R2002-156 AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT

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Summary and Future Results If you look at the results of this report and the conclusion you will see that we met s'v� out of the eight goals that we set out for ourselves. Of the two that we did not reach Sheet and Rill erosion and Stream bank erosion, we came really close to achieving the results on Sheet and Rill erosion. If we had a chance to redo the Sand Creek Report that was given to the Council prior to voting to give us the money, we would probably take out the stream bank goal altogether. Overall, we ended up preventing 5,969.08 Tons of Soil from leaving the watershed. Projected out over the 15-year life span of the project we saved 89,536.20 tons of soil or roughly 4069 semi-trucks full of soil. In the feasibility study of Lake Decatur Watershed Management Alternatives for Sediment done in 1998 by Environmental Planning and Economics Inc. for the City of Decatur, it was determined that it cost $4.59 per ton to remove one ton of soil from the bottom of the lake. This means v�e saved the Cit�� $4]0,971.16 in dredgin� costs in the Sand Creek basin. Of the $75,000 allotted to the Sand Creek Watershed Project, we only spent , $27,784.88. The Federal and State Government programs combined to spend $45,024.65 ' in the Sand Creek Watershed. For a total of$72,809.53, which is very close to the � $75,000 received from the City of Decatur. This tells me that if the Federal and State programs where not used in this watershed we would have needed the $75,000.00 received from the City of Decatur to obtain the same results. t�'e where able to save $47,215.12 of the Cit�� of Decatur's money by using Federal and State Cost-share programs. We �re recommending to the City of Decatur that the $47,215.12 dollars that was saved in Sand Creek Watershed basin be eztended for further projects in Sand Creek and to add Finley Creek Watershed to the cost-share program. The USDA- NRCS and Finley Creek Watershed Committee are in the final stages of determining what would be needed to lesson the sediment being deposited at the mouth of Finley Creek. Instead of the SWCD asking for more money to do work in Finley Creek, we would like the opportunity to spend the remaining Sand Creek money in that area a1so. If it is determined that more money is needed we will ask the City at that point in time. Also any interest that was collected off of the $75,000 while in the SWCD account has been put towards more projects. No money was spent in administration costs. Our recommendation should save the City money in the long run. Any soil that we keep out of the lake now will be that much less that will have to be dredged in the future. I would like to ta.ke this opportunity to thank the City of Decatur, Sand Creek Watershed Committee, USDA-NRCS personnel both local and state, Macon County SWCD staff and the landowners in the Sand Creek Watershed who all helped in making this a very successful project.