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

L007
Manatee - WMPlan BUFFALO CANAL/FROG CREEK
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Flood Protection, Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Manatee County
Project Manager NGUYEN, NAM
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This multi-year funded project is to perform the 1) Topographic Information, 2) Watershed Evaluation, and 3)
Watershed Management Plan elements of the District's Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the BUFFALO
CANAL/FROG CREEK Watershed. The watershed occupies approximately 18.8 square miles in northwestern
Manatee County and discharges into Terra Ceia Bay, an Outstanding Florida Water. The watershed is experiencing
rapid development without the benefits of a detailed Watershed Management Plan.
Benefits
The WMP provides a method to evaluate the capacity of a watershed to protect, enhance, and restore water quality
and natural systems, while achieving flood protection. The information developed provides the science for the District's
Resource Management and Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP). It assists local governments: 1) With their land
management responsibilities by establishing a level of service and developing Best Management Practices (BMPs) to
address level of service deficiencies and 2) Provides a Geodatabase and projected results from watershed model
simulations for floodplain management and water quality management.
Costs
The total budget amount for this project is $400,000, of which the District's share is $200,000 funded by the Manasota
Basin. The County is contributing $200,000. In FY2004, each party funded $50,000 for the project. The remaining
funds were funded in FY2005. When each element is completed the project budget and scope may require refinement
based on the information gathered. The District funding amounts shown in the table include staff salaries.
Additional Information
A WMP includes five major elements: 1) Topographic Information, 2) Watershed Evaluation, 3) Watershed
Management Plan, 4) Implementation of Best Management Practices, and 5) Maintenance of Watershed Parameters
and Models. Implementing elements of the WMP with local governments is one of the Comprehensive Watershed
Management (CWM) initiative strategies and one of the District's Strategic Priorities. A cooperative funding revenue
agreement with Manatee County was developed as a multi-year funded project to complete the WMP elements
through the Watershed Management Plan. The District is managing the project and will enter into purchase orders
and agreements to accomplish project tasks. Future cooperative funding requests and agreements will be required for
a BMP alternative analysis, the Implementation of BMPs, and Maintenance of Watershed Parameters and Models.
With prior year funding the Topographic Information and Watershed Evaluation should be completed. With FY2005
funding the work on the Watershed Management Plan element began and should be completed. Work on Watershed
Management Plan element includes the following tasks: survey, data management and development of watershed
parameters, GIS processing, computer modeling, floodplain analysis, and establishment of LOS.
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
021 Manasota Basin 224,661 0 7,175 10,174
0 242,010
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Manatee - Buffalo Canal/Frog Ck W/S
Stdy (L007)
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
200,000 0 0
0
Total:
Future
Funding
0
Total
Funding
200,000
$442,010
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
021 - Manasota Basin 254