SnoSTORM
May 25, 2017
10am – 12:30 pm
Everett Spada Conference Room
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Rain Garden Rebate Program in full swing. This is second year of city-wide program.
Edmonds - Mike Cawrse
Rain Garden program, (operations are reluctant to provide if locations does not take flow out of city system). Trying to focus programs to basin-specific known flow issues & infrastructure.
Mill Creek – Marci Chew
Monroe - Vince Bertrand
Sultan - Noel Higa
Introduced self as new Public Works Director for Sultan, WA.
Mukilteo – Jennifer Adams
Edmonds – Steve Fisher
Arlington
2. Update from Snohomish County
Snohomish County – Peggy Campbell
3. Updates from the STORM Meeting
4. Presentation - Natural Yard Care County-wide?
Building upon the success and evaluation of the NYC GROSS grant (2014-15), Snohomish County intends to implement the resulting measurements in 2018. Although the County applied for funding that would cover city participation the funding, unfortunately, was not awarded. The County welcomes interested Phase II municipalities to participate in the 2018 program by covering their respective costs on a per-invitee basis.
The 2018 program will include the following elements at a cost of $8.53/invitee. As with the 2014 program, the 2018 program will target inviting 7500 households (SFR) per target area using direct mail. The county’s response rate for such mailings averages 1%. Each participating city would have to determine how many invitees (single family residential parcels less than 1-acre in size) it will pay into the program to invite from the city.
• Shared costs for mailings, incentive items and evaluation.
• Evaluation will focus on how the new elements (hands-on demos, incentive items, one-day demonstration) effect behavior change as compared to the 2014 program. Evaluation costs are roughly 25% of the total cost to run the program.
• Introductory Lecture Series – similar to 2014 workshops, augment with hands-on demonstrations and how-to videos
• One-day Natural Lawn Care outdoor demonstration – includes BMP incentives such as soil test, lime, or organic fertilizers
Although the 2015 program evaluation recommended development of an Advanced Workshop series, that portion will wait until a future date.
The County is moving forward with offering this to county residents in 2018. Cities interested in potentially participating should contact Peggy Campbell by August 1. This initial pool of interested municipalities will help determine where the target areas are likely to be set for 2018; firm commitments will come later in this fall.
5. Future Sno-STORM meetings
Will be rescheduling next SnoSTORM meeting for September, not November. It was felt by group that November was too late, especially with the potential of discussion around Business Outreach and County-wide ads in the forefront.
6. Action Items:
May 25, 2017
10am – 12:30 pm
Everett Spada Conference Room
__________________________________________________________________________________
- What’s Happening in your neck of the woods?
Rain Garden Rebate Program in full swing. This is second year of city-wide program.
- 2 informational rebate workshops, 120 attendees; 60 site visits, 25 qualified and in-process
- City staff performs site assessment
- Resident performs soil infiltration test and must sign off on results
- Matrix to rank sites internally based on site conditions, priority basins
- Everett sends out periodic follow up emails to past participants
- Agreement attached to deeds & is good for 10 years (used to be 5yrs). Incentive; MG in-garden consult to increase those who are 5 years to 10 years
- REBATE
- City takes lead
- Design workshops
- HO can do-it-themselves, hire a contractor, or hire SCD
- SCD & WSU – help by sitting down with homeowners to design RG @ workshop; depth, footprint
- 10 of the 25 HO can have SCD install RG design. Invoice by SCD for install.
Edmonds - Mike Cawrse
Rain Garden program, (operations are reluctant to provide if locations does not take flow out of city system). Trying to focus programs to basin-specific known flow issues & infrastructure.
- SCD – driver organized neighborhood (canvassing).
- 75% cost-share covered by SCD – soils, plants, design, mulch, implementation, drainage test, engineering if city okays; needs to
- 25% cost-share covered by city jurisdiction; city removes soil, city requires more significant soil analysis (infiltration test more involved than pit test)
Mill Creek – Marci Chew
- Pet waste bags to replace @ TMDL Mutt Mitt stations. (Dick in Burlington is a good resource for bags)
- Planning to co-host a booth at Sustainability Fair at McCollum Park on July 29. Everett and Snohomish County will also be on hand and will have adjacent booths.
- NatureVision field trip for schools w/in city (Youth Ed program). 60 students, 7th grade class & 3rd grade class. WQ was subbed for salmon release.
- Rain Gardens
- Partnering with SCD: RG, rain barrels, planters
- HO puts up $3k; City buys Providing $500 to buy-down tree-fund (Perrinville Basin)
- City hauling all soil away, sweep the storage site
- Long-term agreement (5-yr)
Monroe - Vince Bertrand
- PW
- Wet Noses donated $ for pet waste bags
- HOA trails required to install
- Community events –
- give-away item = dog bones
- SCD provides drawing for rain barrels at greatly reduced price; brochure on making rain barrel
- RG – not one on a city level; provide RG Handbook; new developments
Sultan - Noel Higa
Introduced self as new Public Works Director for Sultan, WA.
Mukilteo – Jennifer Adams
- Storm Working Group - brought up some concerns, will forward them to STORM Core group
- New permit: source control to Ph-2; watershed basin plan
Edmonds – Steve Fisher
- Watershed Fun Fair (May 6), largest outreach event focused on watersheds; Willow Creek Hatchery
- Watershed Map of the City – easy-read handout for the public
- RG Cluster Tour
- Poochapalooza, July 8 (using new portable dog bag giveaways – seems to be popular)
- Leah starts at Lake Stevens on 6/1/17
- Local source control contract w/SHD
- Car wash kit ramp up in Summer
Arlington
- Update from Arlington: Bill Blake has left city to run Skagit Snohomish Conservation District.
2. Update from Snohomish County
Snohomish County – Peggy Campbell
- Little Bear Creek Basin plan mtg: June 21 (Brightwater)
- Vet Clinic 2018 outreach: ppt; packets; brochure w/place for label from clinic. Showed ppt and group gave feedback. WSU Beach Watchers taking lead on program. If interested, contact Peggy.
- Summer 2017 – Poop Toss Game. County has intern this summer. Make sure to reserve the Poop Toss
Game for any upcoming summer events you may need it. - Youth Ed – 2018 change for school % covered by County.
3. Updates from the STORM Meeting
- NIE in Classroom is out. Shared list of schools that participate in program.
- Shared information from “Back to Basics” on Car Washing (Bellevue) and Mutt Mitts (Kitsap)
- STORM Reservoir – in testing phase. Check it out. Here is the link: http://www.pugetsoundstormgroup.org/Default.aspx
- Showed new layout for PSSH http://www.pugetsoundstartshere.org/
- Take STORM survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7PJC3CP
4. Presentation - Natural Yard Care County-wide?
Building upon the success and evaluation of the NYC GROSS grant (2014-15), Snohomish County intends to implement the resulting measurements in 2018. Although the County applied for funding that would cover city participation the funding, unfortunately, was not awarded. The County welcomes interested Phase II municipalities to participate in the 2018 program by covering their respective costs on a per-invitee basis.
The 2018 program will include the following elements at a cost of $8.53/invitee. As with the 2014 program, the 2018 program will target inviting 7500 households (SFR) per target area using direct mail. The county’s response rate for such mailings averages 1%. Each participating city would have to determine how many invitees (single family residential parcels less than 1-acre in size) it will pay into the program to invite from the city.
• Shared costs for mailings, incentive items and evaluation.
• Evaluation will focus on how the new elements (hands-on demos, incentive items, one-day demonstration) effect behavior change as compared to the 2014 program. Evaluation costs are roughly 25% of the total cost to run the program.
• Introductory Lecture Series – similar to 2014 workshops, augment with hands-on demonstrations and how-to videos
• One-day Natural Lawn Care outdoor demonstration – includes BMP incentives such as soil test, lime, or organic fertilizers
Although the 2015 program evaluation recommended development of an Advanced Workshop series, that portion will wait until a future date.
The County is moving forward with offering this to county residents in 2018. Cities interested in potentially participating should contact Peggy Campbell by August 1. This initial pool of interested municipalities will help determine where the target areas are likely to be set for 2018; firm commitments will come later in this fall.
5. Future Sno-STORM meetings
Will be rescheduling next SnoSTORM meeting for September, not November. It was felt by group that November was too late, especially with the potential of discussion around Business Outreach and County-wide ads in the forefront.
6. Action Items:
- STORM Reservoir
- STORM survey
- Reserve Poop Toss Game for summer events with Peggy Campbell. Sno Co has intern this summer.
- Interested in Vet Clinic Outreach? Contact Peggy Campbell
- Ordering portable dog bones in September. Interested? Contact Apryl Hynes
- Natural Yard Care – contact Snohomish County by August 1
