Scope of Work for DRGR and Mining Study

Lee County, Florida is requesting letters of interest to provide an update and analysis of the county’s reports addressing groundwater resources. The primary location of these resources is in the “Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource” (DRGR) land use category as described in the Comprehensive Plan. An excerpt is provided below .

The analysis will include a review of the existing studies and literature (see Attachment 1), and provide updated technical documentation to assess the recharge, fluctuation and flow regime, and production capability of Lee County’s groundwater and surface water resources. Recommendations should also be provided regarding the effectiveness of the existing designation in relation to water resources, whether any recognizable changes in resources have occurred (increase or decrease), and any notable issues or trends with regard to groundwater or surficial aquifers meeting natural and/or human demands. The review will include but not be limited to evaluation of existing studies, water use permits, utility plans, well logs, aquifer performance tests, county files and other information as necessary.

A second component of the study is an evaluation of mining. Commercial mining/excavation activities are an important resource and are allowable in the DRGR land use category. While important to the local economy, their impacts have been problematic. The purpose of the review is to update or determine the following: location and quality of mineral resources, evaluation of the current capacity of approved mining activities, evaluation of the future need for mining material, and the effects of mining activities on water resources and the water budget.

Additionally, the adjacent City of Bonita Springs is conducting a review of its DRGR area, and this study will require coordination with the city.

Attachment 1

Reference Reports (including, but not limited to the following)
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Lee County Water Resources Management Project,, James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc., Lake Worth, October 5, 1988.

1990 Amendments to The Lee Plan (The Lee County Comprehensive Plan), Vol. 2 of 3, Year 2010 Overlay (Future Land Use Map Series), Planning Division, Lee County, September, 1990. (Note pp. 7 & 31-3.)

1990 Amendments to The Lee Plan (The Lee County Comprehensive Plan), Vol. 3 of 3, Planning Division, Lee County, September, 1990. (Note pp. IV – 4 & IV – 7.)

Lee County Ground Water Resource Protection Study, Henigar & Ray, Inc., Crystal River, July 28, 1993.

Report of the Land-Use Subcommittee, Submitted for Consideration by the Arnold Committee, Spikowski et al., Lee County, July 8, 1996. (Note pp. 1-13 – 21.)

Arnold Committee Report and Recommendations, Arnold et al., Florida Gulf Coast University, Lee County, October, 1996. (Note pp. 19 & 37.)

EIS on Improving the Regulatory Process in SW Florida, Lee and Collier Counties, USACE et al., Jacksonville, July 2000. (Note pp. 67 – 75 & Appendix D.)

Water Supply Master Plan 1993-2030, Lee County Regional Water Supply Authority, CDM and others, October 1993

Update to Water Supply Master Plan 2000-2030, LCRWSA, July 2000

East Lee County Aquifer Recharge Project, Phase II and III Reports, W.R.Howard Jr., P.E., Inc., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., Ardaman & Associates, Inc., March 1995 and April 1998

The Lee County Comprehensive Plan, the Lee Plan, Lee County Division of Planning, as amended through January 2003

Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Rock Mining – Freshwater Lakebelt Plan, Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, May 2000

Strategic Mining, A Report on Mining in Lee County, Lee County Division of Planning, September 30, 2002

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