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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #188 |
| Belvedere Homes Sanitary Sewer |
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| Requester: |
Eliz�e Michel, AICP, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency__ |
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| Project Title: |
Belvedere Homes Sanitary Sewer |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 7:04:12 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Aronberg |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project will provide sanitary sewers for 600 households in a lowlying area of Palm Beach County. It will eliminate certain health concerns and improve water quality and the overall quality of life for the residents of the County. |
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| Recipient: |
Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency__ |
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Contact: |
Eliz�e Michel |
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160 Australian Ave. Suite 500 |
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Contact Phone: |
(561) 233-3626 |
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West Palm Beach 33406 |
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Contact email: |
emichel@pbcgov.com |
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| Counties: |
Palm Beach |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Approximately one half of the homes in Belvedere Homes/Golfview Heigths (about 571 single family and 16 multi-family units) are still using septic tank and drainfield systems. In addition, since Golfview Heights is one of the lowest areas in the CRA, this area is subject to frequent flooding, even during relatively small storm events. Partially treated wastewater discharges into the ground water table via exfiltration through the septic drainfieds and during even minor storm events, this effluent can seep into surface waters, causing an environmental and health hazard. Therefore, this project will provide a centralized and modern sanitary sewer system to serve the 587 households of the Belvedere Homes/Golfview Heights community. Furthermore, the project will contribute to the Lake Worth Lagoon Restoration and the Chain of Lakes Restoration by reducing the amount of pollutants that is currently being seeped into the groundwater to the canals into the Chain of Lakes and the Lake Worth Lagoon via the antiquated septic tank system |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Install a sanitary sewer system in the Belvedere Homes/Golfview Heights Community to provide service to 587 household. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$5,000,000 |
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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 |
$2,500,000 |
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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: |
$1,250,000 |
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: |
Agency Needs Assessment |
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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: |
This project is part of the Community Redevelopment Plan that was approved by Palm Beach County Boar |
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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: |
| Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan pages: Conservation Element page 3-C and 4-C as part of the Chain of Lakes restoration. Westgate/Belvedere Homes Redevelopment Plan: pages: Chapter IV Charrette Plan page IV-12 |
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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 (SFWMD) |
| Have you provided at least 50% match (that is, one-half the total project cost identified in this request? |
Yes |
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Match Amount: |
2500000 |
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Match Source: |
Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management, Westgate Belvedere Homes CRA Tax Increment Financing, Palm Beach County Community Revitalization Team and Community Development Block Grant |
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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: |
The Lake Worth 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: |
| The project will reduce loadings of pollutants such as nutrients and other contaminants. Currently, partially treated sewage from the antiquated septic system seeps into the ground water, which eventually makes its way to the local canals which discharge into the Lake Worth Lagoon. The project will replace the septic system with a sanitary system that will convey all the sewage generated by the area to a wastewater treatment plant. |
| Is the project under construction? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? |
Yes |
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| Does your project qualify for funding from DEP's 'Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant Program' under section 403.1838 F.S.? |
No |
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| Have you received or applied for funding for this project from DEP's State Revolving Fund (SRF) program under section 403.1835,F.S.? |
No |
| Is the project under construction? |
No |
| Have you provided at least 25% match (that is, one-quarter of the total project cost identified in this request? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? |
No |
