Regional Land Management Plans

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Regional Land Management Plans

• Patricia M. Steed
• Executive Director
• Central Florida Regional Planning Council

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CFRPC

• Map of Region

Central Florida Regional Planning Council
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Regional Perspective

• Member Counties (Five)
• Local Communities
• Adjacent Regional Planning Councils
• State Agencies
• WMD (SWFWMD, SJRWMD and SFWMD)
• DEP
• FWC
• etc
• Federal Agencies
• COE
• EPA

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Typical DRI Projects

• Phosphate Mines
• Chemical Plants and Gypsum Stacks
• Major Residential Developments
• Commercial and Industrial Parks
• Shopping Centers
• Mixed Use Developments

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Historical and Current DRIs
LEGEND
Prior DRIs
Mine DRIs in Process
Future Potential Mines
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Regional Land Management Considerations

• Integrated Habitat Network
• Regional Land Acquisition
• Mitigation Banks
• Water Sheds
• Water Bodies

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CFRPC Water Sheds
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Regional Protection Lands Map

• Integrated Habitat Network
• Peace River Basin
• Green Swamp
• Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
• Protection Land Acquisition Areas

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IHN and Green Swamp ACSC
Integrated Habitat Network
Peace River Water Shed
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Base Line Studies to Identify Project Impacts

• Base Line Environmental and Water Resources
  Inventories
• Relationship between wetlands, seeps, baseline
  flow and surficial aquifer.
• Relationship between wetland and surficial
  aquifer
• Evaluation of past restoration/ reclamation
  activities and predictive studies

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Development Order Conditions

• Protection of Ground Water Resources
• Protection of Surface Water Resources
• Protection of Natural Habitat
• Uplands (Xeric Sand Hill Habitats)
• Wetlands ( and flood plains)
• Mitigation on-site (set asides) and off-Site
  (mitigation banks)
• Monitoring of Past Development Restoration /
  Reclamation activities
• Land Management agreements to maintain
  restoration after reclamation FDEP and WMD

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Example of Sites with Monitoring Stations

• New Wales Chemical Plant / Gypsum Stack
  Expansions
• USAC Ft. Meade Chemical Plant and Gypsum Stack
  Expansions
• Ft Green Mine Extensions
• No Hardee Mine
• CF Mine
• Ona Mine
• Ridgewood - Residential Development

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Example Protection areas

• Horse Creek (Wetlands, Flood Plains and Seeps)
• Payne Creek (Wetlands, and Flood Plains)
• Peace River (Wetlands, Flood Plains, and seeps)
• Green Swamp (Area of Critical State Concern)
• Peace Creek (Clear Springs major mitigation bank)

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Ground Water - Examples

• Water Use
• Adjacent Land Owners
• Water Quality
• Monitoring of use and impacts

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Surface Water - Examples

• Monitor Discharges
• Monitor Water Quality (run off and discharge)
• Pre-Post development runoff match
• Protection of flood plains and adjacent wetlands.

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Wildlife Habitat Protection - Examples

• Distances from protected species
• Relocation of species
• No Mine / No Development areas for protection
  areas (Xeric and Wetlands)
• Mitigation Banks
• Land Management Plans

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Wetlands - Examples

• Riverine Flood Plains (25 year )
• Integrated Habitat Network
• Mitigation Banks (Clear Springs)
• Non-Development Areas along
• Payne Creek
• Horse Creek
• Peace River
• Green Swamp
• etc

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Heartland Roads and New Projects

• Heartland Coast to Coast (east-west)
• Heartland Parkway (north-south)
• Regional Airport
• Clear Springs Land Development Company
• The Grove
• DeSoto County DRIs

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Heartland Roadways
Heartland Parkway Study Corridor
Clear Springs
Heartland Coast to Coast Study Area
Regional Cargo Airport
The Grove
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Future Outlook for Peace River Basin

• Transition of mining to other viable land uses
• Linkages of Transportation and Land Use
• Balancing resources with our use of those
  resources

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Future