Subject:
Title
Interlocal Agreement between Brevard County and the St Johns River Water Management District (District) related to the Crane Creek/M-1 Canal Restoration Project (Districts 3 and 5)
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Fiscal Impact:
The proposed agreement supports a District-managed $9,186,500 stormwater treatment and rediversion project that was approved by the County Commission in 2018 to receive $2,033,944 of local cost share from the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Trust Fund.
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management
Requested Action:
Recommendation
Approve the Interlocal Agreement between Brevard County and the St Johns River Water Management District (District) related to the Crane Creek/M-1 Canal Restoration Project. Authorize the Chair to sign the Agreement upon receipt of a signed copy of the Agreement from the District. Authorize the Chair to sign the Easement in Exhibit D to the Agreement in substantially the same form of the attached draft, pending receipt of the new legal description necessary for the access portion of the easement
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The M-1 Canal is a century old, man-made flood control feature that cuts through the coastal ridge diverting stormwater flow from approximately 5,300 acres of the historic St. Johns River basin to the Indian River Lagoon through Crane Creek. The project will restore M-1 Canal baseflows and small stormflows west of Evans Road back to the St. Johns River basin. It will provide an environmental benefit by reducing Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, excess freshwater, and sediment load in the Indian River Lagoon while restoring historic drainage patterns.
Brevard County cost share for the project was recommended by the Citizen Oversight Committee and approved by the County Commission in the 2018 Update of the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Plan. The Crane Creek/M-1 Canal Restoration Project will include the following four main components:
(1) Operable weir structure located near the natural coastal rid...
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