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May 13, 2014 Discussion: • Under the new VSMP ordinance, localities will administer the State General Construction Permit which involves acceptance of the registration statement, plan review and approval, inspections and enforcement. Local staff will be responsible for ensuring that developers maintain their stormwater pollution prevention plan. • The new VSMP ordinance includes new stormwater design criteria and water quality criteria for site plans, definitions for exempt activities, requirements for monitoring post construction stormwater management facilities and an administrative hearing and appeals process. Financial Impact: • The initial cost for the VSMP program will be included in the stormwater utility (staffing) and developer fees for site plans and erosion and sediment control. There are no proposed increases in the stormwater utility rate or developer fees at this time. • Developers will have to pay State fees associated with the State permit coverage. Development costs will increase with the new regulations. Recommended Action: • Adoption of the ordinance. Vision Principle: Efficient, Responsive Government. Next Steps Following Council Action: • Forward ordinance to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Motion by Mr. Meeks, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 31.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 31.2 PERTAINING TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT." Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Randall, Wright Nays: None 14 - 183 -Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate in the Other Funds-Grants Fund portion of the FY 2013-14 Education Fund the sum of $60,000 in Individuals with Disabilities Act grant funds received from the Commonwealth of Virginia for delivery of additional instruction to disabled middle and high school students. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Background: • As part of its Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014, the Commonwealth of Virginia provides funds to school divisions to ensure that children with disabilities, including children aged three through five, have access to free appropriate public education that meets their individual needs and prepares them for further education or training, employment and independent living. • The funding is provided through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). During the fiscal year, Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) provides additional IDEA, Part B 611 SWD Instructional Program Improvement Sub-Grant funds to secondary schools that did not meet the Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) for students with disabilities. • VDOE awards an additional $10,000 to each eligible middle and/or high school within a division that did not meet their AMO for students with disabilities in the areas of reading and/or mathematics or graduation indicators. Discussion: • Under the IDEA, Part B 611 SWD Instructional Program Improvement Sub-Grant, the Portsmouth School Board was awarded $60,000 for six middle/high schools that were eligible for funding under this grant. These schools are Churchland Middle, Cradock Middle, William E. Waters Middle, Woodrow Wilson High, Churchland High, and I.C. Norcom High. • The Portsmouth School Board intends to use these grant funds to assist these eligible schools in meeting school improvements requirements by purchasing laptop computers, implementing research-based interventions, and monitoring progress.