Stormwater Management Planning Challenges and Opportunities Christopher Blakeman - Environmental Administrator x1173 or Director’s Meeting Presentation Feb. 2, 2011

City of Roanoke – Office of Environmental Management Brief History & Overview Nationally the regulation of stormwater is a relatively new phenomenon (1990 began in VA, Roanoke has been under permit since 2003) –Municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) historically used for waste disposal (still a common practice for many) –Documented to be a major source of water pollution MS4s discharge directly to surface water (No “treatment”) –Result = Nation-wide mandate to clean-up stormwater Roanoke’s answer to date: take credit for what is already being done (street sweeping, litter clean-ups, etc…), without any real integration and collaboration –Ex: if we began authorizing public assemblies, but neglected coordinating w/ affected businesses, traffic control, waste collection, use of public lands, etc… and instead just relied on all of the pieces falling into place Not sustainable – Cannot deliver consistently positive performance

City of Roanoke – Office of Environmental Management Where We Are and Challenges Ahead 1. Existing stormwater mgmt. practices too dispersed and not well integrated Unification and collaboration for mutual success 2. Permit requires increasing written accountabilities and commitments for top tier pollution prevention programs and solid documentation of efforts Illicit Discharge Detection & Enforcement Construction/Post Construction City Code & MS4 Permit Compliance Communications, Education & Awareness

City of Roanoke – Office of Environmental Management Looking Forward Need: new organization-wide program working across multiple Dept/Division boundaries –Assign key staff: Internal stakeholder group to develop a plan for progress –Reinforce stormwater performance expectations and integrate them as an aspect of normal required workload duties –Staff responsibility – Budget – Performance - Accountability

City of Roanoke – Office of Environmental Management Recommended Stakeholder Participation