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Pikes Peak Stormwater Task Force

Flood and drainage management plan

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The stormwater crisis

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Managing stormwaterStormwater runoff is generated when rain and

snowmelt flows over land or impervious surfaces and does not percolate into the ground.

Managing stormwater means:Safely/effectively directing storm flowsSlowing and de-energizing water flow,

reducing destructive potentialProtecting lives, property and infrastructureProtecting water quality

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How does stormwater affect me?Road closuresCostly repairsBusiness closuresInsurance ratesUtility ratesPersonal safetyRoad and bridge

integrity

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Current stormwater system - ASCE 2012 report cardCapacity D-

Operations & MaintenanceD+

Condition F

Drainage Basin Planning FProgram & Funding

Public Safety D-

Resilience D

Overall D-

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Funding needs (2013 dollars)

Capital projects - El Paso County within Fountain Creek Watershed, does not include post-fire or flooding needs:

Non-Capital - annual drainage operations and maintenance, permit (MS4), water quality, planning studies and corrugated metal pipe replacement needs:

$13.9M/year

High priority Medium priority Low priority TOTAL

$186,955,000 $372,912,000 $63,565,000 $706,679,000

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The price of procrastination (capital projects only)

Current estimate of necessary capital improvements:$706 million

If we started these projects 25 years ago, project cost would have been:

What we’ll have to pay over the next 25 years because of delay.

-25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25Years from today

$15.85 million per year for 25 years

$47.66 million per year for 25 years -

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Stormwater Task Force

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Stormwater Task ForceFormed in 2012 by Co.

Springs City Council, El Paso County Commissioners, Springs Utilities

Comprised of engineers, citizens, business people

Goal: assess the community’s stormwater needs and propose a solution

Legal, economic, engineering analysis

Public meetings and polling

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Research: Economic impact of a solutionIncrease in jobs, income, economic output and

sales taxes350 new, well-paying local jobs per year

$50 million increase in gross metropolitan product

Lower insurance rates

Improved roads and bridges

Stable funding and well-maintained

infrastructure to attract new

businessesZwirlein and Crowley study

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Community benefitsPublic safetyProtection of public and

private property, including roads and bridges

Protection of water quality

Enhanced neighborhoodsWaterways as community

amenitiesEconomic developmentHigher property valuesLower insurance rates

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Proposed solution

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Our proposalRegional stormwater

authorityImpervious surface

fee to fund:List of stormwater

projects (55%)Emergency needs

and master planning (10%)

Maintenance (35%)The average

household would pay $7.75 per month

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Our proposalGoverned by a board of elected officials and advised

by citizen and technical committees Administration capped at 1% to minimize overheadWork contracted to

local vendors as muchas possible to maximize economic benefit

Capital portion expires automatically

The fee is fixed and will NEVER go up

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Common questions – does the solution: Address the problem? A dedicated funding source.Limit bureaucracy? 1% administrative costs limits

spending and number of employees.Tell you where the money’s going? A priority project list.Ask if we are doing our job? Capital projects ends, just

like PPRTA.Avoid duplication? A coordinated regional solution led by

a master plan.Improve our economy? UCCS economist study says it

will create hundreds of long-term jobs for local residents.

Fair? All property owners will contribute. Your jurisdiction will receive what its taxpayers pay in.

Charge reasonable rates? $7.70/month for the average homeowner.

Let citizens have a voice? Dozens of public meetings and hundreds of phone calls in plan development, and you get final say on Nov. 4.

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Questions, comments, protests?

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@PeakStormwaterJoin our email list: text “stormwater” to 22828

719-310-3235

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