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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1389 |
| Lockhart-Smith Canal Regional Stormwater Facility |
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| Requester: |
Board of County Commissioners |
Organization: |
Seminole County Government |
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| Project Title: |
Lockhart-Smith Canal Regional Stormwater Facility |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 10:25:33 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Webster |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Surface Water Restoration |
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| Recipient: |
Seminole County Government |
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Contact: |
J. Kevin Grace |
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1101 East First Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 665-7211 |
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Sanford 32771 |
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Contact email: |
kgrace@seminolecountry.fl.gov |
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| Counties: |
Seminole |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The Lockhart-Smith Canal Regional Stormwater Facility is an ongoing project to restore and enhance the middle St. Johns River. This basin is an area where population and water use are expected to grow. Funding through this initiative will help to restore and enhance this portion of the canal and its tributaires. Providing water quality retrofit to the Lockhart-Smith Canal, the largest watershed and pollutant contributor to the Lake Monroe basin will involve the use of a proven and traditional Best Management Plan (BMP). The proposed BMP or Regional Stormwater Facility (RSF) is an existing borrow pit built in the 1960s during the road construction of Interstate 4. The borrow pit is located within the hydraulic residence time across a combination of shallow marsh and deep pool areas to promote nutrient uptake and pollutant settling mechanisms. It receives runoff from a 2,800 acres tributary to the Lockhart-Smith Canal of which 54% currently has no stormwater treatment. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The RSF is estimated to reduce Total Nitrogen by 1,133 pounds per year and Total Phosphorous by 200 pounds per year respectively or a total of 13% annual reduction of nutrients. The RSF will be open to the public for park-like trail amenities with a learning center to educate visitors about the benefits of the project and enhance their understanding of the basin goals. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$6,675,680 |
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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 |
$1,278,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$3,397,680 |
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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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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: |
Middle St. John's River Basin Initiative |
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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: |
Board of County Commissioners |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/20/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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Yes |
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? |
No |
| Is this project eligible under section 403.885(5) F.S.? |
Yes |
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| Is your project addressed in a state, regional or local plan (such as a SWIM plan, Comprehensive Plan, local master plan, etc.)? |
Yes |
| Name the plan and cite the pages on which the project is described: |
| Local Master Plan-Monroe Basin Engineering Study & Drainage Inventory, Described on Section 4 - page 4-28 |
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| If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project: |
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| Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project? |
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St. John's River Water Management District |
| Have you provided at least 50% match? |
Yes |
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Match Amount: |
3397680 |
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Match Source: |
Land Cost |
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| Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? |
Yes |
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Name of water body: |
St. John's River |
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| Describe how it will reduce loadings, identify anticipated load reductions for total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and other contaminants, and specify the practices that will be used to reduce loadings: |
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| If you are requesting funding for a wastewater project: |
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| Does your project qualify for funding from DEP's 'Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant Program' under section 403.1838 F.S.? |
No |
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| Other wastewater projects: |
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| Have you received previous legislative funding for this project? |
No |
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| Is the project under construction? |
No |
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| Have you provided at least a 25% local match? |
No |
