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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes a fee-in-lieu rate of $8.00 per gallon managed for Developers who choose the alternative compliance option under the Post Construction Stormwater Management Ordinance.
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Agenda of June 5, 2019
Item No. 19-00171
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Fee In Lieu - Post Construction Stormwater Management Ordinance
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Palencia Mobley, Deputy Director and Chief Engineer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes a fee-in-lieu rate of $8.00 per gallon managed for Developers who choose the alternative compliance option under the Post Construction Stormwater Management Ordinance.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide a summary of the proposed in-lieu fee for development projects that have been approved for an alternative compliance method to comply with the post-construction stormwater management ordinance.
The Stormwater Management Group (SMG) has three sets of cost data to evaluate: 1) conceptual cost data from drainage charge credit engineering analysis; 2) construction contract amounts for green stormwater infrastructure projects that have been installed by DWSD for permit compliance and 3) cost data for other fee-in-lieu programs across the country. Due to the fact that data set 1) is conceptual in nature, we opted to exclude this information from our analysis of cost information for the proposed fee-in-lieu of ordinance compliance on-site.
DETROIT WATER AND SEWERAGE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
As of the date of this memorandum, DWSD has completed construction, or has achieved substantial completion of thirteen sites that include twelve individual bioretention gardens, and four permeable pavement projects. Construction ...
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