Call For Nominations For The Ad Hoc Stormwater Utility And Flood Mitigation Advisory Group

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Feb 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM

Call for Nominations for the Ad Hoc
Stormwater Utility and Flood Mitigation Advisory Group

For Immediate Release: February 26, 2021

On January 26, 2021, Alexandria City Council approved a resolution
to establish an Ad Hoc Stormwater Utility and Flood Mitigation Advisory Group
in support of the City’s flood mitigation efforts and implementation of the
stormwater utility.

The Advisory Group will review and advise in regards to
flood mitigation activities, monitor and measure progress of the City’s
proposed flood mitigation efforts, serve as a general body for receipt and
dissemination of information for the City’s flood mitigation implementation
efforts, and review and provide recommendations on proposed Stormwater Utility
operating and capital budgets. The Advisory Group will meet on an ad hoc basis
for an initial duration of one year, with the first meeting to take place no
later than May 2021.

The Advisory Group will be comprised of 10 members appointed
by the Mayor and City Council, including seven (7) “at-large” membership
positions:

• Three (3)
  members nominated by civic associations in flood affected areas
• One (1)
  member that is a representative of a business group
• Two (2)
  members that are residents with engineering, environmental, financial or
  related experience that are not a member of any firm involved with or in
  pursuit of work proposed or being conducted by the City
• One (1)
  member with interest or expertise in diversity, race and social equity and
  inclusivity issues

The three (3) remaining positions include:

• One (1)
  member nominated by the Alexandria Federation of Civic Associations
• One (1)
  member of the City’s Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee
• One (1)
  member of City Council

If you would like to be considered for nomination to one of
the at-large positions on the Advisory Group, please apply through the City of
Alexandria Boards
and Commissions webpage no later than March 29, 2021. To be
nominated by a civic association in a flood affected area, please obtain
endorsement from your civic association prior to completing the City’s Boards
and Commissions application and have the association email an endorsement
letter to Gloria Sitton, City Clerk, at Gloria.Sitton@alexandriava.gov.

For more information about the City’s stormwater utility and
flood mitigation efforts, please visit the Stormwater
Management webpage. For more information on Advisory Group nominations,
please contact Gloria Sitton at Gloria.Sitton@alexandriava.gov.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria.The views expressed here are the author’s own.