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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #308 |
| Wares Creek (Cedar Hammock) Flood Control Project |
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| Requester: |
Amy Stein, Chairman |
Organization: |
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Wares Creek (Cedar Hammock) Flood Control Project |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2003 1:07:01 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Flood Protection, reduction of flood damage payments, and reduction in expenditures from state flood mitigation funds. |
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| Recipient: |
Charlie Hunsicker |
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Contact: |
Charlie Hunsicker |
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1112 Manatee Ave West |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 745-3727 |
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Bradenton 34205 |
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| Counties: |
Manatee |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Land acquisition and construction of the lower Wares Creek flood control project, involving the widening, clearing, snagging, and dredging of approximately five miles of the Wares Creek urban stormwater drain through unincorporated Manatee County and the City of Bradenton with outfall to the Manatee River. The requested funding ($500,000) is the last of three annual installments committed by the Legislature to this project in 1999. |
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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: |
SWR2002265 |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Environmental enhancement is expected following the removal of up to 150,000 cubic yards of depositional sediments and associated low level urban stormwater containments bound up in the sediments to be dredged. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates that the project will provide a $3,860,700 reduction in annual average flood damages in the project basin. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$1,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2001 |
Amount: |
$1,500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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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: |
SWFWMD has included this project in their legislative priority list. |
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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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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Manatee County Legislative Delgegation Hearing |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/16/2002 |
