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

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PR/MRWSA Regional Resource Development Feasibility Study
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
010 General Fund (Districtwide) 520,157 125,000 6,708
0
0 651,865
020 Peace River Basin 144,760 33,750 1,118
0
0 179,628
021 Manasota Basin 372,141 91,250 2,236
0
0 465,627
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
Ecosystem Trust Fund - Central W
Coast SW Enhanc
Prior
Funding
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
50,000 0 0
0
0
50,000
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
PR/MRWSA 1,225,000 0 0
0
0 1,225,000
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$2,572,120
Critical Project Milestones Projected Amended Actual
Contract Approved 8/17/07 9/18/07
Work Order #1-deliverable #1 11/7/07 12/31/07
Work Order #1-deliverable #2 12/7/07 12/31/07
Execute Work Order #2 1/10/08 1/10/08
Execute Work Order #3 5/7/08 5/7/08
Draft Final Report deliverable 8/29/08 10/13/08 11/11/08
Final Report 12/30/08 3/29/09 9/3/09
Status As Of: September 03, 2009
Status History: The Authority received three submittals on April 25 for consultant services to conduct water supply
feasibility studies of the Shell Creek, Cow Pen Slough/Dona Bay, and Upper Myakka River Systems and authorized
contract negotiations with the top ranked firm, the PBS&J team. In addition, District staff brought an out of cycle funding
request for $250,000 to the June Peace River Basin Board and Governing Board that was approved, contingent on
approval by the Manasota Basin Board in July. The remaining $1,000,000 was funded in the FY2008 budget. Several
scoping meetings took place with the consultant and contracts are executed. Scope and Work Order #1 of the Authority's
Consultant Contract was approved by their Board. Existing data collection and evaluation and field reconnaissance visits
to all three proposed areas by the consultant, the Authority, and District staff are complete. A Coordination meeting was
held between District Ecologic Evaluation staff and Source Feasibility Study team. The first deliverable from Work Order
#1 was a techinical report summarizing inventoried data and relevant technical reports and/or models and a database of
the inventoried data. The second deliverable from Work Order #1 was a document describing preliminary alternatives
recommended for efforts conducted in subsequent phases of the feasibility studies. Additional water quality testing for
parameters such as corrosiveness, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, TOC (Total Organic Carbon), took place to allow for a
balanced comparison between the proposed sites. Two joint meetings were held with the MRWI team to discuss
hydrologic alternative scenarios in the Upper Myakka. The final Work Order for the project was executed covering
preliminary water treatment processes, intake structure identification, transmission mains location, the Source Water
Feasibility Study Report, Reliability Model update, and Public Meetings. Five Authority Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC) meetings were held on June 30, July 22, August 15, September 22, and October 24, 2008 to provide project
updates. Proposed conjunctive use was a major topic at those meetings. The results of the Feasibility Study was
presented at Authority Board workshop on November 5, 2008. Comments on the Draft Source Feasibility Report were
discussed at the TAC meeting on December 12, 2008. The Consultant is complete with the final report. The cooperative
funding agreement with the Authority expired March 30, 2009. The Authority assured the District, the work will be
complete, but the decision-making process on which projects will move forward into the next phase of design will
continue until late spring 2009. Authority Staff has recommended the next source of water be from brackish groundwater
and re-permitting the Peace River facility to utilize the allowable revised flow quantity from the middle Peace River MFL.
Based on current demand projections, the Authority anticipates no new supply needed from 2010-2013, 3 mgd from
2014-2019, 5 mgd from 2020-2023, and 8 mgd from 2024-2029. Current Status: The Final Source Feasibility Report was
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