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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1872 |
| Istokpoga Residential Canal Maintenance Project |
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| Requester: |
Clell Ford |
Organization: |
Highlands County Natural Resources Department |
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| Project Title: |
Istokpoga Residential Canal Maintenance Project |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 11:37:14 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Alexander |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Protection of Lake Okeechobee and the Northern
Everglades by facilitating restoration of natural lake fluctuations in Lake Istokpoga |
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| Recipient: |
Highlands County Board of County Commissioners |
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Contact: |
Clell J. Ford |
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600 South Commerce Ave |
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Contact Phone: |
(863) 402-6545 |
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Sebring 33870 |
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Contact email: |
cford@hcbcc.org |
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| Counties: |
Highlands |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Conduct maintenance activities on residential and commercial canals that
provide residents and businesses with lake access when levels drop as low as 36.5� NGVD |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Navigation access to Lake Istokpoga from residential canals under natural fluctuation |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$109,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$150,000 |
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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: |
$1,000,000 |
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? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program-Lake Okeechobee Watershed project |
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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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No |
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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 Watershed Construction Project Phase II |
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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 Istokpoga |
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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: |
| removal of 45,000 yd3 of sediment containing 325 kilograms of phosphorus to meet the project access goal for forty-one canals. |
| 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 |
