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August 22, 2017  It is therefore proposed to transfer the Employment for TANF Participants grant funding and the local match (a total of $134,557.96) from the Social Services Fund to the Grants Fund. Financial Impact:  None. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance. Next Steps Following Council Action:  Finance will make the appropriate budget adjustments. Motion by Mr. Clark, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $134,557.96 FROM THE FY 2018 SOCIAL SERVICES FUND TO THE FY 2018 GRANTS FUND FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT FOR TANF PARTICIPANTS PROGRAM.” Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Rowe Nays: None 17 - 372 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Hampton Roads Water Quality Credit Agreement for Chesapeake Bay Restoration between the City of Portsmouth and the Hampton Roads Sanitation District for the purpose of acquiring water quality credits. Background:  The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requires localities to reduce nutrient loadings to the Bay by 2025. The Bay TMDL is enforced through permits for municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4).  A locality may meet its obligations to reduce pollution through a number of different methodologies including the purchase of approved nutrient (water quality) credits.  The Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) is a water purification project in eastern Virginia by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) that seeks to ensure a sustainable source of groundwater to meet current and future needs in the region. Discussion:  HRSD through working with its State and federal partners is making water quality credits resulting from the SWIFT program available to all Hampton Roads localities.  The execution of this agreement and the use of water quality credits will allow the City of Portsmouth additional time to plan projects and implement strategies to meet its MS4 permit obligations for nutrient reductions.  This will allow the city to focus its stormwater projects on flooding in the near term and plan better and more efficient water quality projects for future implementation. Financial impact:  There is no financial cost to the City for executing the agreement with HRSD, as the availability of these nutrient credits is viewed as a benefit that ratepayers have already paid for and should not be charged twice. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the resolution. Next Steps Following Council Action:  Execution of the Agreement with HRSD by the City Manager.