ms4 annual meeting may 24, 2011 michiana stormwater partnership
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MS4 Annual Meeting
May 24, 2011
Michiana Stormwater Partnership
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Who Are We?We are a partnership dedicated to providing stormwater education to the citizens of Michiana
Partners:
City of MishawakaCity of South BendSt. Joseph CountyTown of OsceolaTown of RoselandBethel CollegeIvy Tech Community CollegeSt. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District *Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) *St. Joseph River Basin Commission (SJRBC) *Lawson-Fisher Associates
*denotes non-MS4 entities who voluntarily joined our partnership
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Common Ground
Location:• Adjacent
Communities
• Same Watersheds
• Same County
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DifferencesNot all MS4s
Budgets
Manpower/Staff
Diverse Audience
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Individual StrengthsMost of the Partners had
already established some great projects individually. By joining together we all share the success of these great programs
Almost overnight, each partner went from having one good program to having many great programs
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Bethel College – Student River Clean-Up Project
• Annual campus event
• Part of student curriculum
• 7659 man hours since 2004
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Bethel College/Mishawaka – Developed Stormwater PSA Video
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Soil & Water Conservation District– Quality and Quantity of Existing Student Education Programs
• 327 water-related education programs for
over 15,000 students since 2004
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St. Joseph River Basin Commission – St. Joseph River Basin Symposium
• Great relationship with the professional environmental community and political leaders within our area
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Bringing the Pieces TogetherWritten agreement between
partnersDeveloped an Interlocal
Agreement, signed by all partners
Regular meetingsDesignate a chairperson to keep
track of scheduling, minutes, etc
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Bringing the Pieces Together
• Responsibilities of each partnerMake them clear to avoid
conflict
FinancesWe don’t collect dues, just
proactively and jointly contribute as necessary-this also applies to time,
manpower, facilities, etc
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One Common MissionMSP Mission Statement
“Educate our Community on the importance of good environmental stewardship for all of our rivers and streams and provide the community with information, resources, and opportunities to help them develop or enhance their own efforts for the common good”
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Common Targeted AudienceElected Officials,
Local Gov’t Leaders, Managers, & Staff
Community YouthResidential &
Commercial Contractors, Developers & Professionals
General Public- Homeowners & Neighborhoods
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The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its PartsAs a group, we have accomplished bigger and better things reaching
a greater audience than any of us would individually
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Contractor Field DaysAudience- Construction IndustryFinancial Support“Connections”- Commissioners, Contractors, Mayors, Contractors
and Developers
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IUSB Rain Barrel AuctionNew approach to
partnering
Networking throughout the community lead to this event and introduced us to potential future partners
New audience through South Bend Art Museum
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Film Screening of “Waterlife”Soil and Water, Universities
and St. Joseph River Basin Commission helped us reach a different and expanded audience
Partnering with Soil and Water helped us utilize an alternative funding source: “Clean Water Indiana” grant from ISDA
Local University provided location, guest speaker Professor Deb Marr, and free popcorn
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South Bend Municipal Rain Garden
CommUniversity Day
Notre Dame engineering students volunteered their time to plant the rain garden
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Challenges
Elected Official SupportLet them know what you do- regularly and repeatedly
Getting partners on boardNot everyone is interested or able
Low Community response to certain events despite our best effortsSome things just don’t work- be creative try new approaches
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Contact UsMichiana Stormwater Partnership
www.michianastormwaterpartnership.com
Mishawaka Planning [email protected]@mishawaka.in.govwww.mishawaka.in.gov
City of South [email protected]
St. Joseph CountyTown of RoselandTown of Osceola574.235.9626mschaefer@co.st-joseph.in.uswww.stjosephcountyindiana.com
Lawson-Fisher [email protected]
St. Joseph County Soil andWater Conservation District574.291.7444 [email protected]
St. Joseph River Basin Commission/[email protected]
Ivy Tech Community College574.289.7001 [email protected]
Bethel College Physical [email protected]