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TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/13/2016
Subject: ACCEPT report from the Public Works Department on the financial implications of the Municipal Regional Permit.
Submitted For:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	5
Referral Name:	REVIEW issues associated with the health of the San Francisco Bay and Delta, including water quality.
Presenter:	Steve Kowalewski, Department of Public Works (925) 313-2225	Contact:	Mike Carlson, Department of Public Works (925) 313-2321

Information

Referral History:

The Regional Water Quality Control Boards issue the County a stormwater permit on a five-year recurring cycle. The first permit was issued in 1993 and the current permit was issued last November. The objective of the permit is to reduce pollutants in stormwater to improve stormwater quality, and increase stormwater infiltration into soils to improve watershed health.

Just before the first permit was issued, the County modified the Flood Control District Act to allow the District to collect an annual assessment on parcels throughout the County, for the cities and the County to fund permit compliance costs. The permit compliance cost for each subsequent permit has increased dramatically over the prior permit. The Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee and the full Board have been following the policy and financial issues associated with implementing these stormwater permits for many years.

Board members have testified before the Regional Water Board several times describing the impacts their stormwater permit has on the County budget.

Referral Update:

The new Stormwater permit, referred to as the Municipal Regional Permit 2.0, follows the prior Municipal Regional Permit 1.0 issued at the end of 2009.

In 2010, the beginning of the MRP 1.0 five-year permit, there was a surplus of funds in the counties Stormwater Program. In 2015, the last year of the MRP 1.0 permit, compliance costs exceeded the annual revenue of assessment funds in the surplus was virtually gone.

On June 9, 2016, the Committee accepted a report on the policy implications of the MRP 2.0. This was the first of three reports to be developed on the topic. Attached is the second report that outlines the financial implications of implementing the new Municipal Regional Permit 2.0.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT report on the financial implications of implementing the new Municipal Regional Permit 2.0, CONSIDER staff's recommendation to prepare an Options Report for a future Committee meeting outlining possible options to finance compliance costs, DIRECT staff to meet with Regional Board staff to ensure the financial implications represented in this report accurately reflect permit requirements, and PROVIDE direction and feedback to staff.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

N/A

Attachments
TWIC Report. Final. October 13 2016
Table 1. Green Infrastructure Costs List
Table 2. Trash Costs List
Table 3. PCB Costs List
Table 4. Mercury Load
Table 5. PCB and Mercury Load Reductions
Table 6. Summary of MRP 20 Costs
Chart 1 - Final
Chart 2
Appendix A with attachments