The Watershed Erosion Task Force voted to endorse a draft scoring rubric designed to rank erosion and stormwater projects and to ask city staff to compare it with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) scoring system.

Chair Joe Farmer described the rubric as a way to “score specific places on several categories,” listing elements such as severity of erosion impact, proximity to infrastructure, engineering readiness, permit feasibility and co‑funding opportunities. Under the draft rubric, a “top tier priority would be something that scores between 75 and a 100,” he said.

Task force members asked staff to align the city’s rubric with MSD’s so that project lists and funding requests are not contradictory. Member Stearman seconded the motion to move the comparison forward; the task force approved the motion by voice vote.

City staff said they will review MSD’s matrix and return with recommendations to ensure the city’s rubric is “Wildwood‑centric” while remaining consistent with MSD procedures. The item was framed as an administrative alignment step to improve the odds that projects identified by the task force will be eligible for partner funding and permit prioritization.

The endorsement does not itself allocate construction funding; it adopts a prioritization method the task force and staff will use in future project selection.