KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit MO-0130516 Fifth Year Report, May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
Submitted by: Water Services Department 4800 E 63rd Street Kansas City, MO 64130 November 28, 2010
Photos on the front page: 1 2 3
Photo 1. Community meetings were held in the front yards of volunteers to promote stormwater green solutions (Photo courtesy of Erin Ollig, Shockey Consulting) Photo 2. Line Creek Photo 3. Trash tally at 2009 Missouri River Clean-up in Kansas City area, an annual event sponsored by Kansas City, MO (Photo courtesy of Vicki Richmond, Missouri River Relief)
Kansas City, MO
Fifth Year Report
Stormwater NPDES Permit MO 0130516
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
CERTIFICATION Authority As required in Part VI, Sections D and E, of Missouri State Operating Permit No. MO0130516, All reports required by the permit and other information requested by the Director shall be signed by: 1. For a municipality, State, or other public agency: either a principal executive officer or ranking elected official. Certification I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.
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Acting Director, Water Services Department
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WRITTEN NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE Part IV.B of the Missouri State Operating Permit MO-0130516 requires that the City of Kansas City, Missouri provide written notice of compliance or non-compliance with the schedule for permit implementation. The City has, so far, submitted five reports covering the period from September 3, 2004 to April 30, 2009, to Missouri Department of Natural Resources. This current report covers the fifth full permit year May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010. It documents the status of implementing the components of the stormwater management programs that are established as permit conditions, and addresses the progress of programs that were required to be implemented in this period. As detailed in the report, the City is in compliance with the schedule for all interim milestones and final deadlines as identified in the permit schedule (Permit Part IV.A).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATION ............................................................................................................... i WRITTEN NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE .......................................................................... ii 1.
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................1
2.
CONTACT LIST .........................................................................................................2
3.
OVERVIEW OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ...............................................3
4.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPONENTS ..........................8
4.1
Address Post-Construction Discharge from Areas of New Development and Significant Redevelopment ................................................................................. 8
4.2
Control Discharge from Roadways ................................................................... 14
4.3
Assess Impact of Flood Control Projects on Water Quality Conditions .......... 19
4.4
Control Pollutants in Runoff from Municipal Waste Management Facilities .. 23
4.5
Monitor and Control Pollutants from Industrial and High-Risk Runoff........... 25
4.6
Reduce the Discharge of Pesticides, Herbicides, and Fertilizers ...................... 31
4.7
Reduce Illicit Discharges, Spills, and Improper Disposal ................................ 36
4.8
Reduce Pollutants in Construction Site Runoff ................................................ 45
5.
STORMWATER PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM .......49
6.
WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM ...........................................................55
7.
OTHER PERMIT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS...............................................74
7.1
Summary of Implementation Status.................................................................. 74
7.2
Proposed Changes ............................................................................................. 74
7.3
Program Effectiveness Evaluation Regarding Water Quality Improvement .... 74
7.4
Data Summary .................................................................................................. 83
7.5
Annual Expenditures ......................................................................................... 83
7.6
Activity Summaries – Inspection, Enforcement, and Public Education ........... 84
7.7
Water Quality Degradation / Improvements ..................................................... 86
8.
FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION ...............................................................................87
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ..............................................................................................88 A- 1
2009 Kansas City, Missouri Inventory of Industrial and Other High-Risk Runoff Facilities ............................................................................................... 88
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2009 Kansas City, Missouri Priority List of Industrial and Other High-Risk Runoff Facilities ............................................................................................... 88
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Kansas City, Missouri Public Education/Information Material – Waterlines .. 88
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LIST OF TABLES Table 1.
New area plans addressing stormwater and sustainability................................ 3
Table 2.
Summary of tasks associated with addressing post-construction discharge from new development and significant ........................................................... 12
Table 3.
Number of stormwater features in the Geographic Information System (GIS) database ........................................................................................................... 18
Table 4.
Flood control project tasks .............................................................................. 19
Table 5.
Summary of industrial and high-risk runoff facility program ........................ 26
Table 6.
Data summary of stormwater monitoring at Leeds Industrial area................. 28
Table 7.
Priority watersheds for field screening ........................................................... 37
Table 8.
Performance measures on recent achievements by comprehensive waste management and Keep Kansas City Beautiful ................................................ 40
Table 9.
Sanitary sewers maintenance performance for FY 09/10 ............................... 42
Table 10. A summary of education and outreach on erosion and sediment control ....... 48 Table 11. Summary of sampled storm event characteristics ........................................... 56 Table 12. Summary of stormwater discharge characterization by land use category – conventional, inorganic, and bacterial parameters .......................................... 59 Table 13. Summary of stormwater discharge characterization by land use category – selected pesticides and semi-volatile organic compounds .............................. 61 Table 14. Estimated pollutant loadings per outfall per rain event by land use category – conventional, inorganic, and bacterial parameters .......................................... 62 Table 15. Summary of physico-chemical data for the streams monitored in dry weather ......................................................................................................................... 65 Table 16. Macroinvertebrate metric results and stream habitat assessment procedure (SHAP) values ................................................................................................ 69 Table 17. Stream water chemistry data ........................................................................... 69 Table 18. Overall budget for programs/activities supporting stormwater management effort in FY 09/10 and projection for FY 10/11 ............................................. 83 Table 19. Activity summary – inspection, enforcement, and public education .............. 85
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. A community meeting for the Middle Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project ............................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2. The three zones required by the Stream Buffer Ordinance............................... 9 Figure 3. Monthly record of street sweeping for FY 2009/10........................................ 16 Figure 4. Monthly record of storm sewer structure maintenance for FY 2009/10 ......... 17 Figure 5. Record of requests for services on catch basins/inlets through the City’s 3-1-1 Action Center .................................................................................................. 17 Figure 6. An Environmental Manager from Union Pacific Railroad presented BMPs in a stormwater workshop hosted by the City........................................................ 30 Figure 7. Constructing a low-impact trail at Hidden Valley Park through a partnership between the City and volunteers from SkillsUSA .......................................... 32 Figure 8. Material by type generated by the Household Hazardous Waste Facility in 2009................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 9. Distribution of material managed by Household Hazardous Waste Facility in 2009................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 10. An infill sewer project at NE 39th St. and Prather Rd. .................................... 43 Figure 11. WSD Associates participated in the Department’s rain barrel workshop....... 50 Figure 12. Activities by volunteers and staff from Bridging the Gap .............................. 51 Figure 13. Trash tally at 2009 Missouri River Clean-up at Kaw Point Park, Kansas City, KS ................................................................................................................... 52 Figure 14. Boat ride at 2009 Missouri River Clean-up at Kaw Point Park, Kansas City, KS ................................................................................................................... 52 Figure 15. Distribution of sampled storm events ............................................................. 57 Figure 16. Sites for biological sampling .......................................................................... 67 Figure 17. A comparison of dissolved oxygen, conductivity, and habitat data accumulated from Yr. 2007 to Yr. 2009 ......................................................... 72 Figure 18. A comparison of bio-assessment data from Yr. 2007 to Yr. 2009 ................. 73 Figure 19. 2009 Water quality public survey by Mid-American Regional Council ........ 76
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Figure 20. 2000 – 2010 Keep Kansas City Beautiful Program record............................. 79 Figure 21. 1998 – 2009 Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program – . 79 Figure 22. 1999-2010 Machine Sweeping Program record ............................................. 80 Figure 23. 2004-2010 KC Recycle program record .......................................................... 81 Figure 24. 2002-2010 Litter Index record ........................................................................ 82 Figure 25. A comparison of City-wide Litter Index between Yr. 2003 and Yr. 2010 ..... 82
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1. INTRODUCTION This report is submitted to Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) by the City of Kansas City, Missouri (hereafter referred to as the City) pursuant to the conditions of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Missouri State Operating Permit MO-0130516 for discharges from its municipal separate storm sewer system. The five-year permit was issued on September 3, 2004 and expired on September 3, 2009. Since the expiration of the first permit term, the City has continued to operate its separate storm sewer system under the expired permit conditions. This report, the fifth annual report, provides an update on the permit implementation activities conducted between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010. The Stormwater Utility of the Water Services Department (WSD) coordinated the preparation and compilation of relevant information into the Annual Report. Contributing municipal departments included City Planning and Development, Fire, Neighborhood and Community Services, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, and Water Services, along with the City Manager’s Capital Improvements Management Office and Office of Environmental Quality. This report consists of seven sections: 1. Overview: This section provides an overview of permit implementation highlighting significant stormwater management efforts. 2. Stormwater Management Program Components: Elements of the City’s stormwater management program are summarized in this section. Measurable goals, objectives, program development, implementation status, and major achievements are discussed here. 3. Public Education Program: Public education is required in multiple stormwater management programs in the City’s MS4 permit. This section discusses education activities, currently conducted or planned pursuant to Permit requirements. 4. Watershed Monitoring Program: Monitoring water quality is a critical component in evaluating the effectiveness of the MS4 permit implementation. This section presents a summary of ongoing monitoring efforts performed in accordance with the Permit. 5. Other Permit Reporting Requirements: The City’s MS4 Permit requires mandatory reporting elements that allow for the evaluation of Permit implementation but are not specifically included in any of the previous sections. These elements include proposed changes to permit conditions, enforcement actions, identification of water quality improvement or degradation, and a fiscal analysis. 6. Future Implementation: This section discusses the future direction of stormwater management in the City. 7. Attachments: This section (Attachments 1 through 3) includes detailed supporting documents that have been developed in compliance with the permit requirements and/or that are not required by the permit but show the City’s effort on stormwater pollution prevention and mitigation.
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2. CONTACT LIST Name and Title
Telephone
E-mail
Terry Leeds, P.E. Acting Director Water Services Department
(816) 513-0528
[email protected]
Richard Gaskin, P.E. Section Head, Stormwater Utility Water Services Department
(816) 513-0352
[email protected]
Jing Tao, Ph.D. Senior Environmental Officer Stormwater Utility Water Services Department
(816) 513-0371
[email protected]
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3. OVERVIEW OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT During the past fiscal year, the City has had a number of achievements in supporting stormwater best management practices. These include: 1. Policy Support for a Sustainable City: In support of the core value that water is a vital and valuable natural resource that should be protected, the City continues to make progress incorporating green solutions into City policies and operations. The City adopted or was working on the following policies:
Ordinance 081033: On May 21, 2009, the City Council passed the ordinance, approving the new Zoning and Development Code. The Code contains the City’s first Stream Buffer Ordinance (effective February 2009), and a Conservation and Open Space Development Ordinance (effective February 2009). The other sections of the Code became optional for use December 1, 2009. The mandatory effective date is January 1, 2011. The Code helps to advance conservation principles by directing new development away from receiving waters. New area plans: Additional area plans were completed to guide the City’s future land use decisions, and public and private investment, and to improve the lives of current and future residents. See Table 1 for details. Ordinance 081033: The City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the implementation of the City’s Overflow Control Plan under a proposed consent decree with the United States. The Plan is the largest infrastructure investment in the City's history with an estimated cost of $2.4 billion to control overflows from its wastewater collection system over a period of 25 years.
Table 1.
New area plans addressing stormwater and sustainability
Area plan
Completion date
Stormwater-related goal/recommendation
Briarcliff-Winnwood Area Plan KCI Area Plan
June 2009
Limit environment impact on local ecosystems
June 2009
Greater Downtown Area Plan
March 2010
• Enforce existing stormwater policies and guidelines • Construct multiple-benefit “green” detention basins, including wet and dry extended detention basins and stormwater wetlands • Implement stormwater capital projects that were part of the city-wide stormwater master plan • Develop Best Management Practices (BMP) Design Criteria for how and when to use BMP techniques. Promote Sustainability • Use sustainable practices to guide policy recommendations and development decisions. • Enhance existing infrastructure and utilize new development as a means to improve air and water quality, manage stormwater and mitigate urban “heat island”.
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2. Growing Green in Many Ways – City Project Examples The City has already started to actualize green solutions, outlined in the green solutions policy, in various projects and programs. Examples include: - Middle Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project: The project is part of the City’s $2.4 billion Overflow Control Plan to address overflows from the aging combined sewer system. The Project aims to investigate and implement ways to reduce stormwater runoff with green solutions. Lessons learned from this pilot project will be used in future planning for a widespread use of green solutions in 744 acres of the Middle Blue River Basin. During the reporting period, a Conceptual Design Report for this pilot project was completed. The report provided basic planning and obtained physical data necessary to allow final Figure 1. A community meeting for the Middle design of the project. The report Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project recommends green solution systems including about 90 rain gardens, 160 bioretention cells, and 100 pervious paving systems. See the following website for details. http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/WaterServices/ProjectGreenFactsheet/index.htm
- Birmingham Wastewater Treatment Plant Biosolids Expansion: The City uses land application of biosolids at this plant as a sludge disposal process. A benefit is derived in that cash crops are produced at this site. The existing sludge lines were constructed circa 1989. Since then, the City has acquired several additional parcels of land adjacent to the existing facility. The expansion project consists of the construction of 5,800 linear feet of 10 inch ductile iron biosolids distribution lines and about 70 linear feet of 6 inch distribution lines. The project is also planned to include construction of a greenhouse to grow native plants for possible use in public rain gardens. - Blue River Channel Modification projects: The City, in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers, awarded a more environmentally-friendly project alternative on the Blue River Channel. The redesigned project includes an uninterrupted riparian corridor and the preservation Final
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of the channel’s natural conditions. The work is to commence by July 2010. Additional channel work that was completed during the reporting period included the removal of nearly 10,000 buried waste tires, 2,600 surface tires, and the removal of 353 abandoned barrels, of which more than half contained hazardous waste. The segment between Brush Creek and 53rd St. was retrofitted with constructed habitats such as lunker logs, root wads, and newbury structures, which serve as feeding and hatchery grounds as well as bank stabilization. - Gardener Avenue Stormwater Improvement Project: Construction started in September 2009. The project will install a storm drainage system consisting of area inlets, enclosed storm sewers, detention basins, and vegetated open channels. - Public Improvements Advisory Committee Storm sewer projects: Environmentally friendly approaches have been and will continue to be widely used to replace grey concrete structures, where applicable. For example, native planting with purple poppy mallow (callirhoe involucrata) provided ground cover to stabilize bank slope at 809 W 109th Ter. At both locations - 3001 NE Russell Rd. and 3701 NW 61st, house structures, subject to frequent flooding and significant overland flows, were bought out and demolished by the City; the vacant areas have been returned to vegetated state. Bioswales and rain gardens with native plantings are being designed for projects at Hardy/Hwy 40, 1604 81st, 2912 Blue Ridge Blvd., and Mission Lake. Turf reinforcement mats or scour stop to enable grass to grow are included to replace concrete channel in the design for projects at 56th and Booth, and 4904 NW 67th Ter. - Water Services Department Headquarter Employee Parking Lot Improvement Project: The project is to rehabilitate and improve the existing parking lots with an area size of about 24 acres. The design incorporates “LEED” Silver principles and practices, stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), and curriculum for site BMPs demonstration and education. 3. Ever Expanding Recycling Programs The City has continued to creatively develop and enhance its recycling programs. These initiatives help to divert potential wastes from swelling landfills or from getting into storm sewer systems and surface water bodies. - Extensive internal recycling programs for City facilities: The Aviation Department continues its comprehensive recycling program which covers more than one dozen recyclable types (various paper materials, plastics, scrap metals, light bulbs, oil, batteries, and Freon). During the reporting period, the department recycled a total of 390,780 lbs of materials. The Parks & Recreation Department used Missouri Organics as an option to taking organic waste to landfills. Over 85% of organic waste generated by department and its contract crews was either recycled into pressed wood pallets or used for trails. Other City Departments had their materials recycled through the coordination by the Office of Environmental Quality, with a total of 110,462 lbs of materials including paper, aluminum cans, plastic, and cardboard. - Resourceful recycling programs for residents: The Solid Waste Division of the Public Works Department operates multiple sub-programs to cover a variety of recyclables which include yard wastes, food wastes, white goods (e.g., refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves), e-wastes (e.g., computers, printers, keyboards, cell phones DVDs), plastics, paper materials, and tires. The Division has begun a process to move forward with the development of the KC ECO center concept proposed within the Long-Term Solid Waste Strategic Management Plan published in 2008. The ECO center will serve as a materials recovery facility to process refuse, recyclables,
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and similar waste streams from residential customers, City facilities, and, in the future, industrial and commercial sectors.
4. Nature First Program and the Kansas City Conservation Corps The Kansas City Conservation Corps was created by the Parks & Recreation Department in September 2009 to “provide residents of Kansas City with quality outdoor experiences and to implement the preservation and conservation of natural and created resources”. With this newlyestablished maintenance group, the Department now maintains over 236 acres of natural areas (remnant and restored prairies, glades) or established areas with native plants (rain gardens), which include over 83 acres of prairie habitat in 8 parks and 15 rain gardens on 13 park properties. Additionally, wetlands are protected near the Lake of the Woods, and about 6,500 acres are protected as woodland throughout the park system. The success of this program is also attributed to the Department’s extensive partnership in restoration and management of natural areas, which involves Bridging the Gap affiliate KC Wildlands, Missouri Department of Conservation, GreenWorks, Blue River Watershed Association, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources, as well as numerous individual volunteers, neighborhood associations and private corporations. Go to http://www.kcwildlands.org/ for more details on the Conservation Corps. 5. Revision of the Environmental Management System The City uses an Environmental Management System (EMS) to implement the City’s environmental policies and to assure that City activities enhance the Kansas City environment. The EMS was last revised in 2001. A revision process by the Office of Environmental Quality started in 2008 to incorporate more recent regulatory changes and to address the inclusion of sustainable practices into the EMS. The revised EMS is due to be released in August 2010. The following improvements were made in the revised EMS to address the MS4 Permit requirements: (1) More specific guidance is provided that outlines the employee training and certification programs required to use specific pesticides; (2) Best management practices (BMPs) are described for reducing run-off of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers after their application; (3) City facilities, which are determined to be High-Risk-Runoff facilities, are required to conduct a Stormwater Self-Assessment program; and (4) The soil erosion issue is explained in more detail to include discussion of the City’s land disturbance permit and identifies requirements, when needed, such as the SWPPP, erosion control BMPs, sediment trapping devices, and a selfinspection program.
6. Building a Stronger Partnership for Regional Environmental Public Outreach The City continues to be a leading stakeholder in a number of regional environmental public education and outreach programs. - The Regional Water Quality Public Education Program hosted by the Mid-America Regional Council: The program is a comprehensive approach to raising public awareness about watershed issues and water quality in order to change household behaviors that impact water quality in the Kansas City region. The program utilized a multitude of communication venues to reach residents, commercial businesses, nonprofit organizations, local municipalities, and state and federal agencies. The past year’s effort continued the 2008 media campaign messages about
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proper lawn and garden maintenance and also evaluated the effectiveness of these ongoing messages. See Section 5. Stormwater Public Education and Awareness Program for more details. -Various environmental programs hosted by Bridging the Gap: The City continued to sponsor the organization with a focus on sustainability education and outreach. Bridging the Gap utilized its various programs as venues to promote the sustainability message. The programs include Keep Kansas City Beautiful Program, Five Green Things, Heartland Tree Alliance, By-Product Synergy Initiative, Environmental Excellence Business Network, Kansas City Earth Walk, Kansas City Earth Fest, Community Recycling, Kansas City Wildland, etc. See Section 5. Stormwater Public Education and Awareness Program for more details. - The Missouri River Watershed Event: This is a two-state, seven-county Kansas City Metropolitan regional event. This event fosters awareness and elicits behavioral changes in youth regarding non-point source pollution throughout the metropolitan Kansas City region. The City’s Water Services Department is one of the major sponsors and provides overall facilitation. See Section 5. Stormwater Public Education and Awareness Program for more details.
7. Wet Weather Solution Program Long-term Overflow Control Plan: The City submitted its Overflow Control Plan to regulatory agencies for approval. The Plan, shaped by the input from the Wet Weather Community Panel, was developed to meet regulatory requirements related to minimizing overflows from the combined sewer system and eliminating overflows from the sanitary sewer systems that will impact the storm sewer system. The Plan includes an unprecedented green solutions program that opts towards green solutions in place of traditional gray infrastructure, wherever feasible. The Plan also contains carefully developed long-term infrastructure investments that will greatly reduce the volume and frequency of overfl33ows and will serve our residents for several generations. In addition to an initial 100 acre green solutions pilot project in the Middle Blue River Basin near 75th and Troost, implementation of the Overflow Control Plan will also begin in our neighborhoods with sewer rehabilitation projects throughout the City. Public Outreach: The program continues to take action to manage the City’s water resources in a sustainable way. The program coordinates the WSD’s three wet-weather-related programs – Kansas City Overflow Control, Stormwater Management, and Waterways, and fosters extensive public education and public involvement. During the reporting period, the program carried out a number of public outreach activities including: - Updating its website; - Continuing to hold community panel meetings and road show presentations; - Continuing to distribute information to the public regarding wet weather issues; - Continuing to implement a green solutions pilot project in an area within the Middle Blue River Basin. Also see Section 5. Stormwater Public Education and Awareness Program for more details. The subsequent sections of this report will review in detail the City’s implementation of each individual program during the past fiscal year (May 1, 2009– April 30, 2010) as required by the MS4 permit.
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4. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPONENTS 4.1 Address Post-Construction Discharge from Areas of New Development and Significant Redevelopment The City’s stormwater management strategies include understanding the impacts of stormwater, protecting natural resources, and incorporating water quality issues into development and redevelopment planning and management. The City continues its effort to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the MS4 from areas of new development and significant redevelopment after construction is completed, and to encourage sustainable development through environmental friendly planning and design and effective operation and maintenance of BMPs. The following progress was made during this reporting year. 1. Including water quality considerations for areas of new development and significant redevelopment
Permit Ref. III.A-1a. Status: Ongoing
The activities that have been performed under this program included: - Adoption and implementation of a new Kansas City Zoning and Development Code On May 21, 2009, the City Council passed Ordinance 081033, approving the new Zoning and Development Code. With respect to water quality protection in comparison to the previous code, the new code entails the following new components and supplemental tools:
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The Stream Buffer Ordinance: The ordinance, originally adopted in Feb. 2009, was codified in the new development code as Section 88-415. It was designed to promote preservation of open space and natural resources and to encourage conservation development. It requires the following three zones - streamside zone, middle zone, and outer zone, applicable to all new development applications (Error! Reference source not found.). The Conservation and Open Space Development Ordinance: The ordinance, originally adopted in Feb. 2009, was codified in the new development code as Section 88-410. It encourages conservation development through provision of a density bonus and reduction in lot size and setback requirements. Landscaping and screening requirements: These requirements are found in Section 88405 of the new development code. They address street tree planting, parking and vehicular use landscaping, and screening of outdoor storage and loading areas established, and provide credit to encourage preservation of existing, mature trees. New land use and zoning standards: These standards are designed to incentivize open space and conservation-style development through provision of density bonuses and reductions in lot area and setback requirements, promoting mixed-use development, live/work units, cluster development, preservation of natural resources, etc. New tools: These tools include Natural Resources Protection Maps, Riparian Tree Field Guide, and Stream Setback Ordinance Training Guide. Other tools have been posted for public comment on the City’s Land Development Division website. They include a Development Agreement, a Maintenance Agreement for Private Open Space Tracts, along with proposed updates to the Stream Buffer Easement, BMP Easement, and the Surface Drainage Easement.
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The Code became optional for use December 1, 2009, except for the Stream Buffer and the Conservation and Open Space Development Ordinances. The mandatory effective date for the Code will be January 1, 2011. Staff from the City Planning & Development Department is committed to assessing and revising the Code periodically so that it remains a viable and functional tool. Training workshops and orientation sessions have been and will continue to be hosted to facilitate the implementation of the Code. For details of the ordinance, see the web link at: http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityPlanningandDevelopment/DevelopmentManagement/ ZoningandDevelopmentCode/index.htm
Figure 2.
The three zones required by the Stream Buffer Ordinance
(Photo courtesy of Patty Noll, City Planning and Development Department)
- The Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan, KC-ONE: The KC-One program is the City’s effort to establish stormwater policies and priorities City-wide, to enhance stormwater management with a vision of a holistic watershed planning, operating, and growth strategy, and to integrate 35 watershed master plans into one consistent product.
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The entire program was completed with technical assistance from Black & Veatch by the end of the reporting period. A nine-volume report was finalized for stormwater management throughout the City. The report includes recommendations covering the following areas:
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
Stormwater management in KC is a holistic regional watershed planning, operating, and growth strategy
Policy: incorporates best management practices (BMPs), stream protection, land use planning, development plan approval, floodplain management, and permit compliance. Administration: defines roles and responsibilities of City departments, staffing needs, operations, and maintenance. Stormwater Master Plan Review: combines watershed master plans into a coherent and usable access system. Capital Improvement Program: re-prioritizes improvements in 35 watersheds after applying “Green” multi-purpose solutions in a program balanced across council districts and watersheds while complimenting the Overflow Control Program and improving separate storm sewer system permit compliance. Public Involvement: involves the community to ensure that the plan is responsive to the needs of the stakeholders. Funding: identifies approaches and options to address capital, administrative, and operational needs. Implementation: formulates a comprehensive plan to achieve results.
The KC-One program has clarified responsibilities within the City, recommended policies and procedures, established priorities, provided timelines and schedules, and offered funding recommendations for comprehensive stormwater management.
2. Procedures for addressing water quality issues as part of the permitting process
Permit Ref.: III.A-1.a.i. Status: Ongoing
The following items and activities continue to be undertaken to address water quality issues in the permitting process: - Stormwater Management Plan Guidelines: A stormwater management plan is an integral part of all proposed developments to be reviewed by the City Planning & Development Department’s Land Development Division. The guidelines provide an outline of the submittal requirements for a stormwater drainage studies used to establish designs and/or to evaluate types of drainage systems or facilities. The guidelines have been modified to include a proposed threshold for evaluating the quality of stormwater runoff through a BMP level of service analysis as part of the stormwater drainage study. - Covenant to Maintain Private Open Space Tracts: Prior to this reporting period, the City used three covenants applicable to stormwater BMP maintenance scenarios: Stormwater Detention Covenant for Maintenance, Stormwater Detention & BMP Covenant for Maintenance, and Conveyance of Easement for BMP’s. During the reporting period, these additional agreements were added to the City’s arsenal to address BMP facilities located within private open space
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tracts, and the perpetual maintenance of permanent open space tracts. These additions provide a convenient and consistent format for the developers to use during their final plat application process. It also helps to clarify the maintenance responsibilities for developers or property owners. 3. A description of review standards and a description of the site development review process for internal and external educational purposes
Permit Ref.: III.A-1.a.ii. Status: Ongoing
The following progress has been made regarding the review standards and education effort: - Education/outreach on the Zoning and Development Code: The City Planning and Development Department held two orientation sessions to explain the major features and updates of the ordinance. A total of about 160 persons attended the sessions, including City staff, developers, neighborhood representatives, land use attorneys, engineers, architects, surveyors, landscape architects. See Table 2 for more details. Permit Ref.: III.A-1.a.iii Status: Ongoing
4. Design criteria for structural BMPs
The City continues to implement APWA standards – The Manual of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Stormwater Quality (both the 2003 version and 2008 version). By the end of the reporting period, the City was moving ahead to adopting the 2009 version of the BMP Manual. Compared to the previous versions, the latest one includes revisions to the Value Rating and Treatment Train Tables, a rewrite of the Redevelopment section that is based on land disturbed rather than site imperviousness, revisions to the Bioretention section, and a rewrite of the Permeable Pavement section. Design examples have also been provided for native vegetation swales and turf swales. 5. Operation and maintenance of post-construction BMPs
Permit Ref.: III.A-1.b. Status: Ongoing
- Regional BMPs: The City currently does not own or maintain any regional detention basins (Long View Lake – the regional detention basin partially in the City was constructed and is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers). The City is designing its first regional detention basin in the East Fork Creek sub-basin of the Line Creek watershed. The construction is slated to start in the fall of 2010. The City Planning and Development Department has taken the lead for coordinating the design and project funding for the construction. A maintenance program for regional detention basins is being established as part of the design process for the basin. - Public BMPs: The Stormwater Maintenance Group at WSD inspected the public detention basins at 8801 James A Reed Rd., 3913 N. Kensington Rd., 6013 N. Strathbury Rd., 300 Chestnut Trafficway, and 17th/Manchester Trafficway. The first four basins were also cleaned as necessary. Additionally, the WSD completed the design phase for the Sediment Removal Project of Strathbury Woods Detention Basin. The construction phase is slated for the summer of 2010. The project will remove an estimated 4,000 cubic yards of sediment deposited at the 0.35-acre basin over a period of ten years. The Parks and Recreation Department also performed inspections for the basins in Kessler Park (Chestnut Trafficway) and Strathbury Park (Strathbury Rd.). The basin at 1200 E Linwood Rd. is owned by the City and maintained by the City’s Board of Police Commissioners.
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Table 2. Permit
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
Summary of tasks associated with addressing post-construction discharge from new development and significant re-development Task
Sub-task
Activities
Output
Ref. 1a.
1a.i & ii
Incorporate water quality considerations for areas of new development and redevelopment: (1) in land use planning, subdivision approval, and site plan review and approval; and (2) in project review and approval for new development and significant redevelopment Improve procedures for incorporating water quality concerns as part of the permitting process
(1) Revise zoning and subdivision regulation; (2) Continue KC-ONE Project;
(3) Adopt the KCMO Supplements to (APWA) Section 2600; and (4) Adopt the KCMO Supplements to (APWA) Section 5600.
(1) Critically evaluate the existing permitting procedure
Upgrade the site development review standards
1a.ii.
Internal and external education on review standards and process
1a.iii.
Set up minimum design criteria for structural BMPs
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Inspect and maintain (I/M) postconstruction BMPs
- KC-ONE Project • Completion of a city-wide GIS deliverable of the recommended improvements for stormwater management; • Completion of a city-wide Capital Improvements Plan for stormwater management. • Review and completion of the report
(2) Modify it to address water quality issues appropriately
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1b.
- Zoning and Development Code • Finalizing the Code • 2 orientation sessions, about 260 attendees
BMPs/BMP Easements
• 8/34 new permit entries
I/M public/private detention BMPs
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• Adoption of the Zoning Code • Nine volumes of the entire project report
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- Private BMPs: The Detention Basin Credit program: The WSD maintains the program to encourage the use of detention basins. WSD conducted 36 re-inspections for certified basins and 4 inspections for basins to be certified. All these detention basins are on private properties. BMP evaluation for development plans and BMP Easement: The Land Development Division in the City Planning and Development Department, with the participation of staff from the WSD, evaluates BMP designs in new development and redevelopment plans. The City currently requires BMP easements for all BMPs used for storm water management compliance. Voluntary BMP’s do not require an easement. The easement outlines the maintenance responsibilities of the owners and provides the City with an enforcement tool to ensure the continued performance of the BMPs. During the reporting period, the Land Development Division created eight BMP tracking permits (KIVA permit type SBMP) and 34 BMP easement tracking permits (KIVA permit type SEZG).
Next Steps - The City will continue to implement the recommendations stemmed from the KC-ONE program for City-wide stormwater best management practices. - The City will require thorough compliance with the new Development Code, while at the same time, continue to evaluate and improve the Code. - The City will continue to review and improve the various maintenance agreements and easements used in conjunction with stormwater management.
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4.2 Control Discharge from Roadways The City continues to operate and maintain deicing chemicals and material storage facilities, fleet and equipment storage facilities, and publicly-owned traffic ways and storm sewer infrastructure in a manner that coincides with the requirements set forth by the MS4 Permit.
Program Objectives The objective of this program is to continue the City’s efforts to operate and maintain public roadways and storm sewer systems in a manner that reduces the pollutant input from the MS4 into receiving waters. The current key targets include improving the efficiency of stormwater infrastructure maintenance and replacement, timely updating stormwater infrastructure information in the WSD’s GIS database, and further developing the mapping system to be more user-friendly.
Discussion 1. Store and cover deicing chemicals to minimize the discharge of deicing salts to the MS4
Permit Ref. III.A-2a. Status: Ongoing
- The City Public Works Department has deicing chemical and material storage facilities at each of its three districts and two outlying salt storage facilities. The facilities vary in size and their capacities range from 6 to 12 thousand tons of materials. Rock salt is stored in dome structures at four of the locations. The domes were constructed on asphalt slabs and consist of wooden and concrete structural materials, capable of containing deicing chemicals during periods of extended storage. The additional salt storage facility is a Cover-All building with ten-foot high concrete walls constructed on an asphalt slab. Salt brine and calcium chloride are used as major deicing agents for the public streets. They are stored in tanks. - The Parks and Recreation Department stores approximately 200 tons of rock salt at its own facility for emergency use. This is a covered bin facility built on a concrete slab. During the reporting period, the Public Works and Parks & Recreation departments used a total of 152,710 gallons of salt brine, 25,560 gallons of liquid calcium chloride, and 21,451 tons of salt to keep public streets safe for cars and passengers. 2.
Effectively sweep public streets while considering water quality and watershed goals and objectives
Permit Ref. III.A.2b. Status: Ongoing
- The City continues to implement programs that can help minimize pollutant inputs into receiving waters of the MS4. This has included: Street sweeping conducted following the Sweeping Manual which specifies: “… they (improved streets or those that have curb and gutters) are swept as often as the budget allows keeping sediment/debris from getting into the catch basins and discharging throughout the municipal storm sewer system. Following these guidelines will contribute to the improvement of water quality for area lakes and streams.” Deicing performed following the Sensible Salting Policy including:
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“The City’s current deicing/anti-icing practices emphasizing providing safe driving conditions on municipal streets while also minimizing the potential for deicing/anti-icing materials to discharge into the storm sewer system. … We therefore, use the least amount of salt/chemical necessary for the road conditions to make the roads safe for motorists while understanding that it is less expensive to use less salt/chemicals and also has a lesser potential for excess materials to get into the storm sewer system. Following these guidelines will contribute to the improvement of water quality for area lakes and streams.” Personnel training: educate operators on use of the least amount of salt necessary. Road repair made according to the Asphalt Manual: “(If we are able to mill down an inch or two and get solid base material we need to ensure the sides are squared up and the hole is swept free of loose gravel and debris.) All debris should then be properly disposed of to prevent any sediment that is left from being washed into the storm sewer system. … No hole should be primed unless the asphalt repair is to be completed the same day. This is to make sure that the prime cannot be washed into the storm sewer system. ….” New contracts, which include the requirement “All activity associated with the project, including equipment cleaning and maintenance, shall be conducted in a workmanlike manner that prevents millings or other construction debris, sediment, asphalt emulsion, or any other material from entering the storm sewer.” - Street sweeping program: The City’s Public Works Department used to conduct this program. Since April 2008, the Stormwater Maintenance Division of the Water Services Department has been conducting the program. Figure 3 provides the performance measurements on a monthly basis for the fiscal year of 2009/10. The program continues to use Elgin Eagles for road speed because the mechanical brooms perform better than vacuums for collecting the type of dust typically found on local streets. - Other trafficway/right-of-way maintenance: The City Parks & Recreation Department continued to maintain its 12,000 acres of parkland including 219 parks, 40-miles of interior roads, hundreds of parking lots, 133-miles of boulevards, parkways, and streets, and 38 miles of trails and bikeways. Due to the isolation of much of the property in the Park system, it is a prime target for illegal dumping activities. The Department continued working with law enforcement personnel, neighborhood and community groups, other City departments, the City’s Illegal Dumping Task Force and other stakeholders in the multi-faceted effort to address the dumping problem. See Section 4.7 Reduce Illicit Discharges, Spills, and Improper Disposal for details. In addition to the regular maintenance of public streets and right-of-ways, the City maintains the following programs to enhance roadway cleanness: - SHAPE (Safe, Healthy, and Attractive Public Environments) Program: This is an intensive, internal self-inspection program. Through routine inspections, the program aims to generate improvements in park and community safety, cleanliness, and usability. Inspectors rate up to 20 criteria (including litter) and immediately report conditions on a daily basis. Frequent monitoring allows department staff to stay on top of routine maintenance while meeting objectives of improving cleanliness. In 2009, the program did 1,409 park inspections covering 190 sites.
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- Adopt-a-Street program: The City continued this program to involve residents in helping to keep streets clean. During the past fiscal year, 17 new volunteer organizations/groups joined the program adding 128 more blocks equaling 12.8 miles; however, during the same timeframe the program lost 7 groups and their 71 adopted blocks equaling 5.9 miles. The program currently has a total of 172 active volunteer organizations/groups throughout the City. - The Leaf and Brush Program: During this reporting period, approximately 38,654 ground cubic yards of waste was collected at two drop-off centers, and 3,821 tons of yard waste was collected during curbside collection. Permit Ref. III.A.2c Status: Ongoing
3. Storm sewer maintenance
- Stormwater Maintenance Policy Implementation: The Stormwater Maintenance Division of WSD continues to implement its policy that defines maintenance activities such as cleaning, repair, and replacement of structures including stormwater inlets, ditches, streams, channels, fences for channels, and detention basins. Scheduled cleaning of inlets is on a two-year frequency. Priority inlets are cleaned more frequently. Inlets are primarily cleaned by the use of vacuum trucks to remove debris that could otherwise find its way to streams. - Stormwater Maintenance group accomplishments: The group accomplished 14,941 cleanings of storm inlets, and 354 repair work orders (Figure 4). Note that this work is season-dependent.
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- Catch basin hotline: The City’s 3-1-1 Action Center serves as a central point of contact for City services including catchbasin or other stormwater concerns. During the reporting period, the City has received 1,710 requests for service or maintenance of catch basins and other stormwater inlets (Figure 5). - Catch Basin Replacement Program: To enhance the proper function of stormwater structures, the City has replaced about 540 catch basins City-wide through its General Obligation (GO) Bond-funded Catch Basin Replacement Program during this reporting period. Inlets inspected/cleaned Repair work orders completed
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4. GIS mapping of the storm sewer systems
Permit Ref. NA Status: Ongoing
The WSD’s GIS mapping group: - Continues to update the GIS database: The WSD’s GIS mapping group continues to develop and maintain its GIS databases to assist in the program tracking repair/replacement and maintenance of storm sewer system assets, and to support stormwater billing. - Continues to support compliance requirements: The group uses ESRI ArcGIS as its work platform to map all the data associated with the City’s storm sewer systems (Table 3). The group continues to update the database with the information supplied by field inspection crews, engineering as-built drawings from construction projects, and latest orthophotomap product. Additionally, the GIS group identified 200 priority stormwater outfall structures for illicit discharge screening purpose. The selection was made based on a combination of the GIS zoning data and storm sewer data, with staff’s knowledge of local land use. Table 3. database
Number of stormwater features in the Geographic Information System (GIS)
Stormwater inlet* 50,651
Open channel 607
Paved ditch 101
Riprap 428
Detention basin 53
Swale 25
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Stormwater inlets are further categorized into 9 sub-types in the database. They are area side inlet, catch basin, curb and drop inlet, curb inlet, drop inlet, field inlet, setback curb inlet, trench drain, and others.
Next Steps The Permit requirements will continue to be implemented and each pertinent program will continue to be improved. The City will: - Continue its effort to ensure that stormwater BMPs are incorporated into its street and storm sewer system maintenance; and - Continue its various programs to create a cleaner City.
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4.3 Assess Impact of Flood Control Projects on Water Quality Conditions The City continues to work cooperatively with the US Army Corps of Engineers on six longstanding, large-scale flood-control projects in the City: Blue River Channel, Dodson Industrial District, and the Swope Park Industrial Area all along the Blue River; Brush Creek from the State Line to the Blue River; Turkey Creek with its waterway in Kansas, but causing flooding in Missouri, and Kansas Cities’ (Seven) Levees along the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. These projects have all been in the planning, design, construction and/or operation and maintenance phases for more than ten years. This section of the report will also discuss new flood control project development. The City’s flood control projects continue to evolve from solely focusing on flood damage reduction to incorporating water quality improvement efforts through restoration of riparian corridors, improvement of wildlife habitats and green space buffers, and inclusion of recreational components. This trend will continue with both the existing and new projects. Program Objectives The objectives of this program are to assure that existing and new flood control projects are assessed for water quality impacts. Existing facilities are to be evaluated for retrofitting opportunities by enhancing structures with water quality features based upon considerations of type, location, watershed, ownership, public health benefits, and cost. New projects are evaluated using previously defined and developed assessment procedures. Table 4 lists the objectives of this program during this reporting period. Table 4.
Flood control project tasks
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Task
Sub-task
Status
Ref. A.3b.
Obtain a determination of water quality considerations typically associated with flood control projects
Evaluate existing flood control projects for water quality retrofitting
Ongoing
Evaluate new flood control projects, incorporating water quality consideration into the planning and design phases.
Ongoing
Discussion 1. Evaluate existing flood control projects for water quality retrofitting
Permit Ref. III.A-3b Status: Ongoing
The City continues to evaluate the existing projects to identify ways in which to incorporate water quality improvements. As these projects were initially planned, designed and even partly constructed for managing flood water quantity, incorporating water quality treatment at this stage presents both an opportunity and challenge. A summary of water quality treatment evaluations
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conducted during this reporting period along with plans for implementation for each of the existing flood control projects follows: - Turkey Creek Flood Mitigation Project: This is a flood mitigation project involving the US Army Corps of Engineers; the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas and Kansas City, Kansas; and Kansas City, Missouri. The project was authorized by Congress in 1999. Construction was completed on the tunnel rehabilitation in this reporting period. The levee/enhancement contract was also awarded during this period and the walled channel work is out for bid. Other elements of the project are in the design phase including remaining channel work, bridge replacements, and the hillside interceptors. An environmental enhancement project is under construction for the stream area between 7th Street Trafficway and Southwest Boulevard with the goal to further restore the area to a healthy riparian corridor using a mix of native grasses, wildflowers, trees, and shrubs. - Brush Creek: This is a flood damage reduction and beautification project extending from the state line on the west to Blue River on the east. The project is approximately six miles in length. Construction of the Troost Bridge Project at Brush Creek is underway. As part of the design effort for the project a water quality workshop was conducted to identify elements that could be added to the project to improve water quality. The determination was made to build new separate sanitary and storm sewers in the project area rather than continue use of the existing combined system. This separation was planned and will be constructed as part of the implementation of the City’s long term overflow control plan. The addition of rain gardens to the project would also provide a good educational and public outreach opportunity as the project site is in a high traffic area located near the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Discovery Center. Other work underway in Brush Creek includes the Bi-State Brush Creek Feasibility Study being prepared by Kansas City, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas; in conjunction with the Corps of Engineers, with the assistance of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC). Through the Brush Creek Coordinating Committee and in conjunction with the Bi-State Brush Creek Feasibility Study, four Action Teams have been formed: 1. Environmental (E-Team) – Creating environmental model of the entire Watershed to evaluate effectiveness of solutions to justify federal funding and optimize water quality benefits; 2. Project – Formulating solutions for the State Line Reach, the Bruce R. Watkins Drive reach, and in Johnson County, Kansas the Rock Creek area; 3. Watershed Management Plan – Authoring a Watershed Management Plan, and 4. Communications – Managing and disseminating information on the Brush Creek Watershed and communicating ongoing projects and activities in the Watershed and maintains the website www.brushcreekwatershed.com. These groups are using a multi-purpose watershed approach in considering opportunities for further flood damage reduction, environmental ecosystem restoration, water quality improvement and compatible recreation. - Blue River Channel Improvement: This project was authorized by Congress in 1970. The US Army Corps of Engineers and the City have worked together on the Blue River project since 1979. Construction began in 1983 and the current anticipated completion date is 2014 (dependent on availability of federal funding). Construction work was completed for the reach from the Bruch Creek upstream to the 53rd Street (approximately 0.5 river miles) during the reporting period, amounting to 10.5 river miles that have been constructed starting from the Missouri River. Approximately 1.5 river miles remain to be completed. The newly completed reach from Brush Creek to 53rd Street required the contractor to include green solutions wherever practical and identified two projects areas where green solutions had to be incorporated. ARRA funding was received to complete construction of this reach.
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The remaining reach from 53rd Street south to 63rd Street will incorporate a more environmentally friendly alternative design that was identified in a Value Engineering study. The alternative design includes a series of smaller check dams, pilot channels, wetlands, etc. Bids will be solicited for this reach in the summer of 2010. ARRA funding was awarded for construction of this reach. The overall 12-mile project also has a plan (partially implemented) to mitigate damage to the environment. The mitigation plan is being reevaluated to determine what additional features can be implemented in the remaining channel work, as well as what existing features can be retrofitted, to better accomplish a more robust mitigation plan that re-establishes habitat along the stream banks while simultaneously helping improve water quality. - Dodson Industrial District Levee/Floodwall: This project was authorized by Congress in the 1996 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA). It consists of over a mile of levee/floodwall and gate systems along the north-west bank of the Blue River from the Bannister Federal complex to Bruce R. Watkins Drive to provide 500-year flood level protection to the Dodson Industrial District. The project mitigation plan includes habitat restoration along the river to protect the stream banks and filter runoff. - Swope Park Industrial Park Levee/Floodwall: The plan for this project has been developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was authorized in the 2007 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). The project area is located within the 100-year flood plain of the Blue River, much of it within the floodway, resulting in especially hazardous flooding conditions, and frequent flooding of the only ingress/egress to the Industrial Park. The project will consist of a levee/floodwall providing up to a 500-year level of protection. Habitat restoration can be achieved through the use of wetlands constructed. - Levee Systems: The City’s levee system consists of a series of earthen levees, floodwalls, flood pumping stations, relief wells, toe drains and slope protection along portions of the Missouri River and the Blue River. The entire Kansas City, Missouri levee system is divided into three segments named the Central Industrial District (CID) Unit, the East Bottoms Unit and the North Kansas City Unit. The City continues its regular maintenance of the levees including mowing, and removing litter and debris.
Permit Ref. III.5A.3b Status: Ongoing
2. Evaluate new flood control projects
Evaluation of the following new flood control projects continued in this reporting period: - East Fork Creek regional detention basin: This will be the City’s first regional detention basin, a 35-acre basin to be installed in the East Fork Creek sub-basin of the Line Creek watershed. The basin will serve a drainage area of more than 2,000 acres. The design phase was finished last reporting period. The construction is slated to start in the fall of 2010. - Capital Improvement projects recommended in watershed studies: Under the KC-ONE program, a City-Wide priority list of 750 stormwater-related projects was generated by using a project prioritization methodology that incorporated water quality and stream protection benefits into the ranking system. Reviews of these 750 projects in the priority list were completed using a set of tools and processes, including the Stream Asset Inventory, BMP locator, and a “green filter process”.
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In addition to these new projects, the City has been engaged in the following initiatives that will influence water quality efforts to be included in current and future flood control projects: - Upper Blue River Alliance: The City continues to be involved in the Alliance consisting of members from Johnson County, KS; Jackson County, MO; the City of Kansas City, MO; and the Blue River Watershed Association. The purpose of the Alliance is to implement strategies that make a real impact on the watershed sustainability. Implementation strategies identified include watershed coordination, open space acquisition and management, planning and regulatory actions, and private sector incentives. These strategies will influence new flood control projects and support water quality improvement measures. - Water quality monitoring and modeling for the Blue River: The WSD continues its contract with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to keep monitoring water quality in the stream and river segments where the City’s combined sewer overflow system may discharge. These stream and river segments are within the Missouri River, Blue River, and Brush Creek and within the City limits.
Next Steps The City will continue its efforts to partner with various agencies and stakeholders in addressing water-quality impacts of the flood control projects: - The existing projects will continue to be evaluated to identify and incorporate water quality improvement measures; - New projects will be included with water-quality protection considerations; and - Construction of environmental-friendly features will be incorporated, where practicable.
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4.4 Control Pollutants in Runoff from Municipal Waste Management Facilities The City has ten known inactive solid waste landfills. These landfills were operated by the City during various periods from 1950 to 1974. There are currently no active municipal waste landfills operated by the City. The Office of Environmental Quality (OEQ), in consultation with several departments, continues to monitor the inactive landfills for compliance with the City’s MS4 permit and in general, and for issues that may pose a threat to public health or safety, threaten environmental protection, or that may create a nuisance condition. Four of the ten landfills are within the boundary of the municipal separate storm sewer system and are subject to the MS4 permit. They are 97th Street Landfill, 87th Street Landfill, Heart Landfill, and Round Grove Creek Landfill (also known as Raytown Road Athletic Fields Landfill). These landfills have been closed since 1974 and are not in use or have any planned future use.
Program Objectives The following objectives were established for the permit year: - Conduct annual inspections of the closed landfills; - Evaluate information gathered through inspection program; - Identify issues of concern, or conduct further study; - Identify remedial solutions, if warranted; and - Implement remedial solutions (repair and maintenance).
Discussion: 1. Continue the annual inspection for the closed landfills
Permit Ref. III.A.4 Status: Ongoing
The City’s OEQ performed a walk-through inspection for 97th Street Landfill, Heart Landfill, and Round Grove Creek Landfill in February and March 2010. Visual observations during these inspections showed that: (1) the caps were generally intact with substantial vegetation and a minor to substantial amount of tree growth; (2) water ponding was present on the cap surface of all these landfills; (3) fill material exposure, rill erosion, illegal dumping, and/or active seepages were present on the surface of different landfills. The inspection results were documented and further investigations were undertaken (see the subsequent description).
2. Design and implement a sampling and analysis plan for the landfills
Permit Ref. III.A.4 Status: Ongoing
The City contracted Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, Inc. in April 2010 to collect information representative of historical use and current environmental conditions at 97th Street, 87th Street, and Heart landfills. Information collected is to be used to assess the threat posed to human health and the environment and to determine the need for additional investigations or remedial activities.
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Additional sampling and monitoring of identified leachate seeps and storm water discharges are expected to be taken during the course of these studies.
3. Determine additional measures to control discharges from the landfills
Permit Ref. III.A.4 Status: Ongoing
In March 2010, SCS Engineers was hired to inspect and fully characterize additional site conditions at Round Grove Creek Landfill to determine if additional measures are necessary to either maintain or improve the integrity of the landfill and contain its leachate. Additional sampling and monitoring of leachate seeps and storm water discharges are expected to be taken during the course of this study (to be completed by October 2010). At the conclusion of the study, SCS is required to prepare a report and issue recommendations. Additional work to be completed by SCS Engineers at Round Grove Creek Landfill includes 150 linear feet of bank stabilization, identified as an area of concern in past inspections. This work is expected to be completed in November 2010.
Next Steps The City will continue to monitor the MS4 landfills by performing annual landfill inspections. Following completion of all four landfill studies by the environmental consultants, the City will consider their recommendations for developing an action plan for maintenance and or remedial activities at the landfills. Criteria to be used in developing an action plan include: ensuring compliance with the MS4 permit, protecting human health and the environment, and reducing or eliminating nuisance conditions. Once OEQ has developed the action plan, further activities will be scheduled as needed.
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4.5 Monitor and Control Pollutants from Industrial and High-Risk Runoff The Stormwater Utility Division of the Water Services Department is continuing its efforts to target high-risk runoff from both municipal and private facilities. The Division is implementing a full-scale stormwater inspection program. The City’s Inventory of high-risk runoff facilities has been evaluated and updated as necessary. Additionally, field verification has been completed for all high-risk runoff facilities on the City’s Priority List. The division has updated its monitoring program and started to conduct field monitoring for priority facilities and areas. Parallel to these efforts, the division extensively reaches out to industries and commercial businesses to promote industrial awareness of stormwater pollution and to call for protecting stormwater quality.
Program Objectives The following objectives were established for the permit year: - Update the Inventory of high-risk runoff industrial facilities; - Continue to implement the inspection program; - Continue to implement the monitoring or self-monitoring program for priority facilities; and - Reach out to industries and commercial businesses. To fulfill these objectives, multiple tasks have been established, and specific activities have been completed. These activities are described in Table 5.
Discussion: 1. Update the Inventory of Potentially Significant Dischargers
Permit Ref. III.A.5a Status: Ongoing
At the end of this reporting period, the Inventory of high-risk runoff facilities lists 162 facilities: 63 municipal facilities and 98 private sector facilities. Attachment 1, derived from the Inventory, provides a list of these facilities with their names, site addresses and the watersheds in which they are located. The development of the original inventory was described in the Partial Year MS4 Report (Yr. 2005). The current inventory has been updated based on site visits, facility inspections, and additional information on individual facility operation status that had been received during the reporting period. In addition to the information shown in Attachment 1, the Inventory also includes the primary contact information, storm sewer system type to which the facility discharges, the date that the City conducted the stormwater inspection at the facility, and documents or other information for each facility.
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Table 5. Permit
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
Summary of industrial and high-risk runoff facility program Task
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Update the inventory of potentially significant dischargers
Update the inventory
Update and evaluate the priority list of high-risk runoff dischargers
(1) Update the list with new information
Site visit: 68 facilities on the City’s Significant Industrial Users list
(2) Conduct field verification or inspection
Monitoring:
Continue the inspection program
(1) Inspect municipal facilities
Number of events: 4 Number of sites: 3 Workshops for self-assessment program: 4
(2) Inspect private facilities
Facilities implementing self assessment: 5
(1) Conduct the monitoring
Facilities No-Exposure certified: 10
(2) Develop a self-assessment program for municipal facilities
Outreach:
Completed
Unchanged from the list presented in last year’s report
Completed
GIS layers/map
Ongoing
Inspection records and reports
Ongoing
Monitoring results
(3) Implement a self-assessment program for municipal facilities
A brochure for vehicle/equipment washing in design phase
Target municipal facilities
Internal education: 180 City employees for Stormwater Municipalities-Storm Watch
Completed and reported previously
Internal education: 338 City employees for Stormwater Pollution Prevention - A Drop in the Bucket
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Attachment 1
17 City facilities
Update the GIS database
Conduct outreach
Completed
40 private facilities
Maintain a GIS database of high-risk runoff dischargers
Implement the monitoring program
Inspection:
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Stormwater noexposure certificates Stormwater pollution prevention plans
Ongoing
Environmental Orientation session
Ongoing
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2. Implement the Inspection Program
Permit Ref. III.A.5a-c Status: Ongoing
The Stormwater Utility Division is implementing the inspection program for both municipal and private facilities listed in the Inventory. The inspection is conducted per the procedures specified in the City’s Industrial Facility Inspection for MS4 Program (Attachment 2 in the First Year Report, Yr. 2006). Inspection staff from the Wastewater Treatment Division at WSD also performs a site visit of outdoor areas when conducting the pretreatment inspection for significant industrial users (SIUs). In addition, the City Office of Environmental Quality conducts about 320 environmental inspections for City owned or operated facilities and observation of stormwater issues is part of the inspection. See Table 5 for details on the progress of the inspections.
3. Evaluate the Priority List of High-risk Runoff Facilities
Permit Ref. III.A.5d Status: Completed
The Stormwater Utility Division continued to evaluate the Priority List of high-risk-runoff facilities (Attachment 2). No major updates were made during the reporting period. 4. Implement the Monitoring Plan for High-Risk Runoff Facilities
Permit Ref. III.A.5d Status: Ongoing
The Stormwater Utility Division of the Water Services Department has made the following progress: - Continues to collect monitoring data from the facilities that hold State permits and are on the Priority list: As part of the monitoring effort, the City has been collecting monitoring data from those facilities on the Priority list that conducted monitoring per their individual State NPDES Permits. - Continues to conduct monitoring at the identified outfalls: Staff from the Division conducted monitoring at the three outfalls draining from the Leeds Industrial area to the Blue River. Monitoring occurred in August, September, and December 2009 and in April 2010. Monitoring consisted of visual examination, sample collection and analytic testing following the procedures specified in the Monitoring Action Plan. Visual examination was performed on site with a clear glass beaker used for runoff collection. Documentation was made on sample color, odor, clarity, etc. For the analytical testing, the discharges from the outfalls were collected in HDPE widemouth bottles (Nalgene). Samples, stored in coolers packed with ice, were delivered to the Department Laboratory within 30 minutes of collection from the outfalls. Chain-of-Custody forms were completed for each sample delivery. Analytes included, but were not limited to, total and suspended solids, 5-day biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, ammonia, oil & grease, and total and dissolved metals. Table 5 summarizes the data from this monitoring program over the reporting period, and also shows a comparison with the monitoring results of the stormwater runoff samples collected from representative residential, commercial, and industrial areas within the City from a time span of 2005 to 2008, per Part VI. Monitoring and Reporting Requirements in the MS4 Permit. Exceedence was found for BOD-5 day, ammonia, phenols, Cd, and Cu. Phenols and copper contributed to more than 40% and 24% of all exceedences, respectively. Phenols was also the only analyte that had an exceedence in more than half of the samples.
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Detection
Minimum
Maximum
Median
Range in stormwater runoff*
Number of exceedence
alkalinity
mg/L
10
10
30
169
75
NA
NA
biochemical oxygen demand-5
mg/L
10
10
3
48
9
3-21
3
chemical oxygen demand
mg/L
10
10
24
212
69
7-803
0
hardness
mg/L
10
10
32
210
86
27-580
0
Parameter
Total number
Data summary of stormwater monitoring at Leeds Industrial area
Unit
Table 6.
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
NH3
mg/L
9
7
0.55
2.86
0.66
ND-1.4
1
oil & grease
mg/L
10
10
2
9
4
ND-22
0
phenols
mg/L
10
10
0.029
0.860
0.36
ND-0.08
7
total suspended solids
mg/L
10
10
36
440
200
8-879
0
total dissolved solids
mg/L
10
10
54
830
150
22-4,940
0
total solids
mg/L
7
7
90
1200
500
NA
NA
Ag-Dissolved
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0053
0
Al-Dissolved
mg/L
10
6
0.036
0.546
0.06
NA
NA
Cd-Dissolved
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0017
0
Cr-Dissolved
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0195
0
Cu-Dissolved
mg/L
10
5
0.005
0.014
0.009
ND-0.0245
0
Ni-Dissolved
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0194
0
Pb-Dissolved
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0639
0
Zn-Dissolved
mg/L
10
8
0.005
0.047
0.0205
ND-0.2722
0
Ag
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
NA
NA
Al
mg/L
10
10
1.04
4.14
1.74
NA
NA
As
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
NA
NA
Cd
mg/L
10
2
0.007
0.007
0.007
ND-0.0016
2
Cr
mg/L
10
9
0.005
0.016
0.007
ND-0.017
0
Cu
mg/L
10
10
0.008
0.058
0.019
ND-0.027
4
Fe
mg/L
10
10
1.54
11.2
3.27
NA
NA
Hg
mg/L
10
0
ND
ND
NA
ND-0.0002
0
Mg
mg/L
10
10
1.2
4.86
2.205
NA
NA
Mn
mg/L
10
10
0.035
0.42
0.149
NA
NA
Mo
mg/L
10
1
0.006
0.006
0.006
NA
NA
Ni
mg/L
10
8
0.005
0.015
0.007
ND-0.0174
0
Pb
mg/L
10
10
0.009
0.053
0.023
ND-0.061
0
Zn
mg/L
10
10
0.074
0.446
0.2785
0.01-0.448
0
* The ranges listed here was extracted from the ranges found for the stormwater runoff samples collected from representative residential, industrial, and commercial areas in the City from Yr. 2005 to Yr. 2008 per Part VI. Monitoring and Reporting Requirements in the MS4 Permit.
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- Implementing the Stormwater Self-assessment Program for municipal facilities: The program targeted municipal facilities whose activities or materials are exposed to stormwater. For each affected facility, the program requires (1) developing and implementing a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP); (2) conducting an annual inspection; (3) conducting visual monitoring on a quarterly basis; and (4) annual reporting. Facilities whose activities or materials are not exposed to stormwater are eligible for the City’s Stormwater No-Exposure certification (see next section). During the reporting period, five municipal facilities started to implement the program. In order to facilitate the implementation of the program, the Water Services Department hosted workshops for City employees and contractors. See details in the section for Employee Education and Outreach. Additionally, the City’s Environmental Management System (EMS) is being revised to provide the overarching authority to enforce the program.
Permit Ref. III.A.5e Status: Ongoing
5. Alternative Certification
The City developed a “no exposure” certification as an alternative to monitoring for certain qualified facilities in 2007. The content of the certification is based on the EPA’s “no exposure” certification for exclusion from NPDES Stormwater Permitting for Phase I Industrial Facilities. During this reporting period, ten certificates were issued to City-owned or operated facilities.
Permit Ref. NA Status: Ongoing
6. GIS Mapping
The City continues to maintain its GIS database for the facilities in the Inventory and Priority List. The database includes data layers of facility locations; the City CSS and MS4 boundary; separate storm sewer system components (lines, outfalls, catch basins, inlets, etc.); streams and watershed boundaries; and updated aerial photos, parcel boundary, and contour lines. The relevant attributes are also part of the database. City staff inspecting stormwater runoff at industrial facilities uses the database for site inspection planning, data display, analysis, and information retrieval. The GIS database has been and will continue to be updated as necessary.
8. Employee education and Outreach
Permit Ref. NA Status: Ongoing
Though not required by the Permit, the City continues to reach out to promote industrial awareness of the potential of stormwater pollution. The purpose is to better support the program to prevent, control, and minimize pollutant runoff from industrial operations. The Stormwater Utility Division performed the following activities during the reporting period: Hosted four Stormwater Self-Assessment workshops for a total of 29 employees from various City departments and their contractors. The workshop was intended to train employees (mainly facility managers or operators) on implementing the Self-assessment Program. Continuing to incorporate the theme of stormwater pollution prevention into employee training: Final
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Using “Storm Watch”, a DVD designed by EXCAL VISUAL for municipal operations, in the Environment Orientation Training for 180 new City employees. The purpose is to promote awareness of stormwater pollution among City employees. These employees come from various City Departments including Aviation, Human Resources, Neighborhood & Community Services, Parks & Recreation, and Water Services. Using “Storm Water Pollution Prevention”, a DVD designed by EXCAL VISUAL, in a Stormwater Self-Assessment workshop for employees from various City departments and 320 WSD staff (mainly field crew). The purpose is to keep employees up to date with stormwater regulatory requirements and stormwater pollution prevention techniques including good housekeeping, materials management, spill prevention, preventive maintenance and small spill clean-up. Designing an educational brochure for best management Figure 6. An Environmental Manager from practices for vehicle/equipment Union Pacific Railroad presented BMPs in a washing. stormwater workshop hosted by the City
Next Steps The City will continue its current efforts to target high-risk-runoff facilities: - The Inventory of high-risk-runoff facilities will be evaluated and updated on a regular basis. Additional facilities will be inspected for their runoff management and site BMPs; - The priority list for monitoring will be evaluated and updated on a regular basis. The monitoring program for those priority facilities will be evaluated and refined as appropriate and necessary. - The City will continue its monitoring for priority facilities or high-risk runoff areas. - The City will continue to promote and enforce its Stormwater Self-Assessment Program for municipal facilities, while starting to promote the program for the private sector. - The City will continue to explore opportunities to educate both municipal employees and industrial operators on industrial stormwater runoff management and BMPs.
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4.6 Reduce the Discharge of Pesticides, Herbicides, and Fertilizers The permit requires the City to implement a program to reduce pollutants in discharges from the MS4 associated with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Substantial ongoing activities have been identified that provide a solid foundation upon which to build enhanced levels of effectiveness.
Program Objectives The objective of this program is to eliminate the unnecessary or improper use of pesticides and herbicides through controlled management of City operations, training of staff, and educational efforts aimed at the broader public.
Discussion 1. Continuing the public education program to promote the proper use, handling, storage, and disposal of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers (PHFs)
Permit Ref.: III.A.6.a Status: Ongoing
Activities that have occurred during this reporting period have included: - NATIVE PLANTING: The City continues to promote NATIVE PLANTING to reduce the need for PHFs. The City utilizes various relevant programs via diverse media venues to encourage and instruct citizens on the use of native landscaping in both public and private areas. This has included: Successful programs established by the City include Nature First (a land management program managed by the Parks and Recreation Department), “Waterline” bill inserts, and “City-wide Tree Planting Program”. Highlights of these programs are: Nature First Program: Through the newly established Conservation Corps, the Parks & Recreation Department is not only able to continue to maintain its 236 acres of remnant and restored prairies, glades, and rain gardens, 6,500 acres of woodland, along with the wetland near the Lake of the Woods; but also coordinate City resources to leverage volunteer efforts, educate City staff and community groups in conservation practices, maintain City’s inventory of native and created natural resources and support the City’s Green Solutions and Climate Protection initiatives See Section 3. Overview of Stormwater Management for more details. “Waterline” bill inserts: distributed bill inserts to over 185,000 customers in one issue with material titled “Middle Blue River Green Solutions Pilot Project Conceptual Design Report completed” and “WSD builds rain garden at Laboratory”. City-wide Tree Planting Program: The Water Services Department and the Parks & Recreation Department teamed up on a new City-wide tree planting program to support the City’s Phase I Climate Protection Plan. A total of 575 trees of native species were planted on the Birmingham Wastewater Treatment Plant Farm property in the fall of 2009. The trees are watered and fertilized through the Water Services Department’s land biosolids application process. The trees will be transplanted to City right-of-ways and other public properties. Through leveraging of grant funds and donations, Parks planted 661 trees in parks, and on boulevards and other city streets as part of the urban forest
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canopy restoration project. The majority of these trees are native to the Kansas City region. The City’s partners in restoration and management of natural areas include Bridging the Gap affiliate KC Wildlands, Missouri Department of Conservation, GreenWorks, Blue River Watershed Association, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources, as well as numerous neighborhood associations and private corporations. In addition to maintaining City natural resources, the Parks & Recreation Department – Conservation Corps helps organize and lead workdays using volunteers and staff three or four times annually at each location to remove invasive species and plant native trees and other vegetation. These efforts also provide an educational forum for participants to learn of the benefit of restoring these areas to their original state. Volunteers from SkillsUSA again helped hand-build low-impact trails in two parks. The City also partners with Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City to host Home Show and Flower, Lawn and Garden Show. See Section 3. Overview of Stormwater Management and Section 5. Stormwater Public Education and Awareness Program for more details.
Figure 7. Constructing a low-impact trail at Hidden Valley Park through a partnership between the City and volunteers from SkillsUSA (Photo courtesy of Jimmi Lossing, Parks & Recreation Department)
- Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Disposal Program: The City continues to operate this program. The HHW facility serves as a core location for providing a cooperative regional collection system for the Missouri portion of the metropolitan area. The facility accepts residential hazardous wastes including pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Mobile events also are held throughout the City and the region to provide convenient opportunities for proper disposal. The program provides a viable alternative to improper disposal in landfills, storm sewers, or sanitary sewer facilities. Public education is a significant component of the program and provides a significant opportunity for enhancing public awareness. For more details, see Section 4.7.
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2. Implementing BMPs to reduce the contribution of pollutants associated with the application, storage, and disposal of PHFs on City-owned property and right-of-ways
Permit Ref.: III.A.6.b Status: Ongoing
Activities have included: - EMS revision and employee training: The City’s Environmental Management System (EMS), with regard to pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers (PHFs), was revised to provide more specific guidance that outlines the training and certification programs required to use specific pesticides, and to describe best management practices (BMPs) for reducing run-off of PHFs after their application. The objectives are to assure that City employees have the appropriate certification to handle these chemicals, and to provide guidance on BMPs for runoff control. - City facility environmental inspection: Every City facility receives an annual environmental inspection, which includes a review of procedures to acquire, store, use and dispose of hazardous chemicals. Any “opportunities for improvement” identified by the inspector are included in the written inspection report and tracked to ensure timely implementation. In addition, several facilities perform environmental self-inspections on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis (depending on the number of environmentally significant activities at the facility) to detect and correct deficiencies, including any problems related to hazardous chemicals. - Reporting: The City uses a “Tickler System” to keep track of environmental issues for City facilities. The system can automatically generate monthly reports to provide a summary of environmental obligations in each department and the completion status of each item. Through the same system, e-mail reminders, or "ticklers," are issued to staff weekly to remind them to address the environmental obligations for which they are responsible. - BMPs on City golf courses: The City continues to adopt Best Management Practices (BMPs) and environmental policies and procedures for its five golf courses: Hodge Park, Shoal Creek, Swope Memorial, Minor Park, and Heart of America. For the first four golf courses, the adopted BMPs, policies and procedures that minimize or help to minimize the discharge of PHFs from application include the following: Chemical use reduction & management practices: Comply with state and OSHA regulations that apply to storage and handling of chemicals; Train all key maintenance staff in the Integrated Pest Management strategies (e.g., proper timing and spot treatment, documenting and evaluating applications and results) and appropriate thresholds for disease and insects; and Train all key maintenance staff to recognize that chemical manufacturing, use, storage, and disposal may pose risks to human health and the environment. Cultural practices: Maintain green, tee, and fairway mowing heights at levels that can be reasonably maintained on a day-to-day basis without continually stressing turf or maximizing chemical inputs; Work to cultivate a diverse, living biotic soil community and encourage soil microorganisms; Plant more pest-resistant or stress-tolerant cultivars on playing surfaces and in landscaping; and
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Establish aesthetic and functional thresholds for insects, fungal, and weeds for all managed areas to precisely and efficiently manage pest populations and reduce chemical inputs. Best management practices: Evaluate potential control measures, including alterations in: cultural management, biological, physical, and mechanical controls, and chemical controls; Maintain records of treatments employed and their effectiveness and use them as a guide for future pest control decisions; Strive to treat problems at the proper time and under the proper weather conditions to maximize effectiveness and minimize harmful environmental impacts; Employ practices and use products that reduce the potential for contamination of ground and surface water; Ensure pesticides are applied by trained, licensed, applicators as directed by law; Establish “no spray zone” and buffer zone areas particularly around water features and other environmentally sensitive areas; Assure when cleaning equipment, no direct contact of wash/waste water with surface water; Store all chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers on metal shelving and liquid products below dry materials) properly; Handle all pesticides over an impermeable surface; and Have a spill containment kit and spill containment procedures in place. Water conservation management: Raise mowing height along water edges to slow and filter chemical runoff; Maintain and clean maintenance equipment in a manner that eliminates potential contamination of water areas; Mix and load pesticides in areas that guarantee spill containment; Handle and apply fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals in a manner that eliminates potential contamination of water areas; and Reduce or eliminate the need for chemical algae control in ponds through proper aeration. The Heart of America golf course utilizes the BMPs and policies which, in general, are consistent with those adopted by the other four golf courses (e.g., appropriate buffer zones around water features), but in a simplified version. Its BMPs and procedures that minimize or help to minimize the discharge of PHFs from application include the following: Educating key personnel on Integrated Pest Management strategies and appropriate thresholds for disease and insects; Complying with state and OSHA regulations that apply to storage and handling of chemicals; Adhering to sound cultural practices to promote health and vigor of turf grass and plant materials; Applying chemicals only during times that promote peak performance of such chemical; Securing storage areas of chemicals as well as inventorying on a periodic basis; Continuing education on current practices and procedures pertaining to use of chemicals as well as cultural practices; Maintaining a chemical spill kit centrally located to all potential spill areas; and Properly disposing of all pesticide containers. During the reporting period, each City golf course kept track of pesticide applications. The log forms recorded by staff at the golf courses of Hodge Park, Shoal Creek, Minor Park, and
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Heart of America include: date and time of application, weather condition, applied product name, amount used, target pests, location and size of the area treated, protective wear, application equipment/method, equipment clean up procedures, container disposal, surplus material disposal, and applicator’s signature. The Swope Memorial golf course maintained a record that included, but was not limited to information on: date and time of application, weather condition, applied product name, amount used, target pests, location and size of the area treated, and applicator’s signature. - BMPs on City Parks: The Parks & Recreation Department maintains 219 parks in the City. During the reporting period, no insecticides were used in any of these parks, and herbicides were applied only as necessary and primarily on the flowerbeds. - BMPs on City Lakes: The Parks & Recreation Department continued to use Blue Valley Laboratories, Inc. as the contractor to inspect and treat as necessary the following lakes: Chaumiere, Englewood, Lakewood Greenway (Upper), Lakewood Greenway (Lower), North Terrace, Bales, Loose Park, Deer, Penn Valley, Spring Valley, Troost, Klapmeyer, Migliazzo Park, Jerry Smith Farm, and the Lake of the Woods. Regarding BMPs on PHFs application, the City’s contract requires the contractor: (1) provide details of the water samples including microscopic examination for planktonic algae and bacteria examinations for fecal coliform and enterrococcus and provide a record of all treatments provided; (2) scan the waterbodies for pH, hardness, nitrates, pesticides, phosphates, heavy metals, and alkali’s; (3) assure all staff involved in the application of chemicals are trained and certified by the Missouri Department of Agriculture as a commercial applicator for aquatic pesticides. The contractor maintains a record on each activity: treated lake location, application date and time, name, category (e.g., EPA registered, non-regulated), and quantity of material used. - BMPs on larvicide usage on public properties: The Health Department (HD) purchases larvicide (a 90-day briquette) each year for distribution on City-owned property. The Parks & Recreation Department (PRD) distributes the larvicide at parks, golf courses, and lakes twice a year (spring and summer). The Health Department does some larviciding on City-owned properties that are not the responsibility of PRD, and this occurs only on a complaint basis. The Health Department responds to citizen inquiries on how to prevent mosquitoes by offering information and literature. The Parks & Recreation Department maintains a record on the usage of larvicide: location of treated site, street address, location type (e.g., lake, creek), date of application, and amount applied. - BMPs on right-of-ways: The City Parks & Recreation Department maintains 40-miles of park roads, hundreds of parking lots, 2,008-acres and 133-miles of boulevards, parkways, and streets. The department does not use pesticides in these rights-of-ways. Fertilizers are used sparingly only on an as-needed basis.
Next Steps The City will continue to track existing and planned BMPs that minimize the discharge of PHFs from application on municipal property by City staff or contractors. More BMPs will be developed city-wide.
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4.7 Reduce Illicit Discharges, Spills, and Improper Disposal The City continues to conduct a number of programs that mitigate non-point source pollution. The list includes, but is not limited to, the Neighborhood Cleanup Assistance Program (NCAP), KC-Recycles, Household Hazardous Waste Management Program, and the Keep Kansas City Beautiful program.
Program Objectives The following objectives were established for the permit year: - Continue to implement the City ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges to the waters of the MS4 except for certain listed de minimums discharges. The plan is to educate City personnel about the ordinance and to develop procedures necessary for implementing and tracking the ordinance implementation. The ordinance will also be further evaluated to determine if amendments to the ordinance are necessary. - Continue to implement procedures for illicit discharge investigation and enforcement including identifying additional priority areas for illicit discharge screening, targeting concentrated areas of industrial and commercial facilities, and implementing procedures to investigate when illicit discharges are discovered or reported. - Continue to implement procedures to prevent, contain and respond to spills that may discharge into the MS4. - Continue the public education program to inform the public on how to respond to spills, illegal dumping, illicit discharges, and water quality problems. - Continue use of the mobile collection events or establish collection sites for household hazardous waste. - Continue the sanitary sewer maintenance program to limit infiltration from municipal sanitary sewers to the MS4.
Discussion 1. Develop a city ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges to MS4
Permit Ref. III.7.a. Status: Ongoing
See previous annual reports for documentation related to the ordinance. No revision was made to the ordinance during this reporting period.
2. Implement a procedure for illicit discharge investigation and enforcement
Permit Ref. III.7.a & d Status: Ongoing
During the reporting period, the Stormwater Utility Division, Water Services Department was informed of two incidents that may have been related to illicit discharge or illegal connections and responded to one spill. The division investigated both incidents following the procedure developed in fiscal year 2005-2006. Sources for these incidents were identified and corrective measures were required by the responsible offenders. Additionally, the City reviewed the data on illicit discharges from roadways recorded by the Missouri Department of Transportation
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(MoDot)’s per its MS4 Permit Requirements, in an attempt to identify areas that need to be addressed for illicit discharges. 3. Identify priority areas and continue field Screening program
Permit Ref. III.7.b & c Status: Ongoing
The Stormwater Utility Division, Water Services Department identified additional watersheds and conducted field screening of the outfalls that are located in these watersheds. - Updated the priority watershed list: During this reporting period, twenty one additional watersheds - have been added to the list of watersheds for field screening activities. The newly added watersheds include: Rock Creek, Line Creek, NEID III, MO River Basin, Buckeye Creek, Mill Creek, Searcy Creek, Little Shoal Creek, Fishing River, Upper Shoal, First Creek, Second Creek, Rush Creek, Burlington, Walnut Creek, Todd Creek, Hickman Mills, White Oak, Randolph, Round Grove Creek, and Little Blue watersheds (Table 7). Table 7.
Priority watersheds for field screening
Watershed Rock Creek Line Creek NEID III MO River Buckeye Creek Mill Creek Searcy Creek Little Shoal Creek Fishing River Upper Shoal Creek First Creek Second Creek Rush Creek Burlington Creek Walnut Creek Todd Creek Hickman Mills Creek White Oak Creek Randolph Creek Round Grove Creek Little Blue River
Outfalls 4 34
Size Ranges 36” to 78” 36” to 10’
10 10 4 6 2 3 2 6 1 7 20 1 3 5 3 1 4 10 3
24” to72” 48” 36” to 10’ 36” to 10’ 36” 12” to 48” 48” to 60” 42” to 11’ 48” 15” to 48” 36” to 20’ 24” 4’ to 8’ 24” to 10’ 4’ to 14’ 4’ 36” to 52” 24” to 48” 24” to 48”
Comments: No suspicious outflows noted. 3- rock and sediment deposit inside. 3- structural damage and erosion nearby. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. 1-oil sheen noted. No suspicious outflows noted. 1- suds noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. No suspicious outflows noted. 1-algae present 1- suds noted 3-algae present
- Continued field screening for the outfall reconnaissance inventory (ORI): The Division has implemented the ORI with the outfalls identified above. Field screening was conducted following the procedure elaborated in the 2005/2006 annual report. The procedure requires a physical
inspection of the targeted outfalls, and completion of a field worksheet that requires
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descriptive and quantitative information about the outfall. Table 7 summarizes the results of the outfall inspections.
4. Prevent illicit discharge and improper disposal
Permit Ref. III.7.d & f Status: Ongoing
The City has continued implementing various waste management programs. Table 8 provides performance indicators on the City’s recent achievements. In addition to this progress, the following programs are of particular note: - The Neighborhood Cleanup Assistance Program: The program is organized by the Outreach and Community Development branch of the Solid Waste Division in the Public Works Department. The program includes four subprograms: Multi-neighborhood Cleanup, Dumpsters, Tire Collection, and Blue Bag Programs. During the reporting period, the program made the following achievements: Multi-neighborhood Cleanup Events 211 neighborhood associations participated; Collected 739 tons of trash and 40,766 tires. Blue Bag Cleanup Distributed 4,255 bags. Dumpster Program Placed 361 bins. Tires Drop-off site Collected 4,436 tires. - Combating illegal dumping within parks and along boulevards and parkways: Parks & Recreation continued working with law enforcement personnel, neighborhood and community groups, other City departments, the City’s Illegal Dumping Task Force and other stakeholders in the multi-faceted effort to address the dumping problem. Department crews assisted citizens, provided support for and participated in neighborhood cleanup days throughout the city. Park crews collected 1,785.76 tons of trash dumped in parks, (including large appliances, household trash, unusable paint and household chemicals, and trash which is properly disposed of in receptacles); and collected and recycled several tons of discarded tires. Cameras were installed or maintained in 27 locations often used for dumping. - The Household Hazardous Waste Management Program: The program is hosted by the Water Services Department. It consists of three subprograms: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Drop-off, Swap Shop, and HHW Mobile Collection Events. The program services about 60 communities from five counties in the region. The program continues its success in collecting, recovering, and recycling hazardous materials and producing reusable chemicals for the public. During the reporting period, the program collected 1,091,716 pounds of materials. See Figure 8, Figure 9, and Table 8 for program achievements in 2009. - The KC Recycles Program: See Section 3. Overview of Stormwater Management for program details and Table 8 for program achievements. - The Property Maintenance and Nuisance Enforcement Program: The program is an expansion of the previous Illegal Dumping Enforcement program. Both programs are administered by the
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Neighborhood Preservation Division of the Neighborhood and Community Services Department. The mission of the current program are to improve and stabilize neighborhoods, protect property values and help to promote a healthy, safe environment through enforcing the City’s nuisance code. During the reporting period, the program accomplished the following: completed 92,990 inspections, closed 20,367 cases, abated 27,638 codes violations, and removed 2,240 tons of debris. The program focus is on investigation while all referrals for site abatement are sent to the City’s Public Works’ Solid Waste Division.
Permit Ref. III.7.e Status: Ongoing
5. Spill prevention, containment, and response
The City’s Hazardous Materials Division (HazMat 71) responded to 300 spill/leak incidents between May 2008 and April 2009. Eight percent of the incidents were attributable to chemical spills or leaks, 29% were associated with gasoline or other flammable liquid spills, 14% were related to oil or other combustible liquid spills, 48% was due to flammable gas or liquid conditions, and less than 1% was from refrigeration leaks. The Public Safety Section of the Information Technology Department keeps track of the spill incidents to which the Hazardous Material Division has responded.
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Table 8. Performance measures on recent achievements by comprehensive waste management and Keep Kansas City Beautiful KC Recycles (ton, FY 09/10) Community (Drop-off Center) Recycling: 1,962 Curbside Recycling: 17,600 E-waste Collection: 25 Organics collection: 159 City Department Internal Recycling – Paper, plastics & scrap metals (FY 09/10) Aviation Department: 390,780 pounds All departments: 309,522 pounds Appliance and Bulky Items Collection (FY 09/10) Number of appliances collected: 670 Bulky items collected (ton): 6,159 Leaves and Brush Collection (FY 09/10) Drop-off site (ton): 18,634 Curbside (ton): 6,899 Illegal Dumping Cleanup (FY 09/10): Material collected (ton): 4,578 Neighborhood Cleanup Assistance (FY 09/10) Participating home associations: 211 Cleanup waste (ton): 739 Leaf and brush collected (ton): 190 Number of tires collected: 40,799
Number of “Blue Bags” delivered: 4,255
Household Hazardous Waste (2009) HHW Facility Mobile outreach HHW received Number of vehicles HHW received Number of vehicles (lb) delivering HHW (lb) delivering HHW 615,854 4,568 475,862 3,679 Volunteers 550
Blue River Rescue (March , 2010) Trash removed (ton) 55
Swap shop Material Cost saved (lb) ($) 166,946 31,379 Tires removed 500
Keep Kansas City Beautiful (KKCB) KKCB Great America Cleanup(GAC) (2010) Events Communities assisted Litter Illegal dump-sites Volunteer (ton) # Hour 62 134 83 4 1,994 29,244 Sustainable Beautification (FY 09/10) New partnerships: 15 Volunteer shifts: 207 Gardens planted: 16 National Public Lands Day (September 2009) Volunteers: 46 Volunteer hours: 138 Litter cleaned (lb): 2,000 Green Events (FY 09/10) Events Attendees Volunteers Service Hours Materials recycled (ton) 46 496,461 857 1,759 >3.5 tons
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Material Disposition by Type Flammable Solids a nd Rea ctives 0%
Pesticides 4% Latex 52%
Aerosols 2% Antifreeze 3% Automotive Ba tteries 3%
Steel 3% Alkaline Batteries 1% Oxidizers 0% Bases 1%
Used Oil 4%
Paint Rela ted Materials 23%
Acids 1%
Figure 8.
Rechargeable Batteries 0% Flourescent Lighting Waste 1%
Flamma ble Liquids 4%
Material by type generated by the Household Hazardous Waste Facility in 2009
(Provided by L. Isch, KCMO HHW Program Manager. Total weight of the materials: 1,136,551 lb; note the total weight counts only the materials that were disposed of and shipped out.)
Distribution of Material/Waste Processed
%
10 5 0
Neutralized
15
Incinerated
20
Recycled
25
Swapped
30
Energy Recovered
35
Recycled post treatment
40
Processing method
total weight processed: 1,138,192 (lb)
Figure 9. 2009
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Distribution of material managed by Household Hazardous Waste Facility in
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6. Public education
Permit Ref. III.7. f Status: Ongoing
In 2005, the City designated a hotline for reporting illicit discharges [(816)513-0550]. Since 2007, the City’s 3-1-1 Action Center, which serves as a central point of contact for all City Services, has started to take all illicit discharge reports. The Center logs the reported information into a central database using a standard format which documents information about the complainant, reporting date, incident address, complaint nature, etc. Requested services or investigation (in the case of illicit discharges) are directed to appropriate departments for handling.
Permit Ref. III.7. g Status: Ongoing
7. Continuing the sanitary sewer maintenance program
Table 9 summarizes sanitary sewer maintenance performed by the WSD. Additional investigations/rehabilitation/construction work has been conducted including the several largescale sewer rehabilitation/infill sewer projects and Special Assessment Sanitary Sewer Projects. The City also passed an ordinance to execute A Long-term Overflow Control Plan required under the Consent Decree with the United States. Additionally, the WSD started to work on Strategic Plan for Infill Sewers and Septic Tanks. Table 9.
Sanitary sewers maintenance performance for FY 09/10 Maintenance by WSD-System Engineering Division (estimated*)
TV Sanitary sewer lines
Sewer line cleanup – Debris removed
Manholes rehabilitated
Sewer line rehabilitated/replaced
11.1 miles
> 251 cubic yards
26
5.3 miles
Emergency response by WSD-System Engineering Division public main repairs: 600 feet
Number of sewer lines for private repairs: 144
Wastewater Maintenance Division Sewer televised
Sewer cleaned 61 miles 286 miles Bad odor investigations
Public sewer Private sewer repaired repaired 165 190 Water in basement calls received
Manhole Stoppage repaired opened 94 54 New connections inspected
1125
511
446
* The numbers here include those from the projects that were budgeted, but not necessarily constructed within the reporting period.
- Line Creek Sewer Rehabilitation This project consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 6,692 linear feet of sanitary interceptor sewer lines (ranging from 36” to 54”), and the rehabilitation of 21 manholes, together with all appurtenances. Construction of this project started in February 2010.
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-Jumping Branch Sewer Rehabilitation This project consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 9,000 linear feet of sanitary interceptor sewer lines, and the rehabilitation of 37 manholes. Construction of this project started in February 2010. - 59th St and Norfleet Sanitary Sewer Improvement (Infill Sewers) The project involved 2000 linear feet of new sanitary sewers. The Project was completed at end of 2009. -48th Terrace and Logan Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvement (Infill Sewers) The project involves 600 linear feet of new sanitary sewers. The construction of the Project started in February 2010. -NE 52nd St and Randolph Road (Infill Sewers) The project involves 700 linear feet of new sanitary sewers. The construction of the Project started in February 2010. - Special Assessment Sanitary Sewer (Infill Sewer) Projects: The Water Services Department continues to provide services for developed areas on septic tank systems by implementing projects that extend public sewers to these areas. The purpose is to provide the home owners with a cost effective alternative to replace their septic tanks and to connect to the public sewer system. During the reporting period, ten projects were bid and thirteen projects were under construction. - Long-term Overflow Control Plan: The City continues to implement an Overflow Control Plan to address its overflows from the aging combined sewer system. As a component of the Plan, the Middle Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project will measure and evaluate the performance of green solutions within a portion of th the Middle Blue River Basin. A Figure 10. An infill sewer project at NE 39 St. Conceptual Design Report was and Prather Rd. completed to provide basic planning (Photo courtesy of A. Ivanescu, Water Services and physical data for the project. The Department) Report also recommended the quantity and types of green solution systems to control stormwater runoff that discharges to the combined sewer systems. See Section 3. Overview of Stormwater Management for background information. - Infill Sewer Advisory Committee: In August 2009, the Water Services Department presented the “Strategic Plan for Infill Sewers and Septic Tanks” report to the Advisory Committee and City Council. Both endorsed the plan’s short and long-term strategies for addressing infill sewers Final
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and septic tanks. The plan identified six key strategies to guide plan implementation: (1) complete active infill projects; (2) develop and implement a financial assistance program for private connections; (3) develop and implement criteria for new infill areas; (4) identify and implement long term funding source; (5) develop and implement septic system inspection program; and (6) educate septic tank owners on how to maintain their systems. For Strategy (1), the Department identified 18 project areas for constructing public sewers. During the reporting period, the Department entered into contracts or agreements on 11 projects for $3,224,082. The Department was developing or recommending on activities associated with other strategies.
Next Steps The City will continue to: - Work out the administrative and field logistics necessary to implement and enforce the Stormwater Discharge Control Regulations (Illicit Discharge Ordinance); - Work with consultant on revisions to the Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination program Standard Operating Procedures (SOP); - Continue the Outfall Reconnaissance Inventory (ORI) to complete additional watersheds during the upcoming permit year. - Conduct the field screening of outfalls located in the identified high-risk areas and continue to prioritize the remaining watersheds for additional investigations; - Implement procedures to prevent, contain, and respond to spills that may potentially discharge into the MS4; - Educate and train appropriate City staff on the protocol for responding when a spill, illicit discharge or illegal dumping to the MS4 is observed; and - Continue its effort with I/I removal from the sanitary sewer system. - Continue to address infill sewers and septic tanks using the established strategies.
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4.8 Reduce Pollutants in Construction Site Runoff The Permit requires that the City review and update ordinance(s) as necessary for compliance with the MS4 Permit. Additionally, Part III.A.8.c of the Permit refers to the “Grading Ordinance” and “Stormwater, Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance” as pertinent ordinances associated with reducing construction site runoff. The City continues its efforts to seek ways to enhance or clarify the provisions pertinent to the control of construction site runoff conditions. The City has also modified Chapter 63 of the City’s Code of Ordinances enhancing the enforcement provisions of these sections. The revisions provide for reimbursement of the costs of enforcement actions taken against permittees of construction projects for erosion and sediment control violations. Various City departments that evaluate construction sites and erosion and sediment controls continue to track their site inspections to assure compliance with the Permit conditions.
Program Objectives The program objectives for this permitting year were to: - Continue to maintain an effective system to track erosion and sediment control permits on active construction sites; - Continue to inspect active construction sites for compliance with the City’s Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance; - Continue to provide Inspector Training and outreach to the construction industry; and - Continue to enforce the City’s Construction Site Runoff Program.
Discussion 1. Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance review and update
Permit Ref. III.8.a Status: Ongoing
The City has also modified Chapter 63 of the City’s Code of Ordinances enhancing the enforcement provisions of these sections. The revisions provide for reimbursement of the costs of enforcement actions taken against permittees of construction projects for erosion and sediment control violations. It is understood that modifications to the ordinances are an ongoing process and the City is continually looking for ways to enhance or clarify the provisions in the following erosion and sediment control-related ordinances: - Chapter 63, Article II, all Divisions and Sections; - Related ordinance provisions in Chapter 18, Article I, Section 2, 9, 12, 19 and 21; - Chapter 48, Article II, Division I, Section 44; and - Any other ordinance provisions associated with the proper tracking and inspection of construction site runoff conditions that assure compliance with the MS4 Permit. 2. Maintaining an inventory of active construction sites
Permit Ref. III.8.b Status: Ongoing
- Private development site (≥1 acre): The City continued to use the KIVA system to track active private development construction sites. During this report period, there were 48 new site disturbance permit issued and 65 active site disturbance permits for private development construction sites.
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- City owned construction projects (≥1 acre): The Stormwater Utility Division maintains a spreadsheet to keep track of projects (≥1 acre) that are constructed by individual City departments. There were 26 City-department projects recorded during the reporting period. The City has other systems for tracking Cityowned construction projects ( 1 acre (Inspection) ≤ 1 acre (Inspection) Letters on site deficiency: 28 Correction notices: 593 ≤ 1 acre (Complaint-driven investigation) Letters on site deficiency: 40 Tickets prosecuted: 2 Stop Work Order: 0
INSPECTION Public detention basin: 5
Private detention basin: 40 Catch basin/Inlet: 14,941
Missouri River levee: 22.2 miles
Blue River levee: 5.3 miles Industrial facility
Municipal facility: 17
Private facility: 40
TV sanitary sewer line: 11.1(miles) City projects ≥ 1 acre 93a
Active construction site (erosion & sediment control) Private development ≤ 1 acre ≤ 1 acre (Complaint-driven) 7,658 78 (investigation)
> 1 acre 1,292
MUTI-MEDIA PUBLLIC EDUCATION Local efforts – 1: Distribute education material Water bill inserts >185,000 customers/bi-monthly Local effors-2: Community meetings, fairs and presentations for wet weather programs 2 community meetings/50 residents 2 road show presentations / 65 attendees Regional efforts – 1 Lead sponsoring Missouri River Watershed Event: 615 attendees Volunteer number: 394
Regional efforts – 2 Lead sponsoring Missouri River Cleanup Litter (ton): 12 Bank cleaned (river miles): 12
Regional efforts – 3 Lead sponsoring Keep Kansas City Beautiful Volunteer number: 9,970 Hours: 31,927 Trash cleaned: >87 tons Regional efforts – 4 Lead sponsoring Water Quality Public Education Program Water quality protection, water conservation, pet waste handling Brochures distributed Wrist bands Native plan seed packets Pet waste bag dispensers/signs 915 1,143 47 14,553 Youth activity books Water faucet aerators Grants issued Rain garden workshop attendees 561 155 8 projects/$20,000 80 a
The construction-site database maintained by WSD records 20 City-departmental projects (handled by individual departments on City-owned property) for the reporting period. Site inspection for sediment and erosion control was performed by individual responsible department. The actual number is not available.
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Water Quality Degradation / Improvements
A description of water quality trend has been provided in Part 5. Conduct biological assessment of Section 6. Watershed Monitoring Program. In general, the existing data indicates some improvement in both stream water quality (e.g., dissolved oxygen level, conductivity) and habitat condition (Stream Habitat Assessment Procedure score) from 2007 to 2009. But these improvements were not consistently reflected in the macroinvertebrate indices (e.g., taxa richness, Shannon Diversity Index). More monitoring data is needed to provide an accurate evaluation and trend analysis of the water quality. However the following activities are expected to have a positive impact on the City’s surface water quality.
Over 1 million pounds of household hazardous waste was collected, recycled, and properly disposed of in 2009; Approximately 1,962 tons of material was recovered by stationed community recycling centers, and over 17,600 tons of material was recovered by curbside recycling during FY 2009/10; Approximately 6,899 tons of leaf and brush were collected from residential curbside during FY 2009/10; The Litter Index remained low at 1.46; Approximately 1,292 sediment /erosion control inspections were conducted for private development which disturbed areas more than one acre; Under the Special Assessment Sanitary Sewer Program, 13 projects were under construction, and 10 projects had been bid; Over 18,700 miles of streets were swept and 2,530 tons of litter was removed from streets; Nearly 14,940 cleanings of storm inlets were completed.
As a result of these efforts, a significant amount of materials and waste did not get into the storm drain system reducing pollution in our local waterways.
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8. FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION This report provides a review of the fifth permit year’s implementation of Kansas City, Missouri’s MS4 permit. During this reporting period, the City’s first 5-year Permit term expired. The City has continued to operate its storm sewer system per the requirements listed in the expired permit, while working with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to renew the Permit for the second term. The following listing presents the City’s vision for the near future regarding the permit activities for better managing stormwater, protecting natural resources, and ensuring full compliance with the Permit conditions: - Continue to provide policy support: Enhance/update the existing policies and operating procedures, where applicable, by incorporating and promoting the stormwater protection element. For example, the City is revising its Environmental Management System to include stormwater pollution prevention requirement for City facilities and Best Management Practices (BMP) for pesticide application on City properties. Establish strategic stormwater-related policies. For example, the City is implementing a Stormwater Self-assessment program for City-owned or operated facilities, and the requirement will be made applicable to private industrial facilities. The new Kansas City Zoning and Development Code, which will allow subdivision design that is more efficient and promotes more open space and greater natural resource protection, will be enforced. - Continue to improve the existing services by focusing on: Seeking opportunities to incorporate water quality considerations; Providing adequate trainings to City employees (e.g., construction site inspectors, industrial facility operators, field crew) for stormwater requirements; Accelerating actions associated with program implementation; and Promoting City staff’s awareness on stormwater pollution, especially those whose work can directly impact stormwater quality. - Continue to seek public involvement and promote public outreach: Enhance the existing education programs; and Seek and create opportunities for further outreach. - Continue to evaluate the stormwater management programs: Evaluate the programs’ progress against the predetermined goals or objectives; Examine the outcomes and identify appropriate measures or indicators; and Use the evaluation results to improve current practices. In summary, the City’s goal is not only to comply with the state and federal regulations but also to prevent stormwater pollution and improve stormwater runoff quality.
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LIST OF ATTACHMENTS A- 1
2009 Kansas City, Missouri Inventory of Industrial and Other High-Risk Runoff Facilities
A- 2
2009 Kansas City, Missouri Priority List of Industrial and Other High-Risk Runoff Facilities
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Kansas City, Missouri Public Education/Information Material – Waterlines
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