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7.L. ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SJR WMD) COUNTYWIDEABANDONED FLOW WELL PLUGGING COST-SHAREAGREEMENT - RENEWAL The Board reviewed a Memorandum of September 30, 1997: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator DE ARTMENT HEAD CONCUR Robert M. Keating, AHtP Community Development Dire for FROM: Roland M. DeBioi$ AICP Chief, Environmental Planning DATE: September 30, 1997 RE: Renewal of Countywide Abandoned Flow Well Plugging Cost -Share Agreement with St. Johns River WMD It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 7, 1997. 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 on County Utilities property. In 1990, the program was expanded countywide to include the plugging of abandoned flow wells on private property (subject to authorization from the private landowner). As a result of the program, over 200 wells have been plugged or repaired in Indian River County, saving millions of gallons per day (mgd) of ground water. Since 1990, concerning the countywide, private property well plugging program, the County has allocated $15,000 in matching funds on a fiscal year basis. In turn, SJRWMD has matched the county's funds with $15,000 of its own, resulting in a total of $30,000 per fiscal year allocated for the countywide well plugging program. This year, however, because there has been a backlog of wells on private property to be plugged, the Board recently approved an increase of its match from $15,000 to $20,000 for FY 1997-98 for the countywide program. The SJRWMD has followed suit and is increasing its 501. match from $15,000.to $20,000, resulting in a total allocation of $40,000 for the countywide well plugging program. In addition, the District is proposing to obligate an amount not exceeding $5,000 to the County as compensation for county staff time attributed to administering the well plugging program. The attached cooperative agreement renewal for countywide well plugging is hereby presented to the Board for approval consideration for fiscal year 1997-98. In 1995, as a change from previous years, two separate contracts - one for Utilities property, and one for countywide private property - were executed. This memorandum and the attached contract renewal pertain only to the countywide well plugging program; well plugging relating to County Utilities property will be addressed by the County Utilities Department under a separate agreement. The attached FY 97-98 countywide contract renewal follows the same format as the 1995 countywide agreement (entered in January, 1996) that was renewed last fiscal year. OCTOBER 7, 1997 25 L10.'" -1-01"]d PAG, 1 _1