Agenda 05/23/2017 Item #16A1805/23/2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve and authorize a Resolution requesting that Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) include the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed
Improvement Project in the Agency's next round of project submittals for Restore Council
(Component 2) funding.
OBJECTIVE: Request that FDEP formally endorse and submit in the Agency next round of
project submittals the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Project for
Restore Council (Component 2) funding.
CONSIDERATIONS: On September 27, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners (Board)
approved the 2016 Collier County Restore Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Conceptual Plan and
provided concurrence to proceed with funding applications, design, permitting and modeling to reduce
freshwater flows to Naples Bay, rehydrate approximately 10,000 acres of the Picayune Strand State
Forest, restore historic freshwater flows to Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Rookery
Bay) and improve water quality throughout the entire watershed.
FDEP is the State’s representative on the Restore Council and charged with review, concurrence and
submittal of all funding applications. FDEP requires concurrence from all regulatory agencies and state
partners before applications are submitted to the Restore Council for funding. Collier County has already
obtained support letters from the Audubon of the Western Everglades/Audubon Florida; the Big Cypress
Basin/South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD); the City of Naples; the Conservancy of
Southwest Florida; the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC); the Fish and Wildlife
Service; the Florida Wildlife Federation, Florida Forestry Service and the Collier County Watershed
Technical Advisory Committee. Additionally, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve has
agreed to co-sponsor this program.
Collier County is projected to receive approximately $12.7M under the Restore Act Spill Impact
Component (Component 3) and approximately $6M under the Restore Act Direct Component
(Component 1). The balance of the funds needed or approximately $14M will be solicited from FDEP
and the Restore Council (Component 2).
The Restore Council (Component 2) is expected to open the next application cycle for project funding in
the fall of 2017. Collier County has submitted an application for the balance of needed funding of
approximately $14M to FDEP. This Resolution will formally request that FDEP endorse and submit
in the Agency next round of project submittals the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed
Improvement Project for Restore Council (Component 2) funding.
FISCAL IMPACT: The balance of the funds needed or approximately $14M will be solicited from
FDEP and the Restore Council (Component 2). Other funding sources that will be investigated will be
the National Resources Damages Water Quality component, FWC funding with regard to inclusion of the
project in the Florida Habitat Restoration strategy, and SFWMD with regard to the update to the Naples
Bay SWIM plan.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: The Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Plan is in
accordance with the goals, objectives, and policies of all applicable sections of the Stormwater
Management and the Conservation and Coastal Management elements of the Growth Management Plan.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires
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majority vote for approval. - CMG
RECOMMENDATION: To approve and authorize a Resolution requesting that Florida Department
of Environmental Protection include the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed Improvement Project
in the Agency's next round of project submittals for Restore Council (Component 2) funding.
Prepared By: J. Gary McAlpin, P.E., Coastal Zone Management, Capital Project Planning,
Impact Fees and Program Management Division
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Resolution FDEP (PDF)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.A.18
Doc ID: 3074
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve and authorize a Resolution requesting that Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) include the Collier County Comprehensive Watershed
Improvement Project in the Agency's next round of project submittals for Restore Council (Component 2)
funding.
Meeting Date: 05/23/2017
Prepared by:
Title: Accountant – Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees, and Program Management
Name: Gail Hambright
04/18/2017 9:15 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director - IF, CPP & PM – Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees, and Program
Management
Name: Amy Patterson
04/18/2017 9:15 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Growth Management Department Judy Puig Level 1 Division Reviewer Completed 04/25/2017 2:20 PM
Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees, and Program Management Tara Castillo Additional Reviewer Completed 04/25/2017 3:14 PM
Capital Project Planning, Impact Fees, and Program Management Amy Patterson Additional Reviewer Completed 04/26/2017 10:36 AM
Growth Management Operations Support Allison Kearns Additional Reviewer Completed 04/26/2017 11:31 AM
Zoning Gary McAlpin Additional Reviewer Completed 05/04/2017 10:52 AM
Growth Management Department Gail Hambright Level 2 Division Administrator Skipped 04/18/2017 8:34 AM
Growth Management Department James French Additional Reviewer Completed 04/26/2017 11:01 PM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Level 2 Attorney Review Completed 04/27/2017 8:59 AM
Grants Edmond Kushi Level 2 Grants Review Completed 05/01/2017 11:30 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 05/01/2017 2:11 PM
Office of Management and Budget Valerie Fleming Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Completed 05/01/2017 4:54 PM
Budget and Management Office Ed Finn Additional Reviewer Completed 05/02/2017 9:29 AM
Grants Therese Stanley Additional Reviewer Completed 05/15/2017 11:18 AM
County Manager's Office Leo E. Ochs Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 05/15/2017 3:19 PM
Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 05/23/2017 9:00 AM
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