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City of Tukwila <br />Public Works Department - Bob Giberson, Director <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee <br />FROM: Henry Hash, Public Works Director ,-;, -, <br />BY: Greg Villanueva, NPDES Coordinator <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: July 12, 2019 <br />SUBJECT: Surface Water - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES) <br />Project No. 99341210 <br />Department of Ecology 2019-21 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant <br />ISSUE <br />Committee approval to apply for the 2019-2021 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant for <br />NPDES and stormwater project funding. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The 2019 Washington State Legislature has provided funding in the amount of $50,000 for local <br />governments covered by a municipal stormwater permit. An additional $45,000 has also been <br />awarded for hardship -eligible communities such as Tukwila. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The Department of Ecology has notified Tukwila that Stormwater Capacity Grants will be awarded <br />to all NPDES municipal permittees requesting funding through the State's Ecology's Administration <br />of Grants & Loans (EAGL) web -base management system by August 2, 2019. All projects must <br />support compliance with stormwater permit programs as outlined in the 2019-2024 NPDES Western <br />Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />No fiscal impact as this is a non -matching grant. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is being asked to approve submission of the <br />2019-2021 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant application in the amount of $95,000. <br />W:1PW Eng1PROJECTSIA- DR Projects\NPDES Program (99341210)12019 Capacity GrantInfo Memo 2019 Capacity Building Grant App.docx <br />39 <br />