James W. Beever III Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council 1926 Victoria Avenue Fort Myers, FL ( , ext 224)

TaskDescription of Outputs Period of Performance 1 Meet with the City of Bonita Springs staff to introduce project and begin discussions of previously identified and considered restoration needs, vulnerabilities and potential mitigations. Month 1 and then on-going 2 Complete initial meetings. Confirm scope of work and selected protocol, confirm accepted population projections for the watershed. Month 1 3 Commence data acquisition, continue meetings and fact finding as needed, and coordinate data needs. Distribute any time-critical data requests. Set up site visits for project assessments. Continue data collection and management Month 2 4 Apply the Regional Restoration Coordination Team, Southwest Florida Comprehensive watershed Plan, and Southwest Florida Vulnerabilities Assessment to the watershed to identify vulnerabilities and restoration projects by time frame of occurrence. Month 3 and ongoing 5 First Deliverable: the Spring Creek Restoration and Vulnerability Assessment Month 5 6 Prioritize restoration projects by level of benefit to impact, costs, likelihood of occurrence/permitability and time frame sequence of occurrence. Month 6 and ongoing 7 Hold in-process meetings to develop and solicit stakeholder concerns and suggestions on acceptable restoration alternatives. Month 7 8 Identify potential alternative restoration alternatives for prioritized projects. Month 8 9 Apply mitigation strategies, determine cost effective timing for implementation and potential costs, Month 10 10Develop The Spring Creek Restoration Plan (SCRP )Month Present Draft SCRP to public, stakeholders and decision- makers for comment Month 11 12Develop response to commentsMonth Identify permitting plans, modifications to local ordinances, Comprehensive Plans necessary to implement SCRP Month Second Deliverable: The Spring Creek Restoration Plan incorporating comments as appropriate and recommendations for follow-up work Month Final SCRP through the official review processes of the City of Bonita Springs Month Narrative text providing information about project progress, issues encountered, proposed resolution, and anticipated work following the report period. Information about financial status will be included in the appropriate section of the Quarterly Report. quarterly

Hydrology Water Quality Estuarine, Creek, and Riparian Habitats Human Access

The Spring Creek Watershed is located in the southern area of Lee County. It is approximately ten square miles in size. The watershed trunk originates at Estero Bay approximately 6,000 feet south of Coconut Road. The watershed is approximately two miles wide and five miles long. This watershed is generally located south of the Halfway Creek Watershed and north and west of the Imperial River Watershed. It is a highly modified watershed and probably was at least twice the size of what it is today before the Interstate was constructed. The 2010 Spring Creek Basin population is 14,535. The 2000 Spring Creek Basin population is 9,552. This is a 52.16% increase in a decade.

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Month 1: September 2014 Meet with the City of Bonita Springs staff to introduce project and begin discussions of previously identified and considered restoration needs, vulnerabilities and potential mitigations.

Project Team At SWFRPC Jim Beever- Team Leader Environmental Planner IV Dave Crawford – Growth Management Planner IV Jay McLeod – Growth Management Planner III Tim Walker – GIS Manager