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Stormwater Management Master Plan Monroe County Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Prepared for Monroe County by Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. August 2001 file:///F|/GSG/PDF Files/Stormwater/SMMPCover.htm [12/31/2001 3:10:29 PM] Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Acknowledgements Monroe County Commissioners Dixie Spehar (District 1) George Neugent, Mayor (District 2) Charles "Sonny" McCoy (District 3) Nora Williams, Mayor Pro Tem (District 4) Murray Nelson (District 5) Monroe County Staff Tim McGarry, Director, Growth Management Division George Garrett, Director, Marine Resources Department Dave Koppel, Director, Engineering Department Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee Richard Alleman, Planning Department, South Florida WMD Paul Linton, Planning Department, South Florida WMD Murray Miller, Planning Department, South Florida WMD Dave Fernandez, Director of Utilities, City of Key West Roland Flowers, City of Key West Richard Harvey, South Florida Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ann Lazar, Department of Community Affairs Erik Orsak, Environmental Contaminants, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gus Rios, Dept. of Environmental Protection Debbie Peterson, Planning Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Teresa Tinker, Office of Planning and Budgeting, Executive Office of the Governor Eric Livingston, Bureau Chief, Watershed Mgmt, Dept. of Environmental Protection AB i C:\Documents and Settings\mcclellandsi\My Documents\Projects\SIM Projects\Monroe County SMMP\Volume 1 Data & Objectives Report\Task I Report\Acknowledgements.doc Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee (continued) Charles Baldwin, Islamorada, Village of Islands Greg Tindle, Islamorada, Village of Islands Zulie Williams, Islamorada, Village of Islands Ricardo Salazar, Department of Transportation Cathy Owen, Dept. of Transportation Bill Botten, Mayor, Key Colony Beach Carlos de Rojas, Regulation Department, South Florida WMD Tony Waterhouse, Regulation Department, South Florida WMD Robert Brock, Everglades National Park, S. Florida Natural Res. Center Rhonda Haag, Florida Keys Regional Service Center, South Florida WMD William Kruczynski, Environmental Protection Agency Jim Muller, Muller & Associates, Inc. Fritz Wettstein, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Rebecca Jetton, Dept. of Community Affairs Michael Szymonowicz, City of Marathon Consulting Team Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. Environmental Consulting Systems Glen Boe & Associates Inc. Keith & Associates Inc. Mote Marine Laboratories The Market Share Company Valerie Settles AB ii C:\Documents and Settings\mcclellandsi\My Documents\Projects\SIM Projects\Monroe County SMMP\Volume 1 Data & Objectives Report\Task I Report\Acknowledgements.doc Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Executive Summary Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Executive Summary Monroe County, Florida The Florida Keys Plantation Key Key Largo Upper Matecumbe Long Key/Layton Windley Key Big Pine Key Marathon Lower Matecumbe Cudjoe Key Torch Keys Upper Sugarloaf Key Colony Beach Bay Point Key West Ram Rod Bahia Honda Summerland Lower Sugarloaf Boca Chica Stock Island Introduction construction, operation and maintenance of Monroe County consists of approximately 1.2 required facilities. The geographic area of this million acres, the majority of which are project consists of the islands in the County (the submerged lands under state or federal Florida Keys), which are traversed by US 1. The jurisdiction. Excluding the mainland areas, figure above shows the study areas for the Monroe County encompasses about 65,400 acres SMMP. along the Florida Keys including the Several terms will be used to characterize the major incorporated areas of Key West, Islamorada, areas of the Keys: Layton, Key Colony Beach and Marathon. The Florida Keys consist of 38 main keys connected The Upper Keys begin with the Ragged Keys of to the mainland through Dade County along US Biscayne National Park to the north and run to Highway 1 (referred to as US 1). Lower Matecumbe to the southwest. Monroe County is required by their adopted The Middle Keys include the islands south and Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) to west of Lower Matecumbe to Marathon (Seven prepare a Stormwater Management Master Plan Mile Bridge). (SMMP). The purposes of the SMMP are to assess the adequacy of existing systems, The Lower Keys include Big Pine Key through Key prioritize stormwater management needs for West. each island, identify regulations and policy needs, and develop a plan to finance the AB EX-1 C:\Documents and Settings\mcclellandsi\My Documents\Projects\SIM Projects\Monroe County SMMP\Executive Summary\Executive Summary.doc Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Executive Summary The Florida Keys Due to their location, the Florida Keys possess unique conditions not found elsewhere in the According to 1999 population data, the Upper United States. This has lead to the development Keys have the largest population at about 49,200. of a variety of interconnected, tropical marine The Middle and Lower Keys have almost the ecosystems. There are both climatic and biotic same population at about 36,000 each. The variations within the Keys that extend over one largest stormwater study area population degree of latitude (~24.5 to 25.5 N) and almost appears to be Key Largo, followed by Marathon. three degrees of longitude (~80.2 to 82.9 W). In 2010, the Upper Keys will still have the largest population at over 52,500, followed by the Lower The designations of Upper, Middle and Lower Keys at about 39,100 and finally the Middle Keys Keys do have some natural constraints that affect at about 28,400. The largest study area the near shore marine and terrestrial populations are Key Largo and Marathon as in environments. The Upper Keys form a fairly 1999. continuous barrier between the coastal waters of the mainland on the west and north sides of the Keys (Florida Bay, Barnes, Blackwater and Card Sounds, and Biscayne Bay; usually called "bayside") and those of Hawk Channel and the Straits of Florida on the east and south of the Keys ("Oceanside"). The Middle Keys have large passes that allow a considerable exchange of water. The Lower Keys have an intermediate tidal exchange from one side to the other. The waters to the north here are more properly considered Southwest Florida Shelf waters rather than part of Florida Bay because they are influenced by Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Table ES-1 provides a breakdown of the acreage and percentage of land uses based on the existing database provided by Monroe County. About 75 percent of the land is categorized as Forest/Open, Urban/Open or Water/Wetland. The next highest land use is low density The largest population growth for permanent residential (9 percent). The rest of the land uses residents between 1999 and 2010 is projected to account for about 18 percent of the total land in be in Cudjoe Key at 15 percent over the 11 years, Monroe County. followed by Bay Point Key at 12.3 percent and Big Pine Key at 11.3 percent. Average Table EX-2 shows the future land uses for population growth for permanent residents will Monroe County based on total build-out. About be only 0.7 percent, due to incorporation. There 72 percent of the future land use acreage is is expected to be an overall loss of 3 percent in Forest/Open, Urban/Open and Water/ the seasonal population due to incorporation. Wetland. There will be increases in Medium and High Density Residential Land Uses. These AB EX-2 C:\Documents and Settings\mcclellandsi\My Documents\Projects\SIM Projects\Monroe County SMMP\Executive Summary\Executive Summary.doc Monroe County Stormwater Management Master Plan Executive Summary increases change the nature of stormwater runoff environment of the Keys was confirmed. Since from the Keys under future conditions. that time, the deterioration of the near shore and reef environment has been well documented Table ES-1 - Monroe County Existing Land Uses with the decline of corals, loss of grass beds, and increase in water pollution. While most studies Lower Middle Upper Land Use Keys Keys Keys Total % have identified wastewater impacts as the major Forest Open 11,764 5,925 15,362 33,051 37.8% controllable source of pollutants affecting the environment, stormwater runoff has also been Urban Open 457 923 336 1,717 2.0% identified as a significant source. One of the Agriculture/Pasture 5 33 3 41 0.0% purposes of the SMMP is therefore to identify a Low Density Resid. 1,688 3,700 2,370 7,758 8.9% plan to reduce the stormwater runoff component Medium Density Resid. 994 450 737 2,180 2.5% of pollution within the Keys. High Density Resid. 264 390 290 945 1.1% Commercial 815 1,538 675 3,028 3.5% Goals and Objectives Industrial 54 55 69 178 0.2% Based on public input and the 2010 Comp Plan, Water/Wetland 21,987 6,082 2,721 30,790 35.2% the following is a list of recommended goals and FDOT Roads 702 566 370 1,637 1.9% objectives for the Monroe County Stormwater County Roads 1,206 325 889 2,421 2.8% Management Master Plan: County Facility 2,914 636 96 3,646 4.2% Total 42,849 20,623 23,919 87,390 Goal 1 - The SMMP will identify, prioritize and recommend remedial improvements for the Table ES-2 - Monroe County Future Land Uses significant water quality related problem areas Lower Middle Upper within the unincorporated areas of the County. Land Use Keys Keys Keys Total % Forest Open 6,666 659 10,841 18,166 20.8% Goal 2 - The SMMP will recommend actions that Urban Open 6,374 4,718 4,116 15,209 17.4% will reduce the sediment and nutrient loading of Agriculture/Pasture 13 9 3 26 0.0% near shore waters resulting from runoff. Low Density Resid. 1,883 1,955 1,114 4,952 5.7% Goal 3 - The SMMP will review existing Medium Density Resid.
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