Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1686FY0001 Upper Ocklawaha River Basin Wetland Plantings
Requester:		Gene Molnar, Chairman			Organization:		Lake County Water Authority
Project Title:		Upper Ocklawaha River Basin Wetland Plantings			Date Submitted:		2/16/01 11:28:03 AM
Sponsors:		Anna Cowin
Statewide Interest:		Water quality & natural systems improvement to a large, highly degraded chain of lakes systems.
Recipient:		St. Johns River Water Management District			Contact:		Carol Senne
		P.O. Box 1429			Contact Phone:		(904) 329-4447
		Palatka 32178-1429
Counties:		Lake, Marion
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
Native aquatic and wetland plant communities improve water quality and provide fish and wildlife habitat, primary objectives in the Harris Chain of Lakes and the muck farm restoration sites in the UORB. On the Harris Chain of Lakes, lake vegetation has declined dramatically since the 1960s. Native emergent wetland vegetation will be planted along lake shorelines to achieve a 30 percent desirable plant coverage of shoreline restoration areas within five years. In the muck farm restoration sites, natural regeneration of desirable native plants is limited due to loss of seed sources from decades of farming. Planting will reintroduce long-lived native wetland plants to the restoration sites, allowing these species to spread naturally and form more diverse wetland plant communities. This funding will provide for planting a diversity of native aquatic and wetland plants along the shorelines of Lakes Eustis, Harris and Griffin and at Lake Harris Conservation Area, Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area, Sunny Hill Restoration Area and Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Improved water quality; acres of native emergent wetland vegetation; acres of restored shoreline habitat.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$250,000
Total cost of the project:			$886,224
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Federal
	Total Cash Amount:		$66,500
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000-2001		Amount:		$65,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$505,094
	Purpose for future year funding:					YesNon-recurring Construction
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		Environmental Protection, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Upper Ocklawaha Basin Surface Water Improvement & Management Plan
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Lake County Water Authority
	Meeting Date:		12/20/00