MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

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Tampa Bay Estuarine Ecosystem
Project Type SOR
AOR(s)
Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Alafia River, Pinellas-Anclote River, Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Project Manager MILLER, WILL
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Florida State Parks, Hillsborough County
SOWDERS, GINA, LOVE, KEVIN, HAGBERG, JEFFREY, KRUK, COLLEEN, VANGELDER, WILL
Description
The Tampa Bay Estuarine Ecosystem project was authorized by the Governing Board in 1995, in an effort to further
the Tampa Bay Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) plan. Approximately half the project consists of
mangroves and salt marsh which dominate the northern project area along Bishop Harbor and the western area
associated with the tidal bays of Moses Hole, Clambar Bay, and Williams Bayou. The natural upland and wetland
habitats within the project area provide natural water quality treatment of overland flows before reaching the receiving
waters of Tampa Bay. A majority of the lands within the Tampa Bay Estuarine Ecosystem project were jointly
purchased with the State, Hillsborough County and the City of St. Petersburg. Under an agreement with the State, the
Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Recreation and Parks is the lead land manager on most tracts
within the Manasota Basin and Hillsborough County is the lead manager on the Port Redwing tract within the Alafia
Basin. To date a total of 4,728 have been acquired and another 13,530 acres have been approved for acquisition.
Benefits
Pursuant to Section 373.1391(1)(a), Florida Statutes, lands within the project are managed and maintained in such a
way as to ensure a balance between public access, general public recreational purposes, and restoration and
protection of their natural state and condition.
Costs
Monies in the FY2009 budget for the Land Resources Department consist of salaries and central garage for
prescribed burning, resource monitoring, land maintenance, fence repair and recreational monitoring. The budget also
includes contractual services for mowing and 50% payment of management costs to Hillsborough County for
management of Port Redwing. The FY2010 budget for the Land Resources Department consists of salaries and
central garage for prescribed burning, resource monitoring, land maintenance, fence repair and recreational
monitoring. Costs for these activities are 100 percent reimbursed through the state's Water Management Lands Trust
Fund.
FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
(SOR)
011 Alafia River Basin 20,189 16,341
016 Pinellas-Anclote River Basin 0
0
021 Manasota Basin 127,157 18,195
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Hillsborough County 5,025
0
Status As Of: August 27, 2009
No significant activities have occurred since last update.
021 - Manasota Basin 20