PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
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PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE PORT SALERNO NEW MONROVIA WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Board action is requested to adopt the final assessment resolution for the Port Salerno/New Monrovia 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: David Duncan
Title: Project Manager
REQUESTED BY: Sam Amerson, P.E., Utilities & 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 942, single family, multi-family and commercial parcels of land in the Port Salerno/New Monrovia area of Martin County, Florida. The project includes construction of the underground collection system along the road rights-of-way 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 3975 SE Lee 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 240,000 gallons per day at the Tropical Farms Wastewater Treatment Plant will be converted to reuse quality water for irrigation use.
The proposed assessment includes 942 parcels with a total of 966 equivalent residential connections (ERCs). The total project cost is $24,358,921, including: $19,832,329 for construction, $2,079,545 for design and engineering, $2,028...
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