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CBIRS Request 2031
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2031
City of Miami Beach Wastewater Project
 
Requester: Jorge M. Gonzalez Organization: City of Miami Beach
 
Project Title: City of Miami Beach Wastewater Project Date Submitted 1/14/2005 3:18:11 PM
 
Sponsors: Margolis
 
Statewide Interest:
Protects public health and the environment and implements plans developed pursuant to the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act. Implements the City's Master Plan adopted by the City of Miami Beach Commission. Eliminates the need for future funding as a result of contamination.
 
Recipient: City of Miami Beach   Contact: Judy Hoanshelt  
  1700 Convention Center Drive   Contact Phone: (305) 673-7010  
  Miami Beach 33139   Contact email: judyhoanshelt@miamibeachfl.gov
 
Counties: Dade
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
The City of Miami Beach is located in Miami-Dade County, Florida on the southeast coast of Florida and has an area of approxiomately 7.1 square miles. The City is the third lartgest municipality in Miami-Dade County, with an estimated 2002 population of 87,933. The City's wastewater system provides collection and transmission service to the City's population. The City's wastewater is treated at the County's treatment plant. The wastewater is collected and transmitted through wastewater force mains and directed across Government Cut to Fisher Island and then South to Virginia Key Treatment Plant. The wastewater lines described above were built between 1926 and 1956, making them approximately between 50-80 years old. The useful life of these force mains is approximately 50 years. Therefore, they are either beyond or at the end of their useful life. Due to the deteriorated condition of these lines, there have been occasional wastewater line breaks resulting in leakages of raw sewage. In addition, because these mains are under pressure the sewage leaks have surfaced, resulting in contamination of the surface ground also.
 
Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reduction in number of wastewater line breaks and in leakages of raw sewage. This will prevent contamination of the environment, and raw sewage leakages into Biscayne Bay it will also prevent contamination of the surface ground.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $2,000,000
 
Total cost of the project: $4,000,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local
  Cash Amount $2,000,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   Yes
  Fiscal Year: 2004-2005 Amount: $400,000
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $5,000,000 To Fund: Construction
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? No
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: City Miami Beach Capital Improvements Plan
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Miami Beach City Commission
  Hearing Meeting Date: 11/25/2003
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   Yes
Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? Yes
DEP identifying number: WW 2002226
Is this project eligible under section 403.885(5) F.S.? 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:
City of Miami Beach Master Plan and Biscayne Bay Surface Water Improvement Management (SWIM) Plan
 
If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project:
 
Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project?
   
 
If you are requesting funding for a wastewater project:
 
Does your project qualify for funding from DEP's 'Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant Program' under section 403.1838 F.S.? No
 
Other wastewater projects:
 
Have you received previous legislative funding for this project? No
 
Is the project under construction? Yes
 
Have you provided at least a 25% local match? Yes
  Amount: 2000000 Source: 2000 Water and Sewer Bond Funds