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Public commenter warns committee the stormwater fee won’t cover MS4 phase 2 requirements
Summary
A public commenter told the Housing and Growth Committee that the city's stormwater tax, used for street sweeping, will be insufficient to meet the more stringent obligations of phase 2 of the MS4 consent decree and warned that losing technical support could have legal consequences; the committee recorded no formal response.
A public commenter identified as Sam told the Cincinnati City Council Housing and Growth Committee that the city's current stormwater tax will not be adequate as the city shifts from phase 1 to phase 2 of the MS4 consent decree, and that the city’s withdrawal from the stormwater district reduced access to technical staff who could help meet the new obligations.
"The stormwater tax that you use to sweep the streets is not going to be sufficient to cover the new requirements of phase 2," Sam said, and he warned the committee that without technical support the city could face independent peer review in court and be forced into county-level oversight. He also noted sediment from development projects as a continuing concern.
Chair Council Member Mark Jeffries thanked Sam for his comment. The transcript contains no departmental response or subsequent committee directive addressing the technical or budgetary specifics Sam raised.
No action was taken at the meeting to address the stormwater funding issue; the committee adjourned after the public comment period.
