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discharges and illicit connections to the stormwater An Aging System. Some of the storm pipes that make up system. Enforcement activities will be strengthened the city's storm system were installed many years ago. through code revision and increased field inspections. These aging pipes require more repair and many need complete renovation. In conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality. Public Works is developing a plan for inspecting New Stormwater Regulations. The City of Eugene and monitoring industries regulated by NPDES permits. submitted its NPDES application to the Oregon Depatment of Environmental Quality in 1992. The DEQ issued a five - • PUBLIC EDUCATION year permit in September 1994. The permit authorizes the • A variety of efforts are underway to encourage businesses. City to discharge its stormwater into regional waterways. citizens. and children to voluntarily reduce pollutants and As a result. the Public Works Department must implement protect related natural_wstems: improve reporting of a first -year management plan thatlbntrols the discharge of illegal dumping: and coordinate with other government pollutants to the municipal system to the "maximum agencies to encouraged pollution reduction practices. extent practicable" (MEP). Because the federal regulations governing these permits may change. the department . ADMINISTRATION anticipates numeric effluent standards may replace the • Activities include general program administration, MEP standard. As a result. program requirnents could • financial management, management of the rate setting become increasingly stringent. 4 process. and maintenance of the stormwater billing • system. Costs include EWER billing cost and losses due to Protection of Natural Resources. Section 404 of the uncollectibles. federal Clean Water Act requires the Army Corps of Engineers to regulate wetland fill and require wetland CAPITAL PROJECTS mitigation that achieves a "no net loss" of wetlands. Under • A variety of capital projects will help repair. restore. and Oregon's Removal -Fill Law. a state permit is required for 1 rehabilitate the stormwater conveyance system. In any activity that proposes to fill. remove, drain, or alter 50 addition. the department will implement pilot projects for or more cubic yards of material within the bed or banks of • water- quality enhancement: improve and extend existing Oregon waters. ( "Oregon waters" include wetlands.) facilities: and acquire related easements, buffer zones, related natural stream corridors. and wetland. In 1987. the area west of Eugene in the urban growth boundary was found to contain significant wetland acreage. This discovery threatened new development in the TRENDS AND ISSUES City's designated industrial zone. At about the same time, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and - Recent actions to comply with new federal and state water Development directed the local metropolitan jurisdictions -r quality standards and to proactively manage the Eugene to update their natural resource inventory and propose - environment have resulted in a reshaping of the City of protection measures for significant resources. The Eugene's stormwater service. Key conditions that must be inventory showed significant natural resources within the • addressed in refocusing this service include the following: metro area are primarily located along the drainage corridors that constitute the stormwater system. As a Changing Demands on the System. As the Eugene urban result. comprehensive plans were developed to protect area has grown. the number of hard or impervious surfaces these resources to chance the multiple objectives they that do not absorb water (rooftops. streets, parking lots) provide to the community: flood control. water -quality has also grown. Instead of soaking into the ground. water protection, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and now runs off these impervious surfaces and must be open space. channeled away from homes. businesses. and streets. The • result is an increasing volume of water that must be managed by the storm drain system. FY95 BUDGET • In addition. increased development creates increased maintenance and storm drainage demands. Privately The total operating budget for the Stormwater Service for • constructed public storm systems in developed residential FY95 is $4,113,117, plus an additional $1,507.000 from - subdivisions are difficult to maintain, and in some cases no the Capital Improvement budget for capital projects. - longer function. They are often used as disposal areas for brush, grass. and other litter. An increasing number of ponding situations occur after storms because culverts or FY95 WORKPLAN • inlets are blocked or downstream storm sewers are under - go sized. As the city expands, particularly in neighborhoods in Grounded in the belief that dear and quantifiable • west and north Eugene where the slope of the land does objectives facilitate the achievement of desired results and not encourage natural runoff, changes in the storm drain helps the Public Works Department improve. the • system will be required. Stormwater Service Team has identified a workplan, performance measures. and performance targets for FY95 A FY95 workplan, performance measures. and targets are shown on the following pages. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICE 71