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CBIRS Request 111

Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #111

Drew Park Drainage Improvements

Requester:

Steve W. Daignault, P.E. Administrator

Organization:

City of Tampa Public Works and Utilities Services

Project Title:

Drew Park Drainage Improvements

Date Submitted

12/18/2007 3:14:45 PM

Sponsors:

Joyner

Statewide Interest:

The 829 acre Drew Park Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), which is adjacent to Tampa International Airport, serves airport connected uses and is also home to several state-related facilities including Hillsborough Community College, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and a juvenile correction facility. In addition to the residential neighborhood, the area has a large industrial base and a significant number of minority and disadvantaged businesses. Drew Park is a state Urban Job Tax Credit Area and a portion of the community is a state Enterprise Zone. The area also draws tourists and locals who attend professional sports and other events at the Yankees spring training facility at Legends field and also Raymond James Stadium.

Recipient:

Steve W. Daignault

Contact:

Chuck Walter, P.G. Director

306 E. Jackson Street, 8N

Contact Phone:

(813) 274-8771

Tampa 33602

Contact email:

chuck.walter@tampagov.net

Counties:

Hillsborough

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

Drew Park Flood Stormwater Improvement is a multi-year funded flooding relief project for the residents and businesses in the Drew Park area. This area currently suffers from widespread flooding of streets, lots, and structures. The flooding of these structures and the general land use create the potential for increased pollutant loadings. This project will address this by decreasing the flooding and providing treatment in ponds prior to discharge to the Lower Sweetwater Creek. The project is located in the Northwest Hillsborough Basin, within the City of Tampa, and is bounded by Dale Mabry Highway, Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa Bay Boulevard, and the Tampa International Airport. This project is identified in the City's 5-year Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan. The initial phase of this project involves design and land acquisition and was funded by the City beginning in 2007. The land acquired will be used for one or more stormwater retention/detention facilities to provide treatment and attenuate flow from the area. Water quantity attenuation is necessary because of the limitations in the capacity of the downstream Hillsborough County system. Future phases of the project will consist of the construction of the new pond(s), a stormwater pipe system and a pumping station. With FY2008 funding, the City will complete design and land acquisition and initiate construction of these improvements. When each phase of the project is complete, the project budget will be refined based on information gathered.

Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster?

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

The improvements will decrease the flooding Level of Service (LOS) from multiple times per year when flooding occurs and businesses and transportation are routinely impacted, to a LOS that will handle a 1 in 25-year, 24-hour storm.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,500,000

Total cost of the project:

$25,400,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Local

Cash Amount

$1,500,000

Was this project previously funded by the state?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2006-07

Amount:

$1,000,000

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Yes

Amount:

$5,080,000

To Fund:

Construction

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

Drainage reports, flooded property damage and business damage.

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Hillsborough Legislative Delegation Meeting 12/7/07

Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?

Yes

Is the project eligible under section 403.885(2),F.S. to protect public health or the environment; and implement plans developed pursuant to the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act created in part IV of Chapter 373,F.S., other water restoration plans required by law, management plans prepared pursuant to 2.403.067,F.S., or other plans adopted by local government for water quality improvement and water restoration?

Yes

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:

City of Tampa's 5-year Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan, Drew Park CRA Plan

Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project?

Yes

In which Water Management District is your project located?

Southwest Florida Water Management District

Have you provided at least 50% match (that is, one-half the total project cost identified in this request?

Yes

Match Amount:

1500000

Match Source:

General Fund; Utility Tax; CRA

Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body?

Yes

Name of water body:

Sweetwater Creek; Tampa Bay

Describe, specifically, 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:

Initial study phases underway

Is the project under construction?

Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project?

Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project?