Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget and Accept and Appropriate a Stormwater Local Assistance Fund Program Grant Awarded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the Mill Point Living Shoreline 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, which were last updated in 2022.
The City of Hampton (the “City”), through its Community Development Department, applied to the SLAF program in 2022 for the Mill Point Living Shoreline Project (the “Project”). A grant of $1,575,017.00 was awarded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (the “DEQ”) and has subsequently been received for the Project (the “Grant”). A local match from the City was required in the amount $525,006.00. The total estimated cost of the Project is approximately $4,165,200. The remaining cost of the Project will be paid from funds from the 2019 Stormwater Management Fund - Resilient Hampton Bond Proceeds allocated in the Fiscal Year 2020 Capital Budget for Resilient Hampton Projects. The City's success in securing grants to support our Resilient Hampton initiatives has enabled us to stretch these funds to cover many more projects than initially contemplated.
The Project will consist of the transformation an existing 2,100 linear foot portion of armored shoreline along the Hampton River. The site is located along the western shore of the Hampton River from Lincoln Street to Mill Point Pa...
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