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Agenda 06/08/2010 Item #16A 7 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 1 of 20 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recommendation to provide after the fact approval for the submittal of a Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program grant application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Griffm Road Storm Water Improvement Project. OBJECTIVE: To receive after-the-fact approval from the Board of County Commissioners to submit a Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program grant application to the USDA to fund the Griffin Road Storm Water Improvement Project. CONSIDERATIONS: The Proposed Griffin Road Stormwater Improvement Project is located near the southwestern terminus of Griffin Road in the East Naples area of Collier County off of US41 Tamiami Trail and Barefoot Williams Road. The project will be constructed on Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve property. The focus of the project is to provide water quality treatment facilities and an adequate stormwater outfall for the area. The project will include improvements to a system of ditches and a small canal which is currently discharging without water quantity and quality discharge controls. These facilities will serve older established neighborhoods that were constructed prior to the current water management regulatory controls and associated best management practices. The project is a collaborative effort between Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin, Friends of Rookery Bay, Griffin Road Homeowner's Association and Collier County. Collier County will be playing the lead role in the project by providing project management and commissioning the design and permitting services for the project. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will be providing the land and will also be providing ecology consulting services for the project. An easement for the property will be provided to Collier County allowing the proposed land use. South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin will be providing technical and permitting support and the Griffin Road Homeowner's Association and Friends of Rookery Bay will be providing support and stakeho lder input. The grant application is due on May 24, 2010. The next Board of County Commission meeting is June 8, 2010; therefore, an after -the-fact approval is needed to meet the deadline. Collier County CMA #5330 authorizes the County Manager to approve the submittal of grant applications with subsequent Board of County Commissioners action at the next available Board meeting to ratify the approval as "after-the- fact." FISCAL IMPACT: The total project cost is expected to be $1,202,895. The Collier County Capital Construction & Maintenance Department will be requesting $721,737 in grant funds and $481,158 is required as the local match. The local match will come from the Stormwater Fund 325, Project No, 511 01.1. Additionally, a local match of $360,000 will be provided by the Florida Department of Environmental ProtectionIRookery Bay in the form of a land donation. GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: The Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program grant application to the USDA for a Griffin Road Storm Water Improvement Project is in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Drainage Sub-element of the Growth Management Plan for Collier County Stormwater Management. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: The Board will have the opportunity to accept or reject the funds if the grant is approved. Accordingly, this Office has no issue with respect to the legal sufficiency of this request, which is appropriate for Board action. - JBW. Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 2 of 20 RECOMMENDATION: To approve the after-the-fact submittal ofa Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program grant application to the USDA to fund the Griffin Road Storm Water Improvement Project. PREPARED BY: Prepared By: Margaret Bishop, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Growth Management Division, Capital Construction & Maintenance Department Attachments: (1) Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program Grant Application 2 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 3 of 20 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Item Number: Item Summary: 16A7 Recommendation to provide after the fact approval for the submittal of a Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program grant application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Griffin Road Storm Water Improvement Project. 6/8/2010 9:00:00 AM Meeting Date: Approved By Margaret A. Bishop Project Manager, Senior Date Transportation Division Transportation Road Maintenance 5f20f2010 4:37 PM Approved By Gary Putaansuu Project Manager, Principal Transportation Engineering & Construction Management Date Transportation Division 5f21f2010 2:50 PM Approved By Lisa Taylor ManagementfBudget Analyst Date Transportation Division Transportation Administration 5f24f2010 1 :01 PM Approved By Joshua Thomas Grants Support Specialist Date Administrative Services Division Administrative Services Division 5f24f2010 3:02 PM Approved By Caroline Soto ManagementfBudget Analyst Date Transportation Division Transportation Administration 5/25f2010 9:18AM Approved By Norm E. Feder, AICP Administrator - Transportation Date Transportation Division Transportation Administration 5f25f2010 9:56 AM Approved By Najeh Ahmad Director - Transportation Engineering Transportation Engineering & Construction Management Date Transportation Division 5/25f2010 10:44 AM Approved By. Jennifer White Assistant County Attorney Date County Attorney County Attorney 5f25f2010 11 :37 AM Approved By Nick Casalanguida Director - Transportation Planning Date Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 4 of 20 Transportation Division Transportation Planning 5/2Sf2010 1:14 PM Approved By Natali Betancur Administrative Assistant Date Transportation Division Transportation Road Maintenance S/2Sf2010 1 :32 PM Approved By OMB Coordinator Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget Sf2Sf2010 3:07 PM Approved By Jeff Klatzkow County Attorney Date S/26f2010 9:22 AM Approved By Therese Stanley Office of Management & Budget Manager - Operations Support - Trans Date Office of Management & Budget 6/1/20108:37 AM Approved By Susan Usher Management/Budget Analyst, Senior Date Office of Management & Budget Office of Management & Budget 6/1/20101 :10 PM Approved By Leo E. Ochs, Jr. County Manager Date County Managers Office County Managers Office 6/1/20101 :S7 PM - Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 5 of 20 GRIFFIN ROAD STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ~A. g'~, P,&, Senior Project Manager Phone (239) 252-5857 MarqaretB ishop@collierqov.net LEAD PARTNER Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve 300 Tower Road Naples, Florida 34113 (239) 417-6310 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 6 of 20 eolMr County - ~ - COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIVISION 2885 5 Horseshoe Drive Naples, FL 34104 May 20, 2010 Mr, Carlos Suarez Easement Programs Division Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service 2614 NW. 43rd Street Gainesville, Florida 32606-6611 RE: Executive Summary - US4961 Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program Griffin Road Area Stormwater Improvement Project Dear Mr. Suarez, Collier County is proud to submit the following application for consideration as an outstanding project for grant funding as part of the Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program. The project that is being presented for selection is known as the Griffin Road Area Stormwater Improvement Project, located in Southwest Collier County. The project is being designed in conjunction with the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This project is born out of the desire to improve existing drainage flows in the area of the project, as well replace existing agricultural land on the Reserve back to the existing historical wetlands prior to agriculture and urbanization in the area. Successful implementation of the project will provide multiple benefits to Collier County. First, it will improve historical stormwater flow in the project area that has been impacted by urbanization. Second it will benefit the reserve by removing old agricultural lands and replacing them with a deep water lake and filter marsh. The improvements will restore the flow back to more historical conditions and will benefit not only the new deep water lake and filter marsh, but also improve flows to wetlands already exiting on reserve property. Collier County's proposed solution is to remove the existing 40 acres of agricultural area location on the Rookery Bay Reserve, build a 40 acre deep water lake and filter marsh, as well as replace the existing drainage along adjacent side streets to significantly improve and allow flow to this deep water lake. This solution will improve existing drainage ditches that flow toward the reserve to allow the historical flow to return to the reserve area. Collier County has been successful in designing and implementing other large stormwater projects, such as the twenty-seven (27) segment Lely Area Stormwater Improvement Project (LASIP) to the north of this proposed project. The LASIP project has also improved historical drainage flow in the area to not .- Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 7 of 20 only benefit residents but improve flow back into the sensitive lands of Collier County. We look forward to working with you to implement this wetland restoration project. Please contact me at (239) 252-5857 if you have any questions. Sincerely, ~a~ Margaret A. Bishop, P.E. Senior Project Manager 2 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 8 of 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS.... ............. ....... ....... ..... ................ .............. ........................ ......... ......... ..... ...... 3 TABLE OF APPEN DiCES............ ..... ..... .......... ....... ............. ................... ................... ................... ....... 3 PROJECT NATURAL RESOURCE OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS............................................................ 4 HIGH POTENTIAL TO ACHIEVE WETLAND RESTORATION ...............................................................6 HIGH POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT .............................................. 8 COORDINATION AND LEVERAGI NG OF RESOURCES....................................................................... 8 PAST P ARTN ERS HIP HI STO RY .......................................................................................................... 8 IN NOVA TIVE METHODS AN D OUTCOM ES ............... ..................... ..... ...... ........................ ............... 9 SCHEDULE OF RESTORA TION/ENHANCEM ENT ACTIVITI ES .......................................................... 10 RESTORATION MONITORI NG AND EFFECTIVEN ESS...................................................................... 11 MATCHING FI NANCIAL/TECHN ICAL ASSISTANCE FU N D ............................................................... 11 FACILITATING THE SUBMISSION OF LANDOWNER APPLICATIONS .............................................. 13 LOCAL OUTREACH ............... ............. .......................... .......... ........ ................................................. 13 TABLE OF APPENDICES APPEN D IX A...................................................................................... ...................................................... ...14 - 3 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 9 of 20 PROJECT NATURAL RESOURCE OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS The Proposed Griffin Road Stormwater Improvement Project is located near the southwestern terminus of Griffin Road in the East Naples area of Collier County off of US41 Tamiami Trail and Barefoot Williams Road. The project will be constructed on Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve property. The focus of the project is to provide water quality treatment facilities and an adequate stormwater outfall for the area. The project will include improvements to a system of ditches and a small canal which is currently discharging without water quantity and quality discharge controls. These facilities will serve older established neighborhoods that were constructed prior to the current water management regulatory controls and associated best management practices. The project is a collaborative effort between Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin, Friends of Rookery Bay, Griffin Road Homeowner's Association and Collier County. Collier County will be playing the lead role in the project by providing project management and commissioning the design and permitting services for the project. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will be providing the land and will also be providing ecology consulting services for the project. An easement for the property will be provided to Collier County allowing the proposed land use. South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin will be providing technical and permitting support and the Griffin Road Homeowner's Association and Friends of Rookery Bay will be providing support and stakeholder input. Currently, the outfall for the drainage basin served by the proposed project consists of a system of ditches and swales constructed to drain the area with no accommodation for water quality treatment or quantity discharge controls. There are few detention facilities within the drainage basin. The existing drainage system relies on ditches and culverts that are currently maintained by homeowner associations or Collier County. These ditches and one small canal discharge to Rookery Bay partially as a point source discharge to Henderson Creek within Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Discharge also occurs through an abandoned system of ditches and swales on Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve property that were previously used for agriculture and urban drainage. The area has increasingly experienced poor drainage. The basin is largely served by septic and on site disposal facilities. The elevated groundwater has adversely impacted the performance of the septic systems. The area is also served by individual wells for potable water supply. Residents in the area are reporting that the elevated water table has created problems with the individual potable water supply wells. This project seeks to establish a reliable water quality treatment facility and a drainage outfall by replacing the old system constructed prior to current water management regulations with new facilities constructed in accordance with current design technology utilizing best management practices and controls. The desire is to supplement the elimination of the point source discharge with detention facilities and controlled discharge facilities. The project is expected to result in a net benefit in water quality byconstructir.lg a lake and .filter marsh that will provide water quality treatment. Furthermore the project will entail constructing a control structure in the form of a long broad crested weir that will control stormwater discharges to Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This combination of stormwater facilities will replace the existing uncontrolled discharge to Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. 4 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 10 of 20 Griffin Road Filter Marsh Section 319 Grant locatIOn Map , PIU;~" _ _ ...........,L .... "_..I.-~- __..... 't'- ,"'....., b;-, _cd.....~ 1""'".. ::... A;Oltl ..~ "",. """".d"~'l;at'"'~"'" The project should also provide diverse open fresh water and marsh habitat that will be integrated into the natural upland and estuarine transitional areas within the subject property. These habitats will - 5 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 11 of 20 replace an abandoned farm field that has experienced an exotic vegetation species invasion. The elimination of exotic vegetation within the project area will also be undertaken. The completed project should provide opportunities to illustrate water quality treatment best management practices and marsh creation as a means to control and treat discharges from older developed areas into natural systems of national significance. HIGH POTENTIAL TO ACHIEVE WETLAND RESTORATION The purpose of the project is to provide water quality treatment facilities and an adequate storm water outfall for an area that has increasingly experienced poor drainage. PROJECT OBJECTIVE(S): The project objectives are as follows. · Eliminate a historic man made point source discharge which is responsible for lowering water tables in the area during the dry season and promoting unnatural point source discharges during the wet season. · Collect untreated stormwater discharges from unregulated developments and provide for volumetric storage and water quality treatment prior to discharge into an estuary of national significance. · Provide discharge controls for quantity discharges from a drainage basin that contains limited stormwater treatment facilities. · Provide for salt water barrier to prevent saline water intrusion into freshwater groundwater resources. · Provide for future opportunities to measure level of treatment and establish useful treatment mechanisms for urban-natural system interface areas. · Restore native habitat in an area that has been disturbed by agricultural activities in the past and now harbors exotic vegetation and the resulting seed source for further exotic vegetation proliferation. The current land is old agricultural field, with an abandoned orange grove. Historic aerials, shown in Exhibit show that this area was previously wetlands with historic southwesterly flows prior to conversion to agricultural and urban development to the north east. Based on current topography, drainage study and analysis, and the historical maps, it has been shown that through the proposed project we will be highly successful at restoring flows to the areas of the proposed filter marsh, and in turn the existing surrounding wetlands. 6 1'-00 <(.,-.N <00..... .,....N 0 OQ::)~ ZO>a> ECO) a> -=.; ro :t:: 0... ro "0 c a> OJ <( -0 dI '0 .... 0.. 1:: dI E dI > o Q. .E .... CD -:; ~ E o iii_ n;.9 ~~~ <(w.;,'> '0:0;- g<fii .~ 0:: <( C'j c:'~ 0 E.8~ ~:f: . I ,n J .if 113A Ii:! t- - Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 13 of 20 HIGH POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT Existing Watershed Characteristics The project location is depicted in the Appendix as Location Map and is located within the limits of Collier County District 6 and the Lely Area Stormwater Improvement Plan. As a result the project is consistent with the grant funds target objectives, which state that the funds will be targeted first to watersheds with a comprehensive watershed plan. The receiving. water bodies are listed as "impaired by" the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Coastal Rookery Bay) and EPA (Henderson Creek) but TMDL limitations have not been established for the receiving water bodies. The location is environmentally strategic in that the project is situated along the interface between existing and ongoing urban development and sensitive natural lands designated as a national research reserve. The project location is within the limits of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The water treatment facilities will be located in an impacted area, which was previously used for row crop farming and is now invaded by exotic plant species. In order to minimize impacts, the construction of the facility will be in already impacted areas and post construction and restored habitat will include open water and wetland habitats which will result in a net improvement to the watershed habitat. The watershed can be generally characterized as an urban fringe to urban watershed with a variety of land uses. The watershed contains estate sized lots of rural character with no water management or treatment facilities. The estate size lots are used for residential habitations, ornamental horticultural and other agricultural land uses. Much of the development within the basin was constructed prior to the implementation of the current water management regulations. As a result, volume discharge and water quality discharge are not managed and the design criteria did not provide adequate drainage for the area. Portions of the watershed contain master planned communities with and without golf course amenities and commercial land uses that are highly impervious. Travel trailer recreation and manufactured homes are also located in the watershed and these development areas are highly impervious and do not contain adequate water quality and volumetric discharge attenuation facilities. Only a small portion of the basin has been developed in accordance with current water management regulatory controls. COORDINATION AND LEVERAGING OF RESOURCES Significant leveraging of nonfederal financial and technical resources and coordinate with other local, state, tribal, or federal efforts Expand on coordination with between Collier County, Rookery Bay National Estuary, and local consultants to continue to move this project forward. PAST PARTNERSHIP HISTORY Collier County's approach to success on this and other projects has been in building strong relationships with landowners to work cooperatively to accomplish successful projects. This project is a cooperative relationship between Collier County and Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR). For this project each member of the team has donated certain tasks that meet each team members skill set. Rookery Bay has provided the support role in areas of environmental permitting with the South 8 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 14 of 20 Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), United States Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This project is not the first time Collier County has had a successful relationship with RBNERR. Ina recent completed project, Shell Island Road. For this project Collier County and Rookery Bay worked together to improve the existing road to proved safer and improved access to the preserve. Collier County has also had success in working cooperatively with landowners on much larger projects, that provide stormwater and drainage improvements. Collier County was been spending over the past ten years with a twenty seven (27) phase drainage improvement project known as, Lely Area Stormwater Improvement Project (LASJP). This project required significant coordination with landowners on the majority phases of the project to obtain drainage easements to provide improvements over the Lely drainage basin to help restore and improve drainage back to historical flows. INNOVATIVE METHODS AND OUTCOMES Innovation in wetland protection, restoration, and enhancement methods and outcome-based performance measures and methods POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY: The pollution reduction strategy includes the implementation of structural and non structural best management practices that will improve the basin water quality and quantity discharge characteristics. The structural best management practices include the construction of 43 +/- acres of lake and created wetlands constructed on land disturbed as part of an abandoned agricultural land use. The lake discharge will be controlled through the construction of a multiple 100- foot broad crested weir designed to produce sheet flow discharge at less than one foot per second discharge velocity. Two weirs will be used to distribute stormwater to the south and north as required to emulate historic drainage patterns. The lake and filter marsh will provide approximately 12,960,000 CF of volumetric water quality treatment. PROJECT OBJECTIVE(S): The project objectives are as follows. · Eliminate a historic man made point source discharge which is responsible for lowering water tables in the area during the dry season and promoting unnatural point source discharges during the wet season. · Collect untreated stormwater discharges from unregulated developments and provide for volumetric storage and water quality treatment prior to discharge into an estuary of national significance. · Provide discharge controls for quantity discharges from a drainage basin that contains limited - .~. . - . -. ,~stormwater treatment facilities. · . Provide for salt water barrier to prevent saline water intrusion into freshwater groundwater resources. · Provide for future opportunities to measure level of treatment and establish useful treatment mechanisms for urban-natural system interface areas. .- 9 Agenda Item No. 16A 7 June 8, 2010 Page 15 of 20 . Restore native habitat in an area that has been disturbed by agricultural activities in the past and now harbors exotic vegetation and the resulting seed source for further exotic vegetation proliferation. SCHEDULE OF RESTORATION/ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES Evidence that wetland restoration and enhancement activities will be completed within 2 years of easement closing: OUTPUTS/DELlVERABLES: The ultimate goal of the project is to design, permit, and construct the Filter Marsh as outlined in the descriptions above. The following is a description of the tasks needed to accomplish the goal. Task 1 - Construction Plans and Permitting: This project is currently being designed and permitted. Necessary permits will be obtained prior to construction. Consultant engineering and inspection services will be required during construction to ensure that construction plans and specifications are followed. Task 2 - Public Involvement: A minimum of two public information meetings will be conducted to inform the public and solicit comments from residents in the area. The second meeting presenting the near completion design will be used to educate the public in stormwater best management practices. Task 3 - Construction: Construction of the Griffin Road Area Stormwater Improvement Project will begin after all necessary permits have been received. Collier County and Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will provide project management and inspection to ensure that improvements are built in accordance with the plans. Task 4 - Monitoring: Water quality monitoring will be provided in order to demonstrate the project benefits. A preliminary Monitoring plan has been included in this proposal as Appendix A. A detailed water quality monitoring plan will be submitted for review within three months of the grant award. Task 5 - Project Administration: Collier County will be responsible for contractor selection. Collier County and Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will be responsible for contract development and administration and construction inspection. Collier County staff will be responsible for financial accounting and grant reporting to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, including the required regular progress reports, draft project report, comprehensive final project report, and annual effectiveness monitoring reports. PROJECT MILESTONES: Task Activity Start Complete 1 Construction Plans and Permitting March 2009 October 2010 2 Public Involvement March 2009 July 2013 3~ . .. .. .. Construction . January 2011 July 2011. 4 Monitoring July 2011 July 2013 5 Project Administration March 2010 July 2013 10 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8,2010 Page 16 of 20 RESTORATION MONITORING AND EFFECTIVENESS Monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the restoration activities: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project consists of a 43 +/- acre lake and created marsh that will provide water quality treatment and volumetric storage for the drainage basin identified in the attached exhibits. The project also includes improvements to existing ditches that will feed the lake and filter marsh with stormwater discharges for the drainage basin. The project includes a public input process during design and public education component and urban runoff management and control plan. Water quality monitoring programs consistent with South Florida Water Management District permit requirements will be implemented and data will be maintained for future use in implementing the design of future projects. MATCHING FINANCIAL/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUND Matching financial or technical assistance funds to assist landowners with the implementation of the Wetlands Reserve Plan of Operations and associated contracts PROJECT BUDGET: Project Funding Activity Grant Amount Matching Match Source * Contribution Staff $46,895 Collier County* Travel Equipment Supplies Contractual $60,420 $39,580 Collier County* BMP Implementation $661,317 $338,683 Collier County* Monitoring $36,000 Collier County* Public Education $20,000 Collier County* Other: Total: $721,737 $481,158 Total Project Cost: $1,202,895 Percentage Match: 40 MATCH SOURCE INFORMATION: Match Source Name Description ERU/Fee Collier County* Dedicated millage from Ad Valorem taxes for .15 mils - - stormwater management- . - -. - - - 11 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 17 of 20 BUDGET BY TASK: T T Project Funding Activity Grant Amount Matching Match Source Contribution .. Task 1 - Construction Plans $60,420 $39,580 Collier County and Permitting Task 2 - Public Involvement $20,000 Collier County Task 3 - Construction $661,317 $338,683 Collier County Task 4 - Monitoring $36,000 Collier County Task 5 - Project $46,895 Collier County Administration otal: $721,737 $481,158 otal Project Cost: $1,202,895 Percentage Match: 40 OTHER FUNDING (Not Match - such as land acquisition or other federal grants): Agency Activity Amount Collier County Design and Permitting Consultant Fees $197,620 Collier County Surveying Consulting Fees $150,500 FDEP (Rookery Bay) Land Donation $360,000 Total: $708,120 12 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 18 of 20 FACILITATING THE SUBMISSION OF LANDOWNER APPLICATIONS Collier County has taken the lead on the project since its inception. In this role the County has provide Project Management and handled the submittal of all document applications through the design process. Most recently the Environmental Resource Permit Application to the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will be granting a drainage easement for proposed activities as part of the project. An application for a drainage easement is currently being prepared. A letter from the land management agency recommending approval of the drainage easement is provided in the Appendix C. LOCAL OUTREACH Collier County has been very proactive on the public outreach for this project from its onset. As this project has a twofold approach of improving existing agricultural land and restoring it to its existing conditions and providing solutions to drainage problems due to past urbanization. As with any project, the key component is communications with stakeholders involved. The following stakeholders and their anticipated involvement are detailed below. · Collier County · Local Residents/Property Owners · Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve · South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Collier County has held public meetings with the property owners within the drainage basin of the project limits that a large percentage of them are landscape nursery/farmers. Collier County has been in coordination the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve from the beginning of the project as they are another local stakeholder that will also benefit from the success of the project. Collier will continue to maintain this outreach to all interested stakeholders in the project. " - - 13 Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 19 of 20 APPENDIX A Florida Departll1 ent of' Environnlental Protection Charlie Crist Governor Rookery Bay National Estuarine H.esearch Reserve 300 Tower Road Naples, Florida :>--H13 (239) 417-6310, Fax (2.,9) 417-6315 Jeff Knltkurnp Lt. Gnventof Miehael \\1. Sole Secretary May 18, 2009 Department of Environmental Protection Ann: Gloria C. Barber, OMCManagement Bureau of Public Land Administration Di\'isill11 of Slate Lands 3c"OO Commonwealth Boulevard, M,S. 130 Tallahassee. Florida 32399 Dear Gloria: As the managing agency of the land located at the end of Griffin Rd, within Section 05, Township 26 East, Range 51 South, please accept this letter as (,Ut approval of the easement to construct a 5torl11Wat<::r flowway system. The proposed easement which will be utilized to constrllct a stormwater filter marsh conlorms to the Rookery Bay National EstuHrine Research Reservl' Management Plan ::'000-2005 ("Plan"). Specifically, the easement the easement conforms to the plan as: · A priority issue addressed in the Pbn refers to watershed alteration in adjacent lands negatively affecting Reserve lands. This include'S in,.rease in stonnwaler runoff that has resulted in an influx of organic and inorganic materials. · Objective 3.J of the Plan specifically addresses vworking with public interests to modi i)' the Lely canal watershed to improve the quality of water flowing into the area managed by the Reserve. · Objective 4.1 or the Plan calls in part for the Reserve to conduct research projects to idcntif}' effective stormwater management strategies to reduce nonpoint source pollutant loading and restore natural sheetflow. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions at 239-417-6310. extension 203. or IlJ!.!'v .hl1 on/i'id<m.staIdl..!!.s. Sincerely, .----; ~ /' 7____.J /' ~~.../ ~y /;:7~ ( ......-:Q.<. .-- (lary fylton . Dlrt'ctor ~ C'Oll.\:en.'f? and ,tlana,:;t::; r--]<;ridr;'s E~vir[)nmf!n; and.\'(;J!ura! ReWH.1r(.."e,Y" "Jfore Pl'oli!ction. Les.' Process" www.dep.Slalef.u.s 14 c~s.,. County ~ ~ ---.. - - -- Administrative Services Division Grants Coordination Agenda Item No. 16A7 June 8, 2010 Page 20 of 20 TO: Leo Ochs~ County Manager cc: Margaret Bishop~ Growth Management Marlene Foor~rants Coordinator FROM: DATE: May 24~ 2010 SUBJECT: County Manager Review and Approval ofa 2010 Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program Grant Application sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture in the amount of $1 ,202,895 The Collier County Capital Construction and Maintenance Department became aware of a 20 I 0 Wetlands Enhancement Program Grant in mid May. The deadline to apply for this opportunity is May 24,2010. The purpose of the program is to fund the Griffin Road Storm Water Improvement Project. The project is located near the Southwestern terminus of Griffin Road in the East Naples area off of US411Tamiami Trail and Barefoot Williams Road. The project will be constructed on the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Reserve property. The focus of this project will be to provide water quality treatment facilities and an adequate storm water outfall for the area, The project will include improvements to a system of ditches and a small canal, which is currently discharging without quantity and quality discharge controls. If selected, Collier County will playa lead role in the project and partnering in a collaborative effort with the South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin, Griffin Road Homeowner's Association, and Friends of Rookery Bay, The grant application deadline is May 24, 20 I 0 and because staff received late notice of this grant opportunity, there was not sufficient time to submit for a BCe meeting prior to the application deadline. Once you have reviewed the proposal, please sign in the box above and call me for pickup at 252-4768. Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions regarding this request. - 3301 East Tamiami Trail- Naples, Florida 34112 - marlenefoord(a)collierl!ov.net . (239) 252-4768 - (239) 252-8720 (fax)