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runoff rate. One option to reduce runoff is to implement green infrastructure, such as green roofs, to meet this requirement. MMSD
does have funding programs that could support these efforts.
MMSD has a vision of capturing the first half inch of rainfall in our
service area via green infrastructure. This amounts to 740 million
gallons and is known as our FreshCoast 740 Initiative. In order to
reach that goal we offer programs available to all sectors. These
programs fund a variety of green infrastructure strategies of which
green roofs are an eligible choice.
LAM: If you use public funds for green roofs, how did you justify making these expenditures to politicians and the general public?
TL: Portland had public funds for special ecoroof grants from
1999 to 2000, and financial incentives were made available to
almost any proposed ecoroof from 2008 to 2013. Small grants are
still available today from the Watershed Stewardship Program, but
are limited to educational projects with specific criteria, ecoroofs
can be included.
KS: MMSD believes that green infrastructure serves as a viable
complement to traditional grey infrastructure and an effective
means of diminishing the likelihood of combined or separate sewer
overflows. Implementing green infrastructure to manage water
where it falls can often be more cost effective. This vision is supported by our governing Commission.
LAM: Are you tracking the square footage of green roofs and/or green
walls and if so how are you doing this?
TL: Tracking is done occasionally by one person in the Bureau of
Environmental Services. There isn't a formal system.
KS: Yes, square footage is tracked ongoing project by project.
Through 2015, MMSD has awarded funding to support 11.75 acres
with 9.5 of those acres currently installed.
LAM: Do you have any minimum requirements for green roof coverage
related to policy and if so what are they?
TL: Not currently, but the new comp plan has a goal of 18 per
cent coverage of existing and proposed roofs and with that hopes
to achieve approximately 408 acres (of the 2,267 roof acres in
Central City) by 2035. There are no other government agency
THE EXPERTS
Tom Liptan won a GRHC Award of
Excellence in 2004 for his pioneering
research and policy work on green
roofs and stormwater while working
at Portland's Bureau of Environmental
Services. He has since retired and is
now working on a book.
Kevin Schafer runs the MMSD
and was recognized as a
Civic Award of Excellence
winner in 2015 for his work to
support green infrastructure
implementation in Milwaukee.
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