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Home My WebLink About2007-01-22 07-071 ORDER01/22/2007 Item No, 07 071 Date: 1-22-2007 Item/Subjecti Order, Accepting a $75,459 grantfrom the State of Maine tuthe Bangor Area Storm Water Group Responsible Department: Engineering The Bangor Area Storm Water Group (BASWG), a local non-profit organhatlon of cemmunitles in the Bangor urbanized area, has been awarded a grant of $75,459 to collaboratively implementcertaln mandatedstoimwaterregulations. Theattatliedpmjeddc pUonpmvld greaterderailonthe background of the stormwater group and the purposes for whits MK funding will be used. The BASWG member communities are Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Veale, Oran, Old Town, Milford, University of Maine, University College of Bangor, and the Maine Air National Guard at Bangor. This $75,459 grant most W approved by the governing body of each participalUng entity. Managees Comments: Recommend approval. Amotiated Information: Project Description Depamrnnt Head A. 4j6c'✓ Rnance Director Legal Approvab CRy Sdicaor Introduped for " .. X Passage _ First Readirrg Page _ of Referral 01/22/2007 "signed to councilor G:acwacx 07 071 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) ORDER, Accepting a $75,459 Grant from the State of Maine to the Bangor Area Shim Water Group BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR THAT $75,459 in State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services funds granted to the Bangor Area Storm Water Group, Inc, through the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services Program are hereby accepted for the purpose of regional collaborative implementation of certain Stommva[er Regulations. IN CITY COUNCIL JAPNARY 22. 2007 # 0]-0]1 NOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE ORDER PASED (TITLE) er nrino n 8]s 659'e ant fa'om the CLERK State ofrMine to the Bangor Area Stem water Groat/ __' CON i. 01/22/2007 07 071 The Bangor Area Store Water Group (BASWG) first met informally in October 2003 as a way to provide mutual support to address new storm water regulations in the Bangor Urbanized Area The BASWG has continued to meet on a monthly basis since that time in ober W develop cost-saving regional initiatives for stortmvater pollution prevention. In 2004, the El was awarded a Planning Grant tom the Fund for the Effich nt Delivery of Local and Regional Services. This grant enabled the group to move from discussion and bask cooperative efforts to true collaboration where the outcomes have been of higher quality, greater quantity and at much lower cost to each municipality than each would have been able to achieve independently. During Me planning grant period, Me BASWG Incorporated, developed! a strategic plan, and completed more than ten highly successful joint poisons. Over the last 18 months, the regional collaborative has saved munidpal tax payers in the Bangor Urbanized Area a minimum of $73,968 in direct costs and much more In less tangible cost savings. This Coope afive Services Grant will continue to enhance Me ability of thus BASWG's municipalities to collaboratively meet the Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (MERCIES) Stormweter Phase II unfunded mandate. The grant will enable the BASWG W implement portions of its strategic plan much moo cost-effectively than would be possible without this support. This protect will result in a number of critical outcomes, including the development of a sat of regional recommendations to Maine DEP Met limit property tax needs for Phase II Implementation within the Bangor Urbanized Area; regionally -coordinated combustor management plans Mat cooperatively meet MEPDES geneml permit requirements; a BASWGhosted roundtable discussion among Maine's four slormwater collaborators (to share successful pilot programs, lessors learned and identify opportunities to save tax dollars through statewide collaboration); regional research and piloting of stomrwater tools and technologies to determine Me short- and long-term costs and berregts of options; shared technical training for municipal staff; and a drastic reduction of mandatory municipal stornwater system mapping costs through a coordinated mapping internship program. The project will also increase public access W act involvement In municipal and regbnal efforts to implement the MEPDES requirements. The related outcomes will include a shared web presence for the BASWG on Me existing Maine stormwater website (Me EPA Award-winning ThinkBlueMaine.org website); citizen feedback about curent attitudes and mhaWers relating to slormwater in Me region, useful information from stakeholders regarding Meir preferences for methods to meet requirements, and opportunities to engage Mom in planning and Implementation. The grant will also help support the development of transferable evaluation mechanisms for stomnvater management projects and the tremlation of the groups successes into documented models far use by others within this stste and nation. Finally, this project significantly increases BASWG amass external funds through the advancement of the group from basic incorporation to IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, allowing specific mets to be offset through foundation giants and conscious for which bob the individual entities and Me collaboration as a whole are currently Ineligible. Funds from this Fund for the Efficient Delivery of local and Regional Servicoa Cooperative Services Grant will be complemented by ongoing municipal support (outlined in Pati 5), external grants and contracts, and new sources of funding Mat may in part be leveraged by this grams.