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Title:	Lee County, Florida, Shore Protection Project: Gasparilla Island Segment: Final Integrated Section 934 Report and Environmental Assessment; Appendix F: Public Access and Cost Sharing
Authors:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District.
Keywords:	Shore protection Beach nourishment Gasparilla Island (Fla.)
Publisher:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District.
Abstract:	The project is located in Lee County, on the lower Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida, about 90 miles south of the entrance to Tampa Bay. Gasparilla Island is bounded on the north by Gasparilla Pass and on the south by Boca Grande Pass. The project length is 2.8 miles and spans Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reference monuments R-10.5 (R-11 plus a 1,200 foot long north extending taper) and R-24.5 (R-24 plus a 600 foot long south extending taper). In April 2008, an addendum to the January 2000 Lee County, Florida, Shore Protection Project General Reevaluation Report (Gasparilla Island segment), was completed to update Federal and non-Federal cost sharing percentages for the project following construction. Cost sharing percentages given in the January 2000 GRR reflect the assumption that public and maintenance access would be secured on all gulf front properties for the life of the project. This was to be accomplished through a storm reduction easement on private lands. As of January 2008, twenty-one (21) property owners were unwilling to grant the required easements. Cost sharing values in the 2008 addendum are a result of changing the cost sharing for the total length of these properties to 0% Federal. The cost-sharing percentages changed from 58.7% Federal and 41.3% non-Federal to 54.4% Federal and 45.6% non-Federal. The estimate percent non-federal proportionate share of 45.6% was used for the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) signed in June 2013 between the Department of the Army and Lee County for periodic nourishment of the Gasparilla Island segment. In September 2013, a new reevaluation of the cost share estimate was performed changing the cost-sharing percentages from 54.4% Federal and 45.6% non-Federal to 55.94% Federal and 44.06% non-federal. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1999 changed the cost sharing policy previously provided by WRDA 1986 by setting a maximum Federal share of periodic nourishment carried out after 1 January 2003 to 50% for projects authorized for construction after 31 December 1999. However, because construction of the Lee County, Florida, Shore Protection Project was authorized by Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965, Public Law 89-298, and approved by Senate Resolution dated December 17, 1970 and House Resolution dated December 15, 1970, that policy does not apply to this project. For the present study a cost share recalculation was performed to correct the percentages applied to undeveloped lands (publicly or privately owned) in previous calculations. Thus, for this study, the cost share recalculation was completed using Section 103(d) of WRDA 1986 guidelines: costs assigned to developed lands (publicly or privately owned) and undeveloped lands (publicly or privately owned) are cost shared 65% Federal and 35% non-Federal. Lands with exclusively private benefits and lands with insufficient parking and/or public access are 100% non-Federal cost. Shorelines owned by the Federal government are 100% Federal cost. Note that, for the purposes of this report, “developed” indicates the presence of buildings and/or other infrastructure such as street ends or other transportation facilities. If lands are not within ¼ mile of public access and either public parking or a bus stop, then the associated costs will be 100% non-federal. For the present study a cost share recalculation was completed using Section 103(d) of WRDA 1986 guidelines: costs assigned to developed lands (publicly or privately owned) are cost shared 65% Federal and 35% non-Federal. Undeveloped public lands are cost shared 65% Federal and 35% non-Federal. Lands with exclusively private benefits and lands with insufficient parking and/or public access are 100% non-Federal cost. Shorelines owned by the Federal government are 100% Federal cost. Note that, for the purposes of this report, “developed” indicates the presence of buildings and/or other infrastructure such as street ends or other transportation facilities. If lands are not within ¼ mile of public access and either public parking or a bus stop, then the associated costs will be 100% non-federal.
Description:	Section 934 Report / Environmental Assessment
Rights:	Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/11681/34224
Size:	13 pages / 741.3 Kb
Types of Materials:	PDF/A
Appears in Collections:	Environmental Documents