HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-2027 Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Grant Presentation2025-2027 Biennial Water Quality
Stormwater Capacity Grant
Finance Committee
March 9, 2026
Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Grant
Non-competitive grant funding from
Washington State Department of
Ecology to municipal NPDES
permittees for activities and
equipment necessary for permit
implementation.
$120,000 in non-matching funds
from July 1, 2025 through March 31,
2027 to implement and manage
municipal stormwater programs
Stormwater Planning Public Involvement & Participation
Public Education &
Outreach
Illicit Discharge Detection &
Elimination (IDDE)
Storm System
Mapping
Controlling Runoff from New
Development/Redevelopment
Operations &
Maintenance
Source Control for Existing
Development
Annual Reporting Equipment Purchases
Stormwater Management for Existing Development
How the grant funds will be spent?
MEETING 2024-2029
PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS
PUBLIC EDUCATION &
OUTREACH: DEVELOP
AND IMPLEMENT
STORMWATER
AWARENESS AND
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
CAMPAIGNS
STORMWATER
PLANNING: DEVELOP
A NEW STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT ACTION
PLAN OR ADD
ACTIONS TO CURRENT
JOHNS CREEK
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT ACTION
PLAN
ILLICIT DISCHARGE
DETECTION &
ELIMINATION: UPDATE
ORDINANCE FOR
BUILDING
WASHDOWN,
PROCEDURES FOR
FIREFIGHTING CLEAN-
UPS
OPERATIONS &
MAINTENANCE:
UPDATE POLICIES,
PRACTICES, AND
PROCEDURES FOR
PCBS IN BUILDING
MATERIALS; STREET
SWEEPING PROGRAM
TRACKING,
REPORTING, AND
TRAINING
Maintenance Access Cover Art
Community Engagement
Promote stormwater education
Enhance public spaces with art
Strengthen civic pride and
identity
Design Competition
City-wide and Johns Creek
Basin
Installation Locations
Pedestrian-friendly spaces only
Photo attributions: https://www.gk-p.jp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MC27tool2.pdf
https://my.spokanecity.org/news/stories/2025/04/21/student-art-contest-hits-the-streets/
Recommendation
Authorize the execution of agreement with Ecology for $120,000 in
capacity grant funding.
Questions
Kristina Lowthian, Surface Water Utility Engineer, klowthian@rentonwa.gov
Joe Farah, Surface Water Engineering Manager, jfarah@rentonwa.gov