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ounty of onroe
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mayor Heather Carruthers, District 3
Mayor Pro Tem George Neugent, District 2
TheFloridaKeys
Danny L. Kolhage, District 1
David Rice, District 4
Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5
County Commission Meeting
November 14, 2016
Agenda Item Number: C.4
Agenda Item Summary #2367
BULK ITEM: DEPARTMENT:
No Sustainability
TIME APPROXIMATE:STAFF CONTACT:
Rhonda Haag (305) 453-8774
Not applicable
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of a resolution directing staff to move forward with six
additional canal water quality restoration projects.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners has previously
approved restoration work totaling approximately $7 million to improve the water quality on seven
(7) canals in Key Largo, Rock Harbor, Big Pine Key, and Geiger Key, as part of a pilot program to
test the efficacy of various technologies. The objective of the pilot program was to test the efficacy
of four different types of technologies (or combinations thereof) on the canals (backfilling, organic
removal, air curtains, and culverts) and use the improved canals as a predictor for the cost and water
quality gains to be achieved.
The property owners on the canals where work was performed have already and will continue to
realize benefits as a result of the restoration work, including but not limited to gains in overall
appearance of their property, increase in property values, and improved use of the canals for fishing,
swimming and other recreational uses. Additional demonstration projects will allow the County to
continue to evaluate the same technologies used in the six original demonstration canals as well
additional technologies in order to gauge the efficacy of the technologies and make cost predictions
for the future. They will also allowing testing of alternate technologies to determine if they are
successful in restoring impaired canals at lower costs than the traditional technologies. In addition,
additional demonstration projects will allow the County to determine how best to meet the
requirements set forth in the Florida Keys Reasonable Assurance Document (FKRAD) and thus
avoid the imposition for a total maximum daily load (TMDL) program.
Staff has recommended to continue the demonstration projects to include the following six (6)
canals, identified in the Monroe County Canal Management Master Plan: canal 75 or 76 (Key Largo,
backfilling); canals 48, 59, 79 and 80 (Key Largo, augmented aeration); and canal 83 (Key Largo,
organic removal, backfill, and air curtain). The cost of construction for these six additional
demonstration projects will be approximately $2 million, not including funds previously approved
by the BOCC.
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It is requested that staff be directed to continue with the 6 additional projects.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
Not applicable
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
Resolution moving forward with 6 future demonstration projects
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
November 14, 2016
Effective Date:
Expiration Date:
Total Dollar Value of Contract: N/A
Total Cost to County: None
Current Year Portion: N/A
Budgeted: N/A
Source of Funds: N/A
CPI: N/A
Indirect Costs: N/A
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
Revenue Producing: N/A If yes, amount:
Grant: N/A
County Match: N/A
Insurance Required: N/A
Additional Details:
REVIEWED BY:
Rhonda Haag Completed 11/05/2016 1:20 PM
Cynthia Hall Completed 11/05/2016 1:30 PM
Budget and Finance Completed 11/07/2016 10:19 AM
Maria Slavik Completed 11/07/2016 11:03 AM
Kathy Peters Completed 11/07/2016 11:21 AM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 11/22/2016 9:00 AM
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RESOLUTION NO. _____ - 2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIRECTING STAFF TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH SIX ADDITIONAL CANAL WATER QUALITY
RESTORATION PROJECTS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS
, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners has previously
approved restoration work totaling approximately $7 million to improve the water quality on
seven (7) canals in Key Largo, Rock Harbor, Big Pine Key, and Geiger Key, as part of a pilot
program to test the efficacy of various technologies; and
WHEREAS
, the objective of the pilot program was to test the efficacy of four different
types of technologies (or combinations thereof) on the canals (backfilling, organic removal, air
curtains, and culverts) and use the improved canals as a predictor for the cost and water quality
gains to be achieved; and
WHEREAS
, the property owners on the canals where work was performed
have already and will continue to realize benefits as a result of the restoration work,
including but not limited to gains in overall appearance of their property, increase in property
values, and improved use of the canals for fishing, swimming and other recreational uses; and
WHEREAS,
canal restoration is a component of overall water quality and environmental
protection in the Florida Keys, complementing the $1 billion investment by local taxpayers and
the state to implement centralized wastewater treatment to protect and restore water quality; and
WHEREAS,
additional demonstration projects will allow the County to continue to
evaluate the same technologies used in the six original demonstration canals as well additional
technologies in order to gauge the efficacy of the technologies and make cost predictions for the
future; and
WHEREAS
, additional demonstration projects will also allowing testing of alternate
technologies to determine if they are successful in restoring impaired canals at lower costs than
the traditional technologies; and
WHEREAS,
in addition, additional demonstration projects will allow the County to
determine how best to meet the requirements set forth in the Florida Keys Reasonable Assurance
Document (FKRAD) and thus avoid the imposition of a total maximum daily load (TMDL)
program; and
WHEREAS,
staff has recommended and the Board of County Commissioners finds that
it is desirable to continue the demonstration project to include the following six (6) canals,
identified in the Monroe County Canal Management Master Plan: canal 75 or 76 (Key Largo,
backfilling); canals 48, 59, 79 and 80 (Key Largo, augmented aeration); and canal 83 (Key
Largo, organic removal, backfill, and air curtain); and
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WHEREAS,
staff estimates that the cost of construction for these six additional
demonstration projects will be approximately $2 million, not including funds previously
approved by the BOCC.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that
:
1.The Board of County Commissioners hereby directs staff to move forward with the
above-listed six demonstration projects, using up to $2 million in RESTORE and
Stewardship funds in FY 17.
2.This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED
by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 14th day of November, 2016.
Mayor Heather Carruthers _____
Mayor Pro Tem George Neugent _____
Commissioner Danny Kolhage _____
Commissioner David Rice _____
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy _____
(SEAL)
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Clerk
AMY HEAVILIN, OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: ______________________________ By: _________________________________
Deputy Clerk Mayor
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