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Montgomery County Recent Trends

Montgomery County Recent Trends. Watershed Management Programs. Public Funding of Incentives for Private Property Owners Use of low-impact stormwater management approaches on private, developed property Beyond the CIP Can we get closer to the source of the problems?

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Montgomery County Recent Trends

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  1. Montgomery County Recent Trends

  2. Watershed Management Programs • Public Funding of Incentives for Private Property Owners • Use of low-impact stormwater management approaches on private, developed property Beyond the CIP • Can we get closer to the source of the problems? • How did we get here since 1996 • Restoration takes time – moving through our inventories • Focus on Education pays off – we have created a demand for solutions • Can we develop confidence in newer approaches • Can approaches used elsewhere work here? • How can we pay for it • Science-based solutions – in the past 4 years, we have had as many bankfull storm events as in the preceding 20 yr record

  3. Watershed Restoration ProjectsCapital Improvement Program (CIP)

  4. Examples of stormwater management ponds

  5. RainScapes Goals-Getting to the Source • Residential Urban Stormwater Management • Reduce Runoff Volume • Reduce Pollutants from Neighborhoods • Recharge Groundwater and Stream Baseflow • Water Conservation • Harvesting and Reuse • Native Landscapes • Habitat Diversity

  6. Development • New efforts to analyze codes and regulations governing land development • Clean Water Task Force • Major recommendations – LID, Roundtable approach • Cluster zoning and other innovative approaches in Master Plans continue to evolve • Rural Neighborhood Cluster zone • Improvements to overcome problems with earlier cluster zones • TDRs – being utilized in mixed use zones – see how it will work with commercial uses – Damascus Master Plan • MXTC/TDR Zone (Mixed Use Town Center / Transferable Development Rights) • RNC/TDR (Rural Neighborhood Cluster/Transferable Development Rights) • SPA overlay zones and impervious caps – Upper Paint Branch, Clarksburg, Rock Creek – all a little bit different in the approach

  7. Stormwater ManagementBioretention

  8. Growth • Centers and Boulevards • Major redevelopment initiative • Sustainability • New efforts to introduce sustainability indicators into the Annual Growth Policy process • The 2007 version will look at options to: • • Strengthen transportation guidelines to better consider surrounding roads and transit• Evaluate ways to determine when schools are at capacity• Expand the definition of public facilities to include the environment (water pollution, air pollution, etc), energy, and affordable housing• Establish a better way to measure the impact of growth and propose a fair impact tax for developers• Consider ways to raise the standards for well-designed communities • New Environment and Energy Master Plan • New Sustainability program at DEP to more actively engage businesses and residences in taking specific actions • Package an incentive program across all the environmental media

  9. Goal: Streams in Good Condition Stonefly Sculpin

  10. Resources • www.rainscapes.org • http://www.mc-mncppc.org/strategic_planning/centers/index.shtm • www.resolv.org • http://www.mcparkandplanning.org/development/agp/agp_study.shtm • pamela.rowe@montgomerycountymd.gov

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