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The Topsoil Law and Policy and
Green Infrastructure Partnership
The Topsoil Law and Policy and Technical Primer Set
Bowker Creek ForumFebruary 23, 2010
Susan Rutherford, Staff CounselW t C t E i t l LWest Coast Environmental Law
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Green Infrastructure Partnership
• Collaborating since 2004
• Building strong relationships
• Advancing strategies and tools
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Genesis of Topsoil Primer SetGenesis of Topsoil Primer Set
• Debrief from SurreyDebrief from Surrey Water Balance Model Forum, March 2009
• A succinct statement of the essential elements
• Start with a dead simple example – topsoil layer
• Emphasize shared responsibility matrix ‐i h ti.e., an approach to impose order out of….
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communicationProvince
Region Planning staff
Buildinginspectors
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Practices
Engineering staff
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Practices
Policies
Developers
BuildersLaws andbylaws
Consultants
Mayor andCouncilPublic input &
Technologyand tools
accountability Homeowner
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Objective for PrimersObjective for Primers• Develop a useful one‐pager (well…10 pager!?)
• Distil lessons learned, strategies, tools
• Provide a “leg up” to those embarking on a g p gsimilar goal – guidance on what they need to think about to maximize chances of success
• Bolster understanding of the complexities and interactions among players, legal,interactions among players, legal, communication and technical tools
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Green Infrastructure Partnership
Topsoil: Just How Do You Obtain aPerforming Topsoil Layer, to Advance RainwaterPerforming Topsoil Layer, to Advance RainwaterManagement & Water Conservation Goals?
A Law and Policy Primer for Municipal Staff and Designers
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Law and Policy Primer: What does it cover?
• Getting focused ‐ the “why” and the contextGetting focused the why and the context
• Internal collaborations
l i id• Regulation ideas
• External collaborations – education and communication
Good communication is a theme running through all of it!through all of it!
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The why and the contextThe why and the context
• Understand the goalUnderstand the goal and the benefits, why people will be interested
• Understand the context – how this objective fits into the broader policy contextcontext
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Internal collaborationsInternal collaborations
• Need for inter‐departmental supportNeed for inter departmental support
• Leadership
C l l l f l h• Consult early, consult often, consult on the details!
• Emphasize benefits – the costs and the savings
• Be aware of political windsp
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RegulationsRegulations• Education and outreach sets the stage for compliance
• Primer discusses specific legal tools; consider:p g– Key entry points for advancing objective
– Means for securing results, enforcementg ,
– Be flexible identifying opportunities
• Performance standard + minimum prescriptive• Performance standard + minimum prescriptive
• Is there a revenue opportunity to recover costs?costs?
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External collaborationsExternal collaborations
• Cast your net widely, organize diverse efforts
• Solicit, listen and share ideas and understanding
• Build support with visual props, make staff pp p p ,accessible
• Emphasize that the outcome is dependent onEmphasize that the outcome is dependent on all of the components coming together
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West Coast Environmental Law thanks the following foundations which provided key financial support to this project:
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DiscussionGreen Infrastructure Partnership
Discussion• We intentionally avoided modeling issues. Thoughts?Thoughts?
• What would you identify as the “essential elements” for implementing a GI project, and p g p j ,why? This is a living set of documents….
• Do you think this type of Primer set will be useful to you? What other topics would be helpful?
• Other ideas or questions?
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