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RESOLUTION NO. 2191 - INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF KELSO, COWLITZ COUNTY AND THE CONSOLIDATED DIKING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION ON STORMWATER PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Provide sustainable water quality & environmental infrastructure
Continue effective financial management
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: REQUIRED
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Under the provisions of the Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit, the City of Longview is required to “develop and implement an education and outreach program designed to reduce or eliminate behaviors and practices that cause or contribute to adverse stormwater impacts and encourage the public to participate in stewardship activities.”
The Permit specifies that this program may be developed and implemented locally or regionally. Accordingly, the City of Longview has been working with other municipal stormwater permittees in Cowlitz County to develop a cooperative stormwater public education and outreach initiative.
Known as the “Cowlitz Clean Water Partners,” this collaboration seeks to pool resources, ideas, talents, capabilities and audiences from the various participants to create more wide-reaching and impactful education and outreach efforts than could be achieved by any of the participants individually. Namely, working together would result in a larger and more cost effective program than could be achieved alone by the City, in addition to providing for more consistent messaging regionally to a larger audience.
The proposed Interlocal Agreement between the City of Longview and the City of Kelso, Cowlitz County and CDID #1 provides the framework for this collaboration and the financial contribution from each participant towards the regional efforts.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
The Interlocal Agreement specifies the annual total cost and expenses for the regional program shall not exceed $10,000, and that CDID #1 shall assume 5% of the to...
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