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

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Polk - WMPlan Polk County
Watershed Management Plan tasks was issued July 25, 2008. FY2009 will be used to complete the Watershed
Management Plan. Bowlegs Creek: The Agreement with Ardaman and Associates was executed on October 12, 2007
for the Bowlegs Creek Watershed Evaluation. The development of Work Order #1 is currently on-hold to provide time for
District and Ardaman staff to complete DFIRM mapping projects in Hernando, Pasco and Sarasota Counties. Reedy
Creek: An Agreement with Boyle Engineering Corporation was prepared for the Reedy Creek watershed, but has been
on hold as staff resources are being used to complete DFIRM mapping projects in Hernando, Pasco and Sarasota
Counties. The Reedy Creek Watershed Evaluation is expected to begin in FY2009. Status History: The County
requested that FY2007 funds approved for the recently withdrawn Stormwater Assessment Study and GIS parcel
digitization (L675) project be transferred to this project. The total project budget will remain the same. The revised
FY2007 amounts were presented to the Governing Board, Alafia River Basin Board and Hillsborough River Basin Board
at their August 2006 meetings. The funding amount for the Peace River Basin was not changed for FY2007. The FY2007
and future funding amounts shown in the table above have been revised accordingly. The County requested out-of-cycle
FY2007 funding for the Christina Watershed Management Plan. At their December 2006 meeting, the Alafia River Basin
Board approved funding the Christina Watershed Management Plan as a separate FY2007 project. Please refer to
project number L702 for additional information. FY2008 funding will be used to expand the scope of work to include
Watershed Management Plan tasks for watersheds within the Hillsborough River and Green Swamp Basins, including
the Itchepackesassa Creek and Polk City watersheds. The total project budget is $2,100,000. The amount encumbered
through FY2009 is $1,832,074. Of this, the following has been invoiced and paid: $497,540 by Woolpert for LiDAR
processing and the generation of 1 foot contours; $122,304 by PBS&J for the Christina and Poley Creek Watershed
Evaluations; $65,989 by BCI for the Polk City Watershed Evaluation; and $227,690 by Keith and Schnars for the
Itchepackesassa Creek Watershed Management Plan. As consultant invoices are paid, Polk County is being invoiced for
its share. On January 9, 2009 District staff contacted the County to see if the project could be expedited. County staff
indicated the is project is limited by available funding, and additional State or Federal funding would be needed to
expedite the completion of Watershed Management Plans for all of the County watersheds. No further actions are
planned to expedite the project at this time.
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