creeks and wetlands will be used to "drive" the program's ongoing development. As we learn more about what is affecting our aquatic and riparian habitats, we will do a better job of targeting our efforts. The new ACTION PLAN 2000 will also focus on community involvement and participation in protecting creeks and wetlands. This will expand the program's resources (by coordinating with volunteer efforts), and its effec- tiveness (by improving surveillance and reporting of problems). Community involvement and participation will also spread the word about preventing storm water pollution, and foster ongoing public support for MCSTOPPP. To implement this creek -focused, community based approach, MCSTOPPP must develop strategic partnerships with the Marin County Flood Control District (FCD) and with community- based watershed -protection groups. As during the now -completed 2 -year baseline period, MCSTOPPP's General Program will coordinate stormwater pollution prevention efforts county- wide. The skill and dedication of mu- nicipal staff, however, is essential to countywide success in stopping illicit discharges, preventing erosion, and minimizing impacts from flood control maintenance. Municipal staff must con- tinue to develop expertise in imple- menting best management practices at businesses, on the streets, and at con- struction sites. Building these partnerships — among the FCD, municipal staff, the community and MCSTOPPP staff and consultants — will be MCSTOPPP's top ! ECA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY ST MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN ON PROGRAM priority during January through June, 1996 — the second half of the first year of the 5 -year program. The following chapter describes the partnership - building process. Recognizing that Marin's cities, towns and County gov- ernment are the "front line" in the bat- tle to preserve and enhance our envi- ronment, that chapter is entitled: Local Government Leads the Way. The ACTION PLAN 2000 organizes MCSTOPPP into four elements: Caring for Our Creeks This element contains the core of MCSTOPPP's new approach. "Caring for our Creeks" includes surveys, assess- ment and monitoring of creeks and wet- lands to identify problems affecting habitat — the work of the FCD. The same element includes municipal staff's maintenance of streets, inlets, and ditches. This element also covers main- tenance of drainage systems and creeks; and investigation and control of dis- charges to (and alterations A creeks and wetlands. Building and Renewing This element has two aspects: education and regulation to minimize erosion and other pollutants from construction sites, and good site planning and devel- opment review to insure that new proj- ects are designed with watershed protec- tion in mind. Educating Ourselves At Work EOA, Inc. This element encompasses outreach to, and inspection of, industrial and commercial businesses for implementa- tion and enforcement of BMPs. Educating Ourselves At Home This element covers general public education and information dissemina- tion, plus. targeted educational efforts directed at solving specific pollutant problems (e.g., improper disposal of automotive fluids). Each chapter includes a narrative of MCSTOPPP's ideas for implementing that program element. References (in parentheses) identify specific tasks to be carried out jointly by MCSTOPPP's Gen- eral Program, by the municipalities, and by other agencies. Tables show a pre- liminary division of roles and responsi- bilities for each task and a rough im- plementation schedule. The text and tables offer a broad overview of the activities of the MCSTOPPP General Program and the 12 Marin municipalities over the 5 -year period. At the start of each of the five fiscal years, the MCSTOPPP General Pro- gram will work with each municipality's staff to develop tasks and priorities for the coming year. (Some of these tasks and priorities will be common to all municipalities; others will be specific.) These lists of tasks and priorities, com- bined with the General Program's an- nual assessment and plans, will com- prise MCSTOPPP's annual program update. n 1993, Marin municipalities jointly devised a simple, effective mechanism for getting their base- line stormwater programs off the ground. The existing Marin Street Light Acquisition Joint Powers Authority (MSLAJPA) assumed fiscal responsibil- ity for the baseline program. Expenses were apportioned among the munici- palities according to a formula based on area and population. All Marin mu- nicipalities contributed their assigned proportion of the program cost, ex- pending funds from existing sources— usually the municipal General Fund. Municipal Public Works Directors requested a streamlined, centralized program that would minimize overall costs and also minimize the additional burden on already stretched municipal staff. The MSLAJPA contracted plan. ning of a 2 -year baseline program. The 2 -year baseline Action Plan provided municipalities with detailed guidance for adopting a stormwater or- dinance and for implementing basic stormwater pollution prevention meas- ures in each of four areas: municipal maintenance activities, construcnon and new development, illicit dis- 3 CHAPTER TWO Local government leads the way. charge/industrial and commercial con- trols, and public education The 2 -year Action Plan also specified how comple- tion of each task was to be documented. The municipalities completed most of the tasks on time. That centralized, check -off -the -tasks approach was quite effective in getting Marines stormwater program up and running with minimal resources. However, most Marin Public Works Directors agree that municipal staff must now become more involved in day-to-day stormwater pollution preven- tion activities, like inspecting potential illicit discharges, reviewing construction plans and construction sites, and work- ing with local businesses to implement BMPs. This ACTION PLAN 2000 calls for a uniquely creek -and -wetland -focussed stormwater program. Municipalities will further the countywide clean stormwater objective by aiming to preserve and en- hance aquatic and riparian habitat in their own jurisdiction—that is, just downstream from their own gutters and storm drains. The plan also calls for more municipalities to coordinate closely with creek -oriented organiza- ECA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY STC MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN" N PROGRAM tions and with the public. Municipal staff will need to get directly involved with this effort in their own cities and towns. In particular, top-level managers and administrators will need to endorse and direct cooperation among their own departments — public works and planning, but also finance, legal, police, and fire departments — to fullyimple- ment their own local stormwater pro- gram. MCSTOPPP cannot, on its own, es- tablish a thorough, systematic program to preserve Marin's creeks and wet- lands. Although its ken is expanding, MCSTOPPP will remain a stormwarer program—the Federal Clean Water Act and the Regional Water Quality Con- trol Board's (Regional Board's) Basin Plan its predominate drivers. MCSTOPPP's creek -and -wetland -oriented program must "plug in" to the FCD's systematic, countywide efforts to main- tain the physical and biological integrity of Marin's watercourses. To be successful, this ACTION PLAN 2000 must coincide with a renewal of the FCD. The FCD was on the right track in the late 1970s, as it moved away from channelizing and culverting creeks and toward maintenance and enhancement of habitat values. The District's direction was derailed, how- ever, by budget and staffing cuts in the wake of Proposition 13. Recent regula- tory emphasis on "watershed manage- ment," increased involvement by indi- viduals and groups, and popular sentiment for tangible, appreciable en- EOA, Inc. i vironmental improvements—all these trends point toward the need for a re- newed, habitat -oriented FCD. Administration MCSTOPPP's General Program will continue to be run from a separate pro- gram office, under the direction of the City of San Rafael's Public Works Di- rector. During 1996, the program will double staffing from one to two full - rime equivalents. (The additional staff will be mostly dedicated to MCSTOPPP's ongoing countywide public information and participation effort.) Major deci- sions regarding the MCSTOPPP General Program will continue to be made through the regular meetings of mu- nicipal managers and public works di- rectors. This arrangement has worked well and avoided the additional expense and bureaucracy of a separate county- wide management committee. The program envisioned here will require that one additional full-time creek naturalist be added to the County's De- partment of Public Works, Water Resources Engineering Section. The additional natural- ist would work closely with that section's creek naturalist, engineer, and technician, and would also coordinate closely with MCSTOPPP staff. Funding for this additional creek naru- talist will likely come from several different sources — including the county's flood con- trol zones, municipal stormwater pollution prevention budgets, and the MCSTOPPP General Program budget Some municipalities (Mill Valley, Novato, San Rafael and Sausalito) have ACTION PLAN 2 J CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION designated staff members who have enough responsibility and authority to coordinate stormwater pollution pre- vention activities across various de- partments. Others have designated staff from various departments to handle. different aspects of the local program. Except in the very smallest municipali- ties, this division of responsibility can result in poor internal coordination and an unfocussed approach. To help municipal staff build their local programs, MCSTOPPP will help establish and facilitate (Task 1B) regular countywide meetings of staff involved in particular aspects of stormwater pollu- tion prevention. Some groups may elect to hold meetings on a regular (bimonthly or quarterly) schedule (Task 1A, Task 1B); other groups will be as- sembled ad-hoc (Task 1C) as MCSTOPPP and the municipalities tackle specific tasks. As examples, the following groups might meet regularly: 0 Staff that responds to, and resolves, illicit -discharge problems, and 0 Planners and development plan re- viewers. Ad-hoc groups might address: 0 Budgeting for the new local storm - water utilities (Task 1D), and 0 Enforcement protocols (Task 1E). Financing One of MCSTOPPP's greatest accom- plishments to date is the securing of commitments from all municipalities to participate in the program and to im- plement their own local stormwater pol- lution prevention program. From FY 1994-1995 to FY 1995-96, the munici- palities roughly tripled their financial commitment to MCSTOPPP's General Program. San Rafael, Novato, Sausalito, Larkspur and Mill Valley have adopted stormwater utility fees, based on a con- sistent $15/year/single-family residence for the 1995-1996 fiscal year. The County of Marin plans to follow suit in FY 1996-1997. Some of the other mu- nicipalities may consider stormwater fees in the future but, for now, will fi- nance efforts from their General Fund, except Belvedere, which finances its program through sewer fees. As part of each year's annual re- port, MCSTOPPP will compile a sum- mary of each municipality's local budget, staffing and sources of funds devoted to stormwater programs (Task 2A), as well as a summary budget for the MCSTOPPP General Program (Task 2B). Planning During the first six months of 1996, MCSTOPPP will work with municipal staff, community groups and the FCD to review and revise this draft, conceptual ACTION PLAN 2000 (Task 3A). The re- view and revision process will also be an opportunity to build consensus, in- terest and excitement around MCSTOPPP's creek -and -wetland -oriented direction. � EOA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY ST MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN ON PROGRAM In particular, each group will need to review its proposed role in each task, as laid out in the tables at the end of each of the following chapters. Near the close of each fiscal year, MCSTOPPP will prepare (and submit to the Regional Board) detailed objectives and activities for the coming year. This will include separate, specific lists for , each municipality. In effect, each mu- nicipality will participate, annually, in preparing its own plan for the coming year (Task 3B). Reporting During the baseline period, MCSTOPPP submitted semiannual re- ports summarizing the municipalities' progress toward fulfilling the specified tasks. The frequent reporting was useful for getting municipal programs under- way. Beginning with the 1995-1996 fiscal year, MCSTOPPP will switch to annual reports for each fiscal year (Task 4A). EOA, Inc. ti Local Govemment Leads the Way TASKS AND SCHEDULE IQWM TASK DURATION i � MILES'T'ONE I YEARI 1 I 2 3 I 4 1 5 TASK! DESCRIPTION I 1995-1996 I 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998.1999 I 1999.2000 1 Adminisaadon lA • Establish Standing Committees ! 1B Factlitare/CuordinateStanding Committees Iwmri�unnnianio,;,nn..,umm�inmmniamunnnwuoonnucnupngp,np,uo gippiiiuiuni9nionamm�mm�ia,nni«nimnmiiunn,.,�,mNnm�•nN Kb,.�„y•� 1C Facilitate/Cuordinam Ad -Hoc Groups inn„ ; y«« n ,u «,u«« i nm NNa un,u na o n, «uw., . « �„w, w uru, •r� ,•. •T . �� .ID Initial Meeting on Local Budgets 1 E Initial Meeting on Enforcement Protocols v l I ! 2 Financing I I 2A Kcal Budgets and Sources of Funds 2B General Program Budget 3 Planning I 3A Review and Revise Action Plan 2000 l 3B Activities for the Coming Year I 4 7,eporting I —A Annual Program Update I I 1 I I T CHAPTER THREE Caring for Our Creeks CSTOPPP's General Pro- gram, and each municipality, will be part of a coordinated, countywide effort to inspect, assess, monitor and improve creek habitats. This effort is the core of MCSTOPPP's creek-and-werland-oriented, bottom -up - watershed -management approach, and will include the following components: 0 Creek surveys and habitat assess- ments, 0 Volunteer creek monitoring, 0 A homeowner creek stewardship program, 0 Enhanced recreational amenities associated with creeks and wetlands, 0 Consistent countywide review of proposed dredging and stream al- terarions, 0 Enhanced ongoing maintenance of streets, drainage systems and pump stations, 0 Labelling of storm drains, 0 Education and notification in re- sponse to finding evidence of non- stormwater discharges, 0 Enhanced techniques for maintain- ing creek channels, 0 Inspection of creeks and drainage systems for non-stormwater dis- charges, and 0 Data management, including geo- graphic information systems appli. canons. To accomplish this ambitious pro- gram, MCSTOPPP intends to coordinate and integrate work to be done by the MCSTOPPP general program, municipal staff, and staff from the Marin County Flood Control District (FCD). Program implementation is contin- gent on having a full-time creek natural- ist available to implement key aspects of the joint effort. MCSTOPPP will coordi- nate with the County of Marin, the FCD, the flood control zones, and the municipalities to fund and fill this posi- tion (Task 1A). MCSTOPPP will continue to rely on current staff, and on consult- ants, to provide engineering expertise on best management practices, and to coordinate the program. EOA, Inc. 9 MARIN COUNTY ST, MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN ')N PROGRAM Creek Surveys and Habitat Assessments During the summers of 1997 and 1998, the FCD, in coordination with MCSTOPPP, will conduct pilot assess- ments of selected creek reaches (Task 1 B). This will be a "dry run" to test the overall concept, i.e. to determine how data gathered from creek surveys can be used to prioritize municipal activities like illicit discharge controls, construc- tion site controls, and public education. Also during this period, the FCD and MCSTOPPP will develop or adapt proto- cols and manuals to guide street main- tenance staff and volunteers in inspect- ing and maintaining creeks (Task 1C). MCSTOPPP will carefully document the FCD's creek assessments and the result- ing interagency coordination. Based on a successful pilot pro- gram, the FCD will begin routine data collection and reporting beginning with the 1998 fiscal year (Task 1D). MCSTOPPP will assist with data man- agement. During the following year, MCSTOPPP will assess how well the creek assessments have helped target its other program activities. MCSTOPPP will also make recommendations for further program development (Task IE). Volunteer Monitoring During the same 2 -year trial period, the FCD, assisted by MCSTOPPP, will develop a coordinated plan for long- term volunteer monitoring of creeks (Task 2A). The plan will be developed in cooperation with existing watershed - preservation groups, and will build on efforts elsewhere in the Bay area EOA, Inc. i in (including programs associated with the Coyote Creek Riparian Station). The program -development process will in- clude a workshop on creek monitoring techniques (Task 2B) and some field trials to determine training needs and help develop protocols (Task 2C). Review and confirmation of moni- toring data.will be key to the success of the volunteer monitoring effort. During FY 1997-1998, MCSTOPPP will work with the FCD to develop a process for compiling, reviewing, storing and re- trieving data collected by volunteers (Task 2D). By the 1998-1999 fiscal year, routine volunteer data collection, in- cluding some process for data quality assurance, should be underway (Task 2E). Finally, MCSTOPPP will consider at- tempting to combine volunteer moni- toring and education into a more self- supporting institution by creating, or supporting, a volunteer docent program (Task 2F). Homeowner Stewardship MCSTOPPP envisions a targeted pro- gram to educate and involve owners and renters in properties adjacent to creeks and wetlands. Periodic mailings would provide timely advice on prevent- ing dumping, avoiding alterations and intrusions, and maintaining riparian quality. This project could also provide an entry into the volunteer creek moni- toring program and assist municipali- ties (notably San Rafael) that have diffi- culty obtaining access to some reaches of their creeks. ACTION PLAN 2r" CHAPTER THREE CAS"JG FOR OUR CREEKS After After additional program planning during early 1996 (Task 3A), MCSTOPPP will recruit and work wird focus groups (Task 3B) during 1996-97, before an initial mailing (Task 3C) the following year. The newsletter mailings (Task 3D) would continue from 1998 through the FY 1999-2000. The stewardship program's effectiveness would be as- sessed (Task 3E) at that time. Recreational Amenities Appreciation of creeks and wet- lands is key to their improvement and long-term health. And people appreci- ate creeks and wetlands most when they have access for walking, jogging, bird - watching or contemplation. Many reaches of Marin's urban creeks and wetlands are used, formally or infor- mally, for these passive recreational ac- tiviries. Are there opportunities to enhance and expand access. and with access, education and appreciation? MCSTOPPP and the FCD will establish liaisons (Task 4A) with municipal parks per- sonnel, the County Open Space Dis- trict, and others to explore this ques- tion, and, if possible, to identify projects (Task 4B). Projects might be as simple as formalizing existing trails, or providing educational signs. The aim would be to find funding for (Task 4C), design (Task 4D) and construct (Task 4E) one or more projects before the end of the 5 -year plan. Dredging and Creek Alterations Recently, Regional Board staff has indicated that it will scrutinize pro- posed flood control maintenance proj- ects more intensely, and may decline to provide water quality certification for projects that do not adequately protect aquatic habitat. MCSTOPPP will work with the FCD to create a mechanism for uniform and effective review of pro- posed local flood control projects bs= fats they reach the Regional Board. This will also help insure chat flood control projects are coordinated with MCSTOPPP/ FCD creek preservation ob- jectives. MCSTOPPP will move quickly to es- tablish a mutually agreeable mechanism among its member agencies and the FCD (Task 5A) and will review current municipal capital improvement pro- grams for projects that could affect wa- ter quality or aquatic habitat (Task 5B). During the 1996 fiscal year, the FCD will develop, and MCSTOPPP will adopt, criteria for evaluating these projects (Task 5C), and, in the years following, the FCD will review and comment on these projects (Task 5D). Municipal Maintenance Activities Marin municipalities will continue routine street sweeping and storm drain maintenance activities (Task 6A) and will continue -to report those activities to the general program each month. The general program will summarize that data annually and will analyze any apparent trends that could indicate the relative effectiveness of changing prac- ! EOA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY ST' MWATER POLLUTION PREVIEW 1N PROGRAM tices (such as changing the timing and frequency of cleaning). (Task 6B). During each of the five years, MCSTOPPP will facilitate an annual technical workshop (Task 6C). The main purposes of these workshops will be to: 0 Allow street crews to share front- line experience and concerns, 0 Disseminate information about, and demonstrate, pollution prevention equipment, and 0 Provide training in pollution pre- venrion techniques and implemen- tation of BMPs. During the remaining 1995-96 fiscal year, MCSTOPPP will review "ground level" municipal maintenance reporting systems (i.e. the daily and weekly re- ports systems to generate the monthly totals included in reports to the Re- gional Board) (Task 6D). In the follow- ing year, MCSTOPPP will work with street maintenance staff to develop and adopt consistent countywide standards for street sweeping, storm drain clean- ing, and maintenance of corporation yards (Task 6E). These performance standards will be implemented (Task 6F) in the following years, and reviewed annually. Marin municipalities will plan, fund and execute improvements to their corporation yards (Task 6G) to elimi- nate sources of pollutants identified during inspections conducted in early 1995. EOA, Inc. 17 Creek Maintenance Marin municipalities plan to con- tinue current practices of using street crews, Marin Conservation Corps and San Quentin work crews to remove de- bris from creeks and to respond to ero- sion problems (Task 7A). MCSTOPPP will work with the FCD to determine appropriarg criteria for reporting on these activities, and will develop a sys- tem for reporting and summarizing the municipalities creek -maintenance activi- ties (Task 7B). MCSTOPPP will sponsor annual workshops to train municipal staff and others in practical aspects of creek care, such as selective removal of woody de- bris, and selective vegetation removal (Task 7C). As the program develops, MCSTOPPP and the municipalities will set standards for frequency and tech- nique in creek maintenance (Task 7D). These standards will then be imple- mented countywide (Task 7E). Discharge Inspection and Monitoring In early 1996, MCSTOPPP will assist staff from the municipalities to develop countywide performance standards (Task 8A) for: 0 mapping and identifying outfalls to creeks, ditches and drainage chan- nels, and 0 conducting and documenting outfall inspections at priority locations. The municipalities will implement (Task 8B) the performance standards beginning with the 1996-97 fiscal year. ACTION PLAN 26 - CHAPTER THREE CAI 'G FOR OUR CREEKS It may be necessary to stage implemen- tation to allow municipalities time to develop the needed resources. MCSTOPPP will review the effectiveness of the countywide discharge monitoring effort (Task 8C) in 2000. Mapping/GIS Marin municipalities are rapidly de- veloping local GIS capabilities and are coordinating to insure compatibility among the municipalities' data. During the coming two years, as these capabili- ties develop, MCSTOPPP will coordinate with the interagency GIS group and assess opportunities for incorporating watershed data (Task 9A). Depending on the results of this assessment, MCSTOPPP may decide to implement GIS (Task 9B) to support other ele- ments in the program. This could in- clude identifying creekside homeown- ers, tracking encroachments into riparian zones, or linking habitat as- sessments, and creek monitoring data to GIS map layers. Ultimately, GIS - based data might be used to model the effectiveness of stormwater control measures in reducing pollutant loads to creeks (Task 9C). 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F m to a$ E �o, c (= a u a v i OI 9° .j2 ° 'c ° .E ° r° v L e N to u OI ai En �0A I i vi����l�l�� Ur-c�c-r-r G(aFoddoo OlmC%1a Q' I LI I �i ° !dU L L I.r •�l•Ci I •N ' �IUIUI 1 i w;/ I I I ' ca E Q N e� Qs 'r. g�72 I c y ° to y 3.A 8 0° � f I Y Z y A Y G �% R� _° N� 4") T�•h Rq 1 .•�m n C N C .� �e C O p p C y p z! F m to a$ E �o, c (= a u a v i OI 9° .j2 ° 'c ° .E ° r° v L e N to u OI ai En �0A I i vi����l�l�� Ur-c�c-r-r G(aFoddoo OlmC%1a Q' Caring for Our Creeks TASKS AND SCHEDULE I=TASK DURATIONIG m, ESTONE YEARI 1 2 3 4 5 TASK I DESCRIPTION 1995-1996 1996.1997 I 1997-1998 1998.1999 1999-2000 1 1 Creek Surveys & HabitatAssessments IA I Establish Naturalis_t Position(s) :IB I Conduct Pilot Assnsmenm '.0 �IlnlnpllW�ll�l ll�lllllViirili�ilrilr YiWlin.ri 11C ( Develop Field Promools YIYII� 110 . I 1 D Data Collection and Reporting __.., .,,I,,,,._. Il E j Assess Program Effectiveness 7'�— 2 3 4 5 R 7 Volunteer Creek Monitoring I 2A Develop Monitoring Plan I 12B Workshop on Monitoring Techniques 12C Pilot Monitoring i 2D j Develop Data Management 12E Collect Dara I 12F Assess Possible Creek Docent Prog. 1. I Homeowner Stewardship ! 13A I Program Planning I i 13B j Focus Groups 13C 1 Initial Mailing I I 13D ; Newsletters 13E Assess Program Effectiveness I I �/ Recreational Ameniries I I I 4A 1 mblish Lia sons- iry fyTargetAreasr and IIdntd Plans I ,_•� "'•Y-�-' I} 4C j Investigate Funding Sources 4D I Project Design and Desiej I ` I„r:. w„ :_:..:...-_,,,,,.. ,I.:.I� _ 1 4E j Project Construction Flood Control Maintenance 15A I Establish Mechanism for Commenti 5BI Review Municipal CIPS �wIIII,,,. �IhIIIIL...�,�I�I,IIYYl�:ll� 5C Develop Criteria for Wp Cert.i Irl llni� 5DComment on Proposed Anions { .1”' -.11— ,:w . ... w ... ....... . , , . ,., , . - . . I 1V. , :: J.YI:I,.. J: I. I � I i � G I I . •�iunlirillr���Ylilrl � I "' IfYYiilYlinllmi rn , I if i"`i aft I G I � I Street and Storm Drain Maintenance 6A Ongoing Maintenance Sr, 6B Reporting, Data Mgt & Analysis -6C -Annual Workshops j6D 1Improve Reporting 6E j Develop Performance Standards 16F Implement Performance Standards 16G improve Corporation Yards Creek Maintenance 7A (Ongoing Maintenance ;7B ; Reporting, Dam Mgt tit- Analvsis 7C 1 Annual Training Workshops j 7D Develop Performance Standards i 7E +Implement Performance Standards 8 Discharge Inspection and Monitoring 8A Adopt Inspection Standards 8B I Implement Inspection Stds. 8C j Review EffeCaVG11=3 9 CIS/Mapping 9A I Assess Opportunities 19B 1Implement Mao Lavers 9C Feasibility of Watershed Modelling CHAPTER FOUR Building and Renewing s MCSTOPPP increases its "bottom up" emphasis on pre- serving creek habitat, munici- palities will need to intensify their scru- tiny of development and construction projects. In particular, review of devel- opment proposals and building plans will need to consider near -field effects. For example, additional pollutants and increased runoff from a typical "small" project may be insignificant to the larger watershed, or to San Francisco Bay. However, the same small project could significantly change the immedi- ate downstream reach of a nearby creek. Municipalities will need to imple- ment a comprehensive approach, en- compassing review of small, as well as large, projects and considering water - quality issues in each planning phase. To facilitate this process, planners from each municipality will form a committee (Task IA) and meet regularly (bimonthly or quarterly)). During these sessions, planners will elucidate water - quality issues and planning techniques by actual review of current projects (Task 1B). This review process will be piloted during the second year of the program. MCSTOPPP intends that the group will mature into q forum for sys- tematic review of "sensitive" develop- ment projects, bringing throughness and countywide consistency to the de- velopment review process. (Note: the committee will provide mutual technical assistance and be advisory only; mu- nicipal planning departments and councils will continue to make all deci- sions regarding development in their jurisdiction.) Planning During the baseline period, Marin municipalities received and considered sample General Plan language that would, if adopted, enable future im- plementing measures like zoning ordi- nances and standard conditions of ap- proval. Municipal staff will incorporate appropriate language into General Plans and ordinances as they come up for revision (Task ZA). All Marin municipalities have ex- tensive powers to conduct discretionary review of proposed projects. As the municipalities further extend the use these powers to promote water -quality and aquatic -habitat -sensitive design, it may become clear that additional ordi- 1 EOA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY Sl :MWATER POLLUTION PREVEI` ON PROGRAM nances or other authority is needed. MCSTOPPP will- continuously track and analyze the effectiveness of municipal development review authority, and, in the plan's third and fifth years, will formally assess the need for changes (Task 2B). In the fourth and fifth years of the 5 -year period, the development review committee should review the status of MCSTOPPP 's efforts to incorporate data on watershed characteristics and habitat into municipalities' geographic infor- mation systems (Task 2C). Analysis of this data may be useful in setting the committee's priorities for the next pe- riod. Designing MCSTOPPP will continue to use the County Planning Department's Prop- Dev development inventory system to track sizable (five or more residential units, or 5000 or more square feet of non-residential space) development pro- jects (Task 3A). MCSTOPPP has devel- oped a database structure for maintain- ing information about potential stormwater impacts of, and mitigation measures used in, each project. As an interim measure, MCSTOPPP will prepare and distribute a brief, ac- cessible summary of design principles for preserving creek habitat (Task 3B). These will include setbacks, minimizing impervious area, minimizing increases in volume or peak flow, and encourag- ing percolation or overland flow. The summary will be consistent with guid. ance previously distributed by Regional EOA, Inc. a Board staff and ongoing projects spon- sored by the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA). MCSTOPPP will distribute copies of this summary to planners in each municipality. Planners and plan reviewers will be encouraged to apply these principles to small projects (such as residential additions) as well as large developments. The MCSTOPPP development review committee's review of sample projects (Task 3C) will begin with the start of the second year. Projects to be reviewed will include small residential and com- mercial projects as well as more signifi- cant developments. As the MCSTOPPP development re- view committee gains experience with joint, cooperative project reviews, it will attempt to formalize standards or proto- cols (Task 3D) for determining levels of significance for project water -quality impacts. If successful, this would help insure ongoing countywide consistency in evaluating impacts and requiring mitigations. In addition, this could make a significant contribution to stormwater programs statewide. In the fourth year, the development review committee should transition to regular, ongoing review of development projects (Task 3E), providing mutual technical assistance and a forum for training new planning staff in water - quality issues. Constructing Following up the successful No- vember 1995 New Development and ACTION PLAN 2( CHAPTER FOUR BUILDI AND RENEWING Construction Workshop, MCSTOPPP will sponsor annual workshops (Task 4A) for building inspectors and public works inspectors. The workshops will focus on erosion control techniques, but will also cover the use of construc- tion BMPs. The workshops will supple- ment, but not replace, ABAG's erosion control courses. These latter will con- tinue to be recommended for new staff and as occasional "refresher" and up- date courses for experienced staff. The workshops will emphasize state-of-the- art techniques and materials and their use in the field. The workshops will be held in late summer or early fall, prior to the start of the rainy season. Marin municipalities will partici- pate in an ad-hoc committee to develop a consistent approach to wet -season grading (Task 4B). The group might attempt to develop criteria for sites on which wet -season grading is prohibited entirely, and for when grading is per- mitted only after posting of a bond and/or payment of fees to cover the cost of additional inspections. Once a consistent approach is developed, some municipalities may choose to revise their policies or ordinances (Task 4C). Once the municipalities have devel- oped a consistent approach to wet - season grading, MCSTOPPP will prepare an annual list of sites permitted to grade (Task 4D). This will facilitate in. spection of the permitted sites and en- forcement against unpermitted grading. MCSTOPPP will continue to distrib- ute the series of seven "Best Manage- ment Practices for the Construction In- dustry" brochures (Task 4E), as well as the regionally produced "Blueprint for a Clean Bay" (Task 4F). MCSTOPPP previ- ously distributed "General Notes for Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention", which Marin municipalities are requir- ing to be incorporated in approved building plans. MCSTOPPP will work with municipal staff to update and im- prove these notes, and to insure that they appear on all permits issued by each municipality (Task 4G). In response to countywide reports of finding concrete wash-out and other construction materials in storm drains, MCSTOPPP will investigate the possibil- ity of outreach to selected groups of vendors to distribute pollution preven- tion information at the point-of- purchase (Task 4H). MCSTOPPP will ini- tially target ready -mix concrete vendors; the effort could be expanded to include major lumberyards and home improve- ment centers. Wherever possible, MCSTOPPP will coordinate outreach with the Marin County Office of Waste Management (COWM) and with regional outreach coordinated by BASMAA. Task 4H will be coordinated with point-of- purchase education programs discussed in Chapter 5. Through public involvement and participation, MCSTOPPP will continue to encourage homeowners to avoid dis- charging wastes from home improve- ment projects to creeks and storm drains. (See Chapter 6). EOA, Inc. Building and Renewing TASKS AND SCHEDULE l TASK DURATION ';7f MILESTONE YFARj I 2 I 3 4 5 TASK 'DESCRIPTION 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999.2000 I 1 I New Development Committee lA I Form Commitee J 1 B I Meetings and Workshops 2 Planning 2A I Update General Plans ., 2B I Review Need for Ordinances 2C I Review GIS Applicrnons .. ,.., , ........ ... :•,...,,...,.., ., :::... 3 I Designing 13A I Maintain Development Inventory , ...,,,, ... ,,.,..., ,, .-� ,,. -.. �. LL� ,.., „;._, .,_,,,.. . • - ,- . ,,,, • - ..��.:. •... __ •, :,,., .,.._„ . i 3B I Principles for Small Projects 13C Group Review of Sample Projects 13D I Protocols for Environmental Review 3E 1 Systematic Countywide Review 4 Constructing 4A I Annual Follow-up Workshops 4B Review Grading Policies y,tiy 4C IRevise Grading Policies ......... ......,..„Ail 4D Inventory Wet -Season Grading 4E Disrnbute BMP Brochures 4F Blueprint for a Clean Bay E .1r ..,... , -.... 1 1.. �' �n • „_ 410 IGeneral Notes 4H Work with Vendors ::,:......:..,,,:,,,:,,�„�� 41 Home Improvement 20 III v v m y u u u @ 09 F E c E E E E E E E E E E �E UU NU d aU cn= d E m A H R m� E U w p3j u W j s 0 - - t '-: —co ni j�t� C d -v„ .O � o✓I'1 V V f7 v�U� N NI9Irr�Q'Q .= I I ci mi s " s CiO. �EQ O OI Iv w I � m w E g y L = r v 'o -I E O jo.� a E C] C7 ° y > U o.i a _: a.i d�v v DI E. c tnl �I I"u .•�.I Et ^I n 3 n �• n `� "� c 7 C 1 C Ui �' E! Qj� a a .0 ch u. B 5 yi 5 c UjOIC �I 3j Nj E v5 I E. E E E Ej 3� I ^e E E „ E E _ &! UIUi01 Ul U U .d cn ,� U r" tv t91t I j n! W t m l n eCil QI i G� L I L iNk It LI v I LI G LI jI it I j I i I � •� L L Q C73 rr N G7 �p I pi t°� ° •Q �� a E v c= �vs 91 j E_es—cc cn c °3 °I nI I Nl c ¢Ei ; ., a o E o e G' G UI et E 4 =l�t a `` O. u ch 3 w � � C C y I nl NI vi > .. 17 N ."> Q E L v U O "� I I y at G u v N G �` `� G a IN N _--uzi�l v v Z C7 c v p t'- C7 V Z E rn O o�UI.L � u a3i a 'u a 9 v �� iil��' I v L> 00 n •G a o N G i N 7 a o I C OR a o�l� x U c �o NN Q zl�lm r r r�il� rUi ewi Q V. �iwvI�IPI�;� o cn e G , CHAPTER FIVE Educating ourselves at work Combined Inspections Beginning now, and continuing through June 2000, MCSTOPPP will de- velop arrangements with other envi- ronmental and public health agencies to conduct stormwater inspections at a variety of Marin businesses. These ar- rangements will expand into a compre- hensive program to inspect businesses most likely to discharge pollutants. MCSTOPPP began this process with a November, 1995 preliminary meeting (Task 1-A). The consensus at this meet- ing was that (1) municipalities prefer to combine stormwater inspections with ongoing environmental and public health inspections, and (2) the agencies that conduct those ongoing inspections are open to cooperative arrangements to make this happen. Based on this knowledge, MCSTOPPP will facilitate an implementation committee (Task 1-B) to coordinate implementation of joint inspections countywide. This committee will begin by com- piling and organizing a countywide list of local businesses that may need to be inspected for potential stormwater dis- charges (Task 1-C). The list will be pri- oritized by business type (Task 1-D) and 23 associated with agencies (based on type of business and on service area) that could conduct stormwater inspections (Task 1-E). MCSTOPPP will work with the im- plementation committee to adapt and distribute appropriate BMP educational pamphlets and brochures directed at the priority types of businesses (Task 1- F). Many good examples of these out- reach materials are available from other stormwater programs, and more are be- ing developed. Beginning in 1996, MCSTOPPP will develop interim arrangements with in- spectors from COWM and the County Department of Environmental Health (Task 1-G). At this early stage, inspec- tors will simply notify MCSTOPPP and the local stormwater program to con- duct follow-up on any stormwater prob- lems- found. Led by San Rafael, munici- palities in the Central Marin Sanitation Agency (CMSA) service area (San Rafael, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Ross, San An- selmo and Fairfax) will continue to work with MCSTOPPP and with CMSA inspectors to follow up on problems noted by CMSA inspectors. The County of Marin will respond to problems in EOA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY ST MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN 7N PROGRAM unincorporated Kentfield. Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District will continue to work with CMSA in this regard, covering northern San Rafael and unincorpo- rated Marinwood. Novato will pursue a similar, interim effort with the Novato Sanitary District. In the 1996-1997 fiscal year, mu- nicipalities will begin pilot implementa. tion of a more formal structure for joint inspections (Task 1-H). Municipalities will develop agreements with environ- mental and public health agencies. These agreements should provide for documentation of inspections, of in- spection results and of follow-up ac- tions. Toward the end of the 1996- 1997, MCSTOPPP will assess the pilot program and plan expansion to a com- prehensive system (Task 1-I). The first step in developing such a comprehensive system will be for each municipality to produce its own local plan for participation (Task 1-J). Once local plans are adopted—including the necessary interagency agreements— MCSTOPPP will sponsor a workshop to train inspectors in stormwater inspec- tion techniques and protocols (Task 1K). Meanwhile, MCSTOPPP will work with the implementation committee to expand distribution of educational pamphlets and brochures to businesses (Task 1-L). Beginning in 1997, MCSTOPPP will propose a uniform reporting format and a computerized data management sys- tem to systematically document inspec- tions and the status of BMP implementa- tion at each business inspected (Task 1- EOA, Inc., 74 M). This documentation system will need to be coordinated with the needs and capabilitities of the inspecting agencies—a process that may take two years or more to accomplish. Invest- ment in such a system would pay off, however, by facilitating follow-up and enforcement in future years. From 1.997 through the end of the 5 -year period, as the joint inspections program continues to develop, MCSTOPPP will prepare summary re- ports of business inspections and re- sults in each Marin municipality. (Task 1-N). These summaries will be included in the annual reports submitted to the Regional Board. Toward the end of the 5 -year period, MCSTOPPP will evaluate the effectiveness of this program ele- ment in addressing potential pollutants from commercial and industrial busi- nesses and make recommendations for improvement (Task 1-0). Enforcement Protocols In 1994-1995, Marin municipalities adopted ordinances which prohibit non-stormwater discharges. These ordi- nances, which are consistent county- wide, also express each municipality's authority to require businesses to im- plement stormwater pollution preven- tion BMPs. In 1995-1996, municipali- ties began enforcement actions. However, in general, enforcement has been limited to exceptional circum- stances. Enforcement procedures have been worked* out case-by-case. Practices vary significantly between municipali- ties. Businesses owners might perceive ACTION PLAN 2000 CHAPTER FIVE that stormwater enforcement is incon- sistent, or even arbitrary. The implementation committee will discuss and compare staff -authority for enforcement. In some municipalities, inspectors within the public works de- partment may be principally responsi- ble for enforcement; in others, commu- nity service officers or regular police officers may get involved. MCSTOPPP will summarize and review each mu- nicipal staff's authority for stormwater enforcement (Task 2A) in the FY 1995- 1996 annual report. During 1996-1997, municipalities will update and revise staff assignments and protocols for enforcement (Task 2B). MCSTOPPP's General Program will facilitate countywide consistency in the way that illicit discharge prohibitions are enforced. After 2-3 years of imple- mentation (Task 2C), MCSTOPPP will assess the degree of countywide consis- tency and how it is affecting compliance (Task 2D). Green Business Program The Association of Bay Area Gov- ernments (ABAG), in cooperation with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and EPA Re- gion 9, has developed and is beginning to implement a Green Business Recog- nition Program in San Francisco Bay area cities and counties. This voluntary, regional program will recognize busi- nesses that demonstrate ongoing com- pliance with all applicable environ- mental regulations, including storm water pollution prevention. A Green 25 EDUCATING r''RSELVES AT WORK Business Advisory Board and environ- mental organizations established stan- dards for environmental performance that will be used furing facility inspec- tions to determine the recognition status of a business. The goal of the Green Business Recognition Program is to increase businesses' environmental compliance by providing a consistent, coordinate inspection and evaluation process and assistance on pollution prevention and resource conservation. Pilot programs in Alameda and Napa Counties will target automotive businesses and a sec- ond business category in each county. MCSTOPPP will cooperate with ABAG, DTSC, and EPA Region 9 in fu- ture efforts to implement a Green Busi- ness Program in Marin County. Mobile Cleaners basmaa is establishing a regional source control program for mobile cleaners based on positive incentives. The initial effort will focus on a subset of mobile cleaners. basmaa has sug- gested it may sponsor workshops, tests on bmp implementation and recogni- tion of specific firms, in addition to producing outreach materials. As a BASMAA member, MCSTOPPP will help promote this effort, and will work to involve mobile cleaners based in, or working in, Marin County. Horse Corrals Based on the results of a November 3, 1995 meeting (Task 5A), MCSTOPPP's approach to controlling pollutants in EOA, Inc. MARIN COUNTY ST ;MWATER POLLUTION PREVEK ON PROGRAM runoff from horse stables and corrals will be based on education, technical assistance and voluntary compliance. MCSTOPPP is beginning by coordinating with the Marin County Resource Con- servation District (RCD). Through the RCD, MCSTOPPP will coordinate with horse owners' association and individ- ual horse owners to further develop a strategy for pollutant control (Task 5B). If Alameda County is successful in ob- taining EPA grant funds to address this issue, the Marin program will be timed to take full advantage of that effort. That strategy will include adapting and updating educational materials (Task 5C) and distributing them to horse owners (Task 5D). MCSTOPPP will offer horse owners technical assistance in adapting BMPs to their stables and corrals (Task 5E). After four years, MCSTOPPP will evaluate this approach and assess whether it has successfully eliminated pollutants at the "problem" locations previously identified (Task 5F). Mapping MCSTOPPP will track, and coordi- nate with, Marin municipalities' efforts to include information about businesses in GIS (Task 6A). As GIS comes on line, it should be possible to link parcel zoning data (i.e. non-residential parcels) or business license data with stormwa- ter inspection data. This might help MCSTOPPP assess the thoroughness of its commercial /industrial program. As a further step, MCSTOPPP might be able to identify and map commer- EOA, Inc. cial/industrial areas within each creek watershed (Task 6B), and prioritize creek reaches which might be adversely affected by cumulative runoff pollutants from commercial/industrial sites. As a follow-up, it might be instructive to compare this watershed data with the results of creek surveys (Task 6C) and creek monitoring (Task 6D). If GIS ca- pabilities have advanced far enough, MCSTOPPP will, toward the end of the 5 - year period, attempt to assess relation- ships between commercial/industrial land uses and in -stream effects. Educating Ourselves At Work (TASKS AND SCHEDULE � TASK DURATION '�jk MILESTONE fI I YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 TASK DESCRIPTION 1995-1996 1996.1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 1 Combined Inspections IA Develop/Analyze Program mmrrnr 11B 'Implementation Committee I i 1 C Collect & Review Information J 1 D Review Potential for SW Pollution l E Establish Prionties/ldentify Agencies + ' 1 F Adapt Outreach Materials I + I ! 1 G Informal Working Arrangements I 1 H Pilot Implementation (' I ill Assess Pilot/ Plan Expansion IIJ Establish Local Plans ;1 K Inspector Training Workshop JL Expand Outreach :IM Data Management System IN Ongoing Inspections j I 10 Evaluate Effectiveness 2 Enforcement Protocols I 1 1 2A Summarize and Review I I 2B Update and Revise 10. ,2C Implement and Report I r 2D Evaluate Effectiveness I I I 3 'Green Business Program '3A Cooperate with ABAG 4 'Mobile Cleaners 4A BASMAA Regional Effort 5 Horse Corrals I ! 5A Finalize Plan j 5B Coordinate with RCD. 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CC a a o w Q h A ,y c m a c •a D c [> E E E cn QC ;g c u O _D ai y E �' 'ca V U E'u 1> N U ba Y Y 67 ur G E G C m "Q C R. a eo g � a s m „ a � ,a _n. � c E //N�� Y K: c g a c $` c d 3 W c = a u ri ci c cs m 41 4Q yew U [, 1>41 a U N C J ° u OO yyu O w G {cl E W In 9 .y O Ncu % o `C .a t0 VI Q C N V y iu►is W up to tJ a a' a g > iWW�i ? (Yj > ° d 60 a o m c ° m r6 r6 ba ,. E a ,°, ° g —r 3 0• U vii M 73'� r g c c g �q C V ZO W�N NN Ut�i .%ad - O cn 0 r F' c CHAPTER SIX Educating ourselves at home During the 2 -year baseline program, MCSTOPPP staff teamed up with COWM and CMSA for several pollution - prevention -education projects: 0 A poster, titled "Your Storm Drain: Express Route to the Bay", which has been widely distributed throughout the County, 0 An oil -recycling poster displayed at bus shelters, 0 A video shown on local cable sta- tions, 0 Distribution of computer games, including "EcoMasters" to schools, and 0 Interpretive signs at hiking trail - heads. To increase visibility and aware- ness, MCSTOPPP has also distributed handouts and novelties, such as "pogs", with the program's pollution -prevention message. MCSTOPPP also brought to- gether representatives of community organizations and public agencies to discuss public education strategy. The Marin municipalities have maintained storm drain labels and stencils, which carry messages like, "Don't Dump Here—Drains to Bay." Most municipalities have also con- ducted their own outreach to commu- nity groups. Many municipalities have also included stormwater pollution pre- vention messages or articles in newslet- ters and reports distributed to their residents. MCSTOPPP also played a leading role in BASMAA's Public Information and Participation committee. MCSTOPPP is managing BASMAA's Regional Advertis- ing Campaign. Under the ACTION PLAN 2000, MCSTOPPP will: 0 Increase staffing and funding de- voted to public education, 0 Continue to build alliances with other Marin environmental agencies and with community groups, 0 Participate in regional strategies, 0 Make MCSTOPPP and municipal programs more accessible to the public I EOA, Inc. 31 MARIN COUNTY ST MWATER POLLUTION PREVEN ON PROGRAM 0 Expand the use of low-cost,. high - impact, local advertising and public education opportunities, and 0 Develop on-going school-based pol- lution prevention education pro- grams. These strategies will carry a general message of watershed awareness and the need to prevent pollution. MCSTOPPP will also use public education to ad- dress discharges of specific, typical pol- lutants which have been found in Marin's creeks and storm drains. MCSTOPPP will develop targeted pro- grams to address: 0 sewage spills, 0 automotive fluids, 0 construction debris, 0 swimming pool discharges, and 0 dog wastes. Coordination MCSTOPPP intends to begin this ex- panded effort by hiring a full-time staff person dedicated to public education and community involvement (Task 1A). One of the first priorities of this new staff member will be to review and summarize the plethora of environ- mental education programs currently underway throughout Marin County. To facilitate this effort, and to contrib- ute to better coordination among these programs, it may be useful to set up an ad-hoc "Environmental Education Co- ordinating Committee" — including representatives from schools, founda- EOA, Inc. 32 tions, volunteer organizations and pub- lic agencies — to share information and ideas (Task 1B). MCSTOPPP will continue to partici- pate in regional strategies developed through BASMAA PI/P (Task 1C). Watershed Awareness During the baseline period, MCSTOPPP implemented two proven, effective methods to enhance watershed awareness — labelling storm drains, and distributing door hangers, headlined "Your Storm Drain... Express Route to the Bay," to homes near where street crews have found illicitly dumped mate- rials in inlets, ditches and creeks. In 1994, nearly every storm drain in the County was emblazoned with a stencil reading "No Dumping — Drains to Bay." The municipalities, in coordi- nation with volunteer groups, will maintain and repaint these stencils as needed (Task 2A). In some areas, mu- nicipalities may choose to replace the stencils with longer -lasting thermoplas- tic or ceramic decals. Municipal street crews will continue to distribute the door hangers as needed (Task 2B) MCSTOPPP intends to make pollu- tion prevention information more available to the public through two means: first, by establishing and publi- cizing an "800" number providing automated answers to frequendy asked questions (Task 2C), and second, by creating and maintaining a home page on the World Wide Web (Task 2D). MCSTOPPP's public education coor- dinator will work with teachers in se- ACTION PLAN 2000 CHAPTER SIX lected schools to adapt and develop cur- riculum elements around pollution pre- vention and creek care (Task 2E). This will include widening the availability of the "EcoMasters" educational game and, possibly, deepening its impact by developing associated homework as- signments and classroom exercises (Task 2F). MCSTOPPP also intends to bring the "Kids In Creeks" program, developed by the San Francisco Estu- arine Institute, into Marin schools (Task 2G). Targeted, Education MCSTOPPP will address the problem of sewage spills (Task 3A) by encourag- ing homeowners, particularly those near creeks, to check their sewer con- nections as part of an annual pre -rainy - season checkup. This reminder will be integrated with MCSTOPPP's creek stew- ardship program. (See Chapter 3). Automotive fluids (Task 3B) and construction materials (Task 3C) are the most common pollutants deliber- ately dumped into Marin's creeks and storm drains. MCSTOPPP will attempt to build on COVIM's earlier efforts to dis- tribute BMP information at the point-of- purchase. This would involve placing, checking and maintaining displays at auto parts stores, hardware stores, lum- beryards and home improvement stores. This effort might be coordinated with outreach to small construction contrac- tors and with the Green Business Pro- gram (See- Chapter 5). MCSTOPPP will investigate a similar point-of-purchase informational effort 33 EDUCATING ^URSELVES AT HOME to eliminate discharges from swimming pools (Task 31)). This will build on MCSTOPPP's previously successful out- reach to swimming -pool maintenance companies. A similar, targeted, approach might have some effect on the problem of dog waste (Task 3E). MCSTOPPP will explore the possibility of distributing educa- tional materials at per food stores and through dog groomers. EDA, Inc. 34 Educating Ourselves at Home TASKS AND SCHEDULE TASK DURATION 7�— MILESTONE I YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 TASK DESCRIPTION 1995-1996 1996.1997 1997-1998 1998.1999 1999-2000 1 Coordination IA f Staff PI/P Coordinator IB I Environmental Education Comm 1 C Regional Strategies 2 Watershed Awareness 2A I Label Inlets .. .... . . ' 12B Distribute Door Hangers .. ._... ,. .... ............ ... ... . . .. ..... ,,, 12C 1800 Number yu ► 12D Web Page 12Ei Resources for Schools F; . „ ...., ... , ....... ., ., . - • ,„ ,..._. 2F I Kids in Creeks ......., 4� 12G 1 Handouts and Promotional Items 3 ITargeted Education 3A Sewage (Anne in Newsletter) 13B Aummorive Fluids 13C Construction Debris 31) Swimming Pools 3E Dog Waste 34 a b J. m � c v u• u n° �° 13 •no 73 a = EE �y CC CC E C-E'� s � O O b b •A y & A L] L] G] C] U L 3 3 3 3 3 N N �> N .yNi N a¢QQ� y y aai u a s a a a O O 0 •7 r1 N •N a N_ N N_ //�N_� //��N p" m 3 3 A u u u u v 4 AF - a b J. m � c v G E U a a 0 0 V O N N ir•+ ' d N 0 y � O o r� U Yu 'a O OO yd{ F. E a E m U t3 D o Z a' 7° O O N U—En en CA a i°QwU Cw �QoaUAw 0 U N N N N N Al m el m rn O N O. Ln R1 .. O O O O = E C-E'� s � 0 G E U a a 0 0 V O N N ir•+ ' d N 0 y � O o r� U Yu 'a O OO yd{ F. E a E m U t3 D o Z a' 7° O O N U—En en CA a i°QwU Cw �QoaUAw 0 U N N N N N Al m el m rn O N O. Ln R1 EXHIBIT "B" OVERALL PROGRAM 9S0 COST AND METHOD OF ALLOCATION County Share = POP. City Share = (1.00 - County Share) 0.5 x AREA + .5 x POP, E POP E CITY AREAS Z CITY POPS. • As previously agreed, each jurisdiction's share of common costs (all but BPTCP Fees) are calced as per the "Alameda Formula" as shown above. • The BPTCP will remain in force, will not change and the fees have been added in as specific to each City, i.e., $0 for Ross, San Anselmo and Fairfax; $2500 each for Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, San Rafael and the County and $1000 each for the rest for an annual total of $16,500. • The figures do not include the cost of individual efforts by each jurisdiction. Such costs would include but not necessarily be limited to staff time to fill out documentation, attend meetings and workshops and review and comment on reports and proposed actions. • The figures also do not include the cost of any water quality monitoring we may choose to do or may be required to do by the Regional Board. PRO -RATA SHARES BPTCP CITIES AND COUNTY AREA 1,000 BELVEDERE I 0.49 1,000 I CORTE MADERA I 3.90 -0- FAIRFAX I 2.20 2,500 LARKSPUR I 3.06 2,500 MILL VALLEY I 4.80 I 2.500 NOVATO I 27.50 I -0- IROSS I 1.60 -0- I SAN ANSELMO I 2.68 I 2,500 I SAN RAFAEL I 17.30 I 1.000 I SAUSALITO I 2.20 1,000 I TIBURON I 3.30 2,500 I COUNTY I 94.19 TOTALS 1 163.22 EXH.IB.I.T "C" OPEN SPACE i POP. FACTOR 0.01 12,214 I 0.00774 0.39 18,459 I 0.040568 -0- 17,177 I 0.029316 0.64 111,917 I 0.040589 0.48 113,456 I 0.056245 7.50 148,897 i 0.232604 0.08 12,23 8 I 0.014612 0.17 112,136 I 0.041633 3.30 152,122 I 0.199932 1.10 17,430 I 0.022624 0.33 18,030 I 0.036136 167,189 I 0.278 14.00 1241,265 I 1.00