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Part 2. Municipal Grounds & Park Maintenance. Municipal Grounds & Park Maintenance. Good housekeeping and stormwater management required in maintaining municipal properties.

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  1. Part 2 Municipal Grounds & Park Maintenance

  2. Municipal Grounds & Park Maintenance • Good housekeeping and stormwater management required in maintaining municipal properties. • The goal relative to park maintenance is protection of water resources & reduction of stormwater pollution from municipal properties.

  3. Municipal Property Maintenance Recognize connection of park operations to community water resources

  4. Property Management BMPs: • Landscape planning • Natural Material Recycling • Fertilizer/Insecticide Application • Products Use Tracking • Pest Control • Animal Waste Management • Septic System Inspection and Maintenance • Illicit Discharge • Illegal Dumping • Sediment & Erosion Control

  5. Landscape Planning • Reduce areas requiring irrigation • Mulch heavy use areas • Limit use of fertilizers/herbicides

  6. Landscape Planning • Maintain existing water resources –provide adequate buffer

  7. Landscape Planning • Provide adequate buffer

  8. Landscape Planning • Stream protected by dense vegetation • No chemicals applied to grassed area

  9. Landscape Planning • Provide signage within parks regarding importance of such features

  10. Natural Material Recycling • Recycle municipal and residential natural materials • Use recycled materials in landscape management

  11. Fertilizer/Pesticide Application organic alternative products

  12. Fertilizer/Pesticide Application • Applicator Certification • Application and Record Keeping

  13. Record Keeping • Storage and Inspection • Scheduling of Applications

  14. Preferred Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM) Methods • Plant pest-resistant or well-adapted plant varieties such as native plants • Alter the park environment to deprive pests of the food, water, shelter, or other requirements they need to thrive

  15. Preferred IPM Methods • Rely on natural enemies to kill pests, thereby eliminating the need for insecticides that may end up in our waterways • Choose products carefully so that the least toxic, most effective material is used • Be aware of application timing relative to weather

  16. IPM Municpal Parks • Integrated weed management program can reduce most weeds to tolerable levels and prevent large, weed patches • Total elimination of weeds is not a realistic or necessary goal for most parks

  17. Alternative Approaches Landscape Management Weed Torch

  18. Pet Waste Collection • Provide ample containers for trash/pet waste collection • Provide and maintain trash receptacles

  19. Animal Waste Management • Pollution from geese • Removal of nests

  20. Septic Systems • Maintenance and Inspection of Septic Facilities within Municipal Parks

  21. In addition, you serve as the eyes of your community. You have the opportunity to see your community on a regular basis. You can make sure your community, and those working in it, are also taking care of the waterways.

  22. Illicit Discharge Detection Surface Discharge - Dumping pollutants into drains

  23. Illegal Dumping Post “No Dumping” signs to reinforce the message. The signs will also help with enforcement if dumping occurs.

  24. Sediment & Erosion Control Ensure that sediment and erosion control BMPs are maintained on municipal property improvement projects

  25. Sediment & Erosion Control Sediment and erosion control BMPs on municipal property improvement projects

  26. Ensure construction entrances are in tact. Community Review

  27. Know who to call if something is not right. Community Review

  28. Summary - Property Management BMPs • Landscape Planning / Material Recycling • Fertilizer/Insecticide Application • Product Use Tracking • Pest Control • Animal Waste Management • Septic System Maintenance • Illegal Discharge • Illegal Dumping • Sediment and erosion control

  29. Summary - Property Management BMPs The Goal of NPDES Program is: • Protection of water resources • Reduction in sources of stormwater pollution from municipal properties.

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