AGENCY TESTIMONY
Support for comprehensive stormwater plan legislation with reservations
0:20:51
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70 sec
Paul Rush discusses the pre-considered bill that would require DEP to create a comprehensive stormwater plan and dashboard, expressing support for the goals while raising concerns about details and timeline.
- The bill complements existing planning requirements and new stormwater map requirements set forth in recent legislation.
- DEP has been taking a holistic approach to managing stormwater, which has become increasingly challenging due to climate change.
- While DEP plans to develop a comprehensive stormwater plan, they cannot commit to the details or timelines in the bill until they understand how it relates to existing stormwater mapping work and ensure available funding.
- DEP is willing to work with the chair on the details of the legislation.
Paul Rush
0:20:51
The second bill being here today would require DEP to create a comprehensive stormwater plan and a stormwater dashboard.
0:21:00
These requirements complement some existing planning requirements and new stormwater map requirements set forth in the city of YES legislation and intro 815, which were passed earlier this month.
0:21:14
This bill also reflects commitments we made in the 2024 stormwater analysis that we released earlier this year.
0:21:23
As the council is aware, DEP has been taking a holistic approach to managing stormwater, which has been increasingly challenging as climate change has brought more frequent intense storms.
0:21:36
We plan to develop a comprehensive stormwater plan, so we fully support the goals of this bill.
0:21:42
But we cannot commit to the details or the timelines in the bill until we know how this work relates to the stormwater mapping work, and until we can ensure that we have available funding.
0:21:56
We are happy to work with the chair on the details of the legislation.
0:22:01
Thank you.
