CBIRS Request 3527

Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3527

Sanitary Sewer Line Repairs

Requester:

Mayor Billy Bain

Organization:

City of Miami Springs

Project Title:

Sanitary Sewer Line Repairs

Date Submitted

1/13/2006 5:26:05 PM

Sponsors:

Lopez-Cantera

Statewide Interest:

To further protect the drinking water supply of South Florida (the Biscayne Aquifer, we need to correct leaks in our sanitary sewer so that raw effluent does not enter the acquifer. Miami Springs sits directly above the acquifer and the drinking water quality of all of Miami-Dade County could be affected.

Recipient:

City of Miami Springs

Contact:

James R. Borgmann

201 Westward Drive

Contact Phone:

(305) 805-5010

Miami Springs 33166

Contact email:

borgmannj@miamisprings.fl.gov

Counties:

Dade

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

Repair or replace previously identified leaking lines in our sewer system.

Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster?

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

To protect the quality of the drinking water supply in Miami-Dade County by reducing potential outflow of raw sewage from the Miami Springs System which can be as much as 1,000,000 gpd.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,000,000

Total cost of the project:

$1,000,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Local

Cash Amount

$1,000,000

In-kind Amount

$100,000

Was this project previously funded by the state?

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

CCTV Videotapes of the lines indicated a clear need for the repairs.

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Miami Springs City Council

Hearing Meeting Date:

11/14/2005

Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?

Yes

Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection?

Is this project eligible under section 403.885(5) F.S.?

Yes

Is your project addressed in a state, regional or local plan (such as a SWIM plan, Comprehensive Plan, local master plan, etc.)?

Yes

Name the plan and cite the pages on which the project is described:

CIty of Miami Springs Comprehensive Land Use Plan, pages 85-88, City of Miami Springs "SSES" Report

If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project:

Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project?

SFWMD

Have you provided at least 50% match?

Yes

Match Amount:

500000

Match Source:

local

Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body?

Yes

Name of water body:

Biscayne Aquifer

Describe how it will reduce loadings, identify anticipated load reductions for total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and other contaminants, and specify the practices that will be used to reduce loadings:

Potential to reduce outflow from our system into the aquifer in an amount which can exceed 1,000,000 gpd of untreated effluent.

If you are requesting funding for a wastewater project:

Does your project qualify for funding from DEP's 'Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant Program' under section 403.1838 F.S.?

Other wastewater projects:

Have you received previous legislative funding for this project?

Is the project under construction?

Have you provided at least a 25% local match?