Okaloosa County BOCC — August 6, 2015 — Stormwater

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA SERVICE AREA: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: STORMWATER PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Stormwater Division of Public Works provides oversight of the Okaloosa County stormwater system and applicable regulatory requirements. This includes stormwater system construction, solutions to infrastructure failures, maintenance tasks, and storm recovery and restoration. Regualtory requirements include; • Development and implementation of Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), • Collection and management of National Pollutant Discharge Elimiation System (NPDES) data • Evaluation and reporting of NPDES compliance activities • Administrative maintenance of the NPDES Permit and Notice of Intent Development of future funding needs. Additionally, stormwater staff provides support services for the Public Works work order system (Cartegraph). REVENUE: Stormwater Division is funded within the County Transportation Trust Fund (CTTF). Supporting revenue of the CTTF is fuel taxes, intergovernmental revenue, charges for services, miscellaneous revenue and transfers. Supporting revenue of the CTTF are gas taxes and local option gas tax (LOGT), constitutional gas taxes (CGT) and federal and state shared revenue, state and federal grants, and an annual allocation of revenue from the general fund. Stormwater revenue is derived from the Second LOGT. Projected Second LOGT revenue allocated to Stormwater in FY15 was $375,000. An allocation of $400,000 from the General Fund was also approved in FY15 for the Stormwater Program. Revenues for FY15 include a minimum $400,000 annually for services and improvements related to the management and control of stormwater from ad valorem taxes collected to fund County Parks Municipal Services Taxing units. The Board approved an additional $500,000 be pulled from the same County Parks Reserve in FY15 for a total of $900,000. This additional funding was intended to supplement the Stormwater Division and provide another source of revenue for a limited capital improvement program. However, it should be noted that public parks offer countless value to our citizens and continuing along this path, we will eventually find ourselves without enough revenue to fund either program, therefore making this only a short- term solution to our stormwater issues. It is recommended that FY16 funding levels are maintained. Unexpended funding pledged in previous years has remained in the Stormwater budget as available cash which has provided funding to support operations and maintenance costs which now totals $800,000 per year. These funds are depleted to critical levels by ever increasing stormwater needs and operational costs. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR: Ø 335 Stormwater Brochures for the General Public distributed Okaloosa County Equipment Rodeo, Okaloosa County Schools, Water and Sewer Office and Public Work Offices Ø Stormwater issues discussed at four Board of County Commissioner (BCC) meetings. Publically advertised per Florida Statutes Ø Identified 108 – Outfalls that flow into receiving waters and 241 – Total Outfalls currently GIS Arc mapped 0 corrected actions issued with corrections following. Ø 108 Major Outfalls that discharge to surface waters recorded. Ø 99 Dry Weather Inspections Ø Citizen Request for Services - 29 Complaints received. 29 Complaints Investigated Ø 32 Staff performed In-House Training on Importance of Stormwater Maintenance, Sediment Control on Construction Sites and Installing Erosion and Turbidity Controls Ø 18 Private and 24 County sites - Number of construction site operations under the erosion and sedimentation control requirements and active construction sites operating under the material management ordinance Ø 71 Parks per week actively inspected for trash and drainage maintenance. Ø Inspected 71 Parks for stormwater systems