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

H017
Facilitating Agricultural Resource Management Systems Program
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 3,313,387 (1,800,492) 1,036,850 890,628
0 3,440,373
011 Alafia River Basin 225,416 (57,834) 104,585 82,096
0 354,263
013 Hillsborough River Basin 59,311 (45,000) 82,812 77,992
0 175,115
019 Withlacoochee River Basin 82,147 (10,000) 36,153 47,534
0 155,834
020 Peace River Basin 1,771,986 (944,030) 382,313 485,303
0 1,695,572
021 Manasota Basin 1,130,962 90,227 168,237 65,167
0 1,454,593
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
DACS - FARMS (H017) 1,417,416 33,495 0
0
0 1,450,911
Ecosystem Trust Fund - FARMS 5,000,000 (3,244,618) 0
0
0 1,755,382
State Approp - WRAP - Prior Year
Funds
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
0 (607,193) 1,400,000
0
0
792,807
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Applicant Contribution 3,086,014 0 0
0
0 3,086,014
Status As Of: September 03, 2009
Total:
Future
Funding
The FARMS Program has 78 active Board Approved projects in five of the District's nine Basins. The Program is
intended to address issues within the District with the Southern Water Use Caution Area (SWUCA) and the Northern
Tampa Bay Water Use Caution Area being targeted as areas of primary importance. Projected offset from the board
approved projects is 13,541,828 gallons per day (gpd). Peace River Basin The Peace River Basin has 50 board
approved active FARMS project with a projected offset of 8,699,793 gpd. Of the 50 projects in this Basin, 31 are
operational with average groundwater offsets of approximately 3,168,464 gpd. Thirteen projects are under construction in
this basin, and 6 more are in the contracting process. The Peace River Basin Board includes the Shell, Prairie, and
Joshua Creek (SPJC) watershed, which is one of two priority areas designated for the FARMS Program. Thirty four of
the 50 projects, including twenty three of the operational projects, are within the SPJC Priority area. Manasota Basin
The Manasota Basin has fifteen board approved projects with a projected offset of 4,131,535 gpd. Of the fifteen projects
in the Manasota Basin, eight are now operational, with groundwater offsets of approximately 2,844,424 gpd. Two projects
are under construction, and five are in the contracting process. The Manasota Basin includes the other FARMS priority
area, the Upper Myakka River Watershed. Ten of the fifteen projects are in the Upper Myakka River Watershed Priority
area, including six of the operational projects. Hillsborough River Basin The Hilllsborough River Basin has two board
approved FARMS Projects with projected offsets of 170,250 gpd. One project is now operational, Parke Family
Hydrofarms, with an average groundwater offset of 10,143 gpd. The other project is under construction. Green Swamp
Basin FARMS has one operational project approximately 1 mile outside the SWUCA in the Green Swamp Basin. This
project is offsetting approximately 36,931 gpd of groundwater. Alafia River Basin The Alafia Basin had six board
approved projects with projected offsets of 488,850 gpd. Four projects are operational with groundwater offsets of
approximately 441,846 gpd. Two projects are in the contracting phase. Withlacoochee River Basin. The Withlacoochee
River Basin Board approved its first FARMS project at the February board meeting. This project is under construction,
but it is projected to offset approximately 15,000 gpd of groundwater. FARMS is also providing partial funding for three
regional projects. These projects are being coordinated through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services. Two of them will help implement BMP programs for citrus growers and row crop farmers, and the other is the
Mini-FARMS program that is described in greater detail under project number H529.
020 - Peace River Basin 189
Total
Funding
$14,360,864