TO:WDOT, District 1—Wendy Braun

WDNR—Jim Bertolacini (Central Office), Eric Rortvedt (South Central Region)

University of Wisconsin—Sally Rowe, Ben Griffiths

Dane County Land Conservation—Kevin Connors, Pat Sutter, Jeremy Balousek

Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds—Sue Jones, Marcia Hartwig

Dane County Community Analysis and Planning Division—Mike Kakuska

City of Fitchburg—Rick Eilertson, Paul Woodard

City of Madison—Larry Nelson, Mike Dailey, Greg Fries, Genesis Bichanich

City of Middleton—Kevin McNulty, Gary Huth

City of Monona—Karen Eley

City of Sun Prairie—Clint Christenson, Darryl Severson

City of Verona—Ron Rieder, Martin Cieslik

Town of Blooming Grove—Mike Wolf, Tony Reigstad

Town of Burke—Amy Volkman

Town of Madison—Rick Rose

Town of Middleton—David Shaw

Town of Westport—Tom Wilson

Town of Windsor—Kelly Frawley

Village of DeForest—Patrick Vander Sanden

Village of Maple Bluff—Tom Schroeder

Village of McFarland—Allan Coville, Don Peterson

Village of Shorewood Hills—Denny Lybeck

Village of Waunakee—Kevin Even

EarthTech, Inc.—Jennifer Hurlebaus (Verona, Westport, Waunakee), Kelly Mattfield (Burke), Jim Bachhuber

Mead & Hunt, Inc.—Anne Anderson, Tim Astfalk (Blooming Grove)

MSA Professional Services—Ann Dansart (Shorewood Hills)

Foth & Van Dyke—Kevin Richardson (Windsor)

Nahn & Associates—Chuck Nahn (Town of Madison, City of Monona)

Strand Assoicates, Inc.—Jon Lindert (University of Wisconsin)

Vierbicher Associates, Inc.—Bill Biesmann(Town of Middleton, DeForest)

FROM: Larry D. Nelson, City Engineer

RE:MINUTES for the Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership Meeting

DATE:HELD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1ST, 20067

TIME:1:00 PM

LOCATION:DANE COUNTY FEN OAK RESOURCE CENTER - 1 FEN OAK COURT

(1)Information & Education Update

Please see other attached document for more I&E updates from Marcia

  1. The stormwater video should be finished soon. Each municipality will receive at least one copy when it is available (you may make as many copies of it as you like). There will be a showing of the video at a public venue later in the spring, which all municipalities will be invited to.
  2. The University performed a detailed survey of the success of our My Fair Lakes campaign with somewhat disappointing results. There was not a lot of recollection of the survey or change of behavior due to the campaign. The I&E subcommittee discussed future options with Jake Blasczyk, the Evaluation Specialist for the survey, such as using focus groups early on in the process.
  3. The Garden Expo will be held FEBRUARY 9-11; MAMSWaP will have another booth this year, and Marcia is looking for volunteers to help out.

(2)Annual Report

Jim Bertolacini has not yet formatted this year’s annual report form, but that will be coming soon.

(3)Mapping Updates

PLEASE let Genesis Bichanich (266-4059; ) know if you have any outfall basin/sewershed boundary updates.

(4)SLAMM Extension

DNR staff was able to grant an extension for compliance of permit modeling by 6 months beyond the release date of the new SLAMM version, but no later than March 10, 2008. The new version will be out soon. The date for reaching 20% compliance will remain the same (March 10, 2008, as well), as DNR cannot modify this date.

If a municipality runs this new version of SLAMM and finds that they come up short of the 20% TSS requirement, but do not have time to budget for any changes, the municipality needs to show a good faith effort to achieve the goal as soon as possible. DNR staff will use discretion when assessing whether a municipality is in compliance.

(5)SLAMM Issues—

  1. DNR submittal for pollutant loading analysis

Eric handed out an example of what municipalities should submit for their permit modeling. (This can be modified if municipalities have better suggestions.) General information for each drainage area should be included: area, primary land use, pounds of sediment discharge with and without controls, TSS control, the primary and secondary stormwater practices employed, as well as pounds of discharge with and without controls for total phosphorus. While the phosphorus information is not a requirement of the MAMSWaP permit, it is a very good idea for municipalities to get a handle on the levels prior to the TMDL requirements, which are completely unknown at this time. It is very easy to include the phosphorus information in the SLAMM runs for TSS control.

  1. DNR staff preference is that municipalities use the newer version of SLAMM for this and the future run for the 40% requirement. This will require municipalities to rerun their baseline data with the new version. If a municipality has already run SLAMM for the 20% deadline, older versions of SLAMM will be permitted at this time per the DNR SLAMM guidance dated 6/6/05. However, the DNR may require use the newer version to demonstrate the 40% compliance in the future so that municipalities are treated equally. The DNR will need to develop formal guidance to reflect this change.
  1. In some situations, it is not obvious where a MS4 ends and a water of the state begins. Each municipality can meet with Eric Rortvedt if there are questions regarding these boundaries
  1. Right now, DNR will not accept 80% removal of TSS for dry ponds built according to Dane County standards. It is unknown the effect of resuspension of sediment particles on TSS removal efficiencies. Some municipalities are switching to wet ponds or using wet and dry ponds in tandem for both sediment removal and thermal effects. DNR staff will need to confer on this before making any determination on what credit to give to dry ponds.

(6)Rock River TMDL (Total Daily Maximum Load)

Background (taken directly from the DNR website):

The DNR is in the process of developing a TMDL for the Upper and Lower Rock River Basins. There are over 40 waterbodies in the basin that are on the 303(d) list of impaired waters. The TMDL will focus only on the waterbodies that are impaired by excessive sediment and phosphorus. These pollutants can cause low dissolved oxygen, degraded habitat and excessive turbidity in waterways, resulting in harm to fish and aquatic life, water quality, recreation and even navigation. The TMDL will provide a quantitative analysis of the amount of sediment and/or phosphorus that the waterbodies can receive from both point and nonpoint sources and still meet water quality standards.

A consultant has been hired to prepare the TMDL report under DNR’s management using a grant provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The TMDL will be developed during 2007 and a draft TMDL Report will be released in 2008 for public comment.

DNR website:

The website includes a list of impaired waters (note that Pheasant Branch Creek is listed for phosphorus and sediment).

Because the TMDL report is still early in the process, a group of municipalities (both stormwater and sewerage district folks) and consultants is forming to make sure plenty of input is given to the DNR along the way, before a decision is made on how to allocate load reductions, etc. MAMSWaP has an opportunity to join as a group for one fee ($3000-5000) or each municipality that is interested can join individually for the same cost as the entire group.

It is likely that a smaller representative group of MAMSWaP members would attend the Rock River group meetings and provide technical assistance. Representatives for each municipality should discuss this with municipal decision-makers so the process could begin relatively soon or individual municipalities can join on their own if they choose. Rick Eilertson (City of Fitchburg) may be contacted with questions: 270-4264; .

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