City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2024
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: ADRIANA CASTA?EDA, DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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Consideration of a Request to Approve the Phase 3 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Action Plan for 100% Compliance for Submittal to Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
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ISSUE: The City of Alexandria is required to submit the Phase 3 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) 100% Action Plan to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) by November 1, 2024, to comply with the City's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Approve the submission of the Phase 3 Chesapeake Bay TMDL 100% Action Plan; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents that may be required.
BACKGROUND: In an effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, localities such as the City of Alexandria have been given targets for reducing nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment. These goals are enforced through the City's General Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) through the implementation of Water Quality Best Management Practices (BMPs) within three, five-year cycles beginning with the 2013 - 2018 MS4 general permit. The 2013 - 2018 MS4 general permit required the City to meet 5% of the targeted reduction. The subsequent 2018 - 2023 MS4 general permit required an additional 35% be met of the targets for a total 40%. Given the increasing requirements in these successive permits, the City adopted an internal policy to exceed the early requirements to be a...
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