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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2373 |
| Orange Creek Basin/City of Gainesville - Revitalizing the Sweetwater |
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| Requester: |
Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan |
Organization: |
City of Gainesville |
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| Project Title: |
Orange Creek Basin/City of Gainesville - Revitalizing the Sweetwater |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 2:03:33 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Smith |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Protect the Floridian Aquifer from urban Stormwater runoff and reduce pollutants released to the environment |
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| Recipient: |
City of Gainesville |
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Contact: |
Russ Blackburn |
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200 East University Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(352) 334-5010 |
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Gainesville 32601 |
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Contact email: |
blackburnrd@ci.gainesville.fl.us |
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| Counties: |
Alachua |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Construction of five best management practice projects that will help achieve total maximum daily load limits for water bodies that are the responsibility of the City of Gainesville |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Improved quality of water entering the Floridian Aquifer |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$947,500 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,808,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$860,500 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2004 |
Amount: |
$518,000 |
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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: |
Water quality studies by Florida Department of Environmental Protection produced by the Total Daily |
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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: |
Alachua County Legislative Delegation Hearing |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/14/2005 |
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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: |
| Orange Creek Basin |
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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: |
860500 |
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Match Source: |
Local Funding |
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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: |
Paynes Praire/Alachua Sink |
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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 |
