Stormwater Mitigation Fee Task Force
Roles & Responsibilities:
Task Force (vote)
The Charlotte City Council has charged the Task Force with the following:
1. Develop a recommendation for a permanent solution to allow a mitigation fee option for
the temporary district (area shown in white in Attachment 1) and if so, under what
circumstances such as costs, site constraints and other factors (current ordinance language
provided in Attachment 2).
2. Develop that recommendation in the context of the 2008 Council decision.
3. Determine other mitigation measures, such as catch basin inserts that would further the
goal of mitigation.
Staff (no vote)
Staff is to provide support to the Task Force as necessary. They will not be part of the consensus
process (i.e. they will not vote). Staff will notify the Task Force as soon as possible if they are
opposed to a particular recommendation. Staff will explain why they are opposed and offer
supporting facts and information as necessary for consideration by the Task Force. If staff is
opposed to the final recommendation(s), they may offer a separate recommendation.
Facilitator (no vote)
Provide guidance and support toward achieving the charge while ensuring compliance with the
ground rules.
Deliverable:
The deliverable will be one of the following (preferable #1):
1. Consensus recommendation with staff support.
2. Consensus recommendation without staff support.
3. Majority and minority recommendations. Staff may support one or both of the
recommendations or may offer a third recommendation.
Daryl Hammock has stated that the Task Force could recommend no mitigation fee. The
recommendation(s) will be presented to the Environment Committee for discussion. The
Environment Committee recommendation will go to City Council for action.
Process (summarized in Attachment 3):
1. Task Force participants to notify staff of information they will need to move forward with
the process.
2. Staff and potentially outside sources to provide this information.
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3. Following the presentation of this information, a survey will be used to identify areas of
agreement and disagreement with regard to the mitigation fee as well as to test potential
recommendations for achieving consensus. The survey will also ask Task Force
members to identify additional information they will need to deliberate toward reaching
consensus.
4. Staff will consider the information needs identified in the surveys and may provide
additional information prior to beginning deliberations.
5. Staff will use the information in the completed surveys to prepare recommendations for
the Task Force to deliberate toward reaching consensus. Staff will also provide an
opportunity for Task Force members to submit their own recommendations for
deliberation.
6. Staff will present the recommendations to the Task Force for deliberation, including the
pros and cons of each as appropriate. These pros and cons will be presented from an
unbiased perspective using best available data. Staff will also explain their level of
support for the recommendation. The Task Force will deliberate the recommendations
toward reaching consensus.
7. If consensus is reached and staff determines that the charge has been fulfilled, then the
process concludes.
8. If consensus is not reached, the Task Force will be asked Task Force members to identify
data and information that will assist them in reaching consensus.
9. If consensus cannot be reached following the presentation of this data and information,
the Task Force will receive alternative recommendations for deliberation.
10. If consensus is not reached, step #8 is repeated.
11. If consensus cannot be reached regarding the alternative recommendations, then minority
and majority recommendations will be developed and the steps above repeated until
consensus is reached and the charge is fulfilled.
Consensus:
An Understanding of Consensus
1. Consensus is reached when all members present can “live with” or “not object to” the
proposal being made.
2. Consensus does not mean everyone gets everything they want.
3. Consensus is the methodology that allows collaborative problem solving to work.
4. Consensus is accepting that the decision is the best that could be made given the
circumstances and the many participating interests.
5. Consensus requires the sharing of information, which leads to mutual education, which in
turn, provides the basis for crafting workable and acceptable recommendations.
6. Consensus promotes joint thinking of a diverse group and leads to creative solutions.
Also, because parties participate in the deliberation process, they understand the
reasoning behind recommendations and are willing to support them.
Determining Consensus
1. Vote by a show of hands.
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2. Task Force members may indicate a conditional consensus (conditional on something
else happening later). The condition is tabled until it is discussed later in the process.
3. A Task Force member who does not agree should offer changes to the language in the
recommendation that would enable them to agree. This approach will be tested for
consensus.
4. If a Task Force member decides that additional facts and information are needed for them
to come to consensus, this must be stated and the information needed specified.
5. The recommendation will be tabled until the requested information is made available to
the Task Force at which time the recommendation will be modified as necessary and
tested for consensus.
Ground Rules:
1. Show up and be prepared (Do your homework).
2. Treat each other, the organizations represented in the Group and the Group itself with
respect at all times and put personal differences aside in the interest of the success of the
Task Force.
3. Stick to the topics on the meeting agenda; be concise and not repetitive.
4. Work as team players and share all relevant information. Focus on honesty with
tactfulness. Avoid surprises. Encourage candid, frank discussions.
5. Ask if you do not understand.
6. Openly express any disagreement or concern with all Task Force members.
7. Offer mutually beneficial solutions. Actively strive to see other’s points of view.
8. Follow through on commitments.
9. Share information discussed in the meetings with the organizations/constituents that you
represent and bring back to the Task Force the opinions and actions of these constituents
as appropriate.
10. Encourage free thinking and share relevant information with the Task Force.
11. Speak one at a time in meetings as recognized by the facilitator.
12. Everyone will participate but no one will dominate.
13. Agree that it is OK to disagree and disagree without being disagreeable.
14. Disagree in a constructive manner.
15. Make your statements and responses concise and to the point.
16. Support and actively engage in the Task Force decision process.
Participants:
Stormwater Mitigation Fee Task Force Members (Updated February 11, 2015)
Member
Representing
Email Address
Rusty Rozzelle
Facilitator
Rusty.Rozzelle@mecklenburgcountyn
c.gov
Voting Members
Dr. Craig Allan
Academic Representative,
cjallan@uncc.edu
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
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Member
Nancy Carter
Roger Coates
Carrie Cook
Nate Doolittle
Paisley Gordon, Jr.
Sam Perkins
David Robinson
Rick Roti
Eric Spengler
Ken Szymanski
Steve Wilson
Dr. Jy Wu
Shannon Binns
Bill Daleure
Rick Gaskins
Patrick George
Debra Glennon
Bryan Holladay
Kevin Vogel
Joe Padilla
Daryl Hammock
Marc Recktenwald
Mike MacIntyre
Representing
Email Address
Charlotte Citizen
Charlotte Citizen
Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce
National Association of
Industrial and Office Properties
(NAIOP)
Commercial Board of Realtors
Catawba Riverkeeper
Foundation
Sierra Club (Central Piedmont
Group)
Charlotte Public Tree Fund
Sustain Charlotte
Charlotte Apartment
Association
Real Estate & Building Industry
Coalition (REBIC)
Academic Representative,
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Alternates
Sustain Charlotte
Real Estate & Building Industry
Coalition (REBIC)
Catawba Riverkeeper
Foundation
Charlotte Public Tree Fund
Charlotte Public Tree Fund
Charlotte Apartment
Association
National Association of
Industrial and Office Properties
(NAIOP)
Real Estate & Building Industry
Coalition (REBIC)
Staff Resources
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm
Water Services
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm
Water Services
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm
Water Services
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N3157w@yahoo.com
rrjcoates@yahoo.com
ccook@charlottechamber.com
ndoolittle@landdesign.com
paisley@cpgrenc.com
sam@catawbariverkeeper.org
takahula@gmail.com
rickroti@gmail.com
eric@spengleraganslaw.com
ken@greatercaa.org
swilson@landworkspa.com
jwu@uncc.edu
shannon@sustaincharlotte.org
bdaleure@avantgarderec.com
rick@catawbariverkeeper.org
patrick@charlottetreefund.org
debra@charlottetreefund.org
bryan@greatercaa.org
KVogel@landdesign.com
Joe.padilla@rebic.com
dhammock@charlottenc.gov
mrecktenwald@charlottenc.gov
mmacintyre@charlottenc.gov
Attachment 1
Mitigation Fee Option Areas
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Attachment 2
Charlotte’s Post-Construction Ordinance
Paragraph 18-161(c)
(c) Redevelopment not within transit station areas or distressed business districts. For a period
of time beginning with approval of this Ordinance amendment and ending December 31,
2017, projects involving redevelopment of existing built-upon-area and the cumulative
addition of less than 20,000 square feet of new built-upon-area, are allowed by right to
forego meeting the requirements of this article, except for required stream buffers and
phosphorous requirements, provided one of the following measures is implemented on the
site:
(1) If an analysis of the downstream storm water conveyance system confirms that
volume and peak control facilities may be waived by the Storm Water Administrator,
provide 85 percent TSS removal from first inch of rainfall for entire project and pay
the city a mitigation fee according to rates set forth in the administrative manual for
the pre-project built-upon-area and any additional impervious area; or
(2) If an analysis of the downstream storm water conveyance system confirms that
volume and peak control facilities may be waived by the Storm Water Administrator,
pay the city a mitigation fee according to rates set forth in the administrative manual
for the pre-project built upon area and any additional impervious area; or (3)
Provide one-year, 24-hour volume control and ten-year, six-hour peak control for
entire project and pay the city a mitigation fee according to rates set forth in the
administrative manual for the pre-project built-upon-area and any additional
impervious area.
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Attachment 3
Stormwater Mitigation Fee Task Force Process
Information Provided
Survey Used to Identify Areas of Agreement &
Disagreement
Staff Provides Additional Information As
Needed Based on Survey Responses
Staff Develops Recommendations Based on
Survey Responses
Staff Communicates Recommendations to Task
Force Including Pros/Cons & Staff Position
YES
Consensus
Reached?
Staff Compiles Task Force
Recommendation & Indicates
Staff’s Position
NO
Additional Information Provided
as Requested by Task Force
Consensus
Reached?
Presentation to Environment
Committee for
Recommendation to City
Council
YES
NO
Alternative Recommendation
Received
Additional Information
Provided as Requested by
Task Force
Consensus
Reached?
YES
NO
Consensus
Reached?
YES
NO Subcommittee Develops Recommendation
or Minority/Majority Positions
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Consensus Tested