MOTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 16, 2019
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MOTION to amend Ordinance O19-005 (Agenda Item No. 9) Authority to amend the Watershed Management Ordinance
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I hereby move to amend Ordinance O19-005 and its attachments to include a new Section 208, which shall read as follows:
§208 Study of Current Provisions of and Potential Amendments to this Ordinance.
The District shall initiate a study of certain current provisions of and potential amendments to this Ordinance. This study will be initiated by the end of 2019 with a targeted completion date of May 2022. The study shall include the following areas:
1. A pilot study of a regional stormwater detention and volume control credit trading program.
2. Impacts of watershed specific release rates on disproportionately impacted communities.
3. Impacts of release rates under existing and future development scenarios in collar counties on watersheds in the MWRD.
4. Impact of volume control and watershed specific release rates on stream erosion and related water quality effects such as turbidity and sedimentation.
5. Board of Commissioners shall consider the study in May 2022.
The current Section 208 and Section 209 shall be renumbered accordingly.
Dated: May 16, 2019
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Commissioner