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Ordinance No. 953, 1Ordinance No. 953, 1stst Reading, Adopt Illicit Reading, Adopt Illicit Discharge OrdinanceDischarge Ordinance

City of Southlake Strategy MapCity of Southlake Strategy Map

Live Our Core Values

The City of Southlake provides municipal services that support the highest quality of life for our residents and businesses. We do this by delivering outstanding value and

unrivaled quality in everything that we do.

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C3 Provide attractive and unique spaces for enjoyment of personal

interests

C4 Attract and keep top-tier businesses to drive a

dynamic and sustainable economic environment

C2 Provide travel convenience within

city and region

B5 Optimize use of

technology

B1 Implement andshare best practices

across all departments

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B4 Provide high quality customer

service

B2 Collaborate with select partners to implement service

solutions

F1 Achieve competitive financial

benchmarks

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F4 Maximize return on investments

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capabilities to deliver results

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retain a skilled workforce

L1 Ensure our people understand

the strategy and how they contribute to it

L4 Recognize and

reward high performers

L5 Actively promote opportunities for partnerships

and volunteer involvement (individual and group)

Deliver on OurFocus Areas

Integrity ● Innovation ● Accountability ● Commitment to Excellence ● Teamwork

Phase II MS4 Permit

• Six Minimum Control MeasuresSix Minimum Control Measures– Public EducationPublic Education

– Public InvolvementPublic Involvement

– Illicit Discharge Detection and EliminationIllicit Discharge Detection and Elimination• Adopt ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges Adopt ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges

and effectively eliminate through enforcementand effectively eliminate through enforcement• Develop program to detect illicit discharges Develop program to detect illicit discharges

and enforce eliminationand enforce elimination– Construction ActivitiesConstruction Activities

– Post-ConstructionPost-Construction

– Municipal Good-HousekeepingMunicipal Good-Housekeeping

Purpose of OrdinancePurpose of Ordinance

• Prevent degradation of water qualityPrevent degradation of water quality

• Prohibit illicit discharges and illicit Prohibit illicit discharges and illicit connections to the Municipal Separate connections to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)Storm Sewer System (MS4)

• Provide for enforcement and Provide for enforcement and remediation provisionsremediation provisions

What is an Illicit Discharge?What is an Illicit Discharge?

• Any discharge that is not entirely Any discharge that is not entirely composed of storm watercomposed of storm water

• Examples of discharge exceptions:Examples of discharge exceptions:– Fire-fighting activity Fire-fighting activity

dischargedischarge– Residential car wash Residential car wash – Irrigation waterIrrigation water– Pumped ground waterPumped ground water

Prohibited DischargesProhibited Discharges

• Excessive sedimentsExcessive sediments

• Excessive lawn wasteExcessive lawn waste

• Trash and debrisTrash and debris

• Any chemical, industrial waste, or Any chemical, industrial waste, or regulated wasteregulated waste

• Domestic wasteDomestic waste

• Swimming pool water containing Swimming pool water containing chemicalschemicals

Prohibited ActivitiesProhibited Activities

• Operate a facility subject to storm Operate a facility subject to storm water discharge permitting without water discharge permitting without approvalapproval

• Allowing illicit dischargesAllowing illicit discharges• Purposely disposing of wastes in the Purposely disposing of wastes in the

storm drain systemstorm drain system• Creating an Illicit ConnectionCreating an Illicit Connection

– Any drain or conveyance which allows Any drain or conveyance which allows illegal discharges to enter a storm drainillegal discharges to enter a storm drain

Questions?Questions?