Department of Public Works City Engineering Division 608 266 4751 Robert F. Phillips, P.E. City Engineer City-County Building, Room 115 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Madison, Wisconsin 53703 FAX 608 264 9275 www.cityofmadison.com Operations Supervisor TO: WDOT, District 1 Wendy Braun, Erik Otterson Kathleen M. Cryan WDNR (South Central Region) Eric Rortvedt, Laura Bub Mapping Section Manager University of Wisconsin Marisa Trapp Eric T. Pederson Dane County Land Conservation Kevin Connors, Pat Sutter, Jeremy Balousek Financial Officer Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds Sue Jones, Marcia Hartwig Steven B. Danner-Rivers Dane County Capital Area Regional Planning Commission Mike Kakuska Hydrogeologist City of Fitchburg Paul Woodard, Rick Eilertson, Felipe Avila Brynn Bemis City of Madison Rob Phillips, Mike Dailey, Greg Fries, Genesis Steinhorst City of Middleton Kevin McNulty, Gary Huth City of Monona Daniel Stephany City of Stoughton Rodney Scheel City of Sun Prairie Daryl Severson City of Verona Ron Rieder, Martin Cieslik Town of Blooming Grove Mike Wolf, Tony Reigstad Town of Burke Brenda Ayers Town of Madison Rick Rose Town of Middleton David Shaw Town of Westport Tom Wilson Town of Windsor Kevin Richardson Village of Cottage Grove James Hessling Village of DeForest Deane Baker Village of Maple Bluff Tom Schroeder Village of McFarland Allan Coville, Don Peterson Village of Shorewood Hills Karl Frantz Village of Waunakee Kevin Even AECOM Jennifer Hurlebaus (Westport, Waunakee), Kelly Mattfield (Burke), Theran Jacobson (Verona) Mead & Hunt, Inc. Anne Anderson, Tim Astfalk (Blooming Grove) MSA Professional Services, Inc. Eric Thompson Nahn & Associates Chuck Nahn (Town of Madison, Maple Bluff) Strand Associates, Inc. Jon Lindert (UW-Madison) Town & Country Engineering, Inc. Brian Berquist, John Jenkins, Mark Barden (Shorewood Hills, McFarland) Vierbicher Associates, Inc. Sarah Church (Monona, Town of Middleton, DeForest) Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Dave Taylor, Kathy Lake Also: Jim Bachhuber, Brown & Caldwell (underlined names indicate present at meeting) RE: Minutes for the Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership Meeting DATE: August 6, 2013 LOCATION: 1600 EMIL ST (City Engineering Field Office Training Room) Assistant City Engineer Michael R. Dailey, P.E. Principal Engineers Christina M. Bachmann, P.E. John S. Fahrney, P.E. Gregory T. Fries, P.E. Christopher J. Petykowski, P.E. Facilities & Sustainability Jeanne E. Hoffman, Manager 1. Update on state budget bill: changes to stormwater quality requirements/erosion control Eric Rortvedt handed out the revised language in Assembly Bill 40 2013 Wisconsin Act 20 (portion attached), which includes uniform standards instead of minimum standards for non-ag construction and post-construction stormwater management. There was an animated discussion about what the language means and how the DNR will enforce it. Thus far there has been no guidance handed down as to how it will be implemented and what the requirements of municipalities will be. We will find out in due time, likely not sooner than 2-3 months. Municipalities should continue business as usual in the mean time. If there are any legal challenges, municipalities should contact DNR. General discussion included reference to the language that discussions exceptions to the rule that 8/8/2013-MAMSWaPMinutes_080613.docx
August 8, 2013 Page 2 municipalities cannot be stricter than the uniform standards (Section 2029e, page 514): (1) Control storm water quantity or control flooding; (2) Comply with federally approved total maximum daily load requirements. This leads one to think that as we are required to comply with the Rock River TMDL, these restrictions will not apply to most of the MAMSWaP group, however, we will know more when formal guidance is issued by DNR. The guidance document will require a 30 day public notice and signature by the Bureau Director at a minimum, so it will not be available in the very near future. 2. Update on Yahara WINs Dave Taylor gave a quick summary of the ongoing work of the YaharaWINs adaptive management pilot program. The most recent a semi-annual report distributed to Yahara WINs participants by email and is also available on the YaharaWINs website. There is lots of good data coming out of the USGS monitoring stations in the pilot project area related to phosphorus loadings, including data from runoff events that happened last winter. Kathy Lake is establishing a citizen monitoring program: this baseline data will be important as we move forward. The pilot project is spending a lot of effort trying to establish accurate baseline information for all sources (traditional point sources, municipal stormwater, & agriculture). MAMSWAP members are encouraged to update their modeling efforts to make sure that the pilot project is using accurate information for the purpose of calculating load reductions and costs. It is important for municipalities to continue to track practices they install. Several questions were sent to Eric Rortvedt via email regarding the tracking of mass for MS4 permit compliance by municipalities participating in the YaharaWINs adaptive management program. Eric expects to soon have an email response back to the questions. Yahara Pride, a farmer-run group in the pilot project area, is testing a certification program on their board members, and hired two advisors. This is promising. YaharaWINs helped fund some phosphorus reduction demo projects both in the pilot testing area as well as with the City of Madison/USGS leaf collection study. Municipalities should contact Dave if they have adaptive management pilot program budget questions for 2014. 3. Info & Education update Last Friday, Marcia sent out (what should be) the final version of the intergovernmental agreement. The final-final version is attached. Please route for signatures, and SEND MARCIA THE ORIGINAL, HARDCOPY VERSION. She will scan the signatures, but SHE NEEDS THE ORIGINALS. Please. The I&E committee made a wonderful decision to get cool t-shirts and bags for people who volunteer to do storm drain marking. If you have a group interested in doing this, they should contact Mindy Habecker at UW-Extension (224-3718, habecker@co.dane.wi.us). See pictures on the next page!! The committee is working with the Rock River Stormwater Group on creating another survey we will be doing a mail version but will also be sending out an electronic link to the group to forward to any of your distribution lists, etc. Keep an eye out for this. More I&E updates are attached. Also, Gary Huth agreed to bring cookies next time. 8/8/2013-\\Fps2\data2\ENCOMMON\Misc\Genesis\Meetings\MAMSWaP\Minutes\Aug2013\MAMSWaPMinutes_080613.docx
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MAMSWaP I&E Update Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Respectfully submitted by Marcia Hartwig, Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership (MAMSWaP) Storm Water Education Coordinator, 608-224-3746, hartwig@countyofdane.com. Please to contact me with questions. CONSULTANTS AND MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES: Please make this report available to your municipalities. Five-Year I&E Intergovernmental Agreement Development The final draft of the five-year agreement was sent to municipalities in July. A couple of late edits including a request to remove the Affirmative Action language were received and a revised final draft was then sent to municipalities. Once final approval is given by all municipalities, a final copy will be sent and signatures can be obtained. Please send the signature pages (originals, not scans or fax) to me. Once all signatures are received, I will make a pdf of the entire document with signatures to put on myfairlakes.com. Five-Year Work Plan The I&E Committee continues to work with Andy Yencha, UWEX Natural Resource Educator, drafting the next five-year work plan. We still anticipate a final draft by the end of the year. Five-Year Survey The I&E Committee has begun working with UW River Falls Survey Research Center to develop and implement a survey per the permit language requiring assessment. It will be similar to the surveys implemented in 2003 and 2009. Results will be used to evaluate current programs, as a tool to guide annual work plans. Storm Drain Marking Support The I&E Committee authorized purchase of storm drain markers, t-shirts and bags for the storm drain marking program through the Environmental Resource Center (coordinated by Mindy Habecker, Dane County Extension). Partnerships We re continuing to collaborate with MMSD/Yahara WINs on potential chloride outreach; NASECA promoting their events; Rock River Recovery Education and Outreach Team (TMDL I&E) planning some forums in September; and the Rock River Stormwater Group coordinating on articles, Renew the Rock campaign and possibly the survey. The Rock River Stormwater Group (RRSG) has a new consultant (Jason Valerius, MSA) that has begun implementing RRSG s new workplan. Love Your Lakes, Don t Leaf Them It s that time of year. We have yard signs, brochures, flyers and coasters. The coasters will again be distributed by Capital Brewing. We ll distribute articles for neighborhood association newsletters and press releases to municipalities for distribution. Please let me know how many yard signs, flyers and brochures your municipality needs and I ll get them to you. The I&E Committee is deciding what other media we ll be implementing this year. Be sure to make the yard signs available to your residents. Reminders New address since last fall: 5201 Fen Oak Drive, Madison, 53718-8827. Link to myfairlakes.com from your e sure your municipality s website using the new logo. Follow myfairlakes.com on Facebook! Like and share posts to help spread the word.
The I&E Committee is looking for volunteers from villages and towns to participate in the committee. Contact me if you are interested in serving on this committee. The I&E Committee generally meets a week or two in advance of the large quarterly meetings. The Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership meets quarterly, the first Tuesday of February, May, August and November. Remaining meetings in 2013: November 5.