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Port Richey seeks state and federal help for stormwater study, lift‑station repairs and water‑plant planning
Summary
City Manager Matthew Coppner told the City Council the city applied for a $150,000 FDEM watershed/stormwater master‑plan grant and is pursuing Army Corps interest under both CAP (Section 103) and Section 205; council also authorized staff to apply for a state‑revolving‑fund loan to plan a potable water plant.
City Manager Matthew Coppner told the Port Richey City Council on Feb. 11 that staff submitted a stormwater master plan grant application to the Florida Department of Emergency Management seeking $150,000 of a $200,000 project to underpin the city’s stormwater and coastal resiliency work.
The master plan, Coppner said, would become “the backbone of practically everything we do with stormwater, as well as looking at our resiliency and coastal management efforts going down the road.” He said the city budgeted $50,000 this year and hoped to win the balance from FDEM.
Coppner also said Pasco County and the city submitted…
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