Water Finance Forum - Oakland, California

Water as a Resource: Financing Opportunities for Municipal Stormwater Management

Presentations and materials from the Stormwater Finance Forum held in Oakland, California at the Elihu Harris State Office Building, on April 5, 2017.

The forum was hosted by the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center, EPA Region 9, the Environmental Finance Center at California State, Sacramento and the California State Water Resources Control Board.

• Water Finance Forum Agenda (pdf) (129.75 KB)
• Welcome and Introduction (pdf) (1.11 MB)
  (Jim Gebhardt, U.S. EPA Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center, gebhardt.jim@epa.gov)
• Federal and State Funding Programs - Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Projects (pdf) (192 KB)

Framing the Challenges and Opportunities in Funding Stormwater Programs

• Municipal Stormwater Funding Challenges (pdf) (611.46 KB)
  (Matt Fabry, San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program, mfabry@smcgov.org)
• Financing Stormwater Projects: Providing an Innovative Vision (pdf) (2.34 MB)
  (Dr. Newsha Ajami, Water in the West, Stanford University and San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board, newsha@stanford.edu)

Planning for Success - What Program Managers Need to Do to Win Financing

• Focusing on the Triple Bottom Line – Planning Your Program to Meet Multiple Needs (pdf) (493.18 KB)
  (Daniel Apt, OLAUNU Consulting, dapt@olaunu.com)
• Estimating Stormwater Program Costs and Benefits (pdf) (701.28 KB)
  (Chad Praul, Environmental Incentives, cpraul@enviroincentives.com)
• Potential Roles of Financial Capability Assessment in Stormwater Finance Plans (pdf) (163.78 KB)
  (Dave Smith, U.S. EPA Region 9, smith.davidw@epa.gov)

Engaging the Public and Decision-Makers to Market Your Program

• Shifting the Mindset – Preparing to “Sell” Stormwater to the Public and Decision-makers (pdf) (866.77 KB)
  (Jason Drew, NCE, jdrew@ncenet.com)
• Storm Water Program Funding: Overcoming the Challenge of Proposition 218 (pdf) (89.03 KB)
  (Joe Teresi, City of Palo Alto (retired), jtnia@comcast.net)
• Discussion: What Support Do Cities Need to Build Capacity to Plan and Market? (pdf) (281.12 KB)
  (Annalisa Kihara and Jeffrey Albrecht, State Water Resources Control Board STORMS Program, Annalisa.Kihara@waterboards.ca.gov, jeffrey.albrecht@waterboards.ca.gov)

Public Grant/Loan Programs to Fund Stormwater Projects

• Proposition 1 and Other State Grants (pdf) (1.85 MB)
  (Joe Karkoski, State Water Resources Control Board, joe.karkoski@waterboards.ca.gov)
• State Revolving Fund Loans and Principal Forgiveness (pdf) (595.83 KB)
  (Wennilyn Fua, State Water Resources Control Board, wennilyn.fua@waterboards.ca.gov)
• Transportation-Related Grants (pdf) (788.88 KB)
  (Constantine Kontaxis, CalTrans, constantine.kontaxis@dot.ca.gov)
• FEMA Planning and Mitigation Grants (pdf) (1.13 MB)
  (Robert McCord, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Robert.McCord@fema.dhs.gov)

Fee Programs and Other Ongoing Local Funding Sources

• Alternative Funding for Oakland Clean Water (pdf) (2.77 MB)
  (Leslie Estes, City of Oakland, lestes@oaklandnet.com)
• Proposition 218 Reform Prospects and Development of Local Funding Sources (pdf) (633.03 KB)
  (Mitch Avalon, Contra Costa County, maval@pw.cccounty.us)
• Expanding Your Reach: Using Other Local Fees and Revenues (pdf) (3.04 MB)
  (John Bliss, SCI Consulting, john.bliss@sci-cg.com)

Unconventional Funding Sources

• Prospects for Public-Private Partnerships in the Municipal Stormwater Sector (pdf) (453.59 KB)
  (Scott Boardman, West Coast Exchange, scott.boardman@westcoastx.org)
• Pay for Performance and Other Unconventional Approaches (pdf) (779.88 KB)
  (Jeremy Sokulsky, Environmental Incentives, jsokulsky@enviroincentives.com)
• Washington D.C.’s Stormwater Crediting Program and Environmental Impact Bond (pdf) (1.12 MB)
  (Holly Galavotti and Kristyn Abhold, U.S. EPA Water Infrastructure and Resilience Finance Center, galavotti.holly@epa.gov and abhold.kristyn@epa.gov)