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i" (" Ari <br />BOOK 06 HAGE OJ <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously approved the <br />annual SHIP reports and authorized the Chairman to sign same, <br />as recommended in the Memorandum. <br />REPORTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE <br />OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />7.D. St. _Johns River Water Management District - Abandoned Flow <br />Well Plugging Cost -Share Agreement Renewed <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of August 18, 1998: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />D TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />'ole— :,v <br />� Robert M. Keating, AICP/ <br />Community Development Director" <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBloi , ICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: August 18, 1998 <br />RE: Renewal of Countywide Abandoned Flow Well Plugging Cost -Share <br />Agreement with the St. Johns River Water Management District <br />It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 25, 1998. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Since 1989, the County has participated in a cost -share program with the St. Johns River Water <br />Management District (SJRWMD) to plug abandoned artesian wells on County Utilities property. In <br />1990, the program was expanded countywide to include the plugging of abandoned flow wells on <br />private property (subject to authorization from the private landowner). As a result of the program, <br />over 200 wells have been plugged or repaired in Indian River County, saving millions of gallons per <br />day (mgd) of ground water. <br />From 1990 to 1996, concerning the countywide, private property well plugging program, the County <br />allocated $15,000 in matching funds on a fiscal year basis. In turn, SJRWMD matched the county's <br />funds with $15,000 of its own, resulting in a total of $30,000 per fiscal year allocated for the <br />August 25, 1998 <br />14 <br />