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

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Bartow - WMPlan Bartow
Project Type Cooperative Funding
AOR(s)
Flood Protection
Basin(s) Peace River
Cooperator(s)
Bartow
Project Manager TURNER, DAWN
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This is a multi-year funded project to perform the Watershed Evaluation element of the District's Watershed
Management Program (WMP) for the Bartow watershed. The Bartow watershed is located within the upper Peace
River watershed, and covers an area of approximately 40 square miles in Polk County. The Digital Topographic
Information element, and the hydrologic feature inventory, identification of survey needs, and surface water resource
inventory and approach development tasks of the Watershed Evaluation have already been completed as part of the
Upper Peace River Resource Development (H024) project. Portions of the Bartow watershed are highly urbanized,
and the City would like to perform an inventory of the stormwater infrastructure that is much more detailed than the
one performed for the upper Peace River. With FY2007 funding, the following Watershed Evaluation tasks will be
completed for the Bartow watershed: data evaluation and assembly, hydraulic feature inventory, desktop
reconnaissance, preliminary junction/reach network development, and immediate maintenance evaluation. FY2008
funding has been requested to complete the field reconnaissance, and deliverables tasks. A Watershed Management
Plan is being prepared for the upper Peace River as part of the Upper Peace River Resource Development project.
The plan will include the Bartow watershed, but will not utilize the same level of detail for the infrastructure in the
urbanized areas. If the City desires a more detailed level of service determination and best management practices
alternative analysis for the urbanized areas, additional funding will be required. The District is cooperating with FEMA
to modernize the flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) in Polk County. Information generated through the Bartow
Watershed Evaluation and the Upper Peace River Watershed Management Plan will be used to update the FIRMs
representing the Bartow area.
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; and 2) provides a Geodatabase and projected results from watershed model
simulations for floodplain management, and water quality management through the Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDL) process for their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
Costs
The total funding amount for this project is $320,000, of which the District's share is $160,000. The City will contribute
$160,000. For FY2007, $160,000 is appropriated in the Peace River Basin's budget with a revenue from the City of
Bartow for $80,000. When each element is completed the project budget and scope may require refinement based on
the information gathered. In FY2008, $160,000 is appropriated in the Peace River Basin's budget with a revenue from
the City of Bartow for $80,000. FY2008 funding will be used to complete field reconnaissance of an estimated 1700
hydraulic fearures, and complete final project deliverables.
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 the City will be developed as a multi-year funded project contingent on the approval of future funding
to complete the Watershed Evaluation, and the following Watershed Management Plan tasks: level of service
determination and BMPs alternatives analysis. This is a multi¿year funded project that will require a cooperative
funding request each fiscal year until completed. If approved, this project will be ranked as a 1A project in future fiscal
years. 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.
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