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CBIRS Request 762
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #762
Moore Haven Stormwater Project
 
Requester: Mike Jones Organization: City of Moore Haven
 
Project Title: Moore Haven Stormwater Project Date Submitted 12/21/2007 5:49:51 PM
 
Sponsors: Alexander
 
Statewide Interest:
Provides for continued retrofitting of the City Stormwater sustem to allow for controls on polluting water runoff into the Waters of the Stsate, Caloosahatchee river (C043). This project is located in a rural Area of Critical Concern per Chapter 288.0656.
 
Recipient: City of Moore Haven   Contact: Mike Jones  
  99 Riverside Drive   Contact Phone: (561) 946-0909  
  Moore Haven 33471   Contact email: mjones@moorehaven.net
 
Counties: Glades
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
To provide for construction, conveyance and treatment of stormwater to appropriate disposal, to augment and support the Federal Hazard Mitigation Funding and to complete the project in conjuction of South Florida Water Managerment District
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Prevention of polluting water into the Caloosahatchee River and reduce TMDL's.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $300,000
 
Total cost of the project: $605,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local
  Cash Amount $300,000   In-kind Amount $5,000
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   Yes
  Fiscal Year: 2006-2007 Amount: $100,000
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   No
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Unknown
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: SWIM, SFWMD, LMS
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Glades County Legislative Delegation Meeting, November 19, 2007
 
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:
LMS, SWIM
 
Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project?
Yes
 
In which Water Management District is your project located?
  South Florida 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: 300000
  Match Source: HMGP Federal
 
Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? Yes
  Name of water body: Caloosahatchee River, C-43, Group III
 
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:
Reduction of TDML's to Lake Okeechobee and C-43
Is the project under construction? No
 
Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? No
 
Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? No