Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #573
Sopchoppy Sewer System
Requester:		Jackie Lawhon			Organization:		City Of Sopchoppy
Project Title:		Sopchoppy Sewer System			Date Submitted		1/12/2004 11:46:14 AM
Sponsors:		Lawson
Statewide Interest:
Improves the quality of the area discharge of watsewaters to surface waters.
Recipient:		City Of Sopchoppy			Contact:		Jackie Lawhon
		100 Municipal Avenue			Contact Phone:		(850) 962-4611
		Sopchoppy 32358			Contact email:		sop0166@aol.com
Counties:		Wakulla
Gov't Entity:		Yes	Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):
Project Description:
To establish a sanitary sewer collection system to replace failing septic tanks discharging into coastal waters.
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:			WW20032015
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
To eliminate the failing septic systems therby ceasing the run off of sewage into coastal waters.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$900,000
Total cost of the project:			$6,000,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
What type of match exists for this project?					Federal
	Cash Amount		$5,100,000
Was this project previously funded by the state?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							No
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?							No
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:		Wakulla Health Dept., Apalachicola Bay and St. Marks River SWIM Plans
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:			Sopchoppy City Commission
	Hearing Meeting Date:			12/08/2003