HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIC 2019-07-16 Item 2E - Grant Application - 2019-2021 Municipal Stormwater Capacity Building Grant for NPDES and Stormwater Project FundingCity of Tukwila
Public Works Department - Bob Giberson, Director
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
FROM: Henry Hash, Public Works Director ,-;, -,
BY: Greg Villanueva, NPDES Coordinator
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: July 12, 2019
SUBJECT: Surface Water - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES)
Project No. 99341210
Department of Ecology 2019-21 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant
ISSUE
Committee approval to apply for the 2019-2021 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant for
NPDES and stormwater project funding.
BACKGROUND
The 2019 Washington State Legislature has provided funding in the amount of $50,000 for local
governments covered by a municipal stormwater permit. An additional $45,000 has also been
awarded for hardship -eligible communities such as Tukwila.
ANALYSIS
The Department of Ecology has notified Tukwila that Stormwater Capacity Grants will be awarded
to all NPDES municipal permittees requesting funding through the State's Ecology's Administration
of Grants & Loans (EAGL) web -base management system by August 2, 2019. All projects must
support compliance with stormwater permit programs as outlined in the 2019-2024 NPDES Western
Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact as this is a non -matching grant.
RECOMMENDATION
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is being asked to approve submission of the
2019-2021 Municipal Stormwater Capacity -Building Grant application in the amount of $95,000.
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