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OCT 15 1991 <br />BOOK / FAif V <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />On October '3, 1989, the county entered into a 50/50 cost share <br />program with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) <br />to plug abandoned artesian wells on county utilities property. The <br />agreement was subsequently amended on March 26, 1990 to extend to <br />a county -wide program, with a county commitment to allocate a total <br />.of $30,000 ($15,000 for utilities property, $15,000 for county -wide <br />private property) on a fiscal year basis. Under the program, <br />SJRWMD matches the county's funds with $30,000 of their own, <br />,;resulting is a total of $60,000 per fiscal year allocated for well <br />plugging. <br />h <br />The agreement was renewed -by the Board of County Commissioners to <br />extend through fiscal year 1990-1991. This matter is now being <br />brought to the Board for consideration to renew the contract <br />through fiscal year 1991-1992. <br />ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS <br />The Board of County Commissioners has approved the allocation of <br />$15,000 in the Utilities Department budget and $15,000 in the <br />Community Development Department budget for fiscal year 1991-1992, <br />for the county/SJRWMD well plugging cost share program. <br />Abandoned flow wells result in the unnecessary consumption of <br />groundwater. Moreover, artesian flow wells tend to have high <br />chloride levels, and in turn lower water quality in the surficial <br />aquifer, which is commonly used for private potable wells. This <br />past fiscal year, + 3.5 million gallons per day (mgd) were saved by <br />the plugging of eleven (11) wells in the county -wide program and <br />two in the utility program. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners renew the <br />abandoned flow well plugging cost share agreement with the SJRWMD <br />for FY 1991-1992 and authorize the chairman to execute the attached <br />agreement. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously (4-0, <br />Commissioner Eggert being absent) approved the renewal <br />of the abandoned flow well plugging cost share <br />agreement with SJRWMD for FY 91/92 and authorized the <br />Chairman's signature. <br />COPY OF PARTIALLY EXECUTED AGREEMENT IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF <br />THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />20 <br />