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Commission adopts stormwater facility plan for SRF eligibility; plan favors surface conveyance and $17.9M estimate
Summary
The commission adopted a stormwater facility plan required for Florida DEP State Revolving Fund applications; consultants recommended surface conveyance/regional surface infrastructure as the most cost-effective alternative with a planning-level cost estimate of about $17.9 million.
On July 14 the City Commission adopted a Stormwater Facility Plan required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection State Revolving Fund (SRF) program and heard a consultant presentation on recommended alternatives, costs and next steps.
Amanda Boos, senior project manager for the consultant team, summarized the plan’s focus on the Community Redevelopment Area along the U.S. 26 corridor and three alternatives: no action, conveyance with regional surface stormwater infrastructure, and conveyance with regional subsurface infrastructure. The consultant recommended the surface system as the most cost-effective approach and provided a planning estimate for the selected alternative of approximately $17.9 million.
Boos and city staff emphasized the plan is high level and intended to identify candidate project areas and the CRA parcels that could be included for conveyance to regional facilities. The plan purpose is to position the city to pursue SRF and other grants and to study whether a local stormwater assessment should be established; no construction funding has yet been secured and no acquisitions or capital work will proceed absent funding and future commission action.
The commission voted to adopt the plan by resolution; the transcript records a motion and unanimous approval among the members present. Staff said the schedule and final project phasing will depend on grant awards, potential assessment decisions, and environmental review required by SRF.
Why it matters: Identification of regional conveyance options and a funded plan opens the city to SRF financing and grant opportunities, and it is intended to reduce individual on-site basins for redevelopment corridors in the CRA by shifting conveyance to shared regional facilities.
Details and next steps: If funding is secured the city expects to refine project locations, finalize engineering and environmental reviews, and consider assessment structures or other revenue mechanisms for implementation.
