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Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group Roundtable 1 October 22, 2018 @DOEE_DC

Overview of Chesapeake WIP Development and Priorities Katherine Antos, Branch Chief Partnering & Environmental Conservation Branch Department of Energy & Environment @DOEE_DC

Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group Organizations that help administer or are major participants in DOEE programs • Manage grant or rebate programs o Frequent grantees or subgrantees o Participants in Stormwater Retention Credit Program o Sister agencies with stormwater management opportunities o Series of roundtables to gather feedback and advise Phase III Watershed • Implementation Plan (WIP) for Chesapeake Bay Roundtable 1 - October: Gather feedback o Roundtable 2 - December: Share ideas for Preliminary WIP that will be shared in late January/early o February Roundtable 3 - February: Comment on Preliminary WIP to inform Draft WIP (posted for public o comment April 12 – June 7) Roundtable 4 - May: Comment on Draft WIP to inform Final WIP (due August 9) o Input will also inform DOEE programs • @DOEE_DC 3

Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group Members Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Earth Conservation Corps • • • Anacostia Coordinating Council • Latin American Youth Conservation Corps • Anacostia Riverkeeper Lenkin Company • • Anacostia Waterfront Trust Living Classrooms • • Anacostia Watershed Society Metropolitan Washington Council of • Casey Trees • Governments Center for Watershed Protection • Nspire Green • Design Green • RainCredits • District Department of General • • Rock Creek Conservancy Services • Solvitect LLC District Department of Parks and • Recreation • The Nature Conservancy District Department of Public Works University of the District of Columbia • • District Department of Transportation Washington Parks and People • • WC Smith • @DOEE_DC 4

Chesapeake Watershed You Are Here @DOEE_DC 5

Value of Chesapeake Bay to Fish and Wildlife Oxygen Requirements (mg/L) of Bay Species Migratory Fish Shallow-Water Spawning and Bay Grass Use 6 Nursery Use Striped Bass: 5-6 American Shad: 5 5 White Perch: 5 Yellow Perch: 5 4 Open-Water Open-Water Habitat Habitat Hard Clams: 5 Alewife: 3.6 3 Bay Anchovy: 3 2 Crabs: 3 1 Deep-Channel Spot: 2 Deep-Water Seasonal Seasonal Fish and Refuge Use Shellfish Use Worms: 1 0 @DOEE_DC 6

What the Chesapeake Needs Enough Air: Dissolved Oxygen • Enough Light: Water Clarity/Bay • Grass Abundance Not Too Much Algae: Chlorophyll a • To make this happen, must reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake @DOEE_DC 7

The Chesapeake Pollution Diet aka Bay TMDL ✓ Science tells us how much pollution Bay is receiving now and how much to reduce ✓ Chesapeake partnership divides that among states/DC ✓ State/DC writes a “watershed implementation plan” (WIP) to achieve the diet Each State/DC currently updating its WIP cleanup strategy @DOEE_DC 8

Nitrogen • ~90% pollution is from 3,000,000 wastewater 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 • Much progress already 1,000,000 500,000 • Wastewater pollution - 2009 2017 WIP2 Planning Target will increase with Wastewater Developed and Natural Planning Target growth 160,000 Phosphorus 140,000 • Still more work to be 120,000 100,000 done to reduce 80,000 stormwater pollution 60,000 40,000 20,000 - 2009 2017 WIP2 Planning Target 9 Wastewater Developed and Natural Planning Target

Sediment Target @DOEE_DC 10

Climate Resilience District addressing climate • change qualitatively and quantitatively Watershed restoration part of • Resilient DC effort Opportunity to integrate with • other District priorities Photo Credit: Washington Post (2018) @DOEE_DC 11

Where Does Stormwater Management Matter? Here: Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) and Direct Drainage 12

Targeted Areas for Local Benefits Prioritize actions that: • Help meet pollution diets for DC streams • Protect existing or planned stream restoration sites • Support residents and community assets vulnerable to extreme weather events @DOEE_DC 13

Local Engagement: Federal Facilities Almost 30% land federal • District providing federal • agencies with planning goals Started training federal • agencies in May 2018 Interim deadlines for scenario • development 14

Local Engagement: Other Stakeholders • Utilize existing forums • Potentially hold select stakeholder events • Focus groups through new outreach contract • Public meetings in spring @DOEE_DC 15

Overview of Grant, Rebate and Stewardship Programs Kara Pennino Partnering & Environmental Conservation Branch Department of Energy & Environment @DOEE_DC

WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAMS Grant Programs • Rebate Programs • Stewardship Programs • @DOEE_DC 17

GRANT PROGRAMS @DOEE_DC 18

Clean Water Construction Program funds the design • and construction of voluntary stormwater green infrastructure and habitat restorations $40,000 - $1,800,000 / • project Nonprofits Organizations, • Faith-based Organizations, Universities/Educational Institutions, Government or Quasi-Government Agencies, and Private Enterprises @DOEE_DC 19

Community Stormwater Solutions Funds community-oriented projects • that improve water quality, raise awareness, and achieve behavior change about what citizens can do to restore our rivers, streams, and parks $20,000 / project • Nonprofits Organizations, Faith-based • Organizations, Universities/ Educational Institutions, and Private Enterprises @DOEE_DC 20

Green Zone Environmental Program (GZEP) Funds hands-on activities • and curriculum for teenagers and young adults part of Marion Barry SYEP $15,000 / project • Nonprofits Organizations, • Faith-based Organizations, Universities/ Educational Institutions, and Private Enterprises @DOEE_DC 21

Innovative LID Funds low impact • development or green infrastructure projects that retain and treat stormwater $1,500,000 / year available • Nonprofits Organizations, • Faith-based Organizations, Universities/ Educational Institutions, and Private Enterprises @DOEE_DC 22

RiverSmart Communities Funds 100% of the cost to • install green infrastructure on eligible properties. Selected organizations engage with their communities to educate them about water pollution. $20,000 - $30,000 / • project Nonprofits Organizations • and Faith-based Organizations @DOEE_DC 23

RiverSmart Schools • Funds design, installation, professional development, and curriculum development of schoolyard greening projects. • $3,500 - $170,000 / school • District of Columbia Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Private Schools @DOEE_DC 24

REBATE AND COPAYMENT PROGRAMS @DOEE_DC 25

RiverSmart Homes (copayment) Rain Barrel • $50 - $70 copayment • Shade Tree • $50 copayment • Rain Garden • • $75 copayment per 50 square feet BayScaping • • $100 copayment per 120 square feet Permeable Pavers • • $10 copayment per 1 square foot Re-Vegetation • $5 copayment per 1 square foot • @DOEE_DC 26

RiverSmart Rebate • Rain Barrel Rebate • Up to $100 • Tree Rebate • $50 - $100 • Landscaping Rebates • Rain Garden: Up to $2,200 • Permeable Pavers: $10 / Square Foot @DOEE_DC 27

STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS • Adopt Your District • Large Parcel Tree Planting • Watershed Stewards Academy @DOEE_DC 28

Stormwater Retention Credit (SRC) Program Matthew Espie Water Resources Protection and Mitigation Branch Department of Energy & Environment @DOEE_DC

Stormwater Retention Credit Program Most development in the • District is redevelopment Developers must install green • infrastructure (GI) – Major driver of GI in the District Developers can use • Stormwater Retention Credits (SRCs) instead of building GI – Generated by voluntary GI projects – Stormwater Retention Credit (SRC) program allows DOEE to help shape where developers build GI @DOEE_DC 30

Maximizing GI in the MS4 GI is important everywhere, • but it has the biggest water quality benefit in areas served by the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) It is also important for GI to • be built in areas that drain to small streams and tributaries Many of these areas also • have more open space and cost-effective opportunities to build GI @DOEE_DC 31

SRC Price Lock Program • DOEE purchases SRCs at fixed rates • Participants lock in a selling price during design process • After generating SRCs, participants have the option to sell SRCs to DOEE at the fixed rate or can negotiate a price on the market @DOEE_DC 32

Resources To Get Started • SRC Aggregator Startup Grants of up to $75,000 (MS4 only) • Free SRC Site Evaluations for properties with 0.5+ acres (MS4 only) • Signup lists to identify potential project partners • Financial return calculator, maps, and other tools at http://doee.dc.gov/src @DOEE_DC 33