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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #567 |
| Miami River Basin 21 Retrofit Capital Improvement Profit |
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| Requester: |
Miami-Dade County |
Organization: |
Department of Environmental Resource Management |
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| Project Title: |
Miami River Basin 21 Retrofit Capital Improvement Profit |
Date Submitted |
1/16/2004 2:09:12 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Reduce pollutant discharge into the Miami River which is a protected body of water under State of Florida guidelines and therefore, this project will contribute to help the Miami River attain State ambient water quality standards while positively contributing to the aesthetics and standard of living in the beneficial community. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resource Management |
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Contact: |
Antonio Cotarelo, P.E. |
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33 SW 2nd Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 372-6950 |
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Miami 33130 |
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Contact email: |
cotara@miamidade.gov |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Under the Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act of 1987, the Florida Legislature identified Biscayne Bay as a priority water body and appropriated funds to the South Florida Water Management District to be used for clean up of the Miami River, stormwater outfalls and improvements, and other activities that would contribute to the restoration of Biscayne Bay. The Biscayne Bay SWIM Plan targets the Miami River for water quality restorations. Urban stormwater runoff conveys tons of pollutants into the Miami River each year, and in turn, the Miami River is a primary source of water quality degradation to Biscayne Bay. In 1995, the County and the SFWMD entered into an agreement to retrofit the stormwater drainage system of NW 22 Avenue to reduce loadings of stormwater runoff contaminants to the Miami River. That agreement provided funds for design purposes only. The funds requested herein will be used for the construction of a stormwater treatment system, which will include a pump station with a capacity of 50,000 GPM, and ten (10) injection wells to reduce runoff generated by Basin 21 as identified in the Miami River Master Plan of the City of Miami. Basin 21 is located along NW 22 Avenue between Flagler Street and the South Fork of the Miami River. Since 22 Avenue is a County Road, this projects falls into Miami-Dade County jurisdiction. |
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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: |
SW20022004 |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The project goal, once implemented, is to attenuate the heaviest loads of pollutants generated by initial wash off of the watershed to surface waters (Miami River), which is caused by the effect of the first inch of runoff over its area. The runoff generated over the basin will be routed through a treatment train consisting of an existing system of slab-covered trenches and pollution retardant baffles installed as part of this project. After this, it will then be pumped into drainage injection wells with a combined capacity of 25,000 GPM to reduce the amount of urban runoff going into the Miami River. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,787,161 |
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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 |
$673,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$185,830 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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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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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Quality Neighborhood Improvement Program (QNIP), DERM Technical Report, Miami River Stormwater Drain |
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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: |
Miami-Dade Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/03/2003 |
