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Committee reviews Lexingtonwater-quality incentive grant program; staff to propose tweaks
Summary
At the May 13 meeting of the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee, Director Charlie Martin presented an overview of Lexington Cityincentive grant program, its funding structure tied to a water-quality management fee created after a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and possible program tweaks to increase participation and measure outcomes.
Director Charlie Martin of the Division of Water Quality briefed the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee on May 13 on the cityincentive grant program funded by the water quality management fee.
Martin said the fee and grant program trace to the consent decree negotiated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the city adopted an implementing code of ordinances and a task force recommended creating an incentive grant program around 2009. "The water quality management fee actually started from the consent decree," Martin said. He explained the fee is calculated in equivalent residential units (ERUs), with 1 ERU equal to 2,500 square feet of impervious surface.
Martin described the programstructure: the ordinance directs 10% of total annual water-quality…
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