Subject:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING; RE: Temporary Use Agreement (TUA) for Brevard County to Continue Temporary Dewatering Activities on a County-owned Parcel for the Grand Canal Muck Removal Project (unincorporated D4).
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Fiscal Impact:
None.
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management Department (NRM), Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) Program
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the Chair to execute the TUA (Attachment A) to allow NRM to continue to utilize 6.38 acres of the 18.83-acre, County-owned, PUD-zoned, vacant parcel for temporary dewatering activities for the Grand Canal Muck Removal Project (unincorporated area), for a period of up to four (4) years from the current TUA expiration date of July 9, 2024. The dewatering site and project overview are shown on Attachment B.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Grand Canal Muck Removal Project was one of five Indian River Lagoon (IRL) Restoration Initiative muck dredging project locations to receive State legislative appropriations for muck removal in 2014 2017. This initiative began two years prior to establishment of the SOIRL program. In the absence of continuing Legislative Appropriations, the Grand Canal project was added to the SOIRL Project Plan in 2018. The project is fully permitted and has recently received additional state funds: 1) State Legislative Appropriation - LPA0475 for $9,000,000.00, approved by the Board on November 14, 2023, and 2) State IRL Water Quality Grant No. LG003 for $10,053,228.00 (in contracting). Local match required for these state funds are provided by SOIRL funds that continue to be included in the SOIRL Project Plan, most recently approved by the Board on February 20, 2024.
Upon completion, the Grand Canal Muck Removal Project is estimated to remove a total of about 605,000 cubic yards (CY) of muck from the unincorporated portion of the Grand Canal system that extends from the Pineda Causeway to t...
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