Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-08-2007 regular agenda — reading text

years coordinating and directing a wide range of maintenance this he also trained and commanded a combat engineer projects. During period within Regular Army company and served at battalion/ brigade level staff positions Corps and Divisional organizations in the U. S. and Europe.  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 Over the past five years Earth Tech has assisted over 40 communities with The planning, evatlJating, and implementing 3tefltUiyprograms. theirstorrn""< tablebel9wlists 20 of the projects that the. prop9sedEarthTech team has completed within the past five years or is currently Jnthe process of completing. The mllnicipglities range in size from only a fewthol1sandtqoVer a million, and are scattered over five states. projects, approxJmately one- half are Of these currently LIP and running and generating revenlJeJortfJE:FcorrunUnity. WI 5, 024 Ahnert, Ferris 2002 2 Village of North Fond du Lac WI 7, 765 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2005 3 Village of Hales Corners WI 9, 351 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2005 4 Village of Sussex WI 13, 350 Ahnert 2004 5 Village of Weston WI 18, 112 Boehm, Ferris 2001 6 City of Cudahy WI 21, 821 Boehm, Ferris 2002 7 City of Fitchburg GA 30, 392 Ahnert, Ferris On going 8 City of Hinesville IL 31, 365 Ferris 2006 9 City of Highland Park WI 34, 727 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2006 10 City of Manitowoc WI 36, 150 Ahnert, Boehm, Fems 2005 11 City of Greenfield 12 City of Sheboygan WI 50, 792 Ahnert, Ferris 2004 WI 51, 818 Ferris 2006 13 City of LaCrosse WI 65, 510 Ahnert, Ferris 2002 14 City of Oshkosh WI 70, 217 Ferris 2006 15 City of Appleton WI 81, 855 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2002 16 City of Racine WI 94,450 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2006 17 City of Kenosha 18 Unified Government of Athens- Clarke County GA 101,489 Ahnert, Boehm, Ferris 2006 GA 195, 182 Boehm, Ferris 2005 19 City of Augusta 20 San Diego County CA 2, 933,462 Ahnert, Ferris 2002 Three of the most recent projects in which the Earth Tech Team has been involved are described on the following pages.  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 StorrnwaterUtUity Development and hnplementation Athem;"ClarkeCounty, Georgia Earth. T~ fch\assell\ ~ cted by the Unified Government of Athens- Clarke County ( A- Reference: Mr.Jason Peek, PE CC), G~ prf!liStpd~ V~ IOp and impl~ ment a storrT1waterutility. A- CC' s stormwater Athens-Clarke County progamis<1~ fjn~d by the stormwater managem~ ntl11ast~ rplan and th~ Phase II 706) 613- 3440 NPDE9storrnwat~r permit requirements. The Couo.ty concluded that even with it\l\ rnotfinSlncialJyable to meet projectedr~venue from the SPLOST program, fa~ thesch~9uleset by the state regulatory requir~ ments ...and the Capital Improv~m~ nts Program. Earth Tech' s scope of services includes the following I compon~ nts: 1 1 II Analy~e~ ervices and Institutional Organi~atiol1: E:arthTech audit~ d the ' curr~ntbUq9~t .~ I.~ m~ nts ( planning andenglne~ring, jnspectipn/ enforcement, .1 and. capitalimprov~ments) to clarify the~ xistingJeveLpfservic~ s. A review of .... theNQIHstsandC9unty' s proposed BMPsforthere.9uir~< 1minmum controls of, 1. the NPPESPhasel1 stormwater permit wer~ alsp. cpn1<Uct~ d. Earth Tech then t constructed a service distribution t9d~ matri)( t~rmin~'. the geographic I distributi9nS of services received by A- CC < customers. Future service I were also made on staffing and equipments. ! recommendations II RateAI"Ctlysi : The objective of the rate analysisjstodev~lopa procedure that II equitably..allocates stormwater managementc9sts. tPth.~... jndi\liduals to wh9m ' services are provided. The rate analysisid~ntifiedthecustpmer base and I t9 determine fees. A detailedparcel-by- parcelSlnd account- by- I algprithms account analysis was performed to project and verify the number of billing units. I II Implement.ation: managem~ nt fil~ s from I Earth Tech will devel9p . qata.... assessor, utility, GIS data systems, and theA-CC' spilJil1gsystem. Thes~ files I willb~ construct~d to link the facility parcel/ accpuntmatching.totheA-CC billing I that ties to Sungard/ HTE. Earth Tech also system"'" the n~ XUS between th~ cost of services wil <1~ veI9Pacre<1itsy tem an<1 pr9P~ rtycharacteristics. A draft , I ordinance will be prepared for establishing th~ stprmwater s~ rvice fee. II Public and Education: Earth T~chl~ OlJ.treach ssive public . adsanagw~ I education campaign to explain issues togeneralpubUc, i< eyopinion leaders, and elected officials. Specific services wil nclu1< e multiple. pUblic workshops, community interviews, briefing documents, media relations, and dedicated project website. Stormwater Funding Feasibility Study Hinesville, Georgia Earth Tech developed a feasibility study to assist the city in devising a way to Reference: a stormwater management programthatisfair,~ quitable, and Mr. l3il1YEdwards, City Manager adequately fund City of Hinesville legallyd~f~nsible. This required development pf. acompr~hensive funding 912) 876- 3564 strat~gy. Th~ Feasibility Study was organized intothr~~ig~ n~ ral parts - problem definition, ~ stablishm~ nt of the cost of service, and<< lopment of a funding 1e\ l~ strategy. Earth Tech developed a roadmap to impl~ mentth~ stormwater utility program based on information gathered, input received Jrom a public outreach  Engineering/ Consulting Services, Stormwater Utility Study, RFP 07- 113 progr~mcjesignedtoinform and solicit input from the community, and Earth Tech' s experiel1ce implementing similar programs throughtheIJ$..A .summary report documentecjthefindings and thoroughness oftheqeqlsiQn- m~ king process that justifies Jhe/ forrnation of a stormwater utility. E~rth Tech developed and implementedJecommendations for a public outreach program that distributes the mess~ ge indirect contact with the audience. Stormw~terPrQgram Analysis Keno$ ha, Wi$consin Earth Tech conqucted an analysis of the city' s qurrent .and. future stormwater Reference: Mr.Michaellemens, PE, City Engineer management progr~ m including identificationoffLlndjn~. strategies. The city recognized that its role and responsibility rel~ mw~ter. is expanding City of Kenosha tivetQst()( 262) 653-4147 because otqh~nges. in regulations, particularlyintheirNppe:Sstorrnw~ter permit NR 21.6~ ndNR 1& 1)that requires the city increaseefforts to collect, continuet() convey, and treat stormwater runoff. The project was divided into three phases. The first ph~ se. included data collection and