Submitted By: Payal Pandya
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Presentation By: Sean Lanier
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Department: Engineering
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Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Retrofit Installation of Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at the Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond in the amount of $271,500
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Economic Hub
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Ocala was awarded grant funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the retrofit installation of a Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at a Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond.
This project will enhance water quality by implementing a combination of accepted and innovative best management practices (BMPs) to reduce nutrient and nitrate loading in stormwater runoff, thereby meeting the nutrient reduction requirements outlined in the Silver Springs, Silver Springs group, and Upper Silver River Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP).
The Heritage Hills Nature Conservancy Pond previously had a history of flooding during severe storms and is located in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Hazard Area (FHA). The relocation of drainage wells from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pond located on NE Second Street to the Heritage Hills Nature Conservancy Pond was recommended by the 2012 TetraTech Flood Report as one of the alternative solutions to help alleviate flooding.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
This grant will provide funding to abandon two existing four-inch drainage wells in a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pond and install two new four-inch drainage wells with a Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM or equivalent media at the Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond. Staff recommends approval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this grant will be appropriated into account 158-050-395-538-69-65010 in the amount of $271,500. An accompanying budget resolution is provided on this agenda to appropriate the grant funding.
PROCUREMENT REVIEW:
This grant agreement has been reviewed by the Procurement and Contracting Officer in compliance with City policy.
LEGAL REVIEW:
This Agreement will be reviewed and approved for form and legality by City Attorney, William E. Sexton.
ALTERNATIVE:
• Approve with Changes
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• Deny