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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1220 |
| Manatee Pocket Dredging Project |
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| Requester: |
Martin County |
Organization: |
Martin County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Manatee Pocket Dredging Project |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 2:49:39 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Atwater |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Environmental impacts relating to water quality in the Indian River Lagoon. Waterway has statewide significance relating to navigation for Bahamas and Okeechobee waterway. |
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| Recipient: |
Martin County |
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Contact: |
Kathy Fitzpatrick |
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2401 SE Monterey Road |
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Contact Phone: |
(772) 288-5429 |
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Stuart 34996 |
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Contact email: |
kfitzpat@martin.fl.us |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Muck removal and habitat creation for Manatee Pocket. |
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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 water quality and navigation, maritime businesses and local economy. |
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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: |
$2,000,000 |
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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 |
$610,000 |
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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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Yes |
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Amount: |
$8,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Manatee Pocket Dredging Feasibility Study |
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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: |
Martin County Board of Commissioners |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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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: |
| Comp. Plan Section 4.2.A.1; 4.2.A.2; 8.1, 8.3.A; 13.2B |
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| Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project? |
Yes |
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| In which Water Management District is your project located? |
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South Florida Water Management District |
| Have you provided at least 50% match (that is, one-half the total project cost identified in this request? |
No |
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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: |
Indian River Lagoon |
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| 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: |
| Loadings will be reduced by hydraulically and mechanically dredging approximately 253,000 cubic yards of accumulated muck and sediments from approximately 47 acres of Manatee Pocket. The resulting load reductions from resuspension of materials has not been estimated.
In addition to the removal of accumulated muck, the project will create a detrital trap to catch sediments migrating downstream towards the Indian River and another component of the project will remove the veneer of mucky sediments down to bare mineral sands in an effort to create benthic habitat.
The detrital trap will be ~1.1 acres and up to 4.35 acres will be dredged to create clean sandy substrate areas into which benthic flora and fauna can recruit. |
| Is the project under construction? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? |
No |
