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CONSENT X
INFORMATIONAL
ITEM 203 PUBLIC HEARING
REGULAR
February 8, 2010 MGR /DEPT 117
Meeting Authorization
REQUEST: Public Works Department - Stormwater Division requesting the City
Commission adopt Resolution 2010 -06 agreeing to the implementation of a
Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan
SYNOPSIS: The Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan, or BMAP, was prepared over the
past four years by the Lake Jesup Basin Stakeholders, including the City of
Winter Springs. The BMAP is now complete and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection has asked that each Stakeholder provide a resolution or
statement of commitment regarding the implementation of the BMAP.
CONSIDERATIONS:
• A Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, refers to the maximum amount of a pollutant
that a water body can assimilate without causing exceedances of water quality standards.
Water bodies having exceedances of water quality standards are identified by the State as
impaired.
• Lake Jesup has been verified by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) as impaired for nutrients and unionized ammonia due to elevated annual average
Trophic State Index (TSI) values and exceedances of the unionized ammonia criterion.
FDEP formally adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report for Lake Jesup in
April 2006. The TMDL report identified the nutrient loading sources and required
reductions to meet water quality standards for total phosphorous (TP) and total nitrogen
(TN) within the Lake Jesup Basin.
• The Lake Jesup Basin Stakeholders recently finalized a Basin Management Action Plan,
or BMAP, to reduce the amount of nutrients that caused the verified impairment of Lake
Jesup. Under the BMAP, entities within the Lake Jesup Basin including the City of
Winter Springs are required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to
reduce phosphorous discharges to Lake Jesup from surface waters and/or septic systems
by a combined total of approximately 15,000 pounds over the next 15 years. The City of
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Winter Springs will be required to reduce its phosphorous discharge by approximately
774 pounds over the next 15 years.
• At the May 11, 2009 City Commission meeting, the Commission adopted a Lake Jesup
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Master Plan. The Master Plan identified, priced,
and prioritized the projects, activities, and policies that the City plans to implement in
order to meet its TMDL obligations for Lake Jesup. The BMAP is the document that
requires the City to implement the projects, activities, and policies identified in the
TMDL Master Plan.
• Under the final BMAP, the City's 774 pound reduction is required over the next 15 years
in accordance with the following schedule:
Total Phosphorous Reduction by Time Period
2009 -14 2015 -2019 2020 -2024 TOTAL
0.0 261.0 513.0 774.0
The required reductions were spread over the next 15 years in order to reduce the short-
term cost burden and to allow additional scientific studies of the Lake to be completed
and incorporated into the BMAP as warranted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is requested or committed to by adoption of Resolution 2010 -06. Funding for
individual projects to meet the City's BMAP obligations would occur as a part of the normal
budgeting and approval process. The City has no obligation under the first of three 5 -year
implementation periods under the BMAP which runs through 2014.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The complete Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan has been posted on the City's website.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Commission approve Resolution 2010 -06.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution 2010 -06
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RESOLUTION NO. 2010 -06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AGREEING TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF A LAKE JESUP BASIN MANAGEMENT
ACTION PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Lake Jesup has been verified by the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) as impaired for nutrients and unionized ammonia.
WHEREAS, FDEP formally adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report
for Lake Jesup in 2006 which identified the nutrient loading sources and required
reductions to meet water quality standards for total phosphorous (TP) and total nitrogen
(TN) within the Lake Jesup Basin.
WHEREAS, The Lake Jesup Basin Stakeholders, including the City of Winter
Springs, have prepared a Basin Management Action Plan, or BMAP, to reduce the
amount of nutrients that caused the verified impairment of Lake Jesup.
WHEREAS, Under the BMAP, entities within the Lake Jesup Basin are required
by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to reduce phosphorous
discharges to Lake Jesup from surface waters and /or septic systems by a combined
total of approximately 15,000 pounds over the next 15 years.
WHEREAS, The Lake Jesup BMAP contains strategies to implement the Lake
Jesup nutrient TMDL through reduction and prevention of pollutant discharges through
various means, and the project types contained in the BMAP reflects the array of
sources and stakeholder relationships that exist in this complex watershed.
WHEREAS, the Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) was
endorsed on January 14, 2010, by authorized representatives of the agencies and
organizations listed as members of the Lake Jesup Basin Working Group (BWG),
including the City of Winter Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I — The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs hereby agrees that
the City of Winter Springs will:
a. Agree to the use of an equitable and cost- effective coordinated
comprehensive watershed management approach to address and
achieve total maximum daily load (TMDL) - related pollutant load
reductions and water quality improvements.
b. Agree to pursue the necessary approvals and funding needed to
implement the consensus management actions identified in the
BMAP, and assist implementation of those actions as required
approvals and funding are secured.
c. Pursuant to the process agreed upon by the Basin Working Group,
track the implementation of management actions for which the City is
responsible to assure that the BMAP is carried out.
d. Identify and advise the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (FDEP) and Basin Working Group of any issues or
concerns that could be obstacles to carrying out management actions
identified in the BMAP, including technical, funding, and legal
obstacles.
e. As appropriate, assist with water quality monitoring according to the
BMAP monitoring strategy approved by the Basin Working Group.
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f. Continue to communicate and coordinate actions across community
organizations, agencies, and programs with regard to BMAP
implementation.
SECTION 1I — The City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs is hereby directed
to send copies of this Resolution to FDEP and all other persons as directed by the Mayor
and City Commission.
SECTION III - This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption
by the City Commission.
Passed and adopted this day of , 2010.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
JOHN F. BUSH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANDREA LORENZO - LUACES, CITY CLERK
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2010 -06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AGREEING TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF A LAKE JESUP BASIN MANAGEMENT
ACTION PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Lake Jesup has been verified by the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) as impaired for nutrients and unionized ammonia.
WHEREAS, FDEP formally adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report
for Lake Jesup in 2006 which identified the nutrient loading sources and required
reductions to meet water quality standards for total phosphorous (TP) and total nitrogen
(TN) within the Lake Jesup Basin.
WHEREAS, The Lake Jesup Basin Stakeholders, including the City of Winter
Springs, have prepared a Basin Management Action Plan, or BMAP, to reduce the
amount of nutrients that caused the verified impairment of Lake Jesup.
WHEREAS, Under the BMAP, entities within the Lake Jesup Basin are required
by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to reduce phosphorous
discharges to Lake Jesup from surface waters and /or septic systems by a combined
total of approximately 15,000 pounds over the next 15 years.
WHEREAS, The Lake Jesup BMAP contains strategies to implement the Lake
Jesup nutrient TMDL through reduction and prevention of pollutant discharges through
various means, and the project types contained in the BMAP reflects the array of
sources and stakeholder relationships that exist in this complex watershed.
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WHEREAS, the Lake Jesup Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) was
endorsed on January 14, 2010, by authorized representatives of the agencies and
organizations listed as members of the Lake Jesup Basin Working Group (BWG),
including the City of Winter Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I — The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs hereby agrees that
the City of Winter Springs will:
a. Agree to the use of an equitable and cost - effective coordinated
comprehensive watershed management approach to address and
achieve total maximum daily Toad (TMDL) - related pollutant Toad
reductions and water quality improvements.
b. Agree to pursue the necessary approvals and funding needed to
implement the consensus management actions identified in the
BMAP, and assist implementation of those actions as required
approvals and funding are secured.
c. Pursuant to the process agreed upon by the Basin Working Group,
track the implementation of management actions for which the City is
responsible to assure that the BMAP is carried out.
d. Identify and advise the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (FDEP) and Basin Working Group of any issues or
concerns that could be obstacles to carrying out management actions
identified in the BMAP, including technical, funding, and legal
obstacles.
City of Winter Springs, Florida
Resolution Number 2010 -06
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e. As appropriate, assist with water quality monitoring according to the
BMAP monitoring strategy approved by the Basin Working Group.
f. Continue to communicate and coordinate actions across community
organizations, agencies, and programs with regard to BMAP
implementation.
SECTION II — The City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs is hereby directed
to send copies of this Resolution to FDEP and all other persons as directed by the Mayor
and City Commission.
SECTION III - This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption
by the City Commission.
Passed and adopted this 8th day of February , 2010.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA
HN F. BUSH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
A " LORENZO- LUACES, CITY CLERK
City of Winter Springs, Florida
Resolution Number 2010 -06
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