VSMP-General-Permit - City of Hopewell, Virginia

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Necessary Documents: Copies of information provided to the public(media methods described herein).Measurable goals: The appropriate number of articles is submitted eachyear. Public Works will look at our work order system and try to determineif there is any correlation between our publicizing storm water/drainageinformation and the amount of related calls we receive.Items to be reported in the Annual Report: Copies of articles, informationprovided to the public.Modifications per required Admin Update: TSDMinimum Control Measure: Public Involvement/ParticipationSection II.B.2.f – Promote the availability of the operator’s MS4 ProgramPlan and any modifications for public review and comment. Public noticeshall be given by any method reasonably calculated to give actualnotice of the action in question to the person(s) potentially affected by it,including press releases or any other forum or medium to elicit publicparticipation. Provide access to or copies of the MS4 Program Plan or anymodifications upon request of interested parties in compliance with allapplicable freedom of information regulations.Storm Water information will be created and/or retrieved from sourcessuch as other localities and the EPA website and available at City Hall,Community Center, and the Public Works Building. Additionally this sameinformation will be made available at Public meetings.In January 2009, Hopewell started a Citizen’s Academy where all CityDepartments spoke to the Public about operations of the variousDepartments and other pertinent topics. This “Academy” is open toeveryone via advertisement in the local media. The program was offeredon 10 consecutive Thursday evenings in which one or two Departmentswere on the program per week. Public attendance was rewarded with acertificate and Public recognition. During the Public Works presentationthe Public was informed of the current status of Hopewell’s Storm WaterProgram and its requirements and purpose. The City planned to holdanother Academy in July 2009, but it was cancelled due to lack ofparticipation/interest.18
The EPA publication, “After the Storm” was copied and distributed to thePublic at Council meetings, Citizen’s Academy, City Buildings, and madeavailable at the Hopewell City booth during the annual City event“Hooray for Hopewell”, September 2009. This event is the largest Hopewellgathering of the public and is attended by 30,000+ people over a two tothree day event. This most recent event was a two- day event due tobudget constraints.Provided by attachment to the MS4 General Permit is the widelycirculated educational handout, which is used daily to explain the City’sstorm water management strategies, requirements and general overview.The handout is done in simple outline bullet form to make it easy-to-read,understand and quickly reference. The City readily provides and refers tothe outlined principals and practices. The handout document is titled“The City of Hopewell’s Overview of Principals, Practices & Polices relatedto Storm Water Management (SMW)” {see attachment A}.Schedule and Evaluation: Storm Water information will be provided atpublic meetings, this includes Council meetings and Ward meetings.Council typically meets twice a month on the second and fourthTuesdays. There are some months where Council only meets once amonth. Ward meetings are scheduled at the pleasure of individualCouncil members. Hopewell has an annual event called “Hooray forHopewell” that attracts approximately 30,000 people. During theseevents, the City normally has a booth in order to provide information tothe Public. We will provide the City booth with storm water information fordistribution at this event.Responsible Party: The Public Works Services Manager is responsible forgathering and maintaining a supply of information available. In mostcases the information can be given to the City Public Information Officerfor distribution at Public meetings, otherwise the Public Works ServiceManager will ensure that “handouts” are available at these meetings.Necessary Documents: The informational handouts containing stormwater information.Measurable goals: The number of meetings where storm waterinformation is available to the Public. Quantity of handouts distributedduring the Public meetings/events.Items to be reported in the Annual Report: Copies of the informationalhandout and quantity distributed on an annual basis.19
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