1. Prince George’s County, Maryland Clean Water Act Fund Program Maryland Stormwater Fee (HB 987-2012)
June 2013

2. Clean water Act mandate
Public Health Safety and Welfare
Trash
Stream Erosion & Pollution
Fish Kills,
Cancer
Anacostia Watershed Development predates stormwater management regulations. Lack of controls resulted in years of accumulation of pollution and neglect, endangering the watershed from life support for the ecosystem.
Public Health
And
Public Uses 1

3. Federal & State Regulations
The Mandate
Federal & State Regulations
The Clean Water Act
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Municipal Separate Sewer System Permit (MS4)
Chesapeake Bay TMDL (Restoration program)
Retrofit Restoration Program
Watershed Implementation Program (WIP)
HB Mandate to Fund Retrofits
Penalties Civil and Criminal
Loss of Delegated Authority (Building Permits) 2

4. Economic Stimulus – New Businesses & Jobs
Water quality mandate will create economic Opportunities
Investing $1.2 Billion Locally
Create sustainable, new local businesses
Create approximately 5,000 new jobs (Inner Beltway)
Engineering, Landscape Architects, Construction, Maintenance
Expand summer youth jobs program
Partner with Bowie State and Community College
Revitalize Neighborhoods
Improved Quality of Life 3

5. What we are going to do! Filtering Media for Street Application
Green Street Retrofits, Beautification Upgrades
Filtering Media for Street Application
Tree Planter with Filtering Media
The Department of Environmental Resources has been tasked to address water quality mandates for the County. These are some examples of treatment strategies we will be using for improving stormwater water quality, while at the same time renewing our urbanized areas.
Rain Harvesting for Water Conservation
Commercial Application of Filtering Media 4

6. Green Street Retrofits, Beautification Upgrades
What we are going to do!
Green Street Retrofits, Beautification Upgrades
Street retrofit with green filtering devices
The Department of Environmental Resources has been tasked to address water quality mandates for the County. These are some examples of treatment strategies we will be using for improving stormwater water quality, while at the same time renewing our urbanized areas.
Meet Federal Clean Water Act Requirements 5
Residential R/W applications with filtering media

7. What we are going to do! Rain Garden – Residential Applications
Rain Gardens
Rain Garden – Residential
Applications
County Efforts to Improve Communities:
Normal landscaping can be turned into runoff filtering devises that clean stormwater.
Rain Garden – with Street Treatment 6

8. Examples of Bioretention & Rain Gardens
What we are going to do!
Examples of Bioretention & Rain Gardens
Rain Garden – Municipal
Applications
County Efforts to Improve Communities:
Normal landscaping can be turned into runoff filtering devises that clean stormwater.
Rain Garden – with Street Treatment
Prefabrication will speed up installation 7

9. Invest locally / save money Public Private Partnership
Leverage /incubate businesses / Save Money
WQ Fee $
Private Equity $
County
Priv. Part. LLC
LLC Board
(Stakeholder)
Construction LLC
Property Mgmt. LLC
Landscapers, Contractors
Suppliers, Engineers, etc.
Sustainable Employment for Local Contractors
Community Associations
Environmental Groups
Faith Based
NPOs
Industry & Commerce 8

10. Local, Small, Minority Business Enterprise Participation
CB – Business Development Reserve Program (BDRP)
Goal: To assist local small business enterprises including Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Disadvantage Business Enterprises (DBE), Service Disabled Veterans (SDV), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses to be competitive and effective in securing contracts with Prince George’s County Government and other customers.
BDRP is comprised of two components:
Five County agencies including Department of Environmental Resources (DER) will reserve certain procurements for members of BDRP
Mandatory “Boot Camp” Classes for all participating businesses
Participants will complete a training program consisting of a set of core courses designed to enhanced their business development.
Courses will be designed using an adult learning model format, with didactic mini-lectures and experiential small group applications. Where possible, classes will be developed for online utilization.
Participants will need to complete all course work within (1) year of acceptance into the program.
The County’s WIP II plan is to reduce the Bay’s pollutant load allocations. The implementation plan has two time tables: 2017 and 2025.
Pollutant load allocation reductions under the WIP II plan will meet with the County’s NPDES permit conditions, which is to restore untreated impervious surfaces (8,000 acres in a five year permit cycle).
Revenue requirements represent CIP program expenditures (a 13 year period) 9

11. Reinvest In our County !!! Expenditures Full WIP II
County’s MS4/ Watershed implementation plan (WIP II) revenue requirements
Expenditures
Full WIP II
Capital Projects (County)
$828,236,000
Capital Projects (Municipal)
$161,076,000
Maintenance (County)
$101,981,000
Maintenance (Municipal)
$20,722,000
Operations
$44,763,000
TOTALS (FY13 - FY25)
$1,156,778,000
The County’s WIP II plan is to reduce the Bay’s pollutant load allocations. The implementation plan has two time tables: 2017 and 2025.
Pollutant load allocation reductions under the WIP II plan will meet with the County’s NPDES permit conditions, which is to restore untreated impervious surfaces (8,000 acres in a five year permit cycle).
Revenue requirements represent CIP program expenditures (a 13 year period) 10

12. How much is the fee / Who pays ?
Rate structure comparisons (residential, Commercial, industrial & institutional)
Property Examples
Total Annual Fee Rate
Impact Fee ($372 / Impervious Acre) +
Administrative Fee ( $20.58 / account)
Zones:
Tier I Residential (R-T, R-20, R-35 and R-U)
Tier II Residential (R-55, R-S, R-80, R-R ,R-M)
Tier III Residential (R-E, R-O-S, R-A, O-S, R-L)
$33.12
$41.48
$62.38
Major Shopping Center (32.25 acre) (9 properties)
$12, = $ 11, $185.22
Large Office Park (7.56 acre) (2 properties)
$ 2, = $ 2, $41.16
Large Industrial Park (17.82 acre) (14 properties)
$ 6, = $ 6, $288.12
Convenience Store (0.28 acre) ( 1 property)
$ = $
Condo (1unit of 40) (.017 acre) (1 property)
$ = $ $20.58
Small Institutional / Community Church (1/2 acre) (1 property)
$ = $ $20.58
For the FULL WIP II
This table compares the three fee type alternatives: “Flat”, “Ad Valorem”, “Graduated”, plus “Hybrid” for the impact on the various property types.
Flat Rate would seem the most economical for industrial, commercial, and institutions. However, this shifts a fee hike to the residential side. The downside, this would not be a defensible position (in court) for the County, since the properties with the highest impervious surfaces are the “non-residential”.
The Hybrid Rate option provides a more balanced fee rate approach between residential and non-residential parcels. 11

13. Fee Reductions/Controls
Several options
Financial Hardship Exemption (residential).
Up to 100% impact fee reduction for sites meeting LID/ESD to the MEP.
$3 million/year for direct rebates (CB-40).
Appeals process to correct mistakes. 12

14. Fair & Competitive Rates
objectives > Revenue Requirements > Cost Allocation > Rate Structure > Recommendations
Residential annual fees are too low to show at this scale. 13

15. Fair & Competitive Rates
objectives > Revenue Requirements > Cost Allocation > Rate Structure > Recommendations
Detached Residential annual fee comparison – Around the Region. 14

16. For additional information questions and assistance
Resources
For additional information questions and assistance
County Website ( Link)
Factsheets / Frequently Asked Questions
Appeals
Applications
Credits
Rebates
County Click 311 Referral
Department of Environmental Resources
DER Direct Hot Line