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02-03-2014 - Workshop CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETING February 3, 2014 5 : 00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MINUTES 1 . CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, INVOCATION Mayor Thomas called the Workshop to order at 5: 00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Present Mayor Michael Thomas Councilwoman Christine Power Councilwoman Gigi Bennington Councilman Mike Ignasiak Councilman Gene Emter City Manager Tracey Barlow City Clerk Bonnie Wenzel City Attorney Aaron Wolfe Absent None Mayor Thomas informed everyone they would wait for the pledge of allegiance until the Regular Meeting. 2 . DISCUSSION OF THE STATUS AND PLANS AS IT RELATES TO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON CONCERNS City Manager Barlow wanted Environmental Services Director Brenda Dewees to walk them through and share with them where the City of Edgewater had been as it related to any discharges, whether stormwater or effluent, into the Indian River, which was attached to the Mosquito Lagoon. She was going to talk about where they had been, where they were today and some of the improvements they had made. She was also going to talk about some of the improvements they had planned into the future as well as talk about some of the limitations or challenges associated with where they needed to go. City Manager Barlow reminded Council that on March 18th they were going to have a joint workshop with the cities of New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill. They wanted to talk about CRAB, the Trails and the Indian River Lagoon. City Manager Barlow then turned the meeting over to Ms. Dewees. a) Where we are today (reclaim discharge, stormwater discharge and general location of septic tanks in the city and 1 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 utility service area) b) What we have recently completed in regards to improvements (Eastern Shores stormwater project, minor improvements at Park Avenue and Riverside Drive pre-treatment, areas we have expanded reclaimed lines and customers added) C) What we plan to do (Master Stormwater Plan and associated project timelines and costs, areas we have budgeted and areas we have targeted to extend reclaim lines to, any discussion of pro and cons of a fertilizer ordinance) Environmental Services Director Brenda Dewees went through the attached Powerpoint Presentation. She commented on reclaimed water, reclaimed water customers, septic tanks, Lagoon issues, and State requirements. Ms. Dewees described for Councilwoman Bennington that the Indian River Lagoon was in Group 5 because DEP took the entire state and divided it into five groups and we were the last group to be evaluated. Ms. Dewees continued her presentation by commenting on "State Requirements NPDES Permit" with regard to BMAP. Ms. Dewees then commented on the Indian River Lagoon Protection Initiative and identified what they have done with regard to reclaimed water to reduce effluent disposal into the River. She further described what they have done with regard to septic tanks, upgrading the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Stormwater Projects. Ms. Dewees then described their plans going forward with regard to short-term and long-term goals for reclaimed water. Ms. Dewees referred to a map that was included in the Volusia County Septic Tank Study the County had done that showed where the septic tanks were located throughout Southeast Volusia. It would be a recommendation from staff that if any sewer line enhancements were to be done that they be targeted in the area between U.S. #1 and the River. The red dots depicted on the maps were improvements that were done to existing septic tanks, permits they had had with existing septic tanks. Ms. Dewees then commented on Sewer System Extensions with regard to priority target areas between U.S. #1 and the River and the costs associated with that. There was a brief discussion between Councilwoman Power and Ms. Dewees regarding the cost to extend sewer on Palm Breeze, which was $26, 000 for each of the 20 houses on the street. 2 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 Ms. Dewees then commented on Stormwater Improvements. She recommended prioritizing the areas between Riverside Drive and U. S. #1. The Stormwater Master Plan was adopted by the Council which included various projects to reduce flooding and enhance water quality issues. Of the 16 projects on the map it showed twelve projects which were recommended in the five-year CIP plan that were between U.S. #1 and the River. The five-year plan represented over $3 million in capital improvements and currently as of this year the budget was slated for almost $840, 000 to assist them with those projects. Ms. Dewees then commented on a Fertilizer Ordinance and the difficulty with enforcing this type of ordinance. Ms. Dewees informed Council there was a forum on the Lagoon Health on Friday, February 7th at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce. City Manager Barlow thanked Ms. Dewees for her very good presentation. City Manager Barlow informed Council this was an opportunity if they wanted to discuss or give staff any consensus to further the direction they were going now with putting together a report of staff' s ideas or goals as it related to septic tank abandonment by getting them over to a domestic system, very similar to what they had done with the future stormwater projects. He spoke of hiring a consultant and talk about what is needed over a five year plan and put a dollar figure to it which helps them in future budgets. They had done the same thing with the sidewalk and bicycle pedestrian plan. He felt the first goal was to focus on the septic tanks located between U.S. #1 and the River. He also mentioned there being those in closer proximity to the system today verses those that they get a little further to the southern boundary or outside the incorporated area that would require a partnership with homeowners' associations as well as the unincorporated area Volusia County maybe in some cases that they try and get these. He felt by putting the reports together and putting the dollar figures there it makes those initiatives more shovel ready. He was anticipating there was an opportunity that there could be some good grant dollars coming down the pike on the heels of the damage that has been done to the Indian River Lagoon. He felt having those reports done, identifying the cost and the prioritizing of those initiatives puts them in a better position to apply for and successfully get awarded those grants. Councilwoman Power questioned if they had established that septic systems and fertilizer were the main causes or were they still trying to figure that out. City Manager Barlow wasn't sure that had been validated. Ms. Dewees identified that had not been validated yet but they were looking at those as possible causes based on their own knowledge that nitrogen and phosphorus encourages growth of algae. 3 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 Councilwoman Power questioned if there was a time-line with that. Ms. Dewees identified the consortium had come up with a four-year plan and were in year one. Councilwoman Power identified they had three years to get their ducks in a row with possible grant money or what the costs were involved and what it would entail. City Manager Barlow felt the leaching of these drainfields from the septic tanks into the River were the most probable cause. Even if they come out with their findings and that isn't their primary precipitant, he didn't know that anybody would say that the leaching of these drainfields from the septic tanks into the River was helpful for the Lagoon. He felt they would find there would be harm but it may not be that particular harm that was creating the brown algae. Councilwoman Power asked what the deal was with the abandoned septic tanks. Ms. Dewees described what had to be done in order to abandon a septic tank. Councilman Emter asked approximately on an annual basis how much they had spent in the last few years to make the improvements that the City had made. Ms. Dewees identified they had allocated in the past, but not in the past two years, $100, 000 per year to do slip-lining on the clay sewer lines within Riverside Drive and the shoots off of Riverside Drive. Stormwater CIP improvements, they had been allocating about $200, 000 to $300, 000 per year over the past three or four years. Reclaimed improvements as of late it had just been the improvements they had done with the extension of the main line up U.S. #1 and the irrigation lines. She spoke of the Stormwater Master Plan that identified they had $3 million worth of improvements to do in the next five years. They had about $800, 000 allocated this year just for stormwater improvements. Ms. Dewees informed Councilman Emter that to her knowledge the draft fertilizer ordinance done by the County had not been passed yet. City Manager Barlow identified it was just most recently that staff had been given direction to come up with that draft ordinance. To the best of his knowledge it had not been back before the County to be extensively discussed. He had been following that throughout the State as well. He then commented on concerns of the fertilizer industry who was on the other end. He further commented on not knowing how to regulate or enforce a fertilizer ordinance. He felt they would see this more on the State level that regulates what type of fertilizers can be utilized by these commercial companies within the State verses the City trying to go out on the end user side and police the people with the broadcast spreaders or even the local fertilizing companies. Councilman Emter asked outside of the studies which had taken place if there had been any additional initiations by the State specifically dealing with any clean up efforts in the Lagoon from one end to the 4 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 other. City Manager Barlow informed him he was not aware of any since they were still doing the scientific studies to figure out how to react. Ms. Dewees explained instead of throwing money at something arbitrary they want to make sure whatever money was being put out there to enhance and help the Lagoon was actually going to do some good. Councilwoman Bennington asked if anybody had studied what the boats were doing to the Lagoon as a result of the increasing number of boats on the water. Ms. Dewees didn't think she had seen anything in relationship to boat activity. City Manager Barlow felt they must have something. He further commented on a big study that was done as it related to manatees. Councilwoman Bennington spoke of the gas and oil that is released from the boats. She would hate to see them putting the blame on the citizens on land when the boats could be contributing to the problem too. City Manager Barlow was sure they were going to look at all of it but there hadn't been a lot of discussion. Mayor Thomas felt there was a lot of finger pointing right now. Ms. Dewees spoke of toxicology testing that is being done on the manatees, pelicans and dolphins that have died. Councilwoman Bennington didn't feel it was just the boats but everything altogether. She would hate for it to be dumped on everyone that lives here and ignore the other possibilities. Mayor Thomas felt they would look at every avenue. Ms. Dewees knew they did scientific evaluations on the sea grass itself. She was sure they were looking at everything. Councilwoman Power asked if the County came up with a fertilizer ordinance what that meant for the City and if it was something they would have to comply with. City Manager Barlow felt it depended on how they enact it in the regulating and enactment language. He further identified enforcing it was going to be the challenge. It was possible it could be county-wide and they expect every City to be able to help them enforce it. Councilman Ignasiak felt Ms. Dewees gave a good presentation that was very broad in scope and hit on all the points the Council needed to be aware of and how it affects them. He felt City Manager Barlow was right on the money. Although the issues they were looking at with the runoff, septic tanks and stormwater may not be the primary cause but they were certainly contributing causes or they wouldn't be regulated and followed by the State. He liked the idea of pursuing and creating an action plan. He felt eventually when they decided what action they were going to take that money would become available to the local areas, both from the State and Federal government, and that the people in the best position will be the ones with their plans ready to go. He encouraged City Manager Barlow to continue along that path. 5 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 Mayor Thomas felt it was a good idea to ask about dumping the water in the FIND containment site. He hoped they would let the City do that in the future. Mayor Thomas further identified that an algae bloom grows because of a nutrient and usually grows in the summertime. He felt it wasn't just that but was all contributing factors. He spoke of what the City has done to minimize the pollution going into the River. They have to do everything they can and encourage the neighboring cities and counties to do this also. He felt they would see some changes State-wide that will help them, including grant moneys. Councilwoman Power asked about the 3, 000 customers on reclaimed water. She asked if there were more opportunities and what the potential was right now. Ms. Dewees informed her in Florida Shores there was potential for 6,500 customers and they have 3, 000. City Manager Barlow pointed out the infrastructure to the reclaimed water was limited to Florida Shores right now. He spoke of getting the infrastructure out to Coral Trace and the cost of extending that line from Air Park Road out to SR 442 being costly. Councilwoman Power asked if there was a way of identifying housing an area that wanted to be on the reclaimed water so it made it top of the list. City Manager Barlow identified Coral Trace was an example but it was the cost of getting the infrastructure out there. He spoke of trying to continue the infrastructure. For the first time in the history of Edgewater' s system they have gotten to the east side of U.S. #1 so as money allows they try to expand that. He also spoke of expanding it going north on the west side of U.S. #1. They picked up Auto Zone and Friends Bank as well as Hawks Park. He mentioned extending it to the ballfields and Shangri La. Councilwoman Bennington stated they had a whole east side that would connect to it if they would get it to them. She felt the fertilizing ordinance should be handled at the State level for the big companies. Instead of concentrating on that, they should be concentrating on reclaimed water hookups and doing whatever they can to get the people to hook up to that and educate on the fertilizer. Councilwoman Power identified she didn't want to be a part of the fertilizer issue either. City Manager Barlow identified as the new developments are coming on, they are requiring them to put the reclaimed infrastructure in, although they don't have the reclaimed available to them at the time. He asked Ms. Dewees if they missed Edgewater Lakes. Ms. Dewees identified Edgewater Lakes was missed as well as Majestic Oaks. Councilwoman Bennington pointed out the homeowners ' association could mandate they hook up to the reclaimed water when it was available. 6 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 There was a brief discussion regarding having 3, 000 customers on the reclaimed with the potential for 6, 500 using 700, 000 gallons annually on average. If they had another 2, 500 and they could be at zero disposal. Ms. Dewees described it was a balancing act and confusing to residents at time. They recently lifted the reclaimed water restrictions completely. They ask that they not voluntary use it between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The cost was $9.50 per month which allows them up to 25, 000 gallons per month. Councilman Emter felt the less they put into the Indian River the better off they are. They are responsible for the City of Edgewater. It seemed to him there would be two priorities that he would see as being top of the line, reclaimed water and eliminating the septic tanks. He felt they should do everything possible to eliminate septic tanks within their jurisdiction. Mayor Thomas asked Ms. Dewees how far inland the discharge affects the river. It wasn't just along Riverside Drive. Ms. Dewees spoke of having older potable wells along Park Avenue between the railroad tracks and Mission Road that were put in in the 1960 's and having a salt water intrusion monitoring well. It was estimated that inside Edgewater' s City limits there were still about 250 septic tanks. 3. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the Workshop adjourned at 5:57 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer, CMC 7 Council Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 ■ 'a 'a.1°:r.*at,-,::,-S . .. tie+ ' ,ir- Am' 1r. 6"' a1 � ne w , , ,,fi*'^ r A - T - t ' if a . e indian 'iver 4.:A. ... mo = '..a...411141 1. ,,_...... s, al%...,07:Fol, �.w. a _ �e.y„* .. -. _ , , .... i ..*Atliii A..... .. . _ :, III 1 �r _ �_s1 `N. r, .r' . . 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Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 8 State Requirements - NPDES P • TMDL • Load Allocation • 35% reduction of total nitrogen • 47% reduction of total phosphorus • Based on the year 2000 land use • BMAP • Indian River Lagoon in Group 5 • Adopted in January 2013 by FDEP • Re-evaluated every 5 years • Credit for projects and public education Edgewater Project EW-i • Educational Programs in Landscaping, Irrigation, and Pet Waste Ordinances; Pamphlets, Website, Illicit Discharge Program TN TP • Total Project Reductions 74 9.8 • Total BMAP I Required Reductions 24.3 0.0 • Credit for Future BMAPs 49.7 9.8 Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 9 Indian River Lagoon Protection Initiative • St. Johns River Water Management • Launched - Spring of 2013 • Multi-year Program • Four Year program — monitoring, data collection, file dand lab analysis and model development • Alagal Bloom Investigation - $3.7 million budget above the annual $400,000-$500,000 through 2017 • FY 2014 the District has allocated $7. 118 million to the Initiative along with additional funding in future years. • Final year to 18 months — synthesize data to help manage lagoon resources and identify projects to improve the health of the lagoon. Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 io What have we done ? • Reclaimed Water • Since 1994 added almost 3,00o reclaimed water customers. • Connected to various Parks where reclaimed is available • Eliminated the impact fee for connections to encourage more connections. • Most recently, lifted watering restrictions for reclaimed water. Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 ii _ __..._________.__,........._____._.______._.___________ ______ Reclaimed Projects i jnlshf , .14{ ' 4 - -1 4‘ :-.:/ - _ T { ° i ■ i 1 r 0' f� 1 Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 iZ Reclaimed Water Projects 44. ir— -Nzi iin• . A i • - •5.?'n i'114* - ' .1'. ---"..."1111111"9111- - --""--- --. --.4 !PICT, \IT:e lit li , .4 4, „ e ----- N ' 4 - , k.,' 1 ' ::.,,4-•="/,- ,"`z.---1 . , .... --. --. .. , . 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Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 1 1 What have we don . e • Septic Tanks • Constructed sewer lines throughout Florida Shores • Eliminated over 6,000 septic tanks since 1994 • Wastewater Treatment Plant • 1994 Upgraded the WWTP to incorporate Biological Nutrient Removal. • Stormwater • Road Improvement Project • Eastern Shores Project • Frances Drive Project • Ongoing Maintenance Activities • City Hall Improvements included Ponds • Baffle Boxes at City Hall, Park Avenue & Bridge at Gabordy Canal Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 15 Where are we going ? • Reclaimed Water • Short Term • US #1 Median Irrigation with Reclaimed - Phase 2 • Turgot Ave Reclaimed Water Line to Ball Fields & YMCA • Reclaimed Water to Industrial Park and FIND containment area • Auto Zone (30,000 agpm) • Long Term • Three MG Storage Tank in Southeast Service Area • Extension to Coral Trace • Wetland enhancements • Restorations and Farmton Project extensions Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 i6 ______ ________: I Septic T Septic Tank Locations .5N S • • MERCfpFi,_�' A - it • ' ` tf •• COW CA MI /••• . �� ��' • EER RD •<' ••�•C' 2r ti IZ 'yam At 1• •e c.") ° a° ht I P t� �� o •'°a . . 1 a • . •ya- O VLA • -" 13) w • ! • - •- ♦ . . 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PINE BLUFF EAST J I 5250K PR JECT IRL-15.1 FERNALD St 123YK ( P1 PROJECT IRL-15.2 NEW YORK ST $276K PROJECT IRL-10.2 * 1t PROJECT IRL-20 PROJECT IRL-21 PLAZA AND HUBBEL VIRGINIA AND INDIAN RWERSIDE AND BOS TON 5244K RIVER BLVD EAST 5135K PROJECT IRL-10.1 529ex EVERGREEN AVE. 5205K PROJECT IRL-09.2 PROJECT E403 MONSON AND RIVERVIW 25TH ST CULVERT 1 5326K REPLACEMENT 7C 5121K PROJECT G2-07 OLD calm TVRD. PROJECT E8-01 5125K JUNIPER DR CULVERT REPLACEMENT 595K PROJECT El 3-03 26TH ST CULVERT REPLACEMENT S 102K CITY OF EDGEWATER PREPARED BY: ` _ STORMWATER MASTER PLAN QUENTIN L.HAMPTON DISSOCIATES.INC. I C.I.P.UPDATE CONSULTING ENGINEERS ( PROJECTS:5—YEAR PLAN o Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 21 L Fertilizer Ordinance • Fertilizer Ordinance • FDEP Model Ordinance • Restricts usage during wet weather periods • Requires slow release fertilizers • Ban or limit phosphorus • Limit the content of Nitrogen • Needs to be enforceable • Education is the key Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 22 Discussion 11„Nrecr.:.; ,. . _ 4• ak Indian River Lagoon Workshop - February 3, 2014 23