MS4 Annual Meeting May 24, 2011 Michiana Stormwater Partnership

MS4 Annual Meeting

May 24, 2011

Michiana Stormwater Partnership

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

Common Ground

Location:• Adjacent

Communities

• Same Watersheds

• Same County

DifferencesNot all MS4s

Budgets

Manpower/Staff

Diverse Audience

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

Bethel College – Student River Clean-Up Project

• Annual campus event

• Part of student curriculum

• 7659 man hours since 2004

Bethel College/Mishawaka – Developed Stormwater PSA Video

Soil & Water Conservation District– Quality and Quantity of Existing Student Education Programs

• 327 water-related education programs for

over 15,000 students since 2004

St. Joseph River Basin Commission – St. Joseph River Basin Symposium

• Great relationship with the professional environmental community and political leaders within our area

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

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

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”

Common Targeted AudienceElected Officials,

Local Gov’t Leaders, Managers, & Staff

Community YouthResidential &

Commercial Contractors, Developers & Professionals

General Public- Homeowners & Neighborhoods

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

Contractor Field DaysAudience- Construction IndustryFinancial Support“Connections”- Commissioners, Contractors, Mayors, Contractors

and Developers

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

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

South Bend Municipal Rain Garden

CommUniversity Day

Notre Dame engineering students volunteered their time to plant the rain garden

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

Contact UsMichiana Stormwater Partnership

www.michianastormwaterpartnership.com

Mishawaka Planning Department574.258.1625planning@mishawaka.in.govms4coordinator@mishawaka.in.govwww.mishawaka.in.gov

City of South Bend574.235.5933jengstro@southbendin.govwww.southbendIn.gov

St. Joseph CountyTown of RoselandTown of Osceola574.235.9626mschaefer@co.st-joseph.in.uswww.stjosephcountyindiana.com

Lawson-Fisher Associateswww.lawson-fisher.comrlindley@lawson-fisher.com

St. Joseph County Soil andWater Conservation District574.291.7444 x3Andrew.Fox@in.nacdnet.netwww.stjosephswcd.org

St. Joseph River Basin Commission/MACOG574.287.1829kmackowiak@macog.comwww.sjrbc.com

Ivy Tech Community College574.289.7001 x5426dcraker@ivytech.eduwww.ivytech.edu

Bethel College Physical Plant574.257.3346yaws@BethelCollege.eduwww.BethelCollege.edu