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

H014
Lake Hancock Outfall Treatment System
recognized that water quality and habitat in surface waters through out the state have degraded or were in danger of
being degraded. The Act requires the District to maintain a priority list of waterbodies of regional or statewide
significance within their boundaries. Charlotte Harbor is designated as a priority waterbody. Charlotte Harbor was
identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in 1995 as an estuary of Federal
Significance and subsequently included in the National Estuary Program. The Charlotte Harbor SWIM Plan identifies
treatment of poor water quality discharging from Lake Hancock as a priority project for the Upper Peace River and
Charolotte Harbor. In addition, the Lake Hancock Outfall Treatment Project is specifically identified by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection's Peace River Basin Resource Management Plan (March 2007). The
management plan makes a series of recommendations to be undertaken over the next four years to address
cumulative impacts in the basin and begin the long road toward recovery.
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 480,070 0 0 1,291,101 4,996,500 6,767,671
020 Peace River Basin 473,676 0 0 337,479 4,646,500 5,457,655
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Ecosystem Trust Fund - Charlotte
Hbr/Upper Peace
1,750,000 0 0
0
0
1,750,000
EPA 319 - Lake Hancock (H014) 0 0 0 800,000
0 800,000
FL Forever-Lk Hancock Outfall
Treatment
13,435,446 0 0
0
0 13,435,446
State SWIM/Surface Wtr Rstr - Prior
Year Fund
325,000 0 0
0
0 325,000
U.S. EPA - Lake Hancock (H014) 500,000 0 0
0
0 500,000
U.S.EPA - Upper Peace River
Restoration
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
800,000 0 0
0
Total:
Future
Funding
0
Total
Funding
800,000
$29,835,772
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
1. Critical Project Milestones
Coordination Meeting with District staff 8/15/02 8/15/02
Coordination Meeting with other agencies 9/30/02 11/22/02
Complete Initial Review/Site Visits of Similar Projects 2/1/03 1/31/03
Draft Request for Proposals 3/1/03 3/1/03
Consultant Agreement Executed 1/25/04 1/24/04
Alternative Treatment Technology Evaluation 12/31/04 4/30/06 4/30/06
Monitoring/Data Acquisition/Research 3/31/05 3/31/05
Basis of Design Report 6/30/07 8/31/07 8/31/07
Design/Permitting 12/31/09
Construction 12/31/11
Status As Of: September 04, 2009
At the February 2006 Governing Board meeting, the Board approved the staff recommendation to adopt a 27 percent
nitrogen load reduction goal and to utilize wetlands as the primary treatment component. The District's consultant
(Parsons) has completed constructability and geotechnical testing at the proposed location of the treatment wetlands and
a Basis of Design Report (BODR). The BODR establishes the objectives, data, and assumptions that form the
foundation of design (configuration of wetland cells and infrastructure). The District conducted a plant establishment
study to evaluate wetland construction methods, different types of wetland plants, exotic plant control techniques, and
water quality trends. Other tasks include habitat enhancement on adjacent District-owned parcels. The objective of
habitat enhancement is to maintain a vegetated corridor along South Saddle Creek for migratory birds. The current
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