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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1201 |
| Biscayne Bay Water Quality Model (Biscayne Bay Feasibility Study - Phase II) |
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| Requester: |
Miami Dade County |
Organization: |
Department of Environemntal Resources Management |
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| Project Title: |
Biscayne Bay Water Quality Model (Biscayne Bay Feasibility Study - Phase II) |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2004 5:22:42 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Resource Managers and planning agencies will initially benefit from the project due to an increased understanding of impacts upon Biscayne Bay associated with the CS&F Project. This will eventually translate into a benefit by the commercial and recreational users of the Bay due to improved management of the quantity and quality of stormwater released into the Bay. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami Dade County DERM |
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Contact: |
Susan Markley, PhD |
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33 SW 2nd Ave., PH 2 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 372-6863 |
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MIami 33130 |
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Contact email: |
markls@miamidade.gov |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Miami-Dade County is the local sponsor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Biscayne Bay Water Quality modeling project. This is the second phase of a three-part computer modeling project. The first phase, a linked hydrodynamic and groundwater model, simulates circulation and salinity patterns in the Bay, and is intended to provide a basis for more complex modeling. The Water Quality modeling tool (Phase 2) will track and predict the distribution and concentration of substances in the water column (particulate and dissolved, including nutrients, suspended sediments, sewage indicators, and selected metals and organics). Objectives include: project concentrations or loads of nutrients and other contaminants that must be maintained at the boundaries to prevent degradation of water quality in receiving portions of the Bay; track and predict concentration of contaminants from spills or extreme events; project seagrass and habitat distribution, and assess fate and transport of toxic contaminants in sediments. Deliverables related to this fiscal year's request include a scope of work for contractor selection, data needs and acquisition plan, and adjustments of selected hydrographic model. The final model product will be available to resource managers involved in Biscayne Bay protection and improvement. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
Yes |
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? |
Yes |
| DEP Identfying Number: |
: SWR20022004 |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The water quality model, in combination with the hydrodynamic model will provide the capability of assessing effects from proposed water management modifications being investigated in various local, regional, and national planning activities (C&SF Project Review Study, Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan, South Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Plan, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan). These models are also an essential element in developing freshwater flow and water quality targets for the Bay. his project is an essential element in the development of the integrated areawide land use and water management plan for the south Miami-Dade County watershed (a/k/a South Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Plan) required in the County's adopted Comprehensive Development Master Plan. The development of this land use and water management plan is a critical element in ongoing Federal and State ecosystem restoration efforts in that it will define the future land uses in southern Miami-Dade County, including reuse of the former Homestead Air Force Base, which are compatible with restoration efforts.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$150,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$600,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$595,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$221,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2002-2003 |
Amount: |
$100,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$200,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations, Phase III |
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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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
"Updated Reconnaissance Report - Biscayne Bay, Florida," U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, July 1995. |
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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: |
Miami Dade Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/03/2003 |
