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Staff outlines stormwater management plan, proposes new ordinances to meet MS4 requirements
Summary
Consultant Autumn Schleicher and staff presented a stormwater management plan and proposed ordinance updates — an illicit-discharge ordinance, adoption of APWA technical standards (2012), and water-quality design criteria — intended to bring Edwardsville into compliance with state and federal MS4 permit rules; staff hopes to return with ordinance adoption by April.
Edwardsville City staff and consultants presented a package of stormwater ordinance updates intended to meet federal and state MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) permit requirements and the Clean Water Act.
Autumn Schleicher, a consultant working with the city, told the council the team developed a stormwater management plan and will propose an illicit-discharge ordinance defining what stormwater runoff may leave the city, noting firefighting flows, car washing and floor drains as permitted exceptions. Schleicher said staff also recommends adopting widely used technical standards (an APWA-style manual) and a water-quality design criteria manual — specifying the consultant would recommend the 2012 edition rather than the newest, less-tested standard.
Staff described the effort as part of correcting noncompliance areas (permit submissions and inspection requirements) and said the work includes annual outfall inspections, tracing illicit discharges upstream and an escalated, education-first enforcement approach. Staff expects to present the legislative package for discussion and aims to bring ordinances forward for adoption by April.
Council asked about consultant costs and sequencing; staff said the stormwater consulting contract is on a time-and-materials basis, that some monitoring and reporting work is already being completed, and that the legislative package will follow once the council has a chance to review the proposed ordinance language and a workshop is scheduled.
