1. SFWMD Western Beltway Mitigation

2. Outline 1.Background 2.Mitigation Plan / Options 3.Future Projects / Available Funding Plants observed in Shingle Creek Management Area

3. 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

4. 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

5. 2. Mitigation Plans / Options A.Land Acquisition B.Mitigation Banking C.Ecological Restoration / Land Management D.Environmental Education E.Future Projects

6. Land Acquisition  Shingle Creek, and Lake Marion Creek Basins  Funding Expended: $2,627,573.50 (includes mitigation bank credits, associated costs, acreage, security, fencing)

7. 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

8. Lake Marion Creek  DOT Scrub Site  332 acres  $2.25 million  Listed Species – Florida Scrub-Jay, sand skink, scrub mint

9. Mitigation Banking  Florida Mitigation Bank, Reedy Creek Mitigation Bank – $1.595M; $252K (9 credits by OOCEA)  Total: $1,847,000

10.  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

11.  Shingle Creek  Hunters Creek Middle School  Use Management Area for various curricula and provide feedback/data to SFWMD staff Environmental Education

12.  Osceola County  City of Kissimmee  State of Florida  Orange County Schools Public Partnerships - Joint Funding for Public Projects

13. 3. Future Projects / Available Funding  Orange County  Osceola County  Polk County  Total Available Funding - $3.2M for acquisition and restoration