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CBIRS Request 156
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #156
Upper Ocklawaha River Basin (including Lake Apopka) Initiative, FY 2008-2009
 
Requester: Kirby Green Organization: St. Johns River Water Management District
 
Project Title: Upper Ocklawaha River Basin (including Lake Apopka) Initiative, FY 2008-2009 Date Submitted 12/20/2007 9:07:53 AM
 
Sponsors: Webster
 
Statewide Interest:
This project addresses improving water quality and aquatic habitats as they relate to a large regionally significant, highly degraded chain of laks system. In addition, the upper Ocklawaha River and Lake Apopka are designated priority water bodies under the 1987 Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act.
 
Recipient: St. Johns River Water Management District   Contact: Michael Slayton  
  PO Box 1429   Contact Phone: (321) 508-0801  
  Palatka 32178   Contact email: mslayton@sjrwmd.com
 
Counties: Lake, Marion, Orange
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
The Upper Ocklawaha River Basin Initiative is an ongoing project to restore, protect, and enhance the upper Ocklawaha River, its tributaries, and Lake Apopka. Funding through this initiative will help to restore and enhance this chain of lakes system. Examples of subprojects that could be funded through this request follow. The projects are organized by type of match and are in alphabetical order; the list is not a complete list. Partner Match Control of Nuisance Aquatic Vegetation Habitat Restoration - Planting of Desirable Vegetation on Lake Apopka In-Lake Nutrient Reduction via Rough Fish Harvesting Lake Beauclair Aquatic Enhancement Nutrient Loading Reduction Restoration of the North Shore of Lake Apopka Wetland and Aquatic Habitat Restoration No Match Support of Pollutant Load Reduction Goals for the Harris Chain of Lakes
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Improved water quality (i.e., reduced phosphorous levels); percentage reduction in average phosphorous loading to the Harris Chain of Lakes; improved conveyance of floodwaters along the flow-path between Lakes Harris and Griffin; increased fluctuation range for lake levels; less residual pesticide contaminants in soils; acres of submerged aquatic vegetation
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $2,500,000
 
Total cost of the project: $2,900,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local, Federal
  Cash Amount $2,400,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   Yes
  Fiscal Year: 2005-2006 Amount: $500,000
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $2,900,000 To Fund: Construction
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   Yes
  Agency Environmental Protection, Department Of
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Yes
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: SWIM Plans and District Water Management Plan
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Lake County 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:
Upper Ocklawaha River Basin (including Lake Apopka) Initiative, FY 2008-2009, pages 3-9; Upper Ocklawaha River Basin SWIM Plan, 1995, all pages; Lake Apopka SWIM Plan, 2003, all pages; District Water Management Plan, 2005, pages 62-66
 
Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project?
Yes
 
In which Water Management District is your project located?
  St. Johns River 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: 2400000
  Match Source: ad valorem and local and federal funding
 
Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? Yes
  Name of water body: Ocklawaha River and its tributaries and Lake Apopka
 
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:
In the Upper Ocklawaha River Basin, nutrient loadings will be reduced by filtering lake water through an operating flow-way to remove total suspended solids, total nitrogen, and phosphorus that are associated with particulate matter suspended in Lake Apopka. Nutrien control in stormwater pumped from restoration areas and stormwater retrofit projects also will reduce nutrient loadings to the lakes.
Is the project under construction? Yes
 
Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? No
 
Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? No