Resolution 277-2016RESOLUTION NO. 277 - 2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIRECTING STAFF TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH SIX (6) ADDITIONAL CANAL WATER
QUALITY RESTORATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING FOUR (4)
AERATION PROJECTS IN KEY LARGO THAT WILL PROCEED
PROVIDED A LONGTERM FUNDING FORMULA FOR CANAL
RESTORATION PROJECTS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED;
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 ( "Subject
Properties ") 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 Million 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 allow 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,
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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
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, including the four (4) aeration projects that will proceed
provided a long -term funding formula for canal restoration projects has long -term been
established.
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
Yes
Mayor Pro Tem George Neugent
Yes
Commissioner Danny Kolhage
Yes
Commissioner David Rice
Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
No
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