This project provides for design and construction of habitat restoration or stabilization measures for stream reaches having significant channel erosion, sedimentation, and habitat degradation. Developed areas constructed without current stormwater controls contribute uncontrolled runoff which results in eroded streambanks, excessive sediment, tree loss, and degraded habitat for fish and aquatic life. Stormdrain outfalls damaged from severe erosion are identified and, where possible, the outfalls are repaired - funded from the Outfall Repairs project (No. 509948).

Reduction in costs reflects conclusion of project and a $200,000 transfer to Stormwater Retrofit: Countywide.

The project supports the requirements of the County's MS4 permit and addresses the goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, Anacostia Watershed Restoration Agreement, and the County's adopted water quality goals (Chapter 19, Article IV). The project will stabilize and improve local stream habitat conditions where streams have been damaged by inadequately controlled stormwater runoff.

Projects planned for design and construction include Booze Creek Repairs. The Montgomery Parks Department of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and the Montgomery Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have agreed that M-NCPPC will serve as the lead agency for implementing stream restoration projects including long-term monitoring and maintenance that are located wholly or mostly on parks property in support of the County's MS4 permit. Previously, DEP had begun design work on the following stream restoration projects which meet these criteria: Clearspring Manor, Glenallan, Stoneybrook (Beach Drive to Montrose Avenue), and Grosvenor (Beach Drive to Rockville Pike). DEP has provided all design work for these projects to M-NCPPC for design completion, permitting, and construction under M-MNCPPC's Stream Protection: SVP (P818571) project. M-NCPPC has agreed that all MS4 credits generated from these projects will be credited towards the County's future MS4 permit with delivery of the restored impervious acres no later than Dec. 31, 2023. M-NCPPC will provide appropriate updates at key project milestones to ensure that MS4 credits are achieved in the timeframe required, in addition to providing the long-term monitoring and maintenance required for the County to maintain the impervious acreage credit. These projects are currently estimated to have a combined cost of $2.4M and will provide approximately 44 acres of credit; funding was provided under M-MNCPPC's Stream Protection: SVP (P818571) project. Parks will provide updated schedule and cost information on all projects for construction allocation funding beginning in FY 20, based on MDE's Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund cycle timeframes. M-NCPPC and DEP developed a Memorandum of Understanding that details how projects completed by M-NCPPC, funded with WQPC dollars, with MS4 credits going to DEP, will be handled. M-NCPPC will document all MS4 credits created through these projects in accordance with MDE requirements to obtain State approval for the permit credits. M-NCPPC recognizes that stream restoration projects with relatively small segments located on Parks property may be selected by the County's DBM contractor. If selected by the County's contractor and approved by DEP with concurrence by M-NCPPC, the contractor will need to obtain a Park Permit and comply with all M-NCPPC requirements.

This CIP Project will be closed after the completion of the Booze Creek Repair project, expected in FY22. Any future stream restoration work will be performed under CIP Project # 808726 - Stormwater Management Retrofit: Countywide.

The County Executive asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.

Department of Transportation, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Department of Permitting Services, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources.