Summary of Specifications:
The County of Albany is seeking proposals for consultant services related to Clean Water Act stormwater regulations pertaining to green infrastructure, as requested by the Stormwater Coalition of Albany County. The purpose of these services is to assist members of the Stormwater Coalition of Albany County in developing model local land use laws and/or procedures related to green infrastructure practices, for potential adoption by Coalition members. These local laws and/or procedures will provide Coalition members with the necessary legal underpinnings to fully embrace green infrastructure practices identified specifically in the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual (August, 2010) and elsewhere in more general guidance documents developed by EPA (Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure-Water Quality Scorecard) and others (Center for Watershed Protection Code and Ordinance Worksheet and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program Code and Ordinance Worksheet for Development Rules in New York State). This project is funded with NYSDEC EPF Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) funds, not to exceed $35,000 with an implementation time frame for this particular project of approximately 18 months.
Expertise will be required across multiple disciplines, including legal, engineering and Stormwater. Cross-discipline collaboration among proposers is encouraged.
