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

H034
Peace Creek Canal Watershed
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 1,347,162 600 337,128 226,873 1,025,000 2,936,763
020 Peace River Basin 1,391,772 0 342,081 257,596 1,025,000 3,016,449
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Ecosystem Trust Fund - Peace Ck
Canal (H034)
Ecosystem Trust Fund - Peace Ck
Canal Watershed
Water Protection & Sust T.F. (Surface
Wtr Rstr)
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
250,000 250,000 0
0
700,000 (250,000) 0
0
125,000 0 0
0
0
0
0
500,000
450,000
125,000
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
FEMA 1,500,000 0 0
0
0 1,500,000
Polk County 265,000 0 0
0
0 265,000
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$8,793,212
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
1. Cooperative Agreement
Contract with Polk County Executed 4/17/06 4/17/06
Impl. of BMPs Peace River Estates-Notice to Proceed 12/13/06 12/13/06
Regulatory Review Report Completed 4/8/07 4/8/07
Impl. of BMPs Peace River Estates-Completed 6/1/08 7/25/08
2. Consultant Agreement
Contract with PBS&J Executed 4/30/05 5/10/05
Maintenance Evaluation Report Completed 5/30/05 5/30/05
First Amendment to Agreement Executed 8/14/06 8/14/06
Draft Aternatives Report Completed 12/31/06 12/31/06
Second Amendment to Agreement Executed 7/28/08 7/28/08
Third Amendment to Agreement Executed 10/31/09
Watershed Management Plan Completed 12/31/09
Agreement Expiration 12/31/09
Third Amendment to Agreement Expiration 12/31/10
Status As Of: September 01, 2009
The agreement with PBS&J to prepare a Watershed Management Plan (WMP) was executed on 5/10/2005, which
includes assessing the surface water resources to identify potential improvement projects. A draft Watershed
Management Plan Alternatives Report, which identified restoration opportunities, was completed in December 2006. An
amendment to the agreement with PBS&J was executed on July 28, 2008 to increase the project budget to include funds
necessary to complete the modeling requirements necessary to update the FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(DFIRMs) and the WMP. The District's consultant continues to work on the Watershed Management Plan. The model for
the FEMA DFIRMs was submitted in March 2009 and is currently under review by Staff. A canal Maintenance Evaluation
Report was completed by PBS&J in May 2005 which identified short and long term maintenance activities which would
improve conveyance in the canal. Twelve sediment removal sites and two culvert replacements have been completed to
date. A Noticed General Permit was approved in February 2009 for three additional sediment removal sites within the
canal. Construction is to be completed by December 2009. Aquatic vegetation removal is performed regularly by the
Operations Department. Staff has identified proposed maintenance easement corridor dimensions along the canal based
on long term maintenance activity needs and is coordinating with the City of Winter Haven and Polk County to review
land use changes and right-of-way use needs for future maintenance. On June 5 and 23, 2009 the District's Basin and
Governing Board's respectively, approved a planned approach to secure permanent access rights for maintenance
activities by obtaining voluntary conveyance of easement rights from individual property owners and through local
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