Technical and Financial Assistance

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1 Technical and Financial Assistance The following section provides information related to: Element D. Estimate of the amounts of technical and financial assistance needed, associated costs, and/or the sources and authorities that will be relied upon to implement this plan. Throughout this multi-year effort, the Upper San Marcos WPP Stakeholder Committee worked together with governmental and nongovernmental organizations to investigate potential commitments for implementing WPP activities. Please see Management Measures, Table X to be assigned and Education and Outreach Activities, Table 2 for a detailed list of implementation activities and partner commitments. Formal financial agreements will be finalized during summer of 2107 and will be updated as required. Funding agreements will include City of San Marcos, Hays County, Texas State University and other partner s pledges to commit and seek additional funding required to implement the activities outlined for the 1 st years of the plan, and, over the next 10+ years. Because appropriation of funding at the University and local governments cannot anticipate future projects beyond their current budget cycles, formal appropriations at the University, City and County level have not yet been approved or allocated. University, City and County representatives have pledged to support and present the WPP implementation needs to their respective bodies for approval on an annual basis. The Stakeholder Committee and project partners will apply for additional funding to implement Plan components as needed in the future and also will solicit technical support on an ongoing basis. Table 1 below lists potential funding sources and grants available for WPP implementation activities, including federal, state and private monies. Sources of potential additional technical assistance are listed in Table 2. 1

2 Table 1. Financial assistance available for WPP implementation Financial Assistance, Grants for WPP Implementation Activities Focus Area Organization Additional Information Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund Regional Water Supply and Wastewater Facility Planning Section 604(b) Federal Clean Water Act* Section 106 State Water Pollution Control Grants Municipal Solid Waste, Regional Solid Waste Grants Section 319(h) Federal Clean Water Act Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) *low priority Wastewater, reuse, and stormwater infrastructure Water supply and wastewater STATE TWDB TWDB ms/cwsrf/ ms/rfpg/ Water quality management TCEQ (EPA) planning, watershed restoration plans Multiple TCEQ (EPA) Solid waste management WPP Implementation Water quality planning TCEQ TCEQ, TSSWCB (EPA) TCEQ, TSSWCB e_permits/waste_planning/wp_grants.html npoint-source/grants/grant-pgm.html, ntprogram#319 p/wqmanagement_definition.html, Texas Department of Transportation grants, funds Water Supply Enhancement (Formerly Brush Control ) Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Landowner Incentive Various, including County Infrastructure Land management, springflow Land stewardship, Land management, TXDOT TSSWCB ounty-fund.html l /farm-and-ranch/ /lip/ 2

3 Outdoor Recreation, Parks Grants Financial Assistance, Grants for WPP Implementation Activities Focus Area Organization Additional Information Small Towns Environment, Texas Capital Fund Main Street Improvements, Texas Capital Fund Infrastructure Development Feral Hog Abatement Grant EQIP: Quality Incentives Grassland Reserve Farm & Ranch Lands Protection Agricultural Conservation Easement Rural Development (USDA-RD) Enhancement * Recreation, open spaces, parks Development, infrastructure, green infrastructure Reduction in hog related bacteria and TSS pollution Watershed Protection, Flood Prevention Land and water management, Land and water management, Multiple water and s STATE TDA, The Texas Department of Rural Affairs Texas Dept Agriculture (TDA) FEDERAL USDA tion-grants/grant-programs, tion-grants/#coop ces/ruraleconomicdevelopment/ruralcomm unitydevelopmentblockgrant(cdbg)/smallto wns.aspx, ces/ruraleconomicdevelopment/texascapital Fund/MainStreetImprovement.aspx, uraleconomicdevelopment/texascapitalfund. aspx ces/tradeandbusinessdevelopment/feralhog Grant etail/national/programs/financial/eqip/?cid= stelprdb ain/national/programs/easements/farmranch / ain/tx/programs/easements/acep/ Education Grants (Public and Private) education and outreach OTHER Multiple (EPA, National Education Foundation, etc) al-education-ee-grants, Texas Agricultural Land Trust easement funding Land TALT 3

4 Financial Assistance, Grants for WPP Implementation Activities Focus Area Organization Additional Information Land and water Multiple (local, management, regional, state and national) Various Land Trust Organizations and Trust for Public Land Private, Foundation Funding and Grants Specific Implementation, Management Measure Funding EAA HCP Water quality, watershed protection, restoration, water, land management and, implementation of WPP activities Water quality, watershed protection, restoration, water, land management and, implementation of WPP activities The City of San Marcos is required to spend $150,000 annually to implement measures in the WQPP to protect water quality; EAA provides additional funding for water quality related HCP activities and the City will utilize CIP and other funds to complete WQPP related efforts above and beyond the minimum $150,000 Multiple -- Corporate partnerships, City of San Marcos, Hays County, Guadalupe Blanco River Authority, NGOs, civic groups, Annual Funding Requirements n/ _selected?c=19&c=19 4

5 Table 2. Technical assistance available for WPP implementation Technical Assistance for WPP Implementation Activities Organization Focus/Management Area National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), EPA, SARA, Watershed Management Group, The Meadows Center, City of San Marcos/HCP, Texas State University (facilities, Health, Safety and Risk Management), HCP Implementation Committee San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance Hays County Master Naturalists, City of San Marcos/HCP TCEQ BSCEAD, EAA, HTGCD Texas Parks and Wildlife Department () Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (TX AgriLife) Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Lone Star Healthy Streams Private Lands and Habitat Management, Education and Technical Assistance s Project WILD and Project WILD Aquatic s Texas Land Trust Council and other Land Trust organizations Texas Rivers Protection Association, San Marcos River Foundation, Hill Country Alliance, Texas Stream Team GBRA Texas Watershed Stewards and similar Texas A&M Agrilife programs The Nature Conservancy Texas State University, TCEQ, Texas Water Resources Institute The Meadows Center Hays County The Meadows Center,, Water Casa, American Water Works Association (Texas Chapter TWWA) EPA, Smart Growth Network TWDB, GBRA, FEMA, EPA Green Infrastructure, LID, stormwater retrofits, Riparian Buffers, BMP installation Open spaces, watershed protection, recreation Riparian restoration, native planting OSSFs Groundwater surface water management, data collection/analysis and groundwater management Wildlife related management strategies, feral hog removal Various Conservation plans, riparian buffers, easements Conservation plans, riparian buffers, bmp installation Conservation plans, riparian buffers, feral hogs, agricultural BMPs, Conservation plans, agricultural BMPs, riparian buffers Bacterial contamination originating from livestock operations and feral hogs Land, riparian and habitat management Education and outreach Land management, watershed protection, easements, land protection Education and outreach Education and outreach, data collection Education and outreach, data collection, technical assistance with data analysis Education and outreach, technical assistance with BMP implementation Education and outreach, data collection, land owner assistance, land, riparian and habitat management activities, land and watershed protection Development of local EMCs Land development codes Tree protection strategies Water strategies Compact development, site specific development Flooding and stormwater 5