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Mayor Pro Tem Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5
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Heather Carruthers, District 3
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October 1 7, 2018
Agenda Item Number-
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Agenda Item Summary
#4835
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Administrator
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Lisa Tennyson (305) 292 -4444
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AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion and update on the RESTORE Act State Expenditure
Plan, allocating $291M for environmental water projects state -wide along the Gulf of Mexico,
including $12.6M for Monroe County's canal restoration program.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The State Expenditure Plan took five years to develop, and was made official on October 1, 2018
with the final approvals of the Governor's Office and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
Council. This plan serves as the guiding document for the expenditure of $291M (Pot 3 RESTORE
Act funds) awarded to the State of Florida to restore the Gulf's water quality and habitat.
The Plan was developed by the "Gulf Consortium," which represents the 23 Florida counties on the
Gulf of Mexico that were either directly or indirectly impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
disaster in 2010, formally organized in 2012. The oil spill disaster led to the passage of the
RESTORE Act that authorized the distribution of funds from Clean Water Act civil and
administrative penalties paid by BP and others involved among the five Gulf States impacted by the
spill.
Commissioner Neugent served as Monroe's representative on the Gulf Consortium, since its
inception in 2012. For almost 5 years, Commissioner Neugent has served as a member of the
Consortium's Executive Committee. As a member of Executive Committee, Commissioner Neugent
was integrally involved in the development of the State Expenditure Plan ( "Plan "), in ways that not
only strengthened the overall quality of the Plan, but also specifically (and significantly) benefited
Monroe County.
Commissioner Neugent advocated strongly for an equal distribution of funds among the 23 counties,
that resulted in $12.6M for Monroe, over a distribution formula that did not favor smaller, less
impacted counties like Monroe, and would have resulted in a far smaller funding amount.
Commissioner Neugent was also instrumental in the Consortium's bottom -up approach to project
selection rather than a top -down decision - making process, enabling each County to select its own
projects for inclusion in the Plan, and thus enabling Monroe's canal restoration projects to be
included and funded.
The RESTORE Act funds coming to the State of Florida and flowing through the State Expenditure
Plan to the 23 Gulf Counties are subject to a 15 -year payout plan. Thus, Monroe's allocation of
$12.6M will be distributed annually, subject to the Consortium's agreed upon project funding
sequencing schedule (annual payments to Monroe range from $725,000 to $2,000,000.) We expect
to be able to begin applying to drawdown these funds by approximately April 2019.
The Plan is almost 500 pages long, and can be found at this link:
hops: / /www.ulfconsortiun.or /draft_ state - expenditure -plan . Monroe's project description can be
found on pages 446 -452 and the funding sequencing can be found on page 484.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
• In November 2016, the BOCC approved the inclusion of canal restoration projects in the State
Expenditure Plan and the entire allocation of Monroe's share of Gulf Consortium pot funds
($12.6m) to canal restoration projects (Resolution 276 - 2016).
• From 2013 through 2018, the BOCC approved Commissioner Neugent to serve as Monroe
County's representative on the Gulf Consortium, and since 2014, to serve as an elected member
of the Consortium's Executive Committee.
• On September 21, 2012 Monroe County joined the Gulf Consortium by approving the Inter -local
Agreement to participate in a consortium of counties to develop a state -wide plan for RESTORE
Act funding (Resolution 246- 2012).
CONTRACT /AGREEMENT CHANGES:
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
DOCUMENTATION:
State of Florida State Expenditure Plan
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Total Cost to County: 0
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REVIEWED BY:
Bob Shillinger
Budget and Finance
Maria Slavik
Kathy Peters
Board of County Commissioners
Completed
10/02/2018 4:33 PM
Completed
10/02/2018 4:40 PM
Skipped
10/02/2018 4:32 PM
Completed
10/03/2018 11:53 AM
Pending
10/17/2018 9:00 AM