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.. 'Rice Creek Watershed Stenciline: Proe:ram The following email was sent to all Committee Members, Commission Members, City Council, City Staff and the Centerville Lions regarding the stenciling program. Chairperson Peterson will report on the progress. This information is on the city sign, cable and the web site. To date we have had no requests for further information or offers to volunteer. The city was able to order 1,000 educational door knockers in florescent green. The door knockers cost $182.60 per 1,000 of which was paid for from the storm water fund. The Rice Creek Water District supplied door knockers, but they needed to be printed or copied, and cut. Ordering the knockers already printed & cut seemed a more feasible use of time and resources. I talked to Ms. Dawn Dubats who is going to drop off some corrected versions of the information previously supplied in the kits, as well as a display we can put in the foyer of City Hall to explain what we are doing. Ellie Paul seth and myself have taken a few sections of the map to be completed in the next week or so. This needs to be completed in the next month or so as the kits supplied by the RCWD need to be passed on to the next city involved in the program. The Rice Creek Watershed District has begun a stenciling program involving community volunteers to educate residents regarding watershed pollution prevention. The Parks & Recreation Committee has volunteered to be involved in this project and today some of us met with Dawn Dubats from the Rice Creek Watershed District for training. It looks like a very interesting project. Centerville is the first city to do this in the district. They have supplied us with 10 kits complete with everything needed: one wire brush, one whisk broom, safety goggles (3), Paint (2), Safety vests (4-5), one traffic cone, stencils (2), map of your area, door-hangers & instructions, trash bags, and paper towel. Parks & Recreation is looking for volunteers to help with this project as we have approximately 200 storm sewer drains to do in Centerville. At 15 minutes per storm sewer this would take 1 person 50 hours. We are going to start by meeting at City Hall, Wednesday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. to get started. We thought if we can just get out there and get some stenciling done it will generate interest & questions and hopefully more people willing to help out. This is not a huge time commitment - got a few hours? Let me know, if multiple committee or commission members are going to participate we will need to post it. Following is a copy of the information I have posted on the website. The H.i('\..~ (ret.'k \\atendwd District..... is roo!<.illg.!()r J.o/tllltcer....'! i"hc l-~:.;l~:~, (;jCl;~_ \.\!d(,L~I>,Ll.d i);,'-l![{C'1. i>> L!tlJa__l;lji,:~. d "~(l_li-;'t (li'di_ C-~i\_';1in~~, I' 1;; SI\-_~';-;i1 d(\-j" "tencilili~l, I~ an cducati()lld1. inh.:racti'\.e k)O! [0 eilgagc peopk oLd] ages in \\(lkr.;;l1cd pollulion prc\c1lliullThi.\ hrillg,,;; !lit' iJlC';sagc hilck In puhilC alkniion \\Jth d brit~lil ill'\V illli!\!C Unlf1l'Qrel'l iHid another opportunity (or \oluntcers & media attention The rnessage on the strcet tells whed \:OT TO 1)0 i\l1d \\11Y \kdia ilil'r~; ,\ill CXplziiil \\hal j'coplc c.V< DO ,uId !IO\\ Swnci!ing \\nlls! It rai~es a\vareness ancllcads to pollution prevelltion \hlllY people unhnO\vingly helieve storm dnW1S (:Ollnect 10 sc\.ver lrcatmcnl tilCilities and that indus1r) is the greatest source ur Ivater pollution. Accurding to E:PA, over hUOn n!' our \vater pollution comes from urban and agricultural storm \\iller runolT(non-point-:;ource pollution) People arc l110re likely iO change thcir behavior to IJre\Clll pollution once they understand thal storm water runofr pollutants end up in liMer bodic~;