Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget and Accept and Appropriate the 2024 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund Grant Awarded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the City’s Pembroke Pond Retrofit Project
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
In 2013, the Virginia General Assembly created and set forth specific parameters for the administration of the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (“SLAF” or the “Fund”). The purpose of the Fund is to provide matching grants to local governments for the planning, design, and implementation of stormwater best management practices that address cost efficiency and commitments related to reducing water quality pollutant loads. In accordance with that legislation, the State Water Control Board (the “Board”) approved Guidelines for the implementation of the SLAF program in 2013 and those guidelines were revised by the Board in December 2016.
The City of Hampton (the “City”), through its Department of Public Works, applied to the SLAF program in 2024 for the Pembroke Pond Retrofit Project (the “Project”). The total cost of the approved project is $514,400. A grant of $385,800 (75% of the total cost) was awarded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (the “DEQ”) and has subsequently been received for the Project (the “Grant”). A 25% local match from the City’s Public Works' Stormwater Management Facilitates Retrofit Fund was required in the amount $128,600.
Discussion:
See Purpose/Background
Impact:
Acceptance of this Grant will allow the Project to achieve additional nutrient reduction that will be used towards achieving Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (“TMDL”) nutrient reduction goals required by the City’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). Conversion of this basin to a Level 1 Wet Pond will eliminate existing short-circuiting, provide additional water quality benefits, and increase the storage capacity to help alleviate flooding in the area.
Recommendation:
Rec
Approve Resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (the “DEQ”) awarded to the City of Hampton (the “City”) a 2024 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (“SLAF”) grant (the “Grant”) for the City’s Pembroke Pond Retrofit Project (the "Project").
WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the Project is $514,400, 75% ($385,800) of which will be funded by the Grant;
WHEREAS, the Grant program requires a local cash match of 25% ($126,800) of the total amount requested;
WHEREAS, the City's local cash match can be funded by transferring funds from the Capital Projects Fund to the Grants Fund for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the combined state and local funds, will be used by the City for design and implementation to provide additional nutrient reduction that will be used towards achieving Chesapeake Bay TMDL nutrient reduction goals required by the City's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia that Council hereby amends the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to accept the SLAF Grant, and:
(1) appropriates SLAF Grant funds in the amount of $385,800, and such other amounts as may be received under the Grant for the Project, from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the Grant Fund; and
(2) approves the transfer of $128,600 from the Capital Projects Fund to the Grant Fund for the purpose of funding the design and implementation of the Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, is hereby to take any and all necessary actions to carry out the purpose of this Resolution, including but not limited to the execution of any grant agreements required, subject to the approval by the City Attorney.