South Florida Water Management District Standard Format Tentative FY2014 Budget Submission Pursuant to Section 373.536, Florida Statutes August 1, 2013 South South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 (561) 686-8800 (800) 432-2045 (FL Only) Ernest Barnett, Interim Executive Director Lennart Lindahl, Assistant Executive Director Douglas Bergstrom, Administrative Services Director Pursuant to Section 373.536(6)(a) F.S., the SFWMD’s Fiscal Year 2013-2014 tentative budget has been emailed to the following individuals. Office of Senate President President, Don Gaetz - [email protected] Senate Committee on Appropriations Senator Joe Negron (R) Chair - [email protected] Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto (R) Vice Chair - [email protected] Staff Director, Mike Hansen – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Senator Alan Hays (R) Chair - [email protected] Senator Geraldine F. "Geri" Thompson (D) Vice Chair - [email protected] Staff Director, Jamie DeLoach - [email protected] Senate Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation Senator Charles S. "Charlie" Dean, Sr. (R) Chair - [email protected] Senator Joseph Abruzzo (D) Vice Chair - [email protected] Staff Director, Pepper Uchino – [email protected] Florida House of Representatives Speaker, Will W. Weatherford – [email protected] House Appropriations Committee Representative Seth McKeel [R] Chair - [email protected] Representative Steve Crisafulli [R] Vice Chair - [email protected] Staff Director, JoAnne Leznoff – [email protected] House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee Representative Ben Albritton [R] Chair – [email protected] Representative Douglas Vaughn “Doug” Broxson [R] Vice Chair – [email protected] Budget Chief, Staff Director Stephanie Massengale - [email protected] House State Affairs Committee Representative Steve Crisafulli [R] Chair – [email protected] Representative James W. “J.W.” Grant [R] Vice Chair – [email protected] Staff Director, Karen Camechis – [email protected] Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Representative Matthew H. “Matt” Caldwell [R] Chair – [email protected] Representative Tom Goodson [R] Vice Chair – [email protected] Staff: Adam Blalock, Policy Chief - [email protected] Joint Legislative Budget Commission Representative Seth McKeel [R] Alternating Chair - [email protected] Senator Joe Negron [R] Alternating Chair - [email protected] Senator Andy Gardiner [R] - [email protected] Senator Joe Gibbons [D] [email protected] Representative James “J.W.” Grant [R] [email protected] Senator Alan Hays [R] [email protected] Representative Ed Hooper [R] [email protected] Representative Matt Hudson [R] [email protected] Senator Gwen Margolis [D] [email protected] Representative Charles McBurney [R] [email protected] Representative Mark Pafford [D] [email protected] Senator Garrett Richter [R] [email protected] Senator Christopher L. Smith [D] [email protected] Senator John Thrasher [R] [email protected] Department of Environmental Protection Herschel Vinyard – [email protected] Greg Munson - [email protected] Lennie Zeiler - [email protected] Executive Office of the Governor-Office of Policy & Budget Noah Valenstein – [email protected] Ralph Perkins – [email protected] Michael Atchley – [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. FORWARD ............................................................................................................................................... 1 II. INTRODUCTION TO THE DISTRICT .......................................................................................................... 2 A. History of Water Management Districts in Florida .......................................................................... 2 B. Overview of the District ................................................................................................................... 2 C. Mission and Guiding Principles of the District ............................................................................... 10 D. Development of the District Budget .............................................................................................. 10 E. Budget Guidelines .......................................................................................................................... 10 F. Budget Development Calendar and Milestones ............................................................................ 12 III. BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS ........................................................................................................................... 13 A. Current Year Accomplishments ..................................................................................................... 13 B. Major Budget Objectives and Priorities ......................................................................................... 26 C. Adequacy of Fiscal Resources ........................................................................................................ 27 D. Budget Summary............................................................................................................................ 32 1. Overview ................................................................................................................................ 32 2. Source of Funds Three-Year Comparison .............................................................................. 38 3. Major Source of funds Variances ........................................................................................... 40 4. Source of Fund by Program ................................................................................................... 41 5. Proposed Millage Rates ......................................................................................................... 44 6. Three-Year Use of Funds by Program .................................................................................... 46 7. Major Use of Funds Variances ............................................................................................... 48 IV. PROGRAM AND ACTIVITY ALLOCATIONS ............................................................................................. 49 A. Program and Activity Definitions, Descriptions, and Budget ......................................................... 49 B. District Specific Programs ............................................................................................................ 133 C. Program by Area of Responsibility ............................................................................................... 138 V. SUMMARY OF STAFFING LEVELS ........................................................................................................ 142 VI. PERFORMANCE MEASURES ................................................................................................................ 143 VII. BASIN BUDGET .................................................................................................................................... 149 VIII. APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................ 152 A. Terms ........................................................................................................................................... 152 B. Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................... 164 C. Project Worksheets ...................................................................................................................... 166 D. Related Reports ........................................................................................................................... 167 E. Outstanding Debt ......................................................................................................................... 169 F. Alternative Water Supply Funding – Water Protection and sustainability Programs ................. 170 G. Consistency Issues Fiscal Year 2012-2013 ................................................................................... 171 I. FOREWORD To ensure the fiscal accountability of the Water Management Districts, section 373.536, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Executive Office of the Governor (EOG) to approve or disapprove Water Management District budgets, in whole or in part. Section 373.536 also directs the Water Management Districts to submit a tentative budget by August 1 in a standard format prescribed by the EOG. The content and format of this report were developed collaboratively by the staffs of the Governor’s Office, Senate, House of Representatives, Department of Environmental Protection and all five Water Management Districts. It utilizes the statutory programs to standardize the accounting between districts. This report has been prepared to satisfy the requirements of section 373.536,