| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #134 | |||||||||
| Holiday Shores Stormwater Treatment Improvements | |||||||||
| Requester: | Walton County Board of County Commissioners | Organization: | Walton County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||
| Project Title: | Holiday Shores Stormwater Treatment Improvements | Date Submitted | 1/14/2003 4:19:36 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Kilmer | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| County documented need | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Walton County Board of County Commissioners | Contact: | Daniel Arner, P.E. | ||||||
| 117 Montgomery Circle | Contact Phone: | (850) 892-8108 | |||||||
| DeFuniak Springs 32435 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Walton | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The project proposed addresses a Priority 1 (highest ranking) problem area from the County's Stormwater Master Plan (SMP) discharging directly to the Choctawhatchee Bay. The Bay is listed on the 1998 Section 303 (d) impaired water list as WBI D778C. In addition, the Bay is a Group 3 Basin in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection total maximum daily load program for northwest Florida. In Phase I of TMDL implementation, the Bay has been identified as a Category 3c waterbody which means the Bay meets the Planning List criteria for TMDL development and is potentially imnpaired for one or more designated purposes. The proposed project will reshape the existing secondary conveyance ditches to shallow side slopes and vegetated to enourage nutriet uptake and velocity reduction to encourage minor setting. | |||||||||
| 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: | SW20023039 | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| This project will significantly reduce sediment and nutrient loads to the Bay and subsequently protect the environment. Through reconstructing roadside swales and construction of stormwater treatment ponds and/or installation of cyclonic stormwater structures, the propsed project will reduce pollutant loadings to the Bay. This project also can be connected to the economic impacts experienced from HAB outbreaks in the Bay. Shellfish quantities, and frightened consumers who avoid seafood are well-known impacts of major blooms of harmful algae. In addition, indirect costs to the local economy may include negative publicity to prospective vacationers to the area, adverse health effects, lost marine recreational opportunities, and loss of business for the local fishing guides on the Bay. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,588,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | 1769 | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Grants & Aids to local governments & non-entities. Fixed Capital outlay statewide - restoration projects from ecosystem management & restoration trust fund | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $1,588,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,588,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $397,000 | ||||||
| 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? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Locally adopted wastewater, stormwater, or other water quality improvement or restoration plan | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Walton County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/12/2002 | ||||||||