GETTING STARTED: LEVERAGING FUNDING SOURCES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES KAMM CONFERENCE August 24, 2016 Presented By: Sarah Taylor

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1 GETTING STARTED: LEVERAGING FUNDING SOURCES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES 2016 KAMM CONFERENCE August 24, 2016 Presented By: Sarah Taylor

2 OVERVIEW Do I really have a problem? Identifying the need Finding the right balance Planning ahead Target funding sources Examples

3 DO I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM? KENTUCKY FACTS Water Quality Top 3 impairments: sedimentation, fecal coliform, nutrients Top 3 sources: agriculture, loss of riparian habitat, sanitary sewage Development Over the past 200 years we have lost 99% of woodlands, prairies and pre-settlement forests (KY Natural Heritage Database 2007) Kentucky lost 80% of it s original wetlands (Dhal and Johnson 1991). Sedimentation is the #1 Impairment Imbalance may lead to excess sediment Bank scour channel evolution Infrastructure exposure

4 DO I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM? KENTUCKY MONITORING SUMMARY (KDOW 2012) DESCRIPTION STREAM (MILES) LAKES, RIVERS, PONDS (ACRES) Good waters 3, ,364.8 Impaired waters 7, ,132.6 TMDL completed Non-pollutant impairment TMDL needed 7, , Total assessed waters 11, ,497.4 Total waters 49, ,385.0 Waters assessed 24% 97.4% Waters impaired 67% (33% Good) 41% (59% Good)

5 THE RIGHT BALANCE

6 THE RIGHT BALANCE

7 THE RIGHT BALANCE Biology diversity of aquatic and riparian Physiochemical temperature, oxygen, nutrients Geomorphology function of in stream features and materials to create bed forms Hydraulics transport of water/sediment through channel Hydrology flow of water through a watershed Adapted from Stream Mechanics

8 DO I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM? Louisiana Flooding 2016 Northern, KY Channel Erosion University of Louisville 3 rd Street Bridge Typical Roadway Collapse

9 IDENTIFY THE NEED Where are the problem areas? Cross-reference your programs what kind of data are you collecting and who s reviewing Flood Insurance Rate Maps Customer Complaints Do I need more information? Desktop evaluation Boots on the ground study

10 PLANNING AHEAD Get Creative Understand potential funding programs Piggy back on other projects Look for low hanging fruit (city owned property or parks adjacent to waterways) Utilize city crews to provide matching funds Prison work programs for general maintenance Develop strategic partners to help Maintain standards Collaborate/share data Share financial resources

11 TARGET FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Kentucky Fee In-Lieu of Program (FILO) FREE Stream restoration: Improve habitat and reduce sedimentation Pays for design, permitting, construction, and monitoring Looking for sites at least 1,000 LF and willing to have a 100 FT riparian buffer

12 TARGET FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES EPA 319(h) Grants Watershed based plan development and implementation For projects that help protect, mitigate, and prevent runoff pollution 60% Federal/40% Non-Federal Match London, KY

13 TARGET FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Five Star Restoration and Grants Program $2.5 million in funding available in 2016 Goal is to improve water quality and habitat Wetland Riparian Forest Wildlife Conservation Tree Canopy Enhancement Monitoring Outreach

14 TARGET FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FEMA GRANT PROGRAMS HMGP FMA PDM Disaster Related Funded at 75% Federal, 13% Local, 12% State Severe Repetitive Loss Structures (100% Federally Funded) Repetitive Loss Structures (90% Federal/10% Local) Insured Structures (75% Federal/25% Local) 75% Federal 25% Local Climate Resiliency Structure Acquisition: Maple Street Louisville, KY Green infrastructure, stream restoration, flood diversion storage, aquifer storage

15 STRATEGIC - LOCAL LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS Use volunteer groups for clean up and planting Community advocates

16 OTHER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Universities State regulatory agencies Mitigation program administrators

17 CHICKASAW PARK Partnership between Metro Parks, MSD, and U of L Enhance recreation & water quality Seek grant funding to encourage sampling & canoeing on the pond for disadvantaged youths Design, monitoring and 303d delisting Outreach and education Fish consumption designated use is impaired in Chickasaw Pond

18 LOUISVILLE MSD INITIATIVES MS4 Permit requires Louisville MSD maintain stream improvement sites 32+ no mow and restoration sites 120,000 feet of no mow 34,000 feet of stream stabilized or restored Inspects on a rotating annual basis Maintenance performed annually MSD receives stream maintenance credit toward their CRS (Community Rating System) program Class Rating Middle Fork Beargrass Creek Jefferson, County

19 CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE Nearly 2 miles of collective stream restoration Storm water wetland creation Funding from the State In- Lieu Fee program & USDA grant for sampling and monitoring of water quality City crews to provide construction Local volunteer groups (Boy Scouts and others) Oostanaula Creek and Library Wetland North Mouse Creek Stream Restoration

20 QUESTIONS? Sarah Taylor, PE (502)