Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2379FY0001 Homeowners Wastewater Financial Assistance Program
Requester:		Timothy McGarry			Organization:		Monroe County Growth Management Division
Project Title:		Homeowners Wastewater Financial Assistance Program			Date Submitted:		2/16/01 2:16:49 PM
Sponsors:		Daryl Jones
Statewide Interest:		environmental protection
Recipient:		Monroe County			Contact:		Timothy McGarry
		2798 Overseas hwy			Contact Phone:		(305) 289-2517
		Marathon 33050
Counties:		Monroe
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
Monroe County is currently completing the final phase of a cesspool identification and replacement program that includes providing state and county grant monies to property owners to pay on the average $11,000 of the $13,500 of the costs to replace these illegal and nonfunctioning systems in area that will not recieve central sewerage. These systems are being replaced with on-site wastewater nutrient reduction systems that meet the state new on-site wastewater treatment standards for the Florida Keys. The next phase of this program will be to upgrade the remaining on-site wastewater systems in areas not to be served by central sewerage by 2010 with individual OWNRS or cluster system. The County intends to provide these property owners with a grant program similar to the one implemented for its cesspool removal program.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The program will enable the County in financially assist property owners of existing on-site upgrade to meet the strigent wastewater treatment standards required by Florida law. This upgrade will result in improved water quality for the Florida Keys by reducing the level of nutrients and other pollutants in reaching near shore marine waters. The County or the Florida Keys Aquaduct Authority will continue to provide the funds needed for the administration of this assistance program, which are not shown as part of the costs of this request. Those costs typically range around 10% of the grants.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$1,000,000
Total cost of the project:			$12,744,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$613,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$1,000,000
	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?							Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Monroe County Sanitary Wastewater Management Plan
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No