Title
Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation in and Appropriation of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Partnership Grant to Restore Hampton Waterways through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City of Hampton has partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on their Partnership to Restore Hampton Waterways project. This project seeks to spur oyster restoration efforts in Virginia's Hampton River watershed, help manage stormwater pollution in the City of Hampton, and remediate impairments to the river and its tributaries by working with an array of public and private partners.
Discussion:
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation ("CBF") is the subrecipient of a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ("NFWF") (NFWF-CBF agreement attached as an exhibit). The purpose of the grant is to spur oyster restoration efforts in the Virginia's Hampton River watershed, help manage stormwater pollution in the City of Hampton, and remediate impairments to the river and its tributaries by working with an array of public and private partners. Pursuant to that grant, CBF offered to partner with the City and will executive a mutually agreeable subaward agreement to memorialize the terms of that partnership.
As part of this grant, the City will:
1. Install 2 large bioretention projects at highly visible intersections within the Hampton River watershed. The 2 projects will be selected from the projects identified by the Public Works Department SAGE program. Public Works will provide staff time for survey and design, in-kind services for geotechnical survey, and technical expertise to install the rain gardens. Public Works is responsible for all tasks related to installation and construction of the bioretention projects, including, but not limited to, permitting needs, planning, contracting, construction, inspection, etc.
2. Provide meeting space to hold a workshop for up to 100 stormwater professionals.
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