1. Develop and deliver curriculum to local officials for Drinking Water and Wastewater. (Curriculum/Training Committee)
* RCAP will deliver at least five Utility Management and five Financial Management courses; anticipating training of 20-25 people per session.
* RCAP will finish developing the Asset Management course and deliver five courses; anticipating training approximately 20 people per session.
* RCAP will develop an Applied Asset Management course and begin delivery during 2007.
* RCAP will consider development of short courses to augment technical assistance.
* RCAP will evaluate their efforts by offering a pre and post-test to participants of each course.
* RCAP will send follow-up surveys to participants to determine how much of the instruction is implemented.
* RCAP will promote and update the financial tools that help the small community to proceed with its water or sewer project.
* OSU will offer at least seven "On-site Wastewater Design School" courses; anticipating educating approximately 14 students per class.
* OSU and MU will offer two "Water Systems for Small Communities" courses for drinking water systems; anticipating educating up to 20 students per class.
* OSU will coordinate and enhance educational programs for on-site wastewater treatment for regulators.
2. Promote training opportunities for local officials for Drinking Water and Wastewater.(Curriculum/Training Committee)
* RCAP will send brochures statewide to advertise availability of training.
* RCAP and OSU will post information via website to market education/training opportunities.
* RCAP and OSU will advertise training utilizing booths at conferences such as AWWA, OTCO, ORWA, Ohio Water Quality and Waste Management Conference, and OOWWA.
* OSU will explore alternative delivery options for "On-site Wastewater Design School" courses to fulfill a 24-hour requirement within differing timeframes.
* Ohio EPA will offer supplemental environmental project (SEP) credit for systems willing to complete "Utility Board" and/or "Financial Management" types of training, in lieu of paying a portion of the penalty for violations to systems with technical, managerial and financial concerns.
* RCAP will request all communities to sign an enrollment letter and agree to send a majority of their decision-making body to Utility Board or Financial Management training, in exchange for technical assistance.
* Host a "Financial and Technical Assistance Training" session for Congressional staff.
3. Assist through the Finance Committee's bi-monthly meeting, fifteen small communities, to identify the most appropriate resources to help them resolve their problems. (Finance Committee)
* Advertise the availability of the SCEIG Finance Committee by holding two information sessions that include presentations by all funding partners; one in northern Ohio and the second in southern Ohio.
Invite all systems with less than 10,000 population and engineering firms. Morning sessions will consist of presentations; afternoon sessions will contain pre-scheduled meetings between the SCEIG Finance Committee and public water systems.
* Continue to hold six bi-monthly meetings at OWDA.
* Develop an Outreach plan
* Develop a survey form to send to systems to complete regarding the status of their proposed project, six months after they have met with the SCEIG Finance Committee.
* Survey the 2003-2006 communities that interacted with the Finance Committee.
4. Continue to implement, with a focus on the prioritized communities, the Appalachia Environmental Infrastructure Strategy Workgroup's Action Plan. (All)
5. Review processes and procedures for loan and grant programs, to determine what efficiencies may be gained by further coordination for jointly funded projects. (Coordinating Committee)
* Evaluate options for one universal loan application statewide.
* Evaluate replacing the Appalachian Bulletin Board with a new database that will include more in-depth information.
* Evaluate the review process for OHPO and discuss options for optimizing.
6. Continue collaboration with Ohio EPA, consulting engineers, and the Ohio Department of Health in streamlining permit applications for small flow on-site wastewater treatment systems: Developing manuals and workshops.
(Karen Mancl, Consulting Engineers, OEPA and ODH)
7. Continue non-technical assistance to interested parties considering decentralized wastewater infrastructure solutions, by providing education and information promoting decentralized wastewater solutions and management options.
( Decentralized Wastewater Work Group)
* Schedule Training
8. Promote awareness of the SCEIG mission and results to the Ohio Rural Partners (ORP), and actively participate in ORDP's annual full partnership meetings, seeking ways to cooperate in assisting Ohio's small rural communities. (All)
9. Meet quarterly on March 5, June 4, September 10 and December 3, 2007. (All)
