Item Coversheet
 ITEM: 4.G.
COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
July 28, 2016
SECTION:Consent Agenda
Description:

Approve Water Quality Improvement Cost Share Program Agreement with Lawrence Swenson and Kathryn Swenson for Raingarden and Native Garden Installation at 14474 Upper Guthrie Court

Staff Contact:
Jane Byron, Water Quality Technician		Department / Division:
Natural Resources Division

ACTION REQUESTED:

Motion to approve Water Quality Improvement Cost Share Program Agreement with Lawrence Swenson and Kathryn Swenson for raingarden and native garden installation at 14474 Upper Guthrie Court; payment not to exceed $500 per project. 

  

SUMMARY:

The following water quality cost share application was received by City staff and the project was determined to be eligible for the program.

 

Name

Address

Project

Watershed

Lawrence Swenson and

Kathryn Swenson

14474 Upper Guthrie Court

Raingarden and Native Garden

Vermillion River

 

The standard City water quality improvement cost share program agreement approved by the City Attorney will be utilized for this project. 

 

BACKGROUND:

In 2009 the City of Apple Valley began a voluntary cost share program for residential, multiple-family, or institutional property owners to promote the installation of water quality improvements.  These improvements typically consist of rain gardens, buffers, and shoreline stabilization projects to reduce and treat stormwater runoff prior to its entering the stormwater system.  This cost share program assists the City in meeting State and Federal storm water management requirements.

 

The program provides for reimbursement of 50 percent of qualifying expenses, not to exceed a total reimbursement from the City of $500.  The program requires that the property owner maintain their project to meet program standards for a period of no less than seven years. 

 

This is the sixth Water Quality Improvement Cost Share application the City has received in 2016.


BUDGET IMPACT:

The maximum allowable reimbursement is $500 per lot or project.  Funding for this program is included in the 2016 operating budget for the Storm Drainage Utility.