Enclosure: Pasco County Ridge Road Extension Monthly Status Report

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1 PASC COUNTY FLORIDA --,.. A. June 6, Mr. Shayne Hayes, Section Chief Pensacola Permits Section US Army Corps Engineers, Jacksonville District 41 North Jefferson Street, Suite 301 Pensacola, FL Re: SAJ (SP-TSH) Subject: 2018 Summary and Project Status Report Dear Mr. Hayes: The purpose of this letter is to provide the Corps of Engineers with a status report for the May 11, 2017 Request for Additional Information (RAI) in regards to the ongoing permitting activities for the proposed Ridge Road Extension project, reference number SAJ (SP-TSH). The attached report has been prepared as a collaborative effort with our co-applicant, the Florida Turnpike Enterprise. The co-applicants will continue to prepare documentation required by the RAI. Sincerely, 'JtJtM c:v4--/ Jh,-,/z-c :af Margar t W. Smith, P.E. Engineering Services Director/County Engineer Enclosure: Pasco County Ridge Road Extension Monthly Status Report ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION West Pasco Government Center 8731 Citizens Drive, Suite 321 New Port Richey, FL mwsmith@pascocountyfl.net

2 January 9, 2019 Pasco County/Florida s Turnpike Enterprise Ridge Road Extension Monthly Status Report December 2018 PURPOSE Provide a report on the status of the Ridge Road Extension (RRE) Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 permit application being processed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). BACKGROUND Pasco County and the Florida s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) are co-applicants for a Section 404 permit from USACE. The purpose of the RRE project is to construct a four-lane divided highway that improves traffic mobility and provides an additional hurricane evacuation route for the County s coastal residents. In April 2015, the co-applicants filed a comprehensive alternatives analysis comparing parameters for 17 alternatives. In April 2017 USACE made a preliminary determination that the Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) is modified Alternative 7, the co-applicants revised preferred alternative. Given this preliminary determination, the co-applicants have developed a detailed project management plan for completing the remaining requirements for USACE to conclude its review and reach a final permit decision. This report provides an up to date status of the activities conducted by the co-applicants, USACE, and others to complete those requirements. COORDINATION Representatives of Pasco County, FTE, NV5 (RRE engineer of record) and Dawson and Associates (D&A--Pasco County s USACE Section 404 Permitting Consultant) conduct regular conference calls and electronic communications with USACE to coordinate activities to fulfill USACE s CWA 404 permit review requirements. USACE tracks the overall CWA 404 process for the co-application using a summary flow chart. The current version of the USACE Flow Chart dated September 5, 2018 is enclosed. The co-applicants follow a detailed RRE Design and Permitting Schedule. This schedule, which is based on the project management Critical Path Method (CPM), breaks down the major tasks in the USACE flow chart by relating the interdependencies of each activity to another. The January 4, 2019 update to the CPM schedule is enclosed. 1

3 January 9, 2017 DECEMBER 2018 STATUS In anticipation of a request from USACE related to the modified permit application, the County has completed preliminary work to address any changes in the Phase II cumulative and indirect impact assessment. This draft is currently being reviewed internally. The draft revised Biological Assessment (BA) has also been completed and is undergoing an internal team review. The updated cumulative and indirect impact assessment and revised BA will be submitted to USACE for its review in early Once these documents are completed the co-applicants will be able to submit a formal reply to the May 11, 2017 USACE RAI. USACE acknowledges that the standard 45-day deadline contained in the RAI is not relevant in this case, and that the co-applicants are demonstrating suitable progress toward completing the information requested in the RAI through these periodic reports, conference call discussions, and the incremental submittal of information that is outlined in the RAI. Feedback from USACE is pending regarding comments received from the recent Public Notice, UMAM and FTE Mitigation Plan. The CPM has been updated based on assumptions for the upcoming activities. Progress on January 4, 2019 RRE Design and Permitting Schedule activities are noted below. - Activity 24 USACE Review FTE Mitigation Plan Ongoing, initial USACE comments expected soon - Activity 26 USACE Review Prelim UMAM Completed - Activity 27 Prepare Final UMAM Completed - Activity 29 USACE Review and Approve Final UMAM Underway - Activity 33 USACE Reviews and Compiles Comments Ongoing - Activity 35 Draft Update Cumulative and Indirect Impacts Additional internal team review and updates ongoing - Activity 36 - Draft Update BA Additional internal team review updates ongoing - Activity 52 SWFWMD CRI Responses Underway - Activity 70 90% Roadway and LA Plans Ongoing - Activity 71-90% Bridge Plans - Ongoing The revised RRE Design and Permitting Schedule currently indicates a permit decision by USACE mid-september 2019 (unchanged from the November 2018 report). 2

4 January 9, RECAP Several important activities took place in 2018 which affected the RRE/Suncoast Parkway interchange Section 404 permit application. Most importantly, Pasco County conducted an indepth re-evaluation of the design intent of the Phase II portion of the RRE. This re-evaluation was prompted by the change in ownership of a large track of property east of the Suncoast interchange. After conducting a traffic and hurricane evacuation analysis of a few design options, the original single access design for Phase II was found lacking when compared to a more straightforward arterial roadway design. On August 13, 2018, the County formally submitted to USACE a request to modify the Phase II design approach for Modified Alternative 7 of the 2015 alternatives analysis. USACE published a new Public Notice on September 25, 2018 to solicit public comments regarding the permit application modification. The County awaits input from USACE regarding the nature of the public comments. Other important activities conducted in 2018 follow: - On March 5, 2018 County representatives briefed HQUSACE leaders on the status of the RRE permit application. - County and FTE representatives met with USACE Jacksonville District regulatory members on July 15 and November 29 to review matters related to the permit application. - UMAM analysis was conducted for the entire RRE/Interchange project and submitted to USACE for its review. USACE comments have been addressed and expecting concurrence in early Proposed compensatory mitigation plans were submitted to USACE by the County and FTE. NEXT STEPS The co-applicants will submit their revised Cumulative and Indirect Impact Reports and updated BA in January Once USACE has evaluated comments from the new Public Notice, USACE may request further analysis and data from the co-applicants. The USACE review of the FTE compensatory Mitigation proposal is also expected in January The co-applicants will complete their detailed work to respond to the USACE May 11, 2017 RAI. The co-applicants will forward a letter to USACE providing the status of their activities. Weekly conference calls with USACE will continue. 3

5 January 9, 2019 Submitted by: Dwight Beranek, P.E Senior Advisor Dawson & Associates Attachments: - USACE Flow Chart dated September 5, Project CPM dated January 4, 2019 CF: Margaret Smith Sam Beneck Annemarie Hammond Dave Barrows Rick Capka Tom Montgomery Steve Lewis Colleen Kruk 4

6 * For reference only. Subject to updates and/or revisions. Updated 5 September 2018.

7 ID Task Task Name DurationStart Late Finish Half Predecessor 2, 2016 Half 1, 2017 Half 2, 2017 Half 1, 2018 Half 2, 2018 Half 1, 2019 Half 2, 2019 Mode N J M M J S N J M M J S N J M M J S N 0 RRE_Schedule_Modified Phase II 749 dayfri 11/11/16 Wed 9/ County Administrative Activities 507 dayfri 3/24/17 Wed 9/25/19 2 County Decision Mitigation Bank 27 days Fri 3/24/17 Mon 5/1/17 3 CO 17 Scope of Work Development 16 days Mon 4/17/17 Mon 5/8/ CO 17 Scope/Hours/ Fee Negotiation 15 days Mon 5/15/17 Fri 6/2/17 3FS+4 days 5 County Processing Agenda Items for CO 1725 days Mon 6/5/17 Fri 7/7/ County BOCC Approval of CO days Mon 7/10/17 Fri 7/21/ County BOCC Approval of CO days Tue 9/4/18 Mon 9/17/18 8 County Reserve Mitigation Credits 86 days Fri 12/22/17 Fri 4/20/ County Purchase Mitigation Credits 5 days Wed 10/17/18Tue 9/17/19 8,28 10 County Coordination with Turnpike (FTE) 30 days Mon 5/1/17 Fri 6/9/ County R/W Transfer with SWFWMD 60 days Wed 2/21/18 Wed 9/25/19 53FF+5 day 12 County R/W Acquisition from Len-Angelin180 daywed 6/21/17 Wed 9/25/19 13 USACE Permit Coordination 748 dayfri 11/11/16 Tue 9/24/19 14 USACE Alternative Analysis Review 120 dayfri 11/11/16 Thu 4/27/17 17FF 15 USACE RAI 67 days Thu 12/8/16 Fri 3/10/17 16 County RAI Response 22 days Mon 3/13/17 Tue 4/11/ USACE Review RAI Response 11 days Wed 4/12/17 Wed 4/26/ USACE Preliminary LEDPA Determination 1 day Fri 4/28/17 Fri 4/28/ USACE Issues Second RAI 1 day Mon 5/8/17 Mon 5/8/17 20 USACE PJD Approval 58 days Wed 3/29/17 Fri 6/16/17 21 USACE Wetland Impacts Min. Coord. 52 days Wed 6/21/17 Thu 8/31/ Prepare USACE Permit Plans 18.5 daywed 7/26/17 Fri 9/15/ Prepare Draft USACE Mitigation Plan (FTE)11 days Tue 2/27/18 Tue 3/13/18 24 USACE Review FTE Mitigation Plan 145 daywed 3/14/18 Tue 12/25/ Prepare Prelim. UMAM (PC & FTE) 143 daymon 9/18/17 Wed 4/4/ USACE Review Prelim UMAM 182 daythu 4/5/18 Fri 12/14/ Prepare Final UMAM (PC & FTE) 3 days Mon 12/17/18Wed 12/19/ Submit Final Mitigation Plan (PC & FTE) 10 days Wed 10/3/18 Tue 1/8/ USACE Review and Approve Final UMAM &10 days Thu 12/20/18 Tue 1/22/19 28,27 30 County Notifies USACE Ph II Modification 12 days Mon 7/30/18 Tue 8/14/18 31 USACE Issues new Public Notice 30 days Wed 8/15/18 Tue 9/25/ Public Notice Comment Period 43 days Wed 9/26/18 Sat 11/24/ USACE Reviews and Compiles Comments 20 days Mon 11/26/18Fri 12/21/ USACE Provide Guidance on Add'l App Req12 days Mon 12/24/18Tue 1/8/ Draft Update Cumulative & Ind. Impacts A25 days Thu 9/20/18 Tue 1/29/19 7FS+2 days 36 Draft Update BA 20 days Thu 12/13/18 Tue 1/29/19 7,29FF+5 da 37 Draft Update Alt Analysis for Mod 7 - Phas15 days Wed 1/9/19 Tue 1/29/19 7FS+2 days 38 USACE Review Draft Cumul & Sec. Analysi 25 days Wed 1/30/19 Tue 3/5/19 35,36,37 39 Final Updates to C & I Analysis, BA 20 days Wed 3/6/19 Tue 6/25/19 34,38 40 USACE S-7 ESA Consultation 98 days Fri 2/8/19 Tue 6/25/19 28,38SS+7 d 41 USACE Completes EA & SOF 45 days Wed 6/26/19 Tue 8/27/19 40,39 Task External Tasks Manual Task Finish-only Manual Progress Project: RRE_Schedule_Modified Date: Fri 1/4/19 Split Milestone Summary External Milestone Inactive Task Inactive Milestone Duration-only Manual Summary Rollup Manual Summary Deadline Critical Critical Split Project Summary Inactive Summary Start-only Progress

8 ID Task Task Name DurationStart Late Finish Half Predecessor 2, 2016 Half 1, 2017 Half 2, 2017 Half 1, 2018 Half 2, 2018 Half 1, 2019 Half 2, 2019 Mode N J M M J S N J M M J S N J M M J S N 42 USACE Sends 3(c) Letter to EPA 15 days Wed 8/28/19 Tue 9/17/ USACE Issues Permit 5 days Wed 9/18/19 Tue 9/24/19 53,40,9,42 44 SWFWMD Permit Coord 471 daymon 5/8/17 Tue 9/17/19 45 Pre-App Meeting 1 day Mon 5/8/17 Mon 5/8/17 46 ERP Modification Application Preparation 153 daywed 12/20/17Fri 7/20/ SWFWMD Review 12 days Mon 7/23/18 Tue 8/7/ SWFWMD Issues RAI 1 day Wed 8/8/18 Wed 8/8/ Prepare SWFWMD Mitigation Plan 75 days Tue 6/19/18 Mon 11/5/ RAI Responses 63 days Mon 8/13/18 Wed 11/7/ SWFWMD Review and CRI Issuance 16 days Mon 11/5/18 Mon 11/26/ CRI Responses 45 days Tue 11/27/18 Tue 8/20/ SWFWMD Permit Issuance (401 Certificati20 days Tue 1/29/19 Tue 9/17/ Design & Bidding Activities 621 daywed 5/10/17 Wed 9/25/19 55 Design Activities 490 daywed 5/10/17 Tue 4/2/19 56 Preliminary Line and Grade 30 days Wed 5/10/17 Tue 6/20/17 20,18 57 Bridge Type & Size Report 20 days Wed 5/17/17 Tue 6/13/17 56SS+5 day 58 County Review 10 days Wed 6/21/17 Tue 7/4/ Preliminary Geotech for Bridges 95 days Mon 7/24/17 Fri 12/1/17 56SS+10 da 60 Supplemental Survey 180 daymon 7/24/17 Sun 4/1/18 56, % Roadway Plans 30 days Mon 7/24/17 Fri 9/1/17 58, % Bridge Plans 30 days Mon 7/24/17 Fri 9/1/17 58,6 63 County Review 25 days Mon 9/4/17 Fri 10/6/17 61,62 64 LA Concept Plans 57 days Thu 8/10/17 Fri 10/27/ County LA Review 11 days Mon 10/30/17Mon 11/13/ % Roadway Plans 52 days Mon 10/9/17 Tue 12/19/17 61,63 67 LA 60% Plans 78 days Mon 11/13/17Wed 2/28/ County Roadway Plan Review 92 days Thu 12/21/17 Fri 4/27/18 66FS+1 day 69 County LA Review 42 days Thu 3/1/18 Fri 4/27/ Final Geotech for Bridges 62 days Mon 12/4/17 Tue 2/27/18 62, % Roadway & LA Plans 110 daymon 4/30/18 Tue 1/22/ % Bridge Plans 120 daymon 10/16/17Tue 1/22/19 62,63,59,70 73 County Review 10 days Wed 1/16/19 Tue 2/5/19 71, % Roadway Plans 20 days Wed 1/30/19 Tue 3/5/ % Bridge Plans 20 days Wed 1/30/19 Tue 3/5/ Specification Package 10 days Wed 2/27/19 Tue 3/19/19 74,75 77 County Review 10 days Wed 3/13/19 Tue 4/2/ Project Bidding 131 daywed 3/27/19 Wed 9/25/19 79 Final Bid Documents 15 days Wed 3/27/19 Tue 4/23/ County Bid Process 60 days Wed 4/17/19 Tue 7/16/ County Contractor Selection 50 days Wed 7/10/19 Tue 9/24/ Begin Construction 1 day Wed 9/25/19 Wed 9/25/19 81,10,43FF Task External Tasks Manual Task Finish-only Manual Progress Project: RRE_Schedule_Modified Date: Fri 1/4/19 Split Milestone Summary External Milestone Inactive Task Inactive Milestone Duration-only Manual Summary Rollup Manual Summary Deadline Critical Critical Split Project Summary Inactive Summary Start-only Progress