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County staff: $12.5 million state grant for New Monrovia septic-to-sewer; $1 million for S‑1 canal enhancements
Summary
County staff announced state grants totaling $13.5 million to fund a New Monrovia septic-to-sewer project and enhancements to the S‑1 canal; staff described a planned public–private partnership and said assessments are expected to be kept below $10,000 per resident.
Martin County officials said the governor announced two state grants that together total $13.5 million for sewer and water-quality projects in the county.
“We just got back from, Palm Bay where the governor announced, with that we are gonna be receiving 2 grants, 12,500,000.0 for Port Salerno, New Monrovia, and then, another million for the S 1, canal enhancements,” Matt Graham, assistant county administrator, told commissioners.
The larger grant — $12.5 million — is designated for a New Monrovia septic-to-sewer conversion program that staff said has been in development for several years. Staff said the program would require rebidding construction contracts and that assessments per property will be evaluated; staff said their goal is to keep assessments below $10,000 per resident. The county did not provide a final assessment amount at the meeting.
The $1 million grant will support enhancements to the S‑1 canal, a county-owned conveyance. John Mayle, Environmental Resource Administrator, said the S‑1 work will pair exotic-vegetation removal with engineered channel improvements such as benching, meanders and bio-activated media intended to reduce nutrient loads. Mayle said staff expect the project to be delivered through a public–private partnership in which the county’s contribution would be about $200,000 toward a project valued at more than $2 million.
“This concept is when all the dust settles and we get through the procurement, we believe we'll have a private public partnership where the county is contributing about 200,000 for a 2,000,000 plus project,” Mayle said.
Mayle also described the S‑1 effort as one of the first regional agricultural-drainage projects the county has funded with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, saying the state is beginning to support regional drainage projects to address water-quality issues.
Staff said they will return to the board with program details for the New Monrovia project, expected assessment methodology and scheduling information. No formal action was taken at the time of the announcement.
The grants were announced at the start of a continuation meeting of the board where multiple comprehensive-plan items were also considered.
