Manufactured Home CommunitiesMHCs Wastewater System Improvements Project Package 3 PID 005015A ARPA

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The purpose of this project is to provide upgrades to outdated and problematic wastewater systems within fourteen (14) Manufactured Home Communities (MHCs). Specifically within Package 3, work includes the decommissioning, replacement, and construction of the existing MHC wastewater collection system, namely Bel-Aire Mobile Home Owners, Inc. Additionally, there are three (3) additives which are labeled as optional work that is conditional based on availability of grant funds is the decommissioning, replacement, and construction of three (3) MHC’s wastewater collection system, namely Tropical Gardens Resident Owned Community (ROC), Inc., Flowerwood Club Park Association, Inc., and Lasereno, Inc. (also known as (a.k.a.) Lake Seminole Resort). The construction of this project is funded by the United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury Award SLFRP4653 and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) Resilient Florida Grant No. 22FRP09; therefore substantial completion has a deadline of June 30, 2026.Project benefits include, but are not limited to, mitigating the adverse impacts from wetter climate conditions, flooding, and sea level rise by improving critical wastewater infrastructure to reduce sanitary sewer overflows. Overall replacement of the wastewater collection systems within these communities would eliminate leaking pipes, leaking manholes, and illegal connections from storm and roof drains. This would result in a contribution to higher water quality in the area and nearby water bodies, a contribution to the protection of living coastal and marine resources and their environments, and a more resilient wastewater collection system in an environmentally vulnerable area.