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SJRWMD FY 2017-2018 Final Budget D. Budget Priorities by Area of Responsibility Subsection 373.535(1)(a)2., Florida Statutes, requires the District to report the total estimated amount in the District budget for each AOR. All programs and activities at WMDs are categorized by four AORs: water supply, water quality, flood protection and floodplain management, and natural systems. Expenditures in the four AORs are provided only at the program level. These AOR expenditures are estimates only and have been allocated among the programs. Because a project may serve more than one purpose, the AOR expenditures should be viewed only as one indication of whether the District is adequately addressing each AOR. The naratives below summarize the cross-charged budgets and key projects by AOR for FY 2017-18, followed by Table 2 that shows program, activity, and subactivity budget by AOR. Water Supply ($54.3 million) Water Supply Planning • The District's Governing Board and the Suwanee River Water Management District's Governing Board voted to approve the North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan (NFRWSP) on January 17, 2017. The regional water supply plan will ensure the protection of water resources and related natural systems and identify sustainable water supplies for all water uses in the coordination area through 2035. • The Legislature has appropriated $13.3 million toward the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project listed within the NFRWSP. This project will provide aquifer recharge within the Keystone Heights area, as well as contribute to MFL recovery of the Lower Santa Fe Basin. As of July 2017, the Governing Board approved granting the Executive Director the authority to rank and select a contracting firm to begin design and permitting. By the end of July 2017, CDM Smith was placed under contract and started work. Resource Evaluation and Modeling • The District will continue working cooperatively with SFWMD and SWFWMD on revision of the East Central Florida Transient model by summer 2017 through a memorandum of understanding between the three districts; potentially receiving a 33 percent match from each district for contractual modification to the model that will result in reduced cost and increased efficiency for all involved. MFL— Springs Restoration • Cowpen Lake and DeLeon Springs MFLs were proposed for adoption on December 14, 2016, and made effective on February 1, 2017. These MFLs are currently being met and are expected to be met over the next 20 years, and no prevention strategy was needed. • The District approved the adoption of minimum flows for Silver Glen Springs in Marion County, Alexander Springs in Lake County and Gemini Springs in Volusia County—all three Outstanding Florida Springs —on May 10, 2017, defining a protective limit on the amount of available water beyond which further Page 19