| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #513 | |||||||||
| NE Choctawhatchee Bay Restoration Project - wastewater - City of Freeport | |||||||||
| Requester: | Mayor Mickey Marse | Organization: | City of Freeport | ||||||
| Project Title: | NE Choctawhatchee Bay Restoration Project - wastewater - City of Freeport | Date Submitted | 1/14/2003 11:40:04 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Brown | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The project will provide a new central sewer serivce that will eliminate approximately 600 individual septic tanks which currently contribute to the water quality degradation of the northeast region of the Choctawhatchee Bay. The Bay is a SWIM Priority Waterbody in NWFWMD and it is on the 303 (d) List of Impaired Waters per Clean Water Act. The project would also reduce adverse pollution conditions for the Choctawhatchee Bay Shellfish Harvesting Area, specifically those areas of critical concern which have been identified in the Annual Reevaluation of Choctawhatchee Bay Shellfish Harvesting Area through June 2002, prepared by Florida Department og Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Aquaculture. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | City of Freeport | Contact: | Kassy Keyes | ||||||
| 112 Highway 20 West | Contact Phone: | (850) 231-5397 | |||||||
| Freeport 32439 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Walton | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| A new central sewer service to all existing homes located on the coastal reaches of Alaqua, LaGrange, and Mallet Bayous and on Jolly Bay. | |||||||||
| 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: | WW20022077 | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Elimination of 600 septic tanks will restore water quality of Alaqua, LaGrange, and Mallet Bayou's and Jolly Bay, reduce pollutant loadings to the Choctawhatchee Bay and reduce pollutant loadings to the ground water. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,965,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,965,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $4,225,000 | To Fund: | Construction | ||||
| 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: | SWIM Plan under Chapter 373, Part IV, Wastewater Facility Plan, 303 (d) List of impaired Waters per | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Freeport City Council | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/12/2002 | ||||||||