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Environmental Program PlanRVA Environmental TAC September 18, 2019 Sarah Stewart, AICP RICHMOND REGIONAL 9/19/2019 1 TRANSPORTATION Funding Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program DEQ Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Program (EPA)

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Environmental Program

PlanRVA Environmental TAC September 18, 2019 Sarah Stewart, AICP

RICHMOND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION

9/19/2019 1

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Funding

  • Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
  • DEQ Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Program

(EPA)

  • State Funds
  • Locality Dues
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Regional Engagement & Coordination

Environmental Technical Advisory Committee

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Environmental Technical Advisory Committee

  • Meet approximately 4 times a year
  • Offer training and coordination opportunities
  • Serve as a forum for regional discussion
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Environmental Technical Advisory Committee

Committee Members

  • Local Stormwater Engineering &

Environmental Planning staff

  • Local Planning Department staff
  • State Resource Agency staff
  • Non-profit staff
  • SWCD staff
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Projects

  • Capturing Value of the Lower Chickahominy
  • Below the Falls of the James
  • Richmond Region Water Quality Planning

Program

  • Plant RVA Natives
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Capturing Value of the Lower Chickahominy

Economic Development & Natural Resource Conservation

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DCR Natural Heritage Biological Resources Inventory

  • 39 occurrences of specific

species or natural communities

  • 5 sites in the watershed

designated as Outstanding ecological significance

  • “…[E]cologists and botanists

conducting field work noted that the tidal freshwater wetland communities were among the highest quality remaining along Virginia’s tidal rivers.”

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Economic Study Findings – Fiscal Impact of Conservation Easements Lands Under Conservation Easement

Expenditure Revenues to County Charles City County $1.00 $1.28 James City County $1.00 $1.53 New Kent County $1.00 $1. 21

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Economic Study Findings – Economic Impact of Direct Organization Spending

  • Organizations directly related to land

conservation in 3 county study area…

  • supported about 100 direct jobs in 2018
  • This direct employment generated almost $8.4

million in regional economic output

  • Supported 118 jobs paying $2.5 million in salaries,

wages, and benefits

  • Local governments received an estimated $368,000

in revenues associated with this economic activity

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Capturing Value of the Lower Chickahominy

  • This Year:
  • Interviews and Focus Groups
  • Project webpages on PlanRVA.org
  • Next Year:
  • Policy Development
  • Ecotourism Infrastructure Analysis
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Below the Falls of the James

Conversations about Land & Water Uses and the Impacts of Natural Hazards along the James River

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Below the Falls of the James

  • Study area map
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Below the Falls of the James

Year 1

  • Project Committee
  • Project web presence
  • Mapping Application
  • Story Map
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Richmond Region Water Quality Planning Program

Regional Discussions about Water Quality Planning for the Health of the Chesapeake Bay

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Richmond Region Water Quality Planning Program

  • DEQ grant to engage all localities in the

region and other stakeholders

  • Collaborate with other PDCs across the

Chesapeake Bay watershed in a PDC network

  • Share information about training and funding
  • pportunities
  • Current grant: March 2019 – Sept 30, 2019
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Richmond Regional Water Quality Planning Partners

Approximately 50 people including:

  • Locality Stormwater, Planning, Parks & Recreation

staff

  • SWCD staff
  • VDH staff
  • Environmental non-profits (e.g. James River

Association, Capital Region Land Conservancy, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay)

  • DEQ staff
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Water Quality Planning Program - Deliverables

  • Marketing piece and webpage about Virginia’s

Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan

  • Discuss opportunities for regional or multi-

local projects and priorities

  • Survey local governments about:
  • BMP reporting gaps
  • Training needs
  • Host DEQ training webinar
  • Library of draft grant applications & general

support

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Plant RVA Natives

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Plant RVA Natives – Native Plant Marketing Campaign

  • VCZM Program Initiative – water quality and

ecological benefits of native plants

  • native plant marketing campaigns across the

coastal zone and state

  • www.Plantvirginianatives.org
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Plant RVA Natives – Area & Committee

  • State Agencies
  • SWCDs
  • PlanRVA
  • Virginia Native Plant Society
  • Master Gardeners
  • James River Association
  • Maymont
  • Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake

Bay

  • Virginia Master Naturalists
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  • Website
  • Guide Book
  • Decals
  • Plant Tags
  • Partner Signs

Plant RVA Natives - Resources

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On the Horizon

Discussion about topics and projects in the foreseeable future

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Resiliency

  • Virginia’s Coastal Resilience Master Plan
  • Richmond-Crater Regional Hazard Mitigation

Plan

  • VCZM Focal Area FFY 2020 - 2022
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Resiliency

  • TPO Resiliency Planning Integration in Long

Range Planning

  • LRTP Scenario Planning
  • Update 2015 Bridge & Culvert Report

Task 7350 System Resilience Plan Purpose:

1) Following guidance in the FAST Act, consider projects and

strategies that will improve resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts on the transportation system as well as reduce the vulnerability of existing transportation infrastructure to natural disasters. Method:

Coordinate transportation planning with environmental partners, homeland security, disaster preparedness, and post-disaster redevelopment planning. Enhance the resiliency

  • f the transportation system to withstand threats from man-made and natural disasters.

Consider and plan for the long-term effects of extreme weather on the transportation system.

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Resiliency

  • CZM Resilient Project Database by Wetlands

Watch (AdaptVA)

  • DRAFT/DEMO Only
  • Report: http://wetlandswatch.org/publications
  • Project Database: http://bit.ly/VAdatabase
  • Project Submission Form:

http://bit.ly/SubmitVAdatabase

  • Grant Submission Form: http://bit.ly/SubmitGrant
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  • Hampton Roads Resilience Projects

Dashboard

  • http://www.hrgeo.org/
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  • Led by Keep Henrico

Beautiful

  • CVWMA region
  • Common message &

marketing efficiency

  • Customizable to local

needs 7 preferences

Regional Anti-Littering Campaign

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Regional Anti-Littering Campaign

  • Grant from DEQ for decals and small displays
  • Investigating other fund sources for further

development and additional materials purchases

  • PlanRVA Website
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Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program

  • https://ricerivers.vcu.edu/community-

engagement/oyster-shell-recycling/

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Future Meetings Discussion

See Handout

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Regional Roundtable Updates

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How to reach me

Sarah Stewart, AICP Planning Manager - Environmental Program PlanRVA sstewart@planrva.org