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

B131
Hotel/Motel/Restaurant Water Conservation Program (Water
CHAMP/PRO)
Prior Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Transfers Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
0 0 7,909 8,047
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 0 15,956
011 Alafia River Basin 16,611 0 3,713 4,096
0 24,420
013 Hillsborough River Basin 32,034 0 8,488 13,999
0 54,521
014 Northwest Hillsborough Basin 17,984 0 4,261
0
0 22,245
015 Coastal Rivers Basin 16,614 0 6,781 7,193
0 30,588
016 Pinellas-Anclote River Basin 185,709 0 18,027 19,046
0 222,782
019 Withlacoochee River Basin 15,595 0 6,398 6,712
0 28,705
020 Peace River Basin 72,735 0 16,734 17,305
0 106,774
021 Manasota Basin 72,491 0 14,105 14,855
0 101,451
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Tampa - Water CHAMP (B131) 0 0 0 5,000
0 5,000
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$612,442
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Program begins in Pinellas 6/10/02 6/10/02
Program begins in Hillsborough 6/1/03 6/1/03
Program begins in Citrus and Hernando 9/15/04 11/10/04 11/10/04
Program begins in Manasota 10/1/04 10/1/04
Program begins in Peace River 10/1/05 10/1/05
Pilot continuing education program in Pinellas 9/1/06 8/1/08
300th property signs up 6/29/07 6/29/07
Education pilot program evaluation complete 1/31/08 4/1/10
Water PRO developed 5/15/08 5/15/08
400th property signs up 6/26/08 6/26/08
Districtwide water audit 12/31/08 10/31/08 10/31/08
Pilot restaurant conservation kit in Hillsborough 3/16/09 7/31/09 7/28/09
200th restaurant signs up 9/1/09 5/15/09
Restaurant conservation kit evaluation complete 11/1/09
300th restaurant signs up 12/31/09
Status As Of: August 25, 2009
Water CHAMP: (1) Currently, Water CHAMP has 459 participants, representing more than 49 percent of all the hotels
and 68 percent of all available rooms in the District. (2) The "Sleep Well at a Water-Saving Hotel/Motel" directories have
been updated and distributed to all five Florida welcome centers, the Tampa International Airport's Travelers AID office,
Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce in St. Pete Beach, and the
Citrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau. District staff is also working with other local tourist centers to display and
distribute the Water CHAMP hotel directories. (3) Basin updates are as follows: Pinellas-Anclote River Basin has
approximately 322 properties; 136 are CHAMP properties. District staff cooperated with Progress Energy to complete a
housekeeping manual for hotels that emphasizes conserving water and energy. The manual will be distributed during
workshops in the Pinellas-Anclote, Coastal Rivers and Withlacoochee River basins. In partnership with Progress Energy,
"Do Not Disturb, We are Conserving Our Energy" door hangers were purchased from Project Planet Corporation and are
being distributed to hotels/motels within the Pinellas-Anclote River, Withlacoochee River and Coastal Rivers basins.
Hillsborough River and Alafia River basins have approximately 186 properties; 129 are CHAMP properties. Coastal
Rivers and Withlacoochee River basins have approximately 89 properties; 59 are CHAMP properties. Manasota Basin
has approximately 186 properties; 77 are CHAMP properties. Peace River Basin has approximately 144 properties; 57
are CHAMP properties. (4) The following city and county government cable channels are running commercials promoting
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