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

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Sarasota - Watershed Management Plan: Coastal Fringe
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Flood Protection, Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Project Manager LOPEZ, MANNY
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Sarasota County, Sarasota County Watershed Management
TURNER, DAWN
Description
This proposed, 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 several
coastal watersheds in Sarasota County. Watershed Management Plans will be updated for (1) the North Roberts Bay
Coastal Watershed, (2) the Lemon Bay Coastal Watershed, and (3) portions of the Sarasota Bay, Little Sarasota Bay,
Dona/Roberts Bay Coastal Watersheds. Combined, these Coastal Watershed areas cover approximately 25 square
miles within the County. The only areas excluded from Sarasota's Coastal Fringe are a small portion of the Little
Sarasota Bay Coastal (Vamo Road area) Basin and the Lyons Bay portion of the Dona Bay Coastal Basin, which are
currently being developed under a separate contract. The Coastal Fringe Watershed updates include developing
portions of the Watershed Management Program, as defined by the District, beginning with the North Roberts Bay
Coastal Watershed as Phase 1. The North Roberts Bay Coastal Watershed is approximately 5.9 square miles in the
coastal fringe of the Phillippi Creek and Matheny Creek Basins, including Siesta Key from Midnight Pass to Siesta
Drive. Phase 2 includes the Lemon Bay Coastal Watershed, which is approximately 7.2 square miles, excluding the
area outside of the County. Phase 3 includes portions of the Sarasota Bay, Little Sarasota Bay, Dona/Roberts Bay
Coastal Watersheds. The total area in Phase 3 is approximately 9.2 square miles. These areas currently do not have
the benefit of a Watershed Management Plan. FY2007 funding is for the development of Topographic Information and
performance of the North Roberts Bay coastal watershed. FY2008, FY2009 and FY2010 funding will continue the
development and update of watershed plans for the remaining coastal areas including Little Sarasota Bay and Lemon
Bay Coastal watersheds.
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 through the Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDL) process for their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
Costs
The estimated total budget amount for this multi-year project is $1,966,632, of which the District's share is $983,316 to
be funded over several fiscal years. For FY2007, the Manasota Basin Board originally budgeted $500,000 with an
equal match from Sarasota County. However, Sarasota County was only able to fund $246,491 of the original
$500,000. Correspondingly, the District only encumbered $246,491 in FY2007 as part of the cooperative funding
agreement. For FY2008, the Manasota Basin Board budgeted and encumbered $200,000 into the cooperative
agreement. However, because of budget shortfalls, Sarasota County was unable to provide any funding in FY2008.
To date, the District has encumbered $446,491 in funding for the project. For FY2009, Sarasota County encumbered
$34,422 for project work. To date, Sarasota County has encumbered $280,913 for the project. Sarasota County has
resumed it's requests for cooperative funding for this multi-year project in FY2010 with a request for $200,000 and
presumably an equal match. For FY2010, the District is budgeting $39,031 and anticipates the County will provide
$200,000 in funding in order to reach the same level of funding as the District. As each project element is completed
the project budget may require refinement based on the information gathered. The District funding amounts shown in
the table include staff salaries, travel and central garage charges.
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. Future funding will be required in future years in order to complete
development the Watershed Management Plan for the Sarasota Bay Coastal watershed including: survey, GIS data
base development, watershed parameterization, computer modeling, floodplain analysis, and floodplain delineation,
Level of Service (LOS) determination, and BMP Alternative Analysis. A cooperative funding expenditure agreement
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