Legal Public Notice
Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Designated Floodplain or Wetland
Date of Notice: May 1, 2025
Name of Responsible Entity: City of Edgewater
Address:104 North Riverside Drive
P.O. Box 100
Edgewater, Florida 32132-0100
Contact: Sandy Camp, Grants Administrator
Telephone Number: 386-424-2400 ext. 7203
To: All interested Agencies, Groups and Individuals
This is to give notice that the City of Edgewater under 24 CFR Part 58] has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order(s) 11988, as amended by Executive Order 13690, and Executive Order 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 in Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection. The activity is funded under the Florida Department of Commerce (FloridaCommerce) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and subgrant agreement IR024. The proposed project is in the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) floodplain/wetland. The extent of the FFRMS floodplain was determined by assessing the project areas on Phases One and Two utilizing FEMA Flood Maps, CISA data (when available) obtained from the Federal Flood Standard Support Tool (FFSST), and elevation data obtained from the US Geological Survey National Map tool. The total project incorporates approximately 25.39 total acres, of which approximately 10.51 acres reside within the 100-year floodplain and approximately 8.7 acres reside within the 500-year floodplain.
PHASE ONE:
Knapp Avenue Project Area – The improvements will include raising the existing Knapp Avenue up to seven feet (7”), installing culverts, swales, inlets, installing three (3) backflow prevention devices within the project area.
the project area, located initiating at the FEC Railroad and proceeding approximately 930 feet eastward on Knapp Avenue to Live Oak Street, incorporates approximately .61 acres, of which .48 of an acre is within the 100-year floodplain and .13 of an acre is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain. The project area includes .07 of an acre within a Riverine (R) Unknown Perennial (5) Unconsolidated Bottom (UB) Semipermanently Flooded (F) Excavated (x) (R5UBFx) wetland.
Wildwood Project Area (retention pond) – the project area, located at 135 Wildwood Avenue, will incorporate approximately .2 of an acre wet retention pond, and approximately 140 feet of 18-inch culvert going eastward to the G2 canal, all of which are within the 100-year floodplain. No portion of the project area is located within a wetland.
Canal Road Project Area (retention pond) – the project area, located at 310 Canal Road, will incorporate approximately .4 of an acre wet detention pond, all of which is within the 100-year floodplain. No portion of the project area is located within a wetland.
Edgewater Storage Bypass Project Area – the project area includes replacement of culverts and improvements to canals along Pearl Street from Old County Road on the west going eastward 1,150 feet to Ridgewood Avenue on the east boundary; along Old County Road beginning at Pearl Street and going south approximately 1,245 feet; then going east approximately 540 feet from Old County Road to G2 canal. The total project area is approximately 1.26 acres, of which .4 acres is within the 100-floodplain, .86 acres is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain per elevations.
G2 Maintenance and Widening Project Area – the project areas include the replacement of culverts along the G2 drainage system in the following five (5) locations:
• Wildwood Avenue – replaces two 30-inch culverts with two 36-inch culverts, and incorporates .01 of an acre, all of which is in the 100-year floodplain.
• Highlands Avenue – replaces two 30-inch culverts with two 29-inch by 45-inch culverts, and incorporates .01 of an acre, all of which is in the 100-year floodplain.
• Oak Ridge Avenue – replaces two 30-inch culverts with two 36-inch culverts, and incorporates .01 of an acre, all of which is in the 100-year floodplain.
• Canal Road – replaces a 30-inch culvert with a 34-inch by 53-inch culvert, and incorporates .08 of an acre, all of which is in the 100-year floodplain.
• Pearl Street – replaces a 30-inch culvert with a 36-inch culvert, and incorporates .04 of an acre, all of which is in the 100-year floodplain.
PHASE TWO
Parktowne Redirect Project Area – The proposed improvements will install a redirecting culvert from the Parktowne Industrial Complex retention pond, located on the east side of Timaquan Road in the industrial park northward along Timaquan Road approximately 1,650’ to the existing retention pond on the west side of Timaquan Road (just north of the FIND site) that connects to the G1 Canal upstream. The project area encompasses approximately 1.25 acres, of which approximately .10 of an acre is within the 100-year floodplain and approximately 1.15 acres is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain. The project area includes connection to a Palustrine (P) Unconsolidated Bottom (UB) Permanently Flooded (H) Excavated (x) (PUBHx) wetland.
G2 Canal Improvements – The proposed improvements will include dredging, bank stabilization, and maintenance of the G2 Canal beginning at Knapp Avenue going southward approximately 795 feet, going east approximately 260 feet and turning south for approximately 75 feet to the Seahorse Mobile Home Park where stormwater drainage will be managed through replaced culverts, continuing southward approximately 890 feet to the Phase One (Group A) stormwater retention pond at 310 Canal Road, and continuing southward. These improvements will continue just south from the retention pond for approximately 1,250 feet to the new proposed Pearl Street retention pond, adjacent to and north of the Edgewater Storage site. Proposed work continues southward from the south side of the storage facility for approximately 975 feet and ending at West Pine Bluff Street. The project area incorporates approximately 6.5 acres, of which approximately 5.5 acres are located in the 100-year floodplain and approximately 1 acre is located in the FFRMS 500-year floodplain. The project area is additionally in a Riverine (R) Unknown Perennial (5) Unconsolidated Bottom (UB) Semipermanently Flooded (F) Excavated (x) (R5UBFx) wetland.
Seahorse Mobile Home Park Project Area - The proposed improvements will replace approximately 185 feet of a single 42-inch culvert with two (2) 42-inch culverts beginning north of the mobile home park and terminating to the south of the park. The project area incorporates approximately.03 acres, all of which is within the 100-year floodplain.
Mockingbird Lane Culvert Improvements Project Area – The proposed improvements will replace approximately 485 feet of two (2) 30-inch culvert with two (2) 36-inch culverts, commencing just south of the proposed Canal Street Pump Station and going southward and terminating at Mockingbird Lane. The project area incorporates approximately .09 acres, all of which are within the 100-year floodplain
Canal Road Pump Station and Culverts to River Project Area - The proposed improvements will install a stormwater pump station at 310 Canal Road with a stormwater forcemain (Approximately 2,460 total linear feet) going southward on Canal Road for approximately 600’ to Evergreen Avenue and then going east on Evergreen Avenue for approximately 1,860’ to Indian River North. The project area incorporates approximately 1.45 acres, of which approximately .47 of an acre is within the 100-year floodplain and approximately .10 of an acre is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain. No portion of the project area is located within a wetland.
Canal Road Pump Station and Alternate Culvert Route Project Area - The proposed improvements will install a stormwater pump station at 310 Canal Road with a stormwater force main (Approximately 4,250 total linear feet) going westward approximately 600 feet and under the railroad tracks. From there the force main would either travel north approximately 600 feet along the railroad and connect with the Parktowne Industrial Park retention pond OR would travel southward approximately 600 feet and turn westward going approximately 700 feet and turning northward going approximately 1,750 feet and terminating at the FIND site. The project area incorporates up to approximately 3.35 of an acre, of which approximately 1.1 acres is within the 100-year floodplain and approximately 2.25 acres are located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain, per elevations taken. The project area will cross a Riverine (R) Unknown Perennial (5) Unconsolidated Bottom (UB) Semipermanently Flooded (F) Excavated (x) (R5UBFx) wetland.
Pine Bluff Pump Station and Culverts to River Project Area - The proposed improvements will install a stormwater pump station at 120 West Pine Bluff Street with a stormwater force main going eastward on West Pine Bluff Street for approximately 1,730 feet to terminate at Indian River North. The project area incorporates approximately 1.20 acres, of which approximately .20 of an acre is within the 100-year floodplain and approximately .4 of an acre is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain. No portion of the project area is located within a wetland.
Pine Bluff Pump Station and Alternate Culvert Route Project Area - The proposed improvements will install a stormwater pump station at 120 West Pine Bluff Street with a stormwater force main (Approximately 5,210 total linear feet) going westward on West Pine Bluff Street for approximately 520 feet to Old County Road, going north on Old County Road for approximately 325 feet, going westward on Park Avenue for approximately 1,800 feet, going northward on Parktowne Boulevard for approximately 2,040 feet, and going eastward on Megan Z Avenue for approximately 525 feet and terminating at the FIND site north of Megan Z Avenue. The FFSST website produced a No Data report for the alternate route for culverts from the Pine Bluff Pump Station and elevations were taken along the route that reported the alternate route is within the FFRMS Floodplain. The project area incorporates approximately 3.06 acres, of which approximately 2.06 acres is located within the FFRMS 500-year floodplain, established by elevations, and will connect to an area in the 100-year floodplain. The project area will cross a Riverine (R) Unknown Perennial (5) Unconsolidated Bottom (UB) Semipermanently Flooded (F) Excavated (x) (R5UBFx) wetland.
Pearl Street Stormwater Retention Project Area – The City will acquire parcel number 8025438 (listed as 170 Pearl Street), and a .38 acre easement of adjacent parcel 745201000211 (listed as 110 Pearl Street), and proposes improvements which will include construction of a 1.64-acre stormwater pond, bound on the east by the G2 Canal, on the north by Pearl Street, on the west by Old County Road and on the south by the Edgewater Storage facility. The project area incorporates approximately 2.38 acres, of which 1.39 acres is located within the 100-year floodplain and .75 located within the 500-Year FFRMS Floodplain as established by elevations taken of the area not in the 100-year floodplain.
West Turgot Avenue Stormwater Storage Project Area – The proposed improvements will include approximately 3.7 acres of stormwater retention adjacent to West Turgot Avenue and the Southeast Volusia Family YMCA. Review of CISA data conveyed that the Turgot Avenue Project Area is not in the FFRMS floodplain. Numerous elevations were taken and all showed above 9.04 feet confirming the CISA report. The project area is immediately adjacent to a Palustrine (P) Emergent (EM) Persistent (1) Semipermanently Flooded (F) (PEM1F) wetland.
The City of Edgewater has considered the following alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and preserve natural and beneficial functions and intrinsic values of the existing floodplain/wetland: The sole purpose of the City of Edgewater’s G2-G11 project is to introduce necessary infrastructure to reduce and mitigate future flooding in the service area for residents and businesses. The very nature of and need for the project requires portions of the improvements to be located within the FFRMS to address flooding and property losses from the same. With exception of the two pumping stations and accompanying generators, the project’s culverts, canals, and retention areas work to improve flood hazards within the service area and are made to be conducive to being submerged within flood prone areas. The pumps and generator will require mitigation. The City of Edgewater considered the following alternatives to addressing the project as proposed: 1) Relocating the proposed infrastructure to areas outside the FFRMS. This was determined to not be feasible due to the relationship and need for proximity to the floodplain and wetland areas to adequately mitigate flooding and property loss; 2) The City secondly considered installing floodwalls to protect the portions of the pump stations that cannot be submerged as well as the generator at both pumping stations. This was determined to not be feasible as it would increase costs would not be the most effective approach to protecting the equipment; 3) The City next considered the inclusion in the design of elevation of the portions of the pump stations that cannot be submerged, and also the elevation of the accompanying generators. It was concluded that the design would include the necessary elevation of non-submersible equipment to the minimum required elevation above the elevation of the closest 100-year floodplain; 4) Finally the City considered not completing the project, however, this was determined to not be a viable path as it would leave residents, businesses and their properties. The City of Edgewater will ensure that plans and specifications include adequate measures are required to protect flood prone and wetland areas during construction. In summary, there are no practicable alternatives than proceeding with project as proposed, with the inclusion of mitigation measures to elevate the non-submergible elements of the pumps and generators.
The proposed improvements conform to applicable floodplain and wetlands protection standards. The proposed action will not affect natural or beneficial floodplain and/or wetland values, and residents of the community will benefit from the project.
The City of Edgewater has reevaluated alternatives to building in the floodplain/wetland and has determined that it has no practicable alternative to floodplain/wetland development with exception of including mitigation by elevating the non-submersible components of the pumps and generators. Environmental files documenting compliance with Executive Order 11988, as amended by Executive Order 13690, and/or Executive Order 11990, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments.
There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplain/wetland and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about floodplain/wetland can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplain/wetland, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.
Written comments must be received by the City of Edgewater, in care of Sandy Camp, Grants Administrator at P.O. Box 100, Edgewater, Florida 32132-0100 and 386-410-3579 ext. 7203 on or before May 9, 2025. A full description of the project may also be reviewed from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday at 104 North Riverside Drive, Edgewater, Florida. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Sandy Camp, Grants Administrator at 386-410-3579 ext. 7203. Comments may also be submitted by email to scamp@cityofedgewater.org.
Diezel DePew, Mayor
Environmental Certifying Official
104 North Riverside Drive
P.O. Box 100
Edgewater, Florida 32132-0100
Telephone Number 386-895-1718
