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SMP Inspection & Maintenance Policy P a g e 14 Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs): An activity, measure, structure, device, or facility that helps to achieve stormwater management objectives including, without limitation, schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, operation and maintenance procedures, treatment requirements, and other practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of water resources, to control stormwater volume and/or rate, or to otherwise limit impacts to the Regional Stormwater System. SCMs shall be designed to minimize maintenance and reduce the potential for failure. Transportation Crossings: Any structures, including bridges, which facilitate the flow of stormwater beneath roads, railroads and othertransportation facilities. II. Introduction The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (District) strives to protect and preserve the Regional Stormwater System through its Stormwater Management Program (SMP). In support of this goal, the District performs inspection, maintenance, and emergency repair activities on Regional Stormwater System assets to ensure their conveyance capacity as well as the protection of public safety and real property: These activities are performed as they relate to the District's objectives (see Section III) and as financial resources are available. This report documents the District's policies for funding and performing inspection and maintenance activities on components of the Regional Stormwater System. . III. District Inspection and Maintenance Objectives The goal of the District's inspection and maintenance activities under the Stormwater Management Program is to protect and preserve the conveyance capacity of the Regional Stormwater System, as well as protect public safety and real proper.ty. This policy was deyeloped to ensure that District inspection and maintenance activities remain aligned with this primary goal, while setting service expectations that are reasonable and viable. This body of policies was developed to meet the following objectives for the Regional Stormwater SysteFn: • Develop and implement sound, sustainable maintenance practices for stormwater control measures; • Protect, preserve, and enhance the Regional Stormwater System while controlling costs; • Prevent premature consfruction outlay through preventive and predictive maintenance; • Increase response and repair speed and improve capabilities; and • Encourage coordination with member communities on activities within their borders. In addition, these policies are intended to coordinate with the stream monitoring, planning & modeling, and construction programs to achieve multi-objective floodplain and stream system management, and to support other areas of the stormwater management program.