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May 12, 2006
Ms. Alicia Cuervo Schreiber, Assistant City Manager
City of Miami
P.O. Box 330708
Miami, FL 33233-0708
Re: Interiocal Agreement for FEMA Funded Stormwater Drainage Projects`
between the City of Miami (City.) and Miami -Dade County (MDC).
Dear Ms. Cuervo Schreiber:..
We have reviewed your letter dated April 5, 2006, and received on April 12, 2006
This Department commends your efforts to minimize direct discharges to the
Comfort Canal by providing for maximum discharge of street runoff into the
Biscayne Aquifer via approved exfiltration systems.
The Comfort Canal sen4ces the C-5 Drainage Basin area by lowering the watertablf
which allows for a greater aquifer drainage and storage interaction during rainfal
events and minimizes the possibility of localized street flooding even in area:
serviced by exfiltration systems (no direct discharge areas). Hence, improvec
conveyance of the Comfort Canal due to the recent FEMA Funded Project benefit:
the entire basin area depicted on the attached map previously provided a:
Attachment "An of the Interlocal Agreement
Therefore, the previously established criteria and methodology for developing :
stormwater utility program and its basis of fees do not include assessments of an!
roadways whether local or regional. Similarly, all roadways, regardless of thel
surface area or ownership, are not considered in our basin area computations.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at (305) 372-6754 o
Antonio Cotarelo at (305) 372-8529.
Environmental Resources Man
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Dorian K Valdes, P.E. — Acting Assistant Director, DERM
Antonio Cotarelo, P.E. — Chief, Water Management Division, DERM
Stephanie Grindell — Director, Public Works, City of Miami
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