Dan Nees, Environmental Finance Center

Chris Anderson, Small Counties Breakout Group

Than Dang, Cities Breakout Group

John Eckman, Large Counties Breakout Group

Jackie Jamison, Towns Breakout Group

Sylvia Malm, EPA

Diane Cameron, Montgomery County, MD

Chris Kloss, Low Impact Development Center

David Hirshman, Center for Watershed Protection

Jeff Edelstein, Edelstein Associates

Breakout Group, Evaluation of Next Steps and Resources Needed

Breakout Group, Evaluation of Next Steps and Resources Needed

Speakers:  (Left to Right) Jeff Edelstein, Chris Kloss, Diane Cameron, Paul Shirey, David Hirshman

Speakers:  (Left to Right) Jeff Edelstein, Chris Kloss, Diane Cameron, Paul Shirey, David Hirshman, with Joanne Throwe and Dan Nees from EFC

The goal of this charrette is to provide Shenandoah Valley officials with a strategy for financing Stormwater protection.  The day included issues related to wet weather management as well as drinking water protection.  This was the second of a series of three charrettes.  See highlights from the Rural Land Protection charrette.

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Information from Diane Cameron, NRDC:

The Conservation Subdivision Design Handbook (2006) issued by the
Southwestern Illinois Resource and Conservation, Inc. website is below.

http://www.swircd.org/pdf/
conservation%20subdivision%20design%20handbook.pdf

Information from Doug Fritz, VADCR:

The DCR web page documenting the regulation development is http://
www.dcr.state.va.us/lawregs.htm

Additional information regarding regulation development including contact information for our policy director can be found on http://www.townhall.state.va.us/Index.htm 

Additional information regarding the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund
including the 2006 winners can be found at http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/sw/
wqia.htm 

Information from Jeff Edelstein, Edelstein Associates:

Stormwater Utility Fee Considerations

New England Environmental Finance Center:

http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/docs/StormwaterUtilityFeeReport.pdf

Municipal Stormwater Standard Operating Procedures

Think Blue Maine:

http://www.thinkbluemaine.org/municipal.stm

LID factsheet

New England Environmental Finance Center/Casco Bay Estuary Partnership:

http://www.jeffedelstein.com/08-13-06/Maine%20LID%20Fact%20Sheet.doc

See highlights from Charrette 1 - "Financing Rural Land Protection"
 

See highlights from Charrette 3 - "Financing Greenways"