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

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Manatee - Imp. BMPs Wares Creek
Contract Termination 12/31/12
Status As Of: August 24, 2009
Status History: County staff appeared before the Manasota Basin Board at the April 2005 meeting and requested an
amendment to the cooperative funding agreement to permit the County to use the Land Acquisition and Easement
funding for construction as well as easement acquisition. As discussed by County staff, the cost of the entire project was
estimated, at that time, to exceed $55,000,000. County staff made a presentation to the Basin Board at its July 2007
meeting to discuss project status, economics and direction. County staff is continuing the acquisition of land and
easements necessary for the project. Additional ACOE funding for the project was included in the President's proposed
FY2009 budget. The FDEP and the ACOE continue to meet to work out dredge spoil disposal locations and other issues.
The County has submitted three requests for reimbursement for land and easement acquisition which have been
approved. The County attorney's staff is working on the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) between the County and
the ACOE. The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) has authorized staff to begin eminent domain proceedings
against Bradenton Tropic Palms Mobile Home Park. The County attorney's staff is also working with the City of
Bradenton on an agreement to utilize the former City Hall site (now in private ownership) located at Manatee Avenue and
Wares Creek as a temporary spoil storage site. According to information provided by Charlie Hunsicker of Manatee
County Natural Resources Department to the BOCC at the meeting of December 15, 2008 Federal funding for the
project will be delayed until at least March 2009 which, in turn, will delay commencement of construction until
October/November 2009 at the earliest. ACTION-TO-DATE: Delayed. The FDEP has issued the required permit. The
County and the ACOE are planning to dispose of the dewatered dredged material at the County landfill. The cost and
funding for this disposal have not been decided upon at this time. Land acquisition for the most southerly (upstream)
phase of the work has begun now that the FDEP permit is in place. The USACE and the FDEP are negotiating conditions
of the PPA. These negotiations were expected to be completed by July 2009 but are now projected to be completed by
October 2009. Bidding and Contractor selection are still expected in the fall of 2009 with construction commencing in
February 2010.
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