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Item 4D Audio1 Your strategy map clearly delineates your desire for a strong financial position. 2 3 The EPA was specific in what general areas municipalities were to focus on during the development of a program to improve water quality. The general topics to address are: Public Works has developed the plan of action to -identifying goals -and measurements of those goals in annual increments. These goals are: -interdepartmental -and range from simple activities to complex organization. Each goal was chosen according to the -regulation guidelines, -the goal’s feasibility for Southlake, and -its apparent effectiveness. 4 These two regulations are pertinent to the adoption of this ordinance. Both of these regulations come from the Clean Water Act, giving the EPA authority to regulation discharges that affect waterways. The Construction General Permit regulates the Construction Sites. Construction sites are to take action to prevent pollution from entering the storm drain system. The Municipal Permit is meant to force the City to take action to prevent pollution from entering the creeks, waterways, Lake Grapevine from the City’s storm drain system. One of the main components of the City’s permit is to adopt a program that would provide for review and inspection of Construction Sites for pollution prevention. 5 The intent of this rule is to develop a program that should meet the goal of reducing pollution from construction site activities. Second, Southlake voters are being asked to decide whether Southlake should adopt the fire fighters' and police officers' civil service law. 6 Because of the complexity of this program and the impact it will have on staff in several departments and the building community, we met in Committee to develop an ordinance, which is the bones and structure of this program. These people spent many hours hashing out what would be appropriate for the City of Southlake in order to effectively Second, Southlake voters are being asked to enforce this program. decide whether Southlake should adopt the fire fighters' and police officers' civil service law. 7 Analogous to the Construction General Permit, the ordinance will have accountability requirements for those sites that will be disturbing more than one acre of land. There will be a review requirement and an inspection requirement. The ordinance also stresses that those sites that disturb Second, Southlake voters are being asked to less than one acre of land are not exempt from preventing decide whether Southlake should adopt the fire pollution from leaving the site. fighters' and police officers' civil service law. 8 9 Inspect the site regularly at frequency chosen Use approved Erosion and Sediment Control Measures (NCTCOG’s iSWM manual) Preserve existing vegetation Stabilize when activities ceased Minimize off-site tracking Maintain BMPs Second, Southlake voters are being asked to Mitigate lost sediment (street sweeping, etc) decide whether Southlake should adopt the fire Control waste, including sanitary waste fighters' and police officers' civil service law. Use good housekeeping measures for chemicals Suppress dust 10 11 12 13 14 15