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

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SWIM Plan Implementation - Sarasota Bay
Last Update of Plan 6/7/97 6/7/97
Initiate Update of Plan 4/1/02 4/1/02
Obtain FDEP Approval of Plan Update 9/2/02 12/20/02
Initiate Next Update of Plan 1/1/09
Status As Of: June 23, 2008
The last update for the SWIM Plan for Sarasota Bay became effective in December 2002. District staff continue to work
with local governments and the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBEP) to implement projects identified in the 2002 Plan.
Status of activities implemented with the SBEP are provided under project number W612. Additionally, Sarasota County
is working on projects to establish water clarity and other resource management targets for the segments of Sarasota
Bay. Currently the District is cooperating in this effort through the Lemon Bay and Roberts Bay Watershed Plans (L610
and L611). The District convened a meeting on December 13, 2007 with scientists and agency stakeholders for Sarasota
Bay to coordinate the development of water quality targets for the bay. For FY2009, Sarasota County has submitted
cooperative funding applications for Sarasota Bay (W621) and Little Sarasota Bay (W622) Water Quality Management
Plans. The SBEP has begun its update of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Bay
and this plan should include water quality targets. District staff will participate in this process and this and the above
mentioned projects will be useful in the future update to the SWIM Plan and the SBEP's CCMP. The next update of the
SWIM plan is contingent upon the progress of these projects. Updates for these projects are included under the
individual project numbers. This will be the last update under this write-up until a revised timeline is developed for the
SWIM plan based on the progress of the pending projects.
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