PLACEMENT: Consent
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INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE GOLDEN GATE WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Board action is requested to adopt the initial assessment resolution for the Golden Gate Wastewater Municipal Service Benefit Unit to allow installation of a vacuum assisted gravity wastewater collection system and associated vacuum pump station.
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DEPARTMENT: Utilities and Solid Waste
PREPARED BY: Name: Phil Keathley
Title: Chief Project Manager
REQUESTED BY: Sam Amerson, P.E., Utilities and Solid Waste Director
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
This project entails construction of a vacuum assisted gravity sewer system and associated pumping facility to provide sanitary sewer service to approximately 767, single family and multi-family and commercial parcels of land in the Golden Gate area of Martin County, Florida. The project includes construction of the underground collection system along the road right of ways with valve pits to service the units and construction of a vacuum sewage collection and pumping facility to be located on a Martin County owned parcel of land at 2846 S.E. Fairmont Street.
The project will enhance water quality in the St. Lucie Estuary by eliminating nutrient loading from septic systems at the rate of 3.5 lbs total nitrogen and .89 lbs total phosphorous per month per septic tank as indicated by a Florida Department of Environmental Protection study. In addition, the increased wastewater flow of approximately 200,000 gallons per day at the Tropical Farms Wastewater Treatment Plant will be converted to reuse quality water for irrigation use.
The proposed assessment includes 766 parcels with a total of 834.5 equivalent residential units (ERC). The total project cost estimate is $12,947,498.20. Martin County has received a Legislative Appropriations Grant from the State of Florida for this project in the amount of $2...
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