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CBIRS Request 124

Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #124

Indian Beach Sapphire Shores Stormwater Retrofit Pilot Project Engineering Plan

Requester:

Mark Alderson, Executive Director

Organization:

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBEP)

Project Title:

Indian Beach Sapphire Shores Stormwater Retrofit Pilot Project Engineering Plan

Date Submitted

12/19/2007 4:42:32 PM

Sponsors:

Bennett

Statewide Interest:

Indian Beach Sapphire Shores is an older coastal neighborhood fronting Sarasota Bay. Sarasota Bay is an Outstanding Florida Water and was designated as an Estuary of National significance in 1989 by the US Congress. The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act call for the identification, restoration and protection of estuaries of National significance through the National Estuary Programs. The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the restoration of Sarasota Bay identifies pollution from stormwater runoff as a primary area for improvement. The proposed project will identify locations and appropriate mechanisms for treating stormwater pollution using traditional and Low Impact Development technologies to retrofit the stormwater conveyance systems in an older neighborhood built out before current stormwater regulations. The methods identified in this project can be utilized in other older coastal communities to reduce non-point pollution.

Recipient:

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program

Contact:

Mark Alderson, Executive Director

111 South Orange Avenue, #200W

Contact Phone:

(941) 955-8085

Sarasota 34236

Contact email:

Mark@sarasotabay.org

Counties:

Sarasota

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

This request is to develop an engineering and location plan for bio-swales, baffle boxes, pervious pavement and other Low Impact Design retrofit techniques for the Indian Beach Sapphire Shores Neighborhood in Sarasota, Florida. The ultimate goal of the project is to demonstrate how older coastal communities can incorporate stormwater treatment into their neighborhoods while maintaining aesthetics, improving habitat as well as reducing pollution to Sarasota Bay. Implementation of the recommendations may be funded through a combination of local, state and federal sources. For example, the City of Sarasota has earmarked $1 million of Penny Surtax III for the implementation of the Indian Beach Sapphire Shores Stormwater Retrofit Pilot Project engineering plan recommendations.

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

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

Document recommending the location and design of stormwater treatment systems and Low Impact Design technologies with projected pollution reductions for an older coastal community.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$100,000

Total cost of the project:

$1,113,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Local, Federal

Cash Amount

$1,000,000

Was this project previously funded by the state?

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Yes

Amount:

$1,000,000

To Fund:

Operations, 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:

Comprehensive Conservation & Mgmt Plan for Sarasota Bay (1995). SBEP's State of the Bay Report 2006.

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

Yes

Hearing Body:

Sarasota County Legislative Delegation

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:

The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Sarasota Bay: The Voyage to Paradise Reclaimed, pages 4-5, 4-8, 4-10, 4-12, 4-14, 4-18, 6-13. SWFWMD Sarasota Bay Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan (2002), pages 11, 25.

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 (SWFWMD)

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

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

Yes

Name of water body:

Sarasota 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:

By implementing the recommendations of the proposed plan, non-point sources of pollution will be trapped, treated and reduced before they reach Sarasota Bay. The traditional stormwater treatment structures and Low Impact Design technologies installed will prevent polluted stormwater from entering the Sarasota Bay system. The project will provide additional opportunities for public education, outreach and community cleanup events to prevent pollution from entering the system.

Is the project under construction?

Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project?

Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project?