City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
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DATE: MARCH 3, 2021
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TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
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FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Public Hearing, Second Reading, and Final Passage of an Ordinance to expand the stated purpose of the Stormwater Utility Fee by amending Article C (STORMWATER UTILITY) to Chapter 6 (WATER AND SEWER) of Title 5 (TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES). [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
*This item has been deferred*
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ISSUE:??Consideration of a revision to expand the stated purpose of the stormwater utility fee to explicitly state that the fee may be used to mitigate surface and subsurface flooding issues occurring from more frequent and intense climate-induced precipitation events.
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RECOMMENDATION:? That City Council hold the public hearing and adopt the ordinance on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
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BACKGROUND:??In response to three flash flooding events (July 8, 2019; July 23, 2020; and September 2, 2020) as a result of climate change-induced severe rain events, the City Manager established an Interdepartmental Strike Team Flooding Management Task Force to urgently develop plans to address flooding-related policy, planning, and funding issues. The Task Force recommendation included increasing the Stormwater Utility Fee to fund accelerated operating and capital projects to address flooding issues. The fee increase was adopted via ordinance at the February 20, 2021 City Council public hearing. This currently recommended revision to the City storm water utility ordinance will expand the stated purpose of the fee to explicitly include use of funds to mitigate surface and subsurface flooding from precipitation events consistent with State law.
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DISCUSSION:? The Stormwater Utility Fee was implemented the second half of FY 2018 largely to address unfunded state and federal...
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