Submitted By: Payal Pandya
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Presentation By: Sean Lanier
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Department: Engineering
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Budget Resolution 2026-100 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to appropriate funds from 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 Retrofit Installation of Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at a Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond.
This project will improve water quality by implementing a combination of accepted and innovative best management practices (BMPs) for the reduction of nutrient/nitrate loading in stormwater runoff, thereby meeting the nutrient reduction requirement of the Silver Springs, Silver Springs group, and Upper Silver River Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP).
The Heritage Hills Nature Conservancy Pond has had a history of flooding in severe storms and is located in a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazard Area. The relocation of drainage wells to the Heritage Hills Nature Conservancy Pond from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pond located on NE Second Street was recommended by the 2012 TetraTech Flood Report as one of the alternative solutions to help alleviate the flooding.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
This grant will provide funding to abandon two existing 4-inch drainage wells in a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pond and install two new 4-inch drainage wells with a Nutrient Removing Filtration System using Bold & Gold® 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.
PROCUREMENT REVIEW:
These services were procured in compliance with the City’s procurement 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
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BUDGET RESOLUTION 2026-100
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR RETROFIT INSTALLATION OF NUTRIENT REMOVING FILTRATION SYSTEM USING BOLD & GOLD MEDIA AT THE HERITAGE NATURE CONSERVANCY POND IN THE AMOUNT OF $271,500
WHEREAS, the City of Ocala has been awarded a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (NS130) in the amount $271,500 for Retrofit Installation of Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at the Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond; and
WHEREAS, the grant is to improve water quality by implementing a combination of accepted and innovative best management practices (BMPs); and
WHEREAS, the grant funding represents $271,500 of the total estimated project cost of $362,500; and
WHEREAS, the city will match the remaining $91,000 of the project cost.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, duly assembled in regular session, that the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget be amended as outlined below.
SOURCE:
158-334 -000-000-09-33486 Retrofit Grant Div 395 $271,500
USE:
158-050-395-538-69-65010 Construction in Progress $271,500
This resolution adopted this ______ day of ______________________, 2025.
ATTEST: CITY OF OCALA
By: By:
Angel B. Jacobs Kristen M. Dreyer
City Clerk President, Ocala City Council
Approved as to form and legality:
By: _________________________________
William E. Sexton
City Attorney
Reviewed for accounting accuracy & completeness:
By: _________________________________
Peter A. Lee
City Manager