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

L633
DeSoto - WMPlan Desoto County
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Flood Protection, Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Peace River
Cooperator(s)
DeSoto County
Project Manager LETASI, SCOTT
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This is a multi-year funded project to perform 1) Topographic Information, 2) Watershed Evaluation, and 3) Watershed
Management Plan elements of the District's Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the high priority watersheds.
Desoto County has identified the Peace River, Thorton Branch, Deep Creek, and Joshua Creek Watersheds as high
priority watersheds for the WMP. The issues in the watersheds include flood damage, level of service deficiencies,
rapid growth, and water quality. The Watershed Management Plan includes the following tasks: survey, data
management and development of watershed parameters, GIS processing, computer modeling, floodplain analysis,
surface water resource assessment (water quality) establishment of LOS, BMP alternative analysis.
Benefits
The WMP provides a method to evaluate the capacity of a watershed to protect, enhance, and restore water quality
and natural systems, while achieving flood protection. The information developed provides the science for the District's
Resource Management and Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP). It assists local governments: 1) With their land
management responsibilities by establishing a level of service and developing Best Management Practices (BMPs) to
address level of service deficiencies. 2) Provides a Geodatabase and projected results from watershed model
simulations for floodplain management, and water quality management.
Costs
The total budget amount for this project is $225,000, of which the District's share is $168,750 from the Peace River
Basin, the County will contribute $56,250. The FY2008 budget included $168,750 from the Peace River Basin and
$56,250 from the County. Future funding will be required to complete the project. When each element is completed
the project budget will be refined based on the information gathered. Desoto County is a REDI community and pays
25% of the projects total cost. The Districts match is 75% of the total project cost.
Additional Information
The WMP includes five major elements: 1) Topographic Information, 2) Watershed Evaluation, 3) Watershed
Management Plan, 4) Implementation of Best Management Practices, and 5) Maintenance of Watershed Parameters
and Models. Implementing elements of the WMP with local governments is one of the Comprehensive Watershed
Management (CWM) initiative strategies and one of the District's Strategic Priorities. A cooperative funding revenue
agreement with Desoto County will be developed as a multi-year funded project contingent on the approval of future
funding to complete the WMP elements through the Watershed Management Plan. This is a multi-year funded project
that will require a cooperative funding request each fiscal year until completed. The District will manage the project
and enter into purchase orders and agreements to accomplish project tasks. Future cooperative funding requests and
agreements will be required for the Implementation of BMPs and Maintenance of Watershed Parameters and Models.
The District is cooperating with FEMA to modernize the flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) in the County with FY2005
funding ($770,000). Information developed with this project will be used to update the FIRMs representing these
watersheds. Cooperator submitted the project for Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) consideration.
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
020 Peace River Basin 569,966 0 3,621 4,278
0 577,865
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
DeSoto Co - Stormwater Master Plan
(L633)
Prior
Funding
020 - Peace River Basin 275
Cumulative FY 2009 FY2010
Transfers Funding Funding
187,500 0 0
0
Total:
Future
Funding
0
Total
Funding
187,500
$765,365