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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #101 |
| Caloosahatchee River Watershed Initiative |
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| Requester: |
Henry Dean, Executive Director |
Organization: |
South Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Title: |
Caloosahatchee River Watershed Initiative |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2005 2:50:40 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Alexander |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Caloosahatchee River Watershed Initiative is a series of regional water projects that will have a significant impact on water quality in the Caloosahatchee River and the Lower Charlotte Harbor while providing environmental enhancement to the estuaries. The Lower Charlotte Harbor is a priority waterbody within the South Florida Water Management District. |
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| Recipient: |
South Florida Water Management District |
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Contact: |
Frank Bernardino, Legislative Affaris Representative |
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3301 Gun Club Road |
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Contact Phone: |
(561) 718-2345 |
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West Palm Beach 33406 |
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Contact email: |
fbernar@sfwmd.gov |
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| Counties: |
Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Lee |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The Caloosahatchee River Basin, a priority watershed, extends 105 kilometers (km) from Lake Okeechobee to San Carlos Bay. The freshwater systems of the Caloosahatchee River are divided into two distinct hydrologic units, East and West Basins. These basins include parts of Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, and Hendry Counties.
The Caloosahatchee River Restoration is a combination of projects that have multiple benefits but all fall within the general goal of restoration and water quality improvements in the Caloosahatchee Bain and the receiving coastal waters. The project components include retrofitting an old part of the City of Clewiston with a stormwater system, restoring a riverine flow way, restoring flow to a natural system that supplies water to our aquifers, creating filter marshes to remove impurities going to the bay, model a few systems so that through permitting we can improve the overall system and finally restoring the natural system contained in our estuaries so the shellfish and fish have improved habitat. All of these projects move forward to the idea of an overall system working together to improve the watershed. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Improved water quality,flood protection, and environmental enhancement. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$4,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$8,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$4,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2004-2005 |
Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
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: |
The District's 10 Year Strategic Plan and the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study |
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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: |
Lee County State Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/08/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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Yes |
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? |
Yes |
| DEP identifying number: |
SWR20022142 |
| Is this project eligible under section 403.885(5) F.S.? |
Yes |
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| 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: |
| Caloosahatchee Water Management Plan April 2000 |
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| If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project: |
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| Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project? |
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South Florida Water Management District |
| Have you provided at least 50% match? |
Yes |
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Match Amount: |
4000000 |
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Match Source: |
County, State, and Federal Governments as well as multi-agencies. |
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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: |
Lower Charlotte Harbor |
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| Describe 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: |
| Each project within the Caloosahatchee River Watershed Initiative has a water quality component that will significantly reduce loadings and pollutants reaching South Florida Water Management District priority water bodies. |
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| If you are requesting funding for a wastewater project: |
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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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| Other wastewater projects: |
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| Have you received previous legislative funding for this project? |
No |
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| Is the project under construction? |
No |
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| Have you provided at least a 25% local match? |
No |
