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promotes infiltration and evapotranspiration, and uses bioretention and other green infrastructure practices to clean stormwater runoff.” This is actually a significantly different approach than traditional stormwater design that primarily focused on sizing infrastructure to capture the runoff and pipe or pump it directly to the ocean or bay. This new section also places a large part of the burden on the City for installing these new systems instead of the developers, which has implications for new cost and maintenance obligations. The new NPDES permit additionally sets long-term goals for reducing the levels of contaminants through GI at 2020, 2030, and 2040; Countywide criteria for meeting these goals are now in development. The NPDES permit also speaks to something called “no missed opportunities,” which sets more immediate requirements on municipalities. City staff have already begun evaluating currently-funded Capital Improvement Projects to determine whether projects have potential for LID design elements. GI elements also will need to be integrated into all of the City’s existing Plan documents, including the General Plan, Precise Plans, and other environmental documents. In understanding the significant cost, maintenance, and staff time implications of this new NPDES permit requirement, the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) has obtained the services of several consultants to provide assistance in preparing the GI Plan, technical document resources, and generally assisting the municipalities in meeting the NPDES permit requirements. The Engineering & Transportation Division is taking the lead in coordinating the effort between the C/CAG through the GI Technical Advisory subcommittee and City staff. A GI working group has been formed that includes staff from many of the departments within the City, and that group currently meets on a quarterly basis to discuss progress of the County efforts and provide input as needed. In order to meet the requirements of the NPDES permit, the City Council must adopt a GI Workplan that outlines the City’s process for preparing and adopting a GI Plan. The Workplan needs to be approved by the City Council by June 30, 2017, and the adopting the attached Resolution will meet that requirement. The attached GI Workplan and resolution were created based on a template provided by C/CAG, and revised through a collaborative effort by the City’s GI working group. Staff will work with City commissions and committees to obtain input for the proposed GI Plan. Presentations were made to the City Council’s Utilities Sub-Committee and to the Complete Streets Advisory Committee in March, and staff is expecting to return to these committees in the future. Staff also plans to present to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission and the Planning Commission, prior to Council consideration of the GI Plan. 6.3.D. - Page 2