Okaloosa County BOCC — July 25, 2016 — Stormwater - PBB

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA SERVICE AREA: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: STORMWATER PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Stormwater Division of Public Works provides stewardship of the Okaloosa County stormwater infrastructure and compliance with applicable regulatory obligations. Stewardship responsibilities include: • Stormwater system construction, • Evaluation and repair of stormwater infrastructure, • Maintenance tasks, and • Storm recovery and restoration. Regualtory obligations 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, and • Administrative maintenance of the NPDES Permit and Notice of Intent development. 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. A revenue profile for the FY16 Stormwater Division budget is provided below. It is recommended that FY17 funding levels are maintained. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR:  300 Stormwater Brochures for the General Public distributed Okaloosa County Equipment Rodeo, Okaloosa County Schools, Water and Sewer Office and Public Work Offices.  Identified 122 – Outfalls that flow into receiving waters and 265 – Total Outfalls currently GIS Arc mapped 0 corrected actions issued with corrections following.  122 Major Outfalls that discharge to surface waters recorded.  149 Dry Weather Inspections  Citizen Request for Services - 156 Complaints received. 156 Complaints Investigated  47 Staff performed In-House Training on Importance of Stormwater Maintenance, Sediment Control on Construction Sites and Installing Erosion and Turbidity Controls (31 Level 1) and (16 Level 2) Certifications.  31 Private and 8 County sites - Number of construction site operations under the erosion and sedimentation control requirements and active construction sites operating under the material management ordinance  72 Parks per week actively inspected for trash and drainage maintenance.  Inspected 27 Parks that have stormwater structures for NPDES.  53 - Number of county construction projects including minor maintenance that implemented correct erosion control methods. all County construction sites will be inspected by County Inspectors who are FDEP Sedimentation and Erosion Control Certified  4,002.5 cubic yards of sediment was removed from channels and basins  193 Stormwater ponds under Okaloosa County maintenance  31 Level 1 and 16 Level 2 Stormwater Operator Certifications employees performed In-House Training on Importance of Stormwater Maintenance, Sediment Control on Construction Sites, Installing Erosion and Turbidity Controls to reduce stormwater pollution  53 Stormwater related maintenance/construction Work Orders addressed  200 Stormwater related Work Requests addressed  39 Stormwater maintenance/construction PROGRAM GOAL: The primary goal of the Stormwater Division is to manage, construct, maintain, inspect and catalogue existing and planned stormwater systems within Okaloosa County. This goal is to be accomplished utilizing the Best Management Practices defined in the County Notice of Intent within the regulatory framework set forth within the Okaloosa County NPDES permit and Notice of Intent. KEY OBJECTIVES: 1. Implement a public edu