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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #167 |
| Glades County Sewer System Expansion |
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| Requester: |
Wendell Taylor, County Manager |
Organization: |
Glades County Board of County Commissioners |
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| Project Title: |
Glades County Sewer System Expansion |
Date Submitted |
12/21/2007 4:54:59 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Alexander |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Expansion of wastewater project to remove aging and failing septic tanks and package plants on the shores of Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River. Local City and County Government through a Public Works Authority has instituted a mandatory hookup policy to ensure future revenues and decrease dependence on outside funding for the future as well as further protection of Lake Okeechobee the Caloosahatchee River and the Northern Everglades waters. This project is located in a Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern, as designated by the Governor, pursuant to Chapter 288.0656. |
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| Recipient: |
Glades County |
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Contact: |
Wendell Taylor, County Manager |
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500 Avenue �J� |
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Contact Phone: |
(863) 946-6001 |
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Moore Haven 33471 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Glades |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Construction of sewer system to service to correctional facility under construction and to allow for new business, neither can hookup without this additional expansion and eliminate failing septic tanks and failing package plants along Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River. Glades County wastewater improvements will allow for the correctional facility to continue to house prisioners of the State of Florida as well as capacity for the ICE facility capacity increases. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Elimination of groundwater pollutants and reduce pollutant phosphorous and nitrogen going into Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,400,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,425,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$25,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2006-2007 |
Amount: |
$1,050,000 |
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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: |
HB851 No. WW2002125; Lake Okeechobee Restoration Act; Local Mitigation Strategies (LMS) |
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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: |
Glades County Legislative Delegation Meeting |
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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: |
| Lake Okeechobee/Northern Everglades Protection Plan, Local Mitigation Strategies (LMS) |
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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: |
Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee River |
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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: |
| Constructing new processing plants and with local sewer hook-ups by residents and businesses will eliminate the ground pollutants caused by failing septic tanks and old/out dated failing package plants. Through new treatment technology, disposal of effluent through new FDEP approved wetland disposal system. 75 lbs per day removal of suspended solids. 3.0 tons per year of phosphorus will be removed when system is completed. Nitrogen will also be removed but it cannot be calculated nor quantified at this time. |
| 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 |
