GI GOALS + TARGET SETTING
Group 1
Timeframe: 2022
Goal: adopt a revised stormwater management ordinance that encompasses a more qualitative approach to stormwater management. Address water quality as well as quantity. Develop incentives to incorporate GI in design of private as well as public facilities.
Group 2
Reduce stormwater runoff
Implement sufficient open space measurements
Determine homes and streets flooded and reduce by 10% by 2030
Reach institutions with variety of PSA’s and social media
Group 3
By 2025, create agency/commission for the Fourche Creek Pilot Project
County/city/private/state
Education/information
Identify funding sources
Stormwater baseline calculations / $$ calculations
Shared dialogue for shared ownership by property owners (developers/municipalities)
Create ancillary / direct benefits for all watershed/city/county (green assets)
Group 4
Roadmap 2025
Green roof on city facilities – alternate sites? (previous 2020 goal)
Outcomes: reduce stormwater runoff, reduce heat island effect, serve as case study
Increase tree canopy by 10%
Partner with Tree Streets
Outcomes: reduce stormwater runoff, beautify neighborhoods, reduce heat island effect, flood resilience
GI ACTION PLANNING
Regulatory Tools + Planning/Policy
Re-do stormwater management ordinance and integrate with planning, zoning and subdivision codes
Building permits
Join CRS
Adopt a building code
Adopt a regional environmental plan
Write new codes + regulations
Identify steps for updating stormwater management ordinance
Identify strategies for engaging developers
Identify examples of how similar cities took steps to pursue code/regulations review
Examples of stormwater plans from other similar cities
Look into parking minimums
Convene stakeholders (developers, etc.) to talk through ideas/options for incentive-based tools
Research available incentive-based tools and identify which to raise with stakeholders
Research relevant case studies on incentives from communities of similar size (engage SE USDN to see what regional examples are out there)
Funding + Financing
Look into feasibility of forming a stormwater utility to assess user fees
Identify funding opportunities in Arkansas
Go after FEMA funding
Figure out who the grant writer is for the City of Little Rock
Follow-up with FEMA emergency services key contact Matt Bunks
Explore grant opportunities
Pursue impact fees for development
Get Water Reclamation involved in green infrastructure as utility/rate-maker for financing
Strategically leverage federal money for trails
Operations + Maintenance
Define ownership of maintenance for new GI projects
More education to developers/owners on making the case for GI
Making the Case for GI, GI Inventory, Education, and Other
Find out more information on interagency collaboration opportunities
Breaking down silos in public agencies and convening routinely to integrate their institutional goals in addressing green infrastructure
Obtain more data on GI costs
Obtain examples for raising awareness about stormwater as an asset
Form a working group – figure out tight group to convene on this topic, including county reps
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