Wake CountyStormwater Management Task Force.pptVIP

Wake CountyStormwater Management Task ForceMeeting #5July 20, 2006 Issues Identify and Prioritize Citizen Issues Define selection and prioritization criteria Prioritize issues that the Task Force wishes to consider Identify additional data needed by the Task Force to prioritize issues Meeting 5 July 2006 Expected Outcomes: Meeting Agenda Dinner and Welcome Kenn Gardner, Wake County Special Topics Lake Wheeler Water Quality Monitoring WRAL Nuisance Flooding Story Work Group Process Reporting Wrap-Up Path Forward Lake Wheeler Water Quality Monitoring Swift Creek Pump Station Spill estimated at 7.9 million gallons Fecal Coliform Sampling @ Lake Wheeler E. Coli Sampling @ Lake Wheeler Dissolved Oxygen Sampling @ Lake Wheeler WRAL Nuisance Flooding Story Property owner indicates that stream behind property floods frequently Opposes rezoning of OI property upstream to high-density residential Total upstream drainage area = 220 acres Meeting Agenda Dinner and Welcome Kenn Gardner, Wake County Current Events Secondary Cumulative Impacts Work Group Process Reporting Wrap-Up Path Forward National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Prepare environmental documents that examine environmental impacts of major federal actions Include alternatives analysis Avoid and minimize impacts Address direct, indirect (secondary), and cumulative impacts State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Requirements Must document “predicted environmental effects of projects”… Discussion “…should center on direct, indirect [secondary], and cumulative impacts the project will have on…” Direct Impacts addressed in EISSecondary and Cumulative Impacts addressed in SCI Master Mitigation Plans Secondary Impacts 15A NCAC 01C .0103 (20) … indirect impacts caused by and resulting from a specific activity that occur later in time or further removed in distance than direct impacts, but are reasonably foreseeable. Indirect impacts may include growth inducing effects and other effects related to induced