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City presents NPDES stormwater annual report; public hearing held
Summary
Public works staff presented Duval’s annual report under the state National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit and opened and closed the required public hearing with no public testimony recorded in the transcript.
Larissa Grandel, city engineering/public works staff, presented the city’s annual stormwater management report and the Committee of the Whole conducted the required NPDES public hearing.
Grandel summarized Duval’s obligations under the new permit cycle (July 2024–July 2029), described the city’s four program elements—planning, public education and outreach, illicit discharge detection and elimination, and controlling runoff from new development—and noted the permit’s addition of a new element addressing stormwater management for existing development.
Staff described ongoing activities including use of the city’s GIS-based asset management for mapping and inspections, an enforcement program for construction-site controls, proactive incorporation of water-quality controls into street projects where feasible (Third Avenue was cited as an example), a commercial stormwater discount program for businesses that maintain on-site stormwater infrastructure, and participation in a regional monitoring consortium (Stormwater Action Monitoring). Grandel said staff may consider in-house monitoring capabilities in the future.
The public hearing was opened and closed during the meeting; the transcript does not record public testimony related to the hearing. No legislative action was taken at the workshop; the hearing fulfilled the public-participation requirement of the permit cycle and staff will continue implementation and reporting requirements under the NPDES program.
