LUESA Overview. Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) FY Strategic Business Plan. Six Divisions

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1 Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) FY Strategic Business Plan Ebenezer S. Gujjarlapudi, P.E. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL RETREAT LUESA Overview Six Divisions Air Quality Attainment status for Ozone in August 2015 Code Enforcement over 94k permits and 265k inspections in 2015 Geospatial Information Services (GIS) 36 mil sq. ft. of billed impervious data Water and Land Resources 76.1% streams suitable for human contact (25% in 1998) Solid Waste coordinated disposal of over 500k tons of waste Support Services coordinated move to Suttle Ave Served over 1 million customers in FY

2 LUESA Strategic Business Plan Goals Goal 1: Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Goal 2: Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Goal 3: Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations LUESA Strategic Business Plan Goals Goal 1: Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Goal 2: Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Goal 3: Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations 90-72

3 Goal 1: Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Background and Rationale: Interlocal agreements until 2028 Speedway Landfill contract expires 2020 Material Recovery Facility (MRF) contract expires ,000+ tons at Speedway 100,000+ tons at the MRF 80,000+ tons of Construction & Demolition Debris at Foxhole Flow of Waste Residential & Commercial Grass/Leaves Residential & Commercial Waste Residential Recycling (Cans, Bottle, paper, etc.) Compost Facility Meck Co Owned Operated Yard Waste MSW Trash ~375,000 tons/yr ~76,000 TPY Meck tons ~26,000 TPY Salisbury tons Finished Compost & Ground Mulch Is Sold $$ Non Municipal Participants Republic (BFI) MSW LANDFILL Meck County Material Recycling Facility Various Privately Owned Recycling & Waste Facilities MSW Trash ~80,000 TPY ~180,000 TPY Meck County Drop Off Centers (Recycling & Trash) Mostly Commercial Construction & Demolition Waste C & D Waste ~26,000 TPY FOXHOLE Landfill Construction & Demo Waste = Private = Meck County Owned 90-73

4 Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Objective 1: Review operating agreements to ensure long term waste disposal and recycling opportunities Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Background and Rationale: Impact of commodity markets on current practices Opportunities to enhance recovery of some recyclables 90-74

5 Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Objective 2: Seek cost effective environmental solutions towards waste reduction, reuse and recycling Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Background and Rationale: Four full service centers Eight self service centers Increased customer numbers Movement of materials between locations Opportunities for Public/Private partnerships 90-75

6 Facility Improvements and Enhancements One example is installation of Scales at all Solid Waste Facilities to accurately charge customers Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Objective 3: Evaluate and update infrastructure necessary for waste acceptance and processing 90-76

7 LUESA Strategic Business Plan Goals Goal 1: Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Goal 2: Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Goal 3: Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations Goal 2: Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Background and Rationale: Six monitoring sites State Review Session Law Mecklenburg County meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standards State Review of Gasoline Tax funding Impact on GRADE performance State Review of Environmental Regulations 90-77

8 Ozone Air Quality, Mecklenburg County 8-hour Design Value Concentration Based on Annual 4th Maximum 8-hour Average 100 Concentration, ppb Mecklenburg Compliance Value 2008 NAAQS 2015 NAAQS 90-78

9 Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Objective 1: Improve and maintain healthy air quality Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Background and Rationale: Creek Use Policy Adopted October 16, 1996 Primarily impacted by fecal coliform FY 2015 performance 76.1% vs. goal of 85% by 2020 (25% in 1998) Continuous monitoring of 30 stream sites Stream walks of 280 miles in FY2015 Removal of over 10 tons of trash and debris 90-79

10 Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Objective 2: Continue progress to make all waters suitable for prolonged human contact Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Background and Rationale: Pilot retrofit program Adopted August 4, 2015 Flood mitigation program purchase of over 370 properties Stream restoration projects in collaboration with Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department 90-80

11 Pilot Program Update FY2015 First Grant Cycle Closed November 30, 2015 INTEREST APPLICATIONS DRY FLOODPROOFING SERVICE EQUIPMENT ELEVATION WET FLOODPROOFING DEMOLITION RELOCATION ABANDON BASEMENT # of Preferred Techniques 90-81

12 Torrence Creek McDowell Creek Watershed Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Objective 3: Prevent loss of life and property from flooding 90-82

13 LUESA Strategic Business Plan Goals Goal 1: Ensure Cost Effective Long Term Solutions for Solid Waste Management Goal 2: Enhance Quality of Life through Environmental Stewardship Goal 3: Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations Goal 3: Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations Background and Rationale: Encourage use of recycled paper, environmentally friendly office and cleaning supplies, recycled printer cartridges Promote mass transit, car pooling, telecommuting, cycling etc., as potential opportunities Foster a culture of responsible use of natural resources 90-83

14 Maintain Environmental Sustainability of Operations Objective 1: Adhere to Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) guidelines Objective 2: Provide employees with opportunities to learn about and practice environmentally friendly activities Work Green Program Questions? 90-84

15 Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) FY Strategic Business Plan Ebenezer S. Gujjarlapudi, P.E. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL RETREAT 90-85