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Resolution to Approve a 6-Year Contract with the Huron River Watershed Council to Support Stormwater Permit Requirements ($33,743.83 annually; $202,462.98 entire project)
Memorandum
Your approval is requested to approve a Contract with the Huron River Watershed Council in the amount of $33,743.83 annually for support services on the Middle Huron Partnership and Stormwater Advisory Group for a six-year period.
The City has had a long-standing relationship with the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) and supports their efforts to coordinate local units of government to improve water resources. The following are examples of services the HRWC has provided:
· For the past seventeen years, the HRWC has provided support to Washtenaw County communities through the Middle Huron Initiative to address the Phosphorous Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements in the Huron River system.
· The HRWC has historically assisted the City and other communities in the watershed with Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) permit public education and outreach requirements. These services have included: newspaper advertisements; community calendar publication; direct mailings; and, phosphorous education and outreach at local hardware stores.
· The HRWC developed a Watershed Management Plan for the Middle Huron stretch of the Huron River. This Management Plan is required by the MS4 permit. It is also needed to be eligible for state and federal stormwater pollution grants and loans.
In 2013, the City submitted a revised MS4 permit application to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Implementation of this permit will be best completed on a watershed-wide scale, requiring collaboration on numerous permit activities with other permitted communities within the watershed. The HRWC has agreed to work with permitted communities to facilitate and provide services on these collaborative efforts. These services include, but are not limited to: public educa...
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