Council sets parameters for stormwater grant pilot; staff to prepare program materials
Council gave staff direction on nine design questions for a stormwater-grant pilot: remove property value from scoring, reduce max grant to $30,000, open eligibility broadly, prioritize earlier applications for ties, use current staff for the pilot, and add an erosion-severity field; split between preventative and reactive funding remained open.
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Stormwater Utility Manager Corey Rayburn presented a proposed framework and nine unresolved design questions for a stormwater-grant pilot intended to help residents stabilize erosion and improve water quality. Rayburn told the council staff's recommendation set and the specific decision points: whether to use property value in scoring, whether to lower the maximum city contribution from $50,000 to $30,000, which property owners are eligible, how to score types of solutions, how to split the available funds between preventative and reactive measures, whether to require a minimum qualifying score, tie-breaker rules, staffing needs, and whether to add a severity-of-erosion line on applications.
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