Stormwater Committee

Stormwater Committee Meeting March 25, 2024 Chesapeake City Hall, Human Resources Training Room 1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM. 2. Roll Call: Roll was called by Crystal Bloom. Committee Members in Attendance: Markiella Moore (Chair) Vic Nicholls – late arrival Kevin Walker Michael Battle Theresa Harris Crystal Bloom (Engineering Manager) Absent Committee Members Roger Baxter (Former Chair)(unexcused) Traycie West-Pinkoski (excused) Michael Poyner (Co-Chair)(unexcused) Mario Aponte (unexcused) Davis Watson (excused) Dominique Moody (Alternate) Other City Staff in Attendance: Susan Talbott (Environmental Specialist) Tonya Snow (Office Specialist) - minutes Citizens in Attendance: No Citizens in Attendance 3. Meeting Minutes There was a quorum, and the February meeting minutes were unanimously approved. 4. Citizen Comments o N/A 5. Operations Update – Crystal Bloom o Crystal gave the Operations report. o Crystal noted the City received a lot of rain this month and 3 more inches expected on Thursday, March 28th. o Regarding the dead animal removal, Michael B. asked if birds are considered a dead animal. Crystal responded “yes”. Kevin W. asked if they are put in a landfill. Crystal responded “No not allowed. They are taken to a crematorium”. Michael B. asked if there were any reports of rabies in these animals. Crystal responded “No that I’m aware of”. Susan T. responded “We (EQS) haven’t either”. o Kevin W. asked in general how are service requests generated. Crystal responded “Majority are from citizens – 80% to 90% are corrective maintenance / drainage issues / cleaning requests”. 6. Engineering Report – Crystal Bloom o Crystal gave the Engineering update. o The City received award notification of the Battlefield Blvd Road Elevation project ($7M from state). o HRPDC Coastal Resiliency Committee – resiliency design standard changes were put on hold previously but now moving forward; goal is to have board approval by this July. HRPDC will host working group sessions over the next few months to get locality feedback. o City Manager will give the proposed Capital and Operating Budget presentation to Council on March 26th. Council has until mid-May to adopt. Crystal stated she can share more about the proposed Stormwater Capital budget at the next meeting. o Regarding the Stormwater Utility Fee revenue, Markiella asked for a comparison at end of ’22 – how much did we make? ’23 – How much did we make? And, eventually, ’24. $25 million fee increase between ’22 and ’23. Budget book should show gross total of $36 million.’ o Markiella would like to know the progress of spending our proceeds with the fee increase (a follow up on Mr. Sorey’s presentation to Council); equipment, personnel. o Crystal gave an update on the Dominion Blvd outfall north of West Road maintenance work. All work has been completed by Ops except one location with a downed tree in the outfall. PW is securing a TCE from the adjacent property owner in order to proceed. o Crystal gave an update on the PCSWMM model for the above location on Dominion Blvd. D&P is requiring the development engineering firm to update the existing condition model with survey data. Crystal will discuss next steps for PW with Sam Sawan, City Engineer. She will also give Mr. Dennis Cobb an update. SW Committee Meeting 3/25/2024 -2- 7. MS4 Update – Susan Talbott o Susan gave the MS4 update. o EQS is continuing dry ground screenings and interconnected screenings; Watching a pump station at Petre Road to make sure no sewage and flooding happens. o There was a petroleum spill due to a car wreck on Battlefield today (3/25/24) that closed three lanes. WL Black and Associates cleaned it up. o Also been tasked with developing an SOP in conjunction with the Fire Department ‘outlining how our two departments work together.’ o MS4 Permit is now posted on website. Did a lot of negotiating with state; final permit requires inspection of 80% of structures in the next five (5) years. Brown and Caldwell developing a new system to track bmp inspections. 8. Old Business / New Business o There was no unfinished business. o Markiella asked Crystal to explain the columns in the Operations Report. Crystal to address the following questions at the next meeting: Is third (3rd) column a subset of first (1st) column? What is the total number of work orders still open? Is prior month’s report available to look at for comparison? o Markiella – This is Mario’s, Tracy’s, and Roger’s last night on the committee. They can sit out a year and then reapply if they would like. New member – ‘Davis Watson was an alternate up until now, but Council has appointed him a full-time member as of tonight (3/25/2024).’ Mr. Dennis Cobb had stated that he was interested in becoming a member. o Kevin asked if there are a stack of applications right now. Markiella stated there were four (4) other applications other than Davis Watson’s in February. o Markiella – Kevin, Victoria, and Michael all have one year left of their current terms. Can continue for two terms, but that’s it. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Minutes approved by the Committee _____________________________ Date _____________________________ SW Committee Meeting 3/25/2024 -3-