<p>Hillsborough County Municipal Service Benefit Unit
Sweetwater Creek
Phase II Feasibility Report
Prepared for
Hillsborough County
Public Works Department
Prepared by
The Abaco Group, LLC.
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Fishkind & Associates, Inc.
1040 W. Industrial Ave., Bay 1
1901 S. Congress Ave., Ste. 200
12051 Corporate Blvd.
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Orlando, FL 32817
October 22, 2014
Hillsborough County MSBU – Sweetwater Creek
Phase II Feasibility Report
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In January 2009 the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners enacted County
Ordinance 09-01, the Canal Dredging Municipal Service Benefit Unit and Assessment Procedure Ordinance.
This ordinance creates a financing mechanism in which local communities in Hillsborough County
can request that County to create discrete Canal Dredging Municipal Service Benefit Units (MSBUs)
to finance canal dredging in order to resolve navigational issues in the residential, saltwater canals
within their community.
The Hillsborough County Canal Dredging Program Manual (2009) outlines the intent and purpose of
the County’s Canal Dredging Program and anticipated timelines for MSBUs. In December 2009,
Tetra Tech was contracted by Hillsborough County to provide Professional Engineering Services for
the implementation of the County’s Canal Dredging Program. The Canal Dredging Program
outlined in the Hillsborough County Canal Dredging Program Manual (2009) has been designed to
operate in three phases: Phase I: Project Definition and Letter of Intent, Phase II: Feasibility Phase
and Phase III: Design, Permitting and Construction.
This feasibility report was prepared in support of Phase II for the Sweetwater Creek Canal Dredging
Improvement Unit (CDIU). Included in this report is a review of the bathymetric survey, marine
resource investigations, preliminary characterization of dredge sediments and water quality,
preliminary engineering design, disposal options, environmental regulatory review, construction and
bond financing cost estimati