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Staff presented a status brief on the Stormwater Master Plan update to the City Council Infrastructure and
Transportation Committee on September 12, 2017 and to the City Plan Commission on September 27, 2017.
The purpose of this Informal Report is to provide the full Council with a summary of that update.
Background and Goals
On August 2, 2016 (M&C C-27832), City Council approved a professional services agreement with Halff&
Associates Inc. (HAI) to assist City staff with the process of updating the master plan of the Stormwater
Management Program. The key goals of the master plan update initiative are to: consolidate information
gathered and lessons learned from the first 11 years of the City's Stormwater Management Program; define
and prioritize service gaps; optimize the use of resources to meet community needs; develop direction for
policy decisions on key issues with significant implications on the general public; and create an
implementation plan for the next 10 years.
Key Data
To ensure that the master plan update is adequately informed by the community, a resident Stakeholder
Group (SG)has been established. The Mayor and City Councilmembers each appointed a representative and
City staff invited 8 ad hoc members to be a part of the group for a total membership of 17. The SG has
significant diversity, both demographically and in terms of perspectives on stormwater issues. The SG met 8
times over a 9 month period. They were very engaged and their input was very helpful in shaping the
direction of the plan and process. The process also saw good participation and input from the public at large.
Another key data set obtained that will be a significant influence on the updated master plan is input from a
group of peer review communities. The communities of Dallas, Arlington, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma
City, Raleigh NC, and Charlotte NC have each completed a lengthy questionnaire providing information on
their Stormwater programs. Follow-up phone calls with most of those communities provided deeper insight
into their policies,practices, and program goals.
The final category of key data is that which is developed and used for program prioritization. A significant
focus of the Stormwater program for the past few years has been assimilating key system data and
developing methods of synthesizing and analyzing the data to inform program priorities. That focus has led
to the development of thorough and objective means of ranking: the condition and capacity of the pipe
system; the relative risk of flooding in the 300 + drainage basins in the City; the level of erosion risk in
channels and creeks; and the overall priority of potential improvement projects. This data is integral to the
optimization of program resources and, therefore, also integral to the strategic masterplan.
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Key Policies
A significant outcome of the master plan update process is direction on some key policy issues that have
significant implications both on the Stormwater Management Program as well as residents (residential and
commercial) of Fort Worth. Those policy issues relate to: voluntary buyouts of flood prone or high erosion
risk properties, designation/communication/regulation of local (non-FEMA) floodplains, severe erosion in
privately owned creeks and channels, and the level of oversight of private development. Based on the
feedback from the Stakeholder Group and the peer review communities, the master plan update will
recommend that a separate process be launched to develop policies in each of these areas. Development of
the policies will be fully vetted amongst all key stakeholders and recommendations brought forward to the
City Plan Commission and City Council as appropriate.
Plan Completion
The master plan update is on schedule. A presentation and recommendation for Council to adopt an updated
master plan is expected in early 2018 after the plan is presented to, and endorsed by, the City Plan
Commission.
If you have any questions please contact Greg Simmons, Assistant Transportation and Public Works Director
at 817-392-7862.
David Cooke
City Manager
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