SFWMD Western Beltway Mitigation

Outline

1. Background2. Mitigation Plan / Options3. Future Projects / Available Funding

Plants observed in Shingle Creek Management Area

1. Background

Period: December 2001 - Present Location: Central Florida Environmental Impacts: S.R. 429, Part C,

Western Beltway Construction Legislation – FSS 338.250, Central Florida

Beltway Mitigation

1. Background (cont’d) Hydrologic Basins: Boggy Creek, Upper

Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Reedy Creek, Shingle Creek

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Permit No. ERP49-0187636-001

Phase III Funding Received: $6.02M

• ± $4.5M acquisition, mitigation banking• ± $1.5M restoration

2. Mitigation Plans / Options

A. Land AcquisitionB. Mitigation BankingC. Ecological Restoration / Land

ManagementD. Environmental EducationE. Future Projects

Land Acquisition Shingle Creek, and

Lake Marion Creek Basins

Funding Expended: $2,627,573.50 (includes mitigation bank credits, associated costs, acreage, security, fencing)

Shingle Creek Black* – 533 ac; $1.344M Babb* – 125 ac; $1.275M St. Clair* – 40 ac; $783K Westbrook Hunters Creek –

131 ac; $342K Steffee – 27 ac; $131.9K Ruba – 16 ac; $500K Scheibner et al. – 2.5 ac; $21.4K

Total: 875 acres $4,397,700 (± $1M 176 ac: Phase III)

*Phase II Funds

Lake Marion Creek DOT Scrub Site 332 acres $2.25 million Listed Species –

Florida Scrub-Jay, sand skink, scrub mint

Mitigation Banking

Florida Mitigation Bank, Reedy Creek Mitigation Bank – $1.595M; $252K (9 credits by OOCEA)

Total: $1,847,000

Shingle Creek and Lake Marion Creek

$232,759.47 expended

Activities include prescribed burning, exotic plant control, wildlife surveys, resource protection, and staff

Ecological Restoration / Land Management

Shingle Creek Hunters Creek

Middle School Use Management

Area for various curricula and provide feedback/data to SFWMD staff

Environmental Education

Osceola County City of Kissimmee State of Florida Orange County

Schools

Public Partnerships -Joint Funding for Public Projects

3. Future Projects / Available Funding

Orange County Osceola County Polk County

Total Available Funding - $3.2M for acquisition and restoration