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AGENDA ITEM #8F
APRIL 12, 2004
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Stormwater Monitoring Cost Sharing
SUBMITTED BY: Donna Kaluzniak, Utility Director
DATE: April 1, 2004
BACKGROUND: The City has had a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Stormwater Permit from EPA/DEP since 1997. Atlantic Beach is a co-permittee along
with the City of Jacksonville (COJ), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and recently,
the City of Neptune Beach. Atlantic Beach, COJ and FDOT have had an approved Storm Water
Management Plan since permit inception. Part of this Storm Water Management Plan consists
of an extensive DEP-approved monitoring program that includes sampling and testing for
multiple parameters at numerous locations.
For the first 5-year permitting period, the COJ and FDOT paid all the costs for the monitoring
program. The cost for the first 5-year monitoring period was $277,275. For the current 5-year
permitting period (2003 to 2007), DEP required revision of the monitoring program to include
additional sampling and testing. The total cost of the monitoring program for the current 5-year
period is $300,000, an additional amount of $22,725 over the last monitoring period.
FDOT and COJ have asked for the Cities of Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach to assist with the
additional cost of the monitoring program. This equates to $11,362.50 per City for the 5-year
~ period. The City of Jacksonville will submit one invoice for the entire 5-year monitoring
program after the start of our new budget year that begins October 1, 2004.
City staff requested pricing the required parameters from our annual contract laboratory,
Columbia Analytical, to obtain an estimate of what the City would have to pay in order to
conduct our own monitoring program. The cost for the City to have the appropriate sampling
and analysis for the 5-year period is estimated at $85,785.
BUDGET: No funds are needed in the current budget. Funds in the amount of $11,362.50
will need to be included in the FY05 budget.
RECOMMENDATION: Include funds in the amount of $11,362.50 in the FY05 budget to
assist with the costs of the Storm Water Monitoring Program for the current 5-year permit period.
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