- April 25, 2024
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North-end erosion control structures
Budgeted amount: $6.2 million, in Beach Capital Fund
Funding sources: Primary source: $16 million general-obligation bond approved by voters in a March 2011 referendum; potential sources include Phase III Sarasota County Infrastructure Surtax, Florida Department of Environmental Protection matching grants and Tourist Development Tax funds.
Description: The Longboat Pass Inlet Management Plan recommended the construction of a terminal groin on Beer Can Island and two permeable adjustable groins as part of the solution to control north-end erosion.
Status: The Longboat Key Town Commission hasn’t voted on the structures yet, but agreed to begin the permitting process. In February, the town applied for a Joint Coastal Permit with the state and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The town could receive the permit next January. Pending challenges, construction could begin in May 2013.
Sand placement in high-erosion areas
Budgeted amount: $9.5 million, in Beach Capital Fund
Funding sources: $16 million general-obligation bond approved by voters in a March 2011 referendum; potential sources include Phase III Sarasota County Infrastructure Surtax, Florida Department of Environmental Protection matching grants, Tourist Development Tax funds, potential reimbursement from Port Dolphin for sand removal within the proposed liquefied-natural gas pipeline corridor
Description: The project would place approximately 350,000 cubic yards of sand in two, general high-erosion areas, with exact locations based on need and subject to commission approval: Beer Can Island to Gulfside Drive and Villa di Lancia condominium, 2175 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Status: Town officials have stated that sand placement by itself isn’t a long-term solution and have emphasized the need to build erosion-control structures in conjunction with placing sand. Port Dolphin LLC, which agreed to help the town pay for sand-removal and permitting costs as part of an agreement for its proposed pipeline project, asked for a one-year extension of its project in February, which pushed back the town’s deadline for sand removal to June 2014.
Subaqueous potable water main construction
Budgeted amount: $2 million, in Utility Fund
Funding sources: Utility revenues and/or debt
Description: The project will replace the 30-year-old existing water main attached to the Longboat Pass Bridge that delivers water from Manatee County, with a new subaqueous main located at least 30 feet under the pass.
Status: Engineering design is currently under way. Construction will take place in the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Fire engine replacement with extraction equipment
Budgeted amount: $630,000, in General Fund
Funding sources: Phase III Infrastructure Surtax Funds
Description: Longboat Key Fire Rescue proposes replacing its current first-out engine with a Class-A pumper/ladder equipped for all fire-rescue operations, including advanced life support. The new apparatus would likely have hydraulic-extraction equipment, which is used to remove victims from small spaces.
Status: The town is waiting for the results of an audit to select its pumper/ladder.
Water meter replacement
Budgeted amount: $1.5 million, in Utility Fund
Funding sources: Utility revenues and/or debt
Description: More than half of the town’s 2,900 water meters are 10 or more years old. Older meters often under-measure, causing loss of revenue, so the town is proposing updating the meters.
Status: The project will be funded in October and will take at least a year to complete.
Wastewater collection, force main-replacement
Budgeted amount: $1 million, in Utility Fund
Funding sources: Utility revenues and/or debt
Description: Wastewater generated on the Key is sent to the Manatee County Southwest Regional Treatment Facility through a 40-year-old pipeline. Replacement of the force main is a multi-year project estimated to cost $16 million with more accurate estimates available as design progresses.
Status: The project would begin this fiscal year with an engineering review, condition assessment and preliminary design work; construction could begin within three years. Town Manager David Bullock plans to recommend a rate study for the utility once the project is better defined.
