HomeMy Public PortalAboutFeb 2019Watertown Stormwater Advisory Committee (SAC) minutes
February 21, 2019 4:00 PM @ Watertown DPW conference room
In attendance: David Stokes (SAC Chair), Matt Shuman, Steve Magoon, David Jay, Janet Buck
Absent: None
Visiting: Kevin Duffy, Project Engineer, Watertown DPW
I. Welcome and Introduction of Visitors
II. Brief Reports/ Status Updates
A. Committee membership — efforts to fill Conservation agent and Community
member positions: No movement on this item. The Committee felt that the
Chair should write a description for the volunteer Community member position
that could be distributed by the Town Manager and/or posted to local news
outlets.
B. MS4 Permit — SWMP status: NOI has been submitted, but not posted to the EPA
website yet. No comments on the NOI have been received to date. Stormwater
Management Plan (SWMP) has been drafted by Weston & Sampson; Committee
to review possibly in March? The Committee also discussed messaging around
the SWMP; lots of ideas were generated, but some planning will be needed to
provide additional details.
III. Discussions / Actions
A. Approval of Meeting Minutes
The Committee voted to approve the minutes for both the December 6, 2018
and January 17, 2019 meetings.
B. Review of current permit year Outreach and Education efforts and mapping
out of future efforts
In summary, under the new MS4 permit, we need to provide 2 educational
"messages" for each of four audiences: Residents, Developers, Businesses and
Commercial Facilities, and Industrial Facilities.
i. Make Your Own Rain Barrel workshop planning (funding)
Date and venue still to be determined. David Stokes has had trouble getting
CRWA to answer some important questions. Funding amounts and sources
still need to be identified. Some discussion around whether we would
charge workshop participants, even just a nominal fee in order to get only
the most interested and motivated residents.
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ii. "Stormwater Management in Watertown" Walk — with Live Well
Watertown (May)
The current plan continues to be to do this walk in May. David Stokes will
continue to coordinate logistics and advertising with Stephanie Venizelos.
iii. Further discussion about possible new opportunities
i. Guest speakers — either for SAC or Community?: No ideas were
generated by the Committee for this topic.
ii. Social Media Campaigns: This topic again was not discussed during
the meeting.
iii. ThinkBlueMassachusetts.org/ms4-communities/
IV. New Business / Future Agenda Items / Stormwater Improvement Opportunities
David Stokes mentioned the Watertown Environment and Energy Efficiency
Committee's event in conjunction with Trees for Watertown that will take place
at the Library. He noted that the Committee will have a table at the event.
V. Announcements
The Chair announced that the Town's Community Preservation Committee was
meeting tonight @ 7:00 PM in the Town Council Chamber in Town Hall.
Next Meeting was announced for: Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 4:00 PM.
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