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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1487 |
| St. Lucie River Issues Team |
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| Requester: |
Henry Dean, Executive Director |
Organization: |
South Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Title: |
St. Lucie River Issues Team |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2003 2:16:49 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Pruitt |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project is regional in scope, is intended to meet a documented need of statewide interest, is intended to produce a measureable result and has tangible community support. (See below) |
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| Recipient: |
South Florida Water Management District |
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Contact: |
Frank Bernardino, Legislative Affairs Representative |
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3301 Gun Club Road |
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Contact Phone: |
(561) 718-2345 |
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West Palm Beach 334164682 |
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| Counties: |
Martin, St. Lucie |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The St. Lucie Issues Team was established by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force in the Summer of 1998. The intra-agency group's function is to identify and implement local stormwater retrofits and ecosystem restoration projects to enhance local coastal waters and to augment the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan within the Martin/St. Lucie County area. Each project implemented through this inititative is sponsored by a local governmental entity and includes at least 50% cost match. This year's submittal includes: funds to implement city stormwater retrofits (Stuart, Sewall's Point, Port St. Lucie), county stormwater retrofits (Martin and St. Lucie), baffle box installation (Stuart, Martin and St. Lucie Counties), Flood Plain Restoration (North and South Fork of the St. Lucie River), and citrus irrigation to microjet (Martin and St. Lucie Counties). |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
Yes |
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? |
Yes |
| DEP Identfying Number: |
SWR20022135 |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The primary type of stormwater retrofit will be the creation of a retention/detention system in a watershed that has been built prior to the initiation of the stormwater regulatory programs. In general the retrofit will meet current criteria, 25 year/three day in these older neighborhoods which were previous served by a straight-line ditch to the estuary. Literature values and real life data indicate that we can expect 50-70% reduction in nutrients and contaminants. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$5,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$10,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$5,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2002-2003 |
Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
South Florida Water Managment District-Indian River Lagoon SWIM Plan |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Unknown |
