1. Stormwater Grant Updates
Cape Cod Stormwater Manager’s Group Meeting
Cape Cod Commission, Ocean Conference Room
Wednesday, November 1st 2017
9AM

2. DLTA AmeriCorps Service 604B Grant (MassDEP)
MS4 Municipal Assistance Grant Program (MassDEP)
MS4 Permit Compliance Assistance

3. DLTA 604B MS4 Municipal Grant AmeriCorps Jan 2019 July 2017 Sept 2017
Oct 2017
Dec 2017
June 2018
July 2018

4. DLTA 604B MS4 Municipal Grant AmeriCorps
Evaluate mechanisms for coalition formation
GIS mapping assistance
Other
Geospatial Tech Assistance (GTA): Defining SW Infrastructure
GTA: Stormwater N Reduction Tool and Protocol
Developing Regional IDDE SW Sampling/Testing Program
NOI Assistance
MS4 Outreach Workshops, Meetings, Materials
Support meetings of Cape Cod Stormwater Coalition
MS4 Municipal Grant
AmeriCorps
Gap Analysis of stormwater mapping (for one town)
Capture additional features and attributes in field
604B
Inventory of Existing Stormwater Resources
Ms4 Needs Assessment
Gaps Analysis
MS4 Cost Estimates for each town
Financing approaches
Good Housekeeping and Poll Prev
Policies and SOPs for Cape
Performance Measures
Public Education & Outreach Plan

6. DLTA
District Local Technical Assistance Grant to the Town of Chatham (on behalf of the Cape Cod Stormwater Mangers)

7. DLTA CCC Draft Memo on Stormwater Governance and Regionalization –
Describes mechanisms for which Towns can partner and collaborate in pursuit of stormwater management goals
Future work (to be completed before end of year)
CCC staff to work with AmeriCorps and Partner Town in SW Mapping Project
Draft Memo on Guidance for MS4 Compliance and 208 Watershed Permitting

8. MassDEP 604b Grant
Grant program authorized under the federal Clean Water Act Section 604(b) for water quality assessment and management planning

9. Grant Application Submitted by: Cape Cod Commission Partners:
APCC
Barnstable County
Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment
Collaborator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Amount Awarded: $50K
Received Notice to Proceed: Sept. 21, 2017
Grant Timeline: October 2017 – January (~16 months)

10. Scope of Services
Task 1 – Inventory of Existing Resources and Needs Assessment
Task 2 – Conduct Gap Analysis
Task 3 – Develop Collaborative Stormwater Strategies for Efficient and Cost-effective Stormwater Management
Prepare MS4 cost estimates for each town
Identify possible financing approaches
Develop recommendations for Good Housekeeping and Pollution Prevention
Identify policies and SOPs best suited to Cape Cod conditions, governance, and needs
Identify MS4 performance measures and measurable goals
Prepare a “Model Public Education and Outreach Plan”
Recommendations for a Regional Stormwater Framework

11. Allocation of Resources
Consultant to provide assistance with:
Needs Assessment (~10 hrs)
Gaps Analysis (~10 hrs)
Developing recommendations for Good Housekeeping and Pollution Prevention (~40 hrs)
Policies and SOPs for addressing MS4 Minimum Control Measures, specific to Cape (~40 hrs)
Stormwater Managers’ Group to provide input on RFP Development

12. MassDEP 604b Grant Task 1.1. Inventory of Existing Resources and Needs
Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D. Association to Preserve Cape Cod MassBays Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod

13. 1.1. Inventory of Existing Resources and Needs
Information is needed to inform subsequent tasks.
Cape Cod Commission will collect information on existing resources from County agencies.
APCC will conduct survey of municipal stormwater managers to determine existing resources and needs:
Develop survey from existing examples and input from Stormwater Group.
Add questions if needed for Cape issues (e.g., 208 Plan linkage to MS4).
Send survey to Stormwater Group and others by 11/8/17;
Collect responses by mid-November. Conduct interviews if needed.
Prepare Responses document by 12/22/17 (Commission, APCC).

14. Developing a Survey Choose an existing survey:
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (completed survey)
Massachusetts Statewide Stormwater Collaborative (draft survey);
Add questions if needed to address Cape Cod conditions and needs:
208 Water Quality Plan?
Shellfish and aquaculture?
Others?
Send your survey preference and suggestions to Jo Ann Muramoto ) by COB Tuesday 11/6/17.

15. Conducting the Survey I will email you the survey;
Answer all questions;
completed survey to me;
If I have questions or need to follow up, I’ll call or ;
An in-person interview may be needed. If so this would be scheduled in November-early December.
Thank you!

16. AmeriCorps Partnership
Stormwater Mapping Partnership among Cape Cod Commission staff, AmeriCorps, and the Town of Bourne

17. AmeriCorps Partnership
AmeriCorps service member – Jack Moriarty
Individual Placement at Cape Cod Commission through July 2018 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Training and guidance provided by CCC Staff (Water Resources and GIS)
Service project is a partnership with the Town of Bourne
AmeriCorps Project Scope
Appending existing town data to spatial features (ArcGIS)
Field data collection for stormwater assets
Development of SOP

18. Project Benefits
Increased knowledge of sw infrastructure, relevant to MS4 mapping requirements and long- and short-term capital infrastructure planning
Population of attributes (e.g. asset location, condition)
Data validation for regional planimetric dataset
Development of SOP that may be replicated in other towns

19. Updates from the Statewide Stormwater Coalition