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L-1 N. St. Johns River Water Management District - Renewal of Abandoned Flow Well Plugging Agreement The Board reviewed a Memorandum of October 2, 1996: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator DE MENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Ro ert M. Re t ng', AICP Community Development Di' actor FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, ICP Chief, Environmen al Planning DATE: October 2, 1996 RE: Renewal of Abandoned Flow Well Plugging Agreement with SJRWMD It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 8, 1995. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Since 1989,. the County has participated in a cost share program with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to plug abandoned artesian wells. As a result of this program, approximately 195 wells have been plugged or repaired in Indian River County, saving over 85 million gallons per day (mgd) of ground water. This past year, in addition to wells plugged on County Utilities' property, 14 wells were plugged under the county- wide cost -share program. Throughout the duration of the County/District program, until last year, the County had allocated a total of $30,000 ($15,000 for Utilities property, $15,000 for county -wide private property) on a fiscal year basis. In turn, SJRWMD had matched the county's funds with $30,000 of their own, resulting in a total of $60,000 per fiscal year allocated for well plugging. In 1995, however, the County's share from previous years changed from $30,000 to $24,000. This funding reduction was based on past experience that demand for well plugging on Utilities property did not warrant a joint allocation of $30,000, which had been allocated in previous years. County -wide, however, well plugging projects had been numerous enough to warrant continued allocation of $30,000 in joint funds. Also last year, as a change from previous years, two separate contracts - one for Utilities property and one for county -wide private property - were executed for fiscal year 1995-96 cost -share funding. Based on guidelines adopted in September, 1994, the District's policy on Utilities property cost -share is to fund 25% (rather than 50%) of costs. [An exception, however, is that SJRWMD will provided 50% funding for wells plugged on Utilities property if the wells were not originally constructed by the Utility.] The original agreement for the well plugging program was executed on October 3, 1989, to plug abandoned wells on County Utilities property. In March, 1990, the agreement was amended to apply county -wide. The original agreement has been amended six times as part of an annual renewal process. The proposed contracts for fiscal year 1996-97 follow the same format as the contracts approved last fiscal year. As proposed, funding will be as follows: 360, OCTOBER 8, 1996�`�' .FA�� 31 49