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Alex Thompson briefs La Verne advisory board on MS4 year: education events, inspections and mapping plans
Summary
City stormwater staff reported 24 public-education events, 48 active construction sites, 437 reinspections and a plan to add permanent water-quality units to the city's GIS map as part of MS4 permit reporting for 07/01/2025'to'06/30/2026.
Alex Thompson, the city's stormwater program presenter, gave the annual MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) report covering the permit year and outlined how La Verne met state permit requirements and where it can improve.
Thompson summarized the city's outreach and compliance work and said the city "did 24 education events" and partnered with neighboring jurisdictions on Project WET activities at schools. He explained the MS4 permit requires both public education and face-to-face public involvement events and described engineering and development education efforts at preconstruction and pre-application meetings.
Thompson also described illicit-discharge tracking, saying the city did not receive many reports through the system but asking residents to report concerns: "Illicit discharge complaints can always be recorded to me. That's my phone number. I'll say it out loud so people know it. It's (615) 287-8658, and you can always email me at athompson@lavernetn.gov, and I will always take it seriously." He asked for ideas to increase reporting and outreach, especially to adults and businesses.
The presentation closed with planned improvements including adding water-quality units and permanent stormwater control structures to the city's GIS map so inspections and maintenance histories are centralized. Thompson said the updates aim to make inspections and long-term maintenance more systematic.
