Stormwater Capital Improvement Requests - Policy Statement 146
POLICY STATEMENT 146
STORMWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS
Prepared by: Terry Warren, P.E., Engineer
Supersedes: N/A
Adopted by Council:
Effective:
Purpose
To adopt an official policy for replacing/rehabilitating culverts, located in public rights-of-way, based on citizen requests or input from Town staff resulting from routine inspections or inventories.
Coverage
This policy upon adoption by the Town Council shall be applicable to all culvert replacement requests until such time that the policy statement is altered, modified, or rescinded by the Town Council.
Policy
The Town Council of the Town of
A. Proposed projects may be placed on the list by submitting to the Director of Engineering either a citizen letter request or petition, Town Council or staff recommendation, or capital improvements program request. Proposed projects will be evaluated on the basis of the type of drainage problems, the community support for the proposed project, the project cost, the project benefits, the environmental effects, private funding participation and other storm water drainage engineering criteria.
B. Assuming the request meets the qualifying criteria, the request will be placed on the Town’s Stormwater Capital Improvement List. Requests that are placed on the Town’s Stormwater Capital Improvement List will be rated based on the criteria included on the attached Stormwater Rating Sheet. Staff will estimate construction costs, rate, and rank all stormwater requests and present the stormwater priority list to Town Council for approval of projects that can be constructed. Projects may be divided into multiple phases when the construction costs become excessive and where a logical breaking point can be determined.
Minimum Qualifying Criteria:
1. Project must be within the Town’s limits or ETJ.
2. Project must receive public stormwater runoff.
3. Project must provide public benefit and eliminate existing public safety concern or imminent danger of property damage.
4. The stormwater improvement shall be installed in accordance with the Town of
CULVERT REPLACEMENT RATING SHEET
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BASIC
Project eliminates existing public safety concern or removes imminent danger of property damage.
Is project permittable?
YES. Continue with ranking criteria.
NO. Look for other alternative solutions.
RANKING CRITERIA
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1. Does project require mitigation? |
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No mitigation required |
150 |
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Mitigation required |
0 |
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Project consistent with Neuse Rules, NPDES Permit, and Area Plans |
50 |
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Project NOT consistent with Neuse Rules, NPDES Permit and Area Plans |
0 |
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2. |
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Greater than $500,000 |
25 |
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Between $250,000 and $500,000 |
50 |
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Between $100,000 and $250,000 |
100 |
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Less than $100,000 |
150 |
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3. Public Stormwater Quantity / Drainage / Flooding / Floodplain Management Benefits |
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Provides high level of public benefit |
100 |
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Provides moderate level of public benefit |
70 |
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Provides low level of public benefit |
20 |
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Provides no public benefit |
0 |
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4. Public Stormwater Quality / Environmental / Watershed Restoration Benefits |
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Provides high level of public benefit |
90 |
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Provides moderate level of public benefit |
60 |
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Provides low level of public benefit |
10 |
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Provides no public benefit |
0 |
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5. Project Beneficial to Town's Public Stormwater System Maintenance Program |
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Project is highly beneficial to future maintenance issues |
80 |
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Project is moderately beneficial to future maintenance issues |
40 |
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Project is not beneficial to future maintenance issues |
0 |
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6. Funding Partnership / Participation with Non-Town Entities (if applicable) |
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50% or greater funding participation |
60 |
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25% to 50% funding participation |
40 |
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10% to 25% funding participation |
20 |
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Less than 10% funding participation |
10 |
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No funding participation / Not applicable |
0 |
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7. Project advances or experiments with new and/or innovative technologies |
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Yes |
20 |
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Moderately |
10 |
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No |
0 |
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TOTAL |
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