Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 21-R101, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement with Florida Department of Environmental Protection
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Submitted By: Brad Macek, Utility Systems Director
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of a high-performing city government organization.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: John Eason, P.E., Utility Manager
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Florida Department of Environmental Protection
3. Purpose: St. Lucie River/C-23 Water Quality Project - Areas 5 and 6
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New
5. Duration: Upon execution - June 30, 2024
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: To improve the water quality of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): This is a Federal Grant for $682,164 with a City match of $558,135.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council complete the motion in the affirmative.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and complete the motion in the affirmative.
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff with direction.
Background: The City has a number of proactive programs to address water quality degradation in its impaired water bodies. The St. Lucie River is a significant tributary to the southern extension of the Indian River Lagoon. The entire 6-phase McCarty Ranch water farming project will have a total treatment capacity of 17,141 acre-feet annually of water pumped from the C-23 Canal, and the reservoir will hold back approximately 5.5 billion gallons of freshwater discharge annually. Implementing this project will contribute to the goals for an improved and healthy St. Lucie River and Estuary, as there are several rare fish species that rely on a tidal system with a wide range of salinities for one or more phases of their life cycle within the tributaries of the Indian River Lagoon.
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