VSMP-General-Permit - City of Hopewell, Virginia

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Modifications per required Admin Update: TSDMinimum Control Measure: Public Involvement/ParticipationSection IIB.2.g. Objective: – Participate, through promotion, sponsorship, orother involvement, in local activities aimed at increasing publicparticipation to reduce storm water pollutant loads and improve waterquality.The City of Hopewell, specifically the Public Works Department and theDepartment of Parks and Recreation work closely with the Friends of theLower Appomattox River (FOLAR). A major force of FOLAR is WayneWalton, a Hopewell City Councilor. We provide labor, equipment, anddisposal of all items obtained during these cleanup events. There is atleast one event a year and usually more. All upcoming events areannounced at Council meetings and local media and usually arecovered prior and post event, in the local newspaper. The group hasconcentrated their efforts to the Appomattox River from Petersburg toHopewell.Hopewell Public Works, in concert with the Clean City Commissionannually hold a week-long Fall and Spring Citywide Cleanup. Theseevents are approved, announced at Council meetings, and described indetail newspaper articles. Additionally, Public Works posts signs alongRoute 36 and at City Hall with the dates of the upcoming events. As aresult of holding these events during the same months (Fall event inOctober and Spring event in May) the public has grown accustom to thegeneral timing of the events and they are ready with debris. Someresidents call the Public Works Service Desk for the schedule. Ourarrangement with the Clean City Commission is that they will fund half thecost of each event with State Grant funding. During recent times theamount of State funding has decreased and Public Works has beentaking on most, if not, the entire financial burden for these Clean-upevents. The Cleanup periods are very popular with the public andsomething they look forward to.These events allow the Public to dispose of debris at no cost; with oneexception, a minimal charge for Freon containing appliances. Theseevents may very well be responsible for eliminating illegal dumping inHopewell as Hopewell does not have an illegal dumping problem.20
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 local media advertisement. The program was offered on 10consecutive Thursday evenings in which one or two Departments were onthe 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 StormwaterProgram and its requirements and purpose. The City planned to holdanother Academy in July 2009, but it was cancelled due to lack ofparticipation/interest.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.One of the primary instructional materials for the Citizen’s Academy willinclude the City’s Overview of Principals, Practices & Policies related toStorm Water Management {See Attachment A} and the GIS OverviewMap {see attachment B}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.21
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