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Item 24<br />

Resource <strong>Management</strong> Committee<br />

October 30, 2012<br />

Routine Report<br />

Significant <strong>Water</strong> Supply and Resource Development Projects<br />

This report provides information on significant Resource <strong>Management</strong> projects and programs in<br />

which the Governing Board is participating in funding. The report provides a brief description<br />

and status of significant activities associated with the project that have recently occurred or are<br />

about to happen. For greater detail, refer to the Project Information <strong>Management</strong> System<br />

(PIMS) write-ups or request information directly from the project manager identified with the<br />

project.<br />

Lake Hancock Lake Level Modification Project<br />

This project is being implemented as part of the adopted Southern <strong>Water</strong> Use Caution Area<br />

(SWUCA) Recovery Plan for restoring minimum flows in the upper Peace River. The project<br />

began in 2002 with preliminary feasibility and development of a scope of work to raise the water<br />

level in the lake. The <strong>District</strong> received the conceptual environmental resource permit (CERP) for<br />

the project from the <strong>Florida</strong> Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in June 2007 with an<br />

operating level of up to 100 feet (currently the <strong>District</strong> operates the P-11 structure at an<br />

elevation of 98.7 feet). In response, the Governing Board in September 2007 authorized the<br />

project to go forward with final design, permitting, and construction; adopted the Resolution<br />

Authorizing Proceedings in Eminent Domain, including a Declaration of Taking; amended the<br />

2007 Update to the <strong>Florida</strong> Forever Work Plan to include all lands identified as necessary for the<br />

project, designating $41 million in <strong>Florida</strong> Forever Trust Funds; and encumbered $79 million in<br />

General Fund <strong>Water</strong> Supply and Resource Development Reserves for the project. Seventy-four<br />

parcels were identified as necessary to acquire in fee (40 parcels) or a lesser interest (34<br />

easement parcels). The Governing Board instructed staff to exhaust all negotiations prior to<br />

filing eminent domain proceedings. All property owners have been contacted and offers made.<br />

On June 12, 2009, DEP approved the <strong>District</strong>’s request to extend the CERP commence<br />

construction deadline to June 14, 2011. In September 2010, the <strong>District</strong> received eight bids for<br />

construction of the new P-11 structure. The <strong>District</strong> rejected all bids based upon ambiguities in<br />

the bid documents and issued a new request for bid on April 15, 2011. The <strong>District</strong> awarded the<br />

bid on October 18, 2011, and provided the notice to proceed for the construction of the P-11<br />

water control structure to CenState Contractors, Inc. The ERP for the SR540/Jacque Lee Lane<br />

mitigation project was approved and issued by the <strong>District</strong>’s Bartow Service Office on December<br />

22, 2011. The City of Lakeland awarded the contract for the Oak Hill Burial Park mitigation<br />

project to QGS Development, Inc., and construction commenced on March 13, 2012. The U.S.<br />

Army Corp of Engineers issued the permit for the mitigation project on Coscia and Old <strong>Florida</strong><br />

Plantation (OFP) properties on March 6, 2012. New Activities Since Last Meeting: The<br />

<strong>District</strong>’s construction contractor, CenState, has completed all concrete work. The equipment<br />

building and structural backfilling are the next anticipated construction activities. <strong>District</strong> staff<br />

submitted the Request for Bid package for the OFP/Coscia mitigation project to the <strong>District</strong>’s<br />

Procurement Section for compilation prior to advertisement on September 6, 2012. The <strong>District</strong><br />

and the <strong>District</strong>’s consultant, Amec Environment & Infrastructure, participated in a<br />

teleconference with <strong>Florida</strong>’s Turnpike Authority on September 18, 2012, to coordinate<br />

authorization for construction of the mitigation project on the SR570 Polk Parkway Pond.<br />

Acquisition Status: Of the 74 parcels necessary for the project, the titles, subject to the<br />

determination of value, to 73 parcels (8,337 acres) have been acquired. The litigation for the<br />

remaining parcels involves three owners (36 acres) which are partial takes of easements.<br />

<strong>District</strong> staff has made offers on all acquisitions necessary for the project. The <strong>District</strong>'s special<br />

counsel has initiated legal proceedings related to remaining acquisitions. <strong>District</strong> staff and the<br />

special counsel continue to evaluate opportunities for settlement that would avoid continued<br />

litigation. As of October 25, 2011, Resolution 08-27 for the project was supplemented by<br />

Resolution 11-20 to modify the easement language. The Polk County BOCC approved the<br />

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