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Not added to homeowner or community project counts.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/docs/default-source/soirl/oversight-committee/progress-reports/2026-09-18-save-our-indian-river-lagoon-progress-report.pdf?sfvrsn=2ea843eb_4" } }, "nitrogen": { "annual_complete": { "value": 186885, "display": "186,885", "unit": "pounds TN per year", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "modelled", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Modeled annual total-nitrogen reduction credited to completed projects; not a direct lagoon-water measurement.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "annual_in_progress": { "value": 415803, "display": "415,803", "unit": "pounds TN per year", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "projected", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Modeled annual total-nitrogen reduction expected when projects in progress are completed; not achieved reduction.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "annual_full_plan": { "value": 748105, "display": "748,105", "unit": "pounds TN per year", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "projected", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Modeled annual total-nitrogen reduction for the full plan, contingent on completion.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "one_time_complete": { "value": 156728, "display": "156,728", "unit": "pounds TN one-time", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "modelled", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Modeled one-time total-nitrogen removal credited to completed projects. Never added to an annual rate.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" } }, "seagrass": { "baseline": { "value": 9924, "display": "9,924", "unit": "hectares (2023)", "date": "2026-05-14", "type": "measured", "source": "seagrass", "definition": "Lagoon-wide mapped seagrass extent in 2023, not solely Brevard County.", "source_url": "https://www.sjrwmd.com/streamlines/district-releases-updated-seagrass-data-showing-continued-expansion/" }, "latest": { "value": 17042, "display": "17,042", "unit": "hectares (2025)", "date": "2026-05-14", "type": "measured", "source": "seagrass", "definition": "Lagoon-wide mapped seagrass extent in 2025. Extent is not the same as density, condition or lasting recovery.", "source_url": "https://www.sjrwmd.com/streamlines/district-releases-updated-seagrass-data-showing-continued-expansion/" }, "change": { "value": 71.7, "display": "72%", "unit": "percent change, rounded", "date": "2026-05-14", "type": "measured", "source": "seagrass", "calculation": "(17042 - 9924) / 9924 * 100", "definition": "Mapped extent increase from 2023 to 2025, rounded to 72%. It does not isolate the effect of SOIRL or any individual program.", "source_url": "https://www.sjrwmd.com/streamlines/district-releases-updated-seagrass-data-showing-continued-expansion/" } }, "project_outputs": { "grand_canal_removed": { "value": 548035, "unit": "cubic yards", "date": "2026-01", "type": "administrative", "source": "grand_canal", "definition": "Grand Canal sediment removed, reported in the January 2026 County outreach summary. In-water dredging completed in November 2025; a removal volume is not measured downstream water-quality improvement.", "source_url": "https://www.lagoonloyal.com/blog/january-2026-save-our-lagoon-citizen-oversight-committee-meeting-highlights", "display": "548,035" } }, "manatee": { "event_start": "2020-12-01", "event_end": "2022-04-30", "formal_closure": "2025-03-14", "text": "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administratively closed the Atlantic-coast Florida manatee Unusual Mortality Event on March 14, 2025. The retrospectively defined event period ran December 1, 2020 through April 30, 2022; its 1,392 cases comprise 1,255 carcasses and 137 rescues, not 1,392 deaths. FWC reports that Atlantic-coast mortality returned to expected levels; habitat concerns and monitoring continue. The event period and the closure date are different, and closure does not establish full habitat or forage recovery.", "source_keys": [ "manatee_period", "manatee_closure" ], "closing_agency": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service", "reporting_source": "Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission" }, "source_discrepancies": [ { "title": "Written homeowner report and outreach summary differ", "text": "The August 21 written progress report lists 2,666 completed homeowner projects and 905 septic-upgrade reimbursements processed. The County's August outreach summary reports 3,127 homeowner projects and 910 septic upgrades. The definitions, counting basis or timing behind these differences have not been reconciled. This site uses the written report's figures with its date; it does not infer that projects were undone or that the outreach totals supersede the report.", "source_keys": [ "homeowners", "homeowner_outreach" ] } ], "changes": [ { "id": "in-progress", "prior": "91 projects in progress", "recorded_new_value": "92 projects in progress", "source_date": "2026-07-24", "change_date": "2026-09-08", "current_key": "project_status.in_progress", "explanation": "Earlier site-reported figure replaced with 92 in the July 24 County dashboard snapshot. The reason for the one-project difference has not been established." }, { "id": "collected", "prior": "$535.6M collected", "recorded_new_value": "$539.7M collected", "source_date": "2026-08-17", "change_date": "2026-09-08", "current_key": "finance.collected", "explanation": "Earlier site-reported figure replaced with $539.7M in the August 17 dashboard snapshot. No transaction-level explanation of the difference is asserted." }, { "id": "spent", "prior": "$122.8M spent on completed projects", "recorded_new_value": "$119.8M cumulative expenditures, all projects", "source_date": "2026-08-17", "change_date": "2026-09-08", "current_key": "finance.spent", "explanation": "Earlier site-reported amount and label replaced. The verified category is $119.8M cumulative expenditures across all projects, not only completed projects. Why the earlier amount differs remains unresolved." }, { "id": "homeowners", "prior": "2,954 homeowner projects", "recorded_new_value": "2,666 homeowner projects (written report)", "source_date": "2026-08-21", "change_date": "2026-09-08", "current_key": "homeowner.complete", "explanation": "The earlier site attributed 2,954 to a May meeting report. The August 21 written progress report states 2,666. Do not interpret this as projects being undone or invent a counting-method explanation; the discrepancy remains unresolved." }, { "id": "homeowners-september", "prior": "2,666 homeowner projects (August 21 report)", "recorded_new_value": "2,697 homeowner projects and 1,035 conversions to sewer (posted September 2026 report)", "source_date": "September 2026 report", "change_date": "2026-09-15", "current_key": "homeowner.complete", "explanation": "The County's posted September 2026 progress report lists 140 completed community projects, 2,697 completed homeowner projects and 1,035 completed conversions to sewer. These are different measures and are not added together. The report's measurement cutoff date is not stated; it was posted before the September 18 oversight meeting." }, { "id": "manatee-attribution", "prior": "Recovery page: NOAA closed the event April 30, 2022", "recorded_new_value": "USFWS administrative closure March 14, 2025; event period ended April 30, 2022 (FWC record)", "source_date": "2025-03-14", "change_date": "2026-09-15", "current_key": "seagrass.latest", "explanation": "April 30, 2022 is the retrospective end of the event period, not a closure action. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administratively closed the Atlantic-coast event on March 14, 2025, as recorded by FWC. Both sites now use the same wording." } ], "election": { "election_date": "2026-11-03", "levy_expires": "2026-12-31", "registration_deadline": "2026-10-05", "mail_request_deadline": "2026-10-22T17:00", "early_voting": { "start": "2026-10-19", "end": "2026-10-31", "weekday_hours": "8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.", "weekend_hours": "8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m." }, "election_day_hours": "7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.", "mail_return_rule": "Mail ballots must be received at a Supervisor of Elections office by 7:00 p.m. on November 3, 2026. A postmark does not meet the deadline.", "timezone": "America/New_York", "verified": "2026-09-15", "ballot_title": "Renewal of the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Half-Cent Sales Tax", "ballot_question": "To restore the Indian River Lagoon through infrastructure, capital improvements, capital maintenance projects and programs designed to improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, remove muck, and reduce pollution, shall Brevard County renew the existing Save Our Indian River Lagoon half-cent sales tax for ten years, and require deposit of all revenue to a trust fund solely for such purposes, with continued citizen committee oversight and annual independent audits?", "ballot_responses": [ "Yes - For the ½ Cent Sales Tax", "No - Against the ½ Cent Sales Tax" ], "summary": "The proposed renewal keeps the lagoon sales tax at its existing half-cent rate for ten more years. Revenue remains dedicated to lagoon restoration, with citizen oversight and annual independent audits.", "levy_text": "Brevard County voters decide the renewal on November 3, 2026. The existing lagoon half-cent sales tax expires December 31, 2026. The ballot proposes continuing the same half-cent rate for another ten years.", "source_keys": [ "referendum", "election_calendar", "dor_surtax" ] }, "september_progress": { "source": "progress_sept", "items": [ { "title": "Titusville clam restoration", "text": "The September report records completed seeding of 24 million native clams across eight acres near Titusville." }, { "title": "Eau Gallie muck dredging", "text": "Dredging began August 7, 2026; the September report puts it at about 20% complete." }, { "title": "Cocoa Beach Golf muck capping", "text": "Sand capping began June 22, 2026; the first three-inch sand layer is about 60% complete in the September report." } ], "caveat": "These are implementation milestones from the County's posted September 2026 progress report. A seed count is not a survival estimate or a measured lagoon-wide benefit, and a construction percentage is not a water-quality result." }, "audit": { "source": "audit_rsm", "text": "RSM's May 6, 2026 internal audit reported no observations or exceptions in the work it tested. The audit covered June 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026 and included collections, sampled expenditures and procurement compliance. It did not verify every dollar, every project, cost-effectiveness or ecological results." } }, "metrics": { "project_status.total": { "value": 403, "display": "403", "unit": "projects", "date": "2026-07-24", "type": "administrative", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "403 projects in the current adopted plan. 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This does not mean all are under construction; project delivery includes design, contracting and construction.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "project_status.complete_or_in_progress": { "value": 232, "display": "232", "unit": "projects", "date": "2026-07-24", "type": "administrative", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Complete plus in progress: 140 + 92 = 232.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "project_status.other": { "value": 171, "display": "171", "unit": "projects", "date": "2026-07-24", "type": "administrative", "source": "current_plan", "calculation": "403 - 140 - 92", "definition": "Arithmetic remainder outside complete and in-progress categories, not an official County status. It does not establish that these projects are cancelled, stalled, unfunded or scheduled for any particular year.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "finance.collected": { "value": 539.7, "display": "$539.7M", "unit": "million USD", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "administrative", "source": "current_plan", "definition": "Dedicated sales-tax revenue collected; not money spent.", "source_url": "https://www.brevardfl.gov/SaveOurIndianRiverLagoon/ProjectPlan" }, "finance.spent": { "value": 119.8, "display": "$119.8M", "unit": "million USD", "date": "2026-08-17", "type": "administrative", "source": "current_plan", "corroborating_source": "financial_tables", "exact_corroborating_value_usd": 119794009, "definition": "Cumulative actual expenditures across all projects, not spending only on completed projects. 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