= Stormwater Master Plan =

The City of Great Falls Stormwater Master Plan, adopted by the [[CityCommission]] at [[CityCommission2025-10-07]] under Office File 1361.1, with two motions each carried 5-0 — one adopting the plan by Resolution 10600 and one taking [[Ordinance3279]], which amends Title 13 Chapter 24 Section 070 of the [[OfficialCode]] to reference it.

The plan governs the City's storm drainage programme, run by [[PublicWorksDepartment]] and funded partly by the storm drain component of the utility rates.

= Projects it sits over =

* '''Central Avenue / 3rd Street drainage improvements Phase 2''', OF 1779.1 — contract awarded at [[CityCommission2025-03-18]], change order at [[CityCommission2025-09-16]], final payment at [[CityCommission2026-05-05]]
* '''Downtown storm drainage improvements''' — professional services for Phases 3 and 4 approved at [[CityCommission2025-08-05]]; Phase 3 discussed at [[WorkSession2026-02-03]] and its construction contract awarded at [[CityCommission2026-05-19]], OF 1779.2
* '''South Great Falls storm drain middle basin''', OF 1820.0 — change order at [[CityCommission2025-06-03]], final payment at [[CityCommission2026-01-20]]
* '''5th Street and 10th Avenue storm drainage crossing''', OF 1811.2 — agreement and construction contract at [[CityCommission2025-04-01]], final payment at [[CityCommission2026-01-20]]
* '''2nd Avenue North regional storm''' — professional services amendment at [[CityCommission2026-06-02]]
* Purchase of Parcel 1 of COS 5111 '''for future storm water projects''', approved 5-0 at [[CityCommission2026-04-07]]

Storm water pollution reporting and illicit discharge reporting are handled by the same division.

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Storm water pollution: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1021/Storm-Water-Pollution
Ordinances: https://greatfallsmt.gov/260/Ordinances

[[Ordinance3279]] · [[PublicWorksDepartment]] · [[Categories]]