| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #452 | |||||||||
| Winsberg Farms Wetlands Restoration | |||||||||
| Requester: | Robert Weisman | Organization: | Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||
| Project Title: | Winsberg Farms Wetlands Restoration | Date Submitted | 1/9/2003 2:14:02 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Gannon | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project is regional in scope, is intended to meet a documented need of statewide interest is intended to produce a measurable result and has tangible community support(SEE BELOW) | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners | Contact: | Todd J. Bonlarron, Legislative | ||||||
| 301 North Olive Avenue | Contact Phone: | (561) 355-3451 | |||||||
| West Palm Beach 33401 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Palm Beach | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Palm Beach County is requesting $1 million dollars as partial funding for the design and construction of approximately 140 acres of wetlands on the Winsberg Farm property located in Palm Beach County. The purpose of the facility will be to recharge groundwater by recycling several million gallons per day of highly treated effluent. This will reduce the amount of treated water from the Southern Regional Water Reclamation Facilty that will be deep-well-injected. In addition,the Winsberg Farm Project is close to both the Loxahatachee Refuge and the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. This is an ideal location to enhance wildlife habital and green space while contibuting to the overall improvement of water in South Florida. | |||||||||
| 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: | WW20022193 | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Gallons of treated water/per day, gallons of stored ground water/per day, gallons of water for drought reclamation/per year | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $2,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $750,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Signed Design Agreement between Palm Beach County and the Army Corps of Engineers | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners and Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/09/2002 | ||||||||