Tale of two LIDs Building blocks for successful LID code changes at the local level

1. Tale of two LIDsBuilding blocks for successfulLID code changes at the local level

2. Low Impact Development An approach to SITE DESIGN and STORMWATER MANAGEMENT that seeks to replicate the pre-development hydrologic characteristics of the site. • QUANTITATIVE • PERFORMANCE BASED • NARROWLY FOCUSED • (POORLY NAMED)

4. Roadblocks

5. The Two Localities… County of Stafford City of Fredericksburg COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

6. Goal “Institutionalize” LID as standard practice via local codes

7. Context • 1999 • LID was very new concept • Roadblocks in codes • Misgivings by staff engineers

8. Building Block Approach • Strategic • Coordinated • Persistent • Broad-based • Technical & Political

9. Demonstration Projects

11. Better Site Design Workshops Demonstration Projects

14. Addressing Common Challenges • Old school paradigms • Maintenance • Cost

15. Relationships w/ builders & developers Better Site Design Workshops Relationships w/ Local Government Demonstration Projects

16. Change happens in the context of Relationships

17. 35 member Roundtable Consensus Process Relationships w/ builders & developers Better Site Design Workshops Relationships w/ Local Government Demonstration Projects

18. Partners • Planning Department • Code Compliance Department • Local Government Attorney’s Office • Fire Department • Health Department • VDOT • Consulting Engineers, Surveyors, and Architects • Builder’s Association • Mortgage Companies • CBLAD • Dominion Virginia Power • Planning Commissioners • Army Corps of Engineers • Nongovernmental Organizations (Friends of Rappahannock, Center for Watershed Protection)

21. 35 member Roundtable Consensus Process Model Development Principles Relationships w/ builders & developers Better Site Design Workshops Relationships w/ Local Government Demonstration Projects

23. F.O.R. Low Impact Development Advocacy Strategy 2003 ! 2002 2001 2000 1999 Code Changes Presentations to local boards on specific code change requests Personal Meetings with Elected Officials Target code change “Hit list” for each locality Elected Official Workshop Engineering Workshop Model Jurisdiction (Town of Warsaw) Media Campaign 35 member Roundtable Consensus Process Model Development Principles Builder’s Tours Relationships w/ builders & developers Better Site Design Workshops Relationships w/ Local Government Demonstration Projects

24. Removing Code Roadblocks • Prohibition of on-lot BMPs • Curb and gutter requirements • Letting bioretention count toward green space requirements • Others…. Using waivers of code roadblocks as incentives for LID.

25. Pros and Cons of Two Approaches

26. Offsite Compliance through “Volume Trading” • 1.5 to 1 ratio new development1.25 to 1 ratio for redevelopment • Must be same small watershed • Must be upstream of practice(MOU with upstream locality) • Facilitate entrepreneurial retrofits for market-based banking of volume reductions

27. #1 Relentless Follow through

28. #2 Investment In Relationships

29. aLOCAL ADVOCATE #3

30. Contact John P. Tippett, Executive Director Friends of the Rappahannock john.tippett@riverfriends.org Resources www.cwp.org www.lowimpactdevelopment.org www.riverfriends.org