Lee County Government Division of Natural Resources Strategic Planning Presentation

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Lee County GovernmentDivision of Natural
ResourcesStrategic Planning Presentation
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Division of Natural Resources

• Roland Ottolini, P.E., Division Director
• Programs and Funding Sources
• Marine Services General Fund
• Ground Water (Water Resources) General Fund
• Environmental Laboratory General Fund
• Pollutant Storage Tanks FDEP Contract
• Surface Water Unincorporated MSTU
• Pollution Prevention/SQG Business Tax License

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Division of Natural Resources
Mission Statement Provide management and
protection of the County's natural resources
through well permitting, water conservation,
water quality monitoring, flood protection, beach
preservation, waterway/marine resources,
hazardous waste management and pollutant storage
tank programs.
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Division of Natural Resources

• Five Year History

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Division of Natural Resources

• Five Year History

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Division of Natural Resources

• Where are we today?
• Current Budget 5,599,195
• Approved Positions 53
• Vacant Positions 0

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Division of Natural Resources
Where are we going?
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Division of Natural Resources Marine Services

• Areas of oversight include Beach Management, Aids
  to Navigation, Derelict Vessel Removal,
  Artificial Reefs Waterway Management. 
• FY09/10 Budget - 783,470 Number of Positions
  - 6
• Local, State and Florida Lee
• Federal Mandates Statute Plan BOCC
  Directed
• Manatee Protection 379.2431 107.7
• Channel Markers 124.2
• Local Vessel Regulation LCO 08-14
• Artificial Reef 127.1
• Derelict Vessel AC-7-10
• Channel Maintenance Goal 45
• Beach Renourishment 161.34 113.3.1 FDEP Grants
• Other Permit Conditions

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Division of Natural Resources

• Ground Water Management
• Tasked with protecting groundwater resources by
  enforcing the County well code and well field
  protection ordinance and assisting with drought
  management and water conservation initiatives.
• FY09/10 Budget - 721,704 Number of Positions -
  6
• Mandates
• Rules of the South Florida Water Mgmt District
  Chapter 40E-3, FAC
• Florida Administrative Code 62-532
• Lee Plan Policy 63.2.5 (Abandoned Well)
• Lee County Ordinance 06-09 (Well Code) 07-35
  (Wellfield Protection)

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Division of Natural Resources

• Environmental Lab
• Provides environmental and compliance monitoring
  of surface, ground, drinking and waste water in
  Lee County.
• FY09/10 Budget - 1,571,826 Number of Positions
  - 14
• Mandates
• NELAC Certification Requirements
• FAC 62-160 DEP Quality Assurance
• Lee Plan 108.1.1, 121.1.5, 121.1 (Water Quality
  and Fisheries Mgmt)
• Due to testing for Utilities and NPDES
• FAC62-620, 62-621, 62-624

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Division of Natural Resources
Pollutant Storage Tank Program This State
contracted program is responsible for compliance
inspections, installations and closures of
petroleum storage tanks operating in Lee
County. FY09/10 Budget - 314,955 Number of
Positions - 3 Work performed under 10-year
contracts with Florida Department of
Environmental Protection. We are currently in
Task Year 3 of our second 10-year contract. Use
of local governments for this work is directed in
FS 376.3073 and tasks are outlined in FAC62-761
and 762.
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Division of Natural Resources

• Surface Water Management
• Responsible for preparing and implementing a
  capital improvement program to mitigate flooding
  and pollution storm water master plans zoning
  and DO review NPDES permit compliance and
  inspections water quality initiatives
  hydrologic monitoring including rainfall, water
  level and flow measurements regional water
  issues
• FY09/10 Budget - 1,627,323 Number of Positions
  - 17
• Mandates
• FS 403.067 (TMDL) FS403.0885 (NPDES) FS403.0891
  (SWMP)
• FAC 62-624 (NPDES MS4), FAC 62-302, 303 (Impaired
  Waters)
• Lee Plan 10.1.1-10.1.5 (NR Extraction)
  59.1.1-59.1.8 (Surface Water)
• 60.1.1-60.5.6 (SW by Watershed) 61.1-61.3.14
  (Resource Protection)

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Division of Natural Resources

• Pollution Prevention Program
• A Program designed to meet the State SQG mandate
  through educational assistance to businesses for
  managing their hazardous waste. The Program
  performs enforcement of Federal/State regulatory
  violations through Ordinance 07-03.
• FY09/10 Operating Budget - 707,508 Number
  of Positions 7
• Mandates
• Florida Statute 403.073, 403.7225, 403.7226,
  403.7234, 403.7236
• LDC 12-113 (Mining) LCO 07-03

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Division of Natural Resources

• Completed Major Projects List
• Broadway Hogue/Intrepid Dredging
• Chapel Branch Improvements
• Clean and Snag (Ongoing)
• Derelict Vessel Removal (Ongoing)
• FDEP Gator Slough Phase I II
• Filter Marsh BMP Maintenance
• Gasparilla Island Beach Renourishment
• Halfway Creek Filter Marsh

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Division of Natural Resources

• Completed Major Projects List

• Lovers Key Beach Renourishment
• Matlacha Pass Restoration
• Mullock Creek Weir Replacement
• Neighborhood Improvement Program
• Popash Creek Improvements
• Powell Creek NFM Utility Relocation
• Redfish Pass Crossover Channel
• Ten Mile Canal Filter Marsh Phase I

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Division of Natural Resources

• Service Level Considerations

• Possible Reductions
• USGS Contract 107,114
• Well Plugging 25,000
• Due to limited discretionary income, further
  reductions are staff based.

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Mandated Functions
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Mandated Functions
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Division of Natural Resources

• Priority Issues
• Water Quality TMDL compliance
• Resource Protection Caloosahatchee Estuary,
  Lake O, Estero Bay, Charlotte Harbor
• SW Master Plan NFM, I-75/Estero
• Projects - C43, Boma, Local
• HABs Blue Green, Red Algae, Red Tide
• Environmental Regulation DRGR, Mining, Babcock
  Ranch
• Monitoring

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Division of Natural Resources

• Action Requested From Board
• Maintain current level of service
• Monitor the progress of TMDLs and plan
  accordingly
• Consider minor enhancements in monitoring (DRGR,
  CE)
• Consider minor enhancements in pollution
  prevention enforcement
• Consider alternative funding strategies for
  surface water management

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Lee County GovernmentDivision of Natural
Resources

• Questions?