1. James W. Beever III Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council 1926 Victoria Avenue Fort Myers, FL 33901 (239- 338-2550, ext 224) jbeever@swfrpc.org

2. 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 11 11 Present Draft SCRP to public, stakeholders and decision- makers for comment Month 11 12Develop response to commentsMonth 12 13 Identify permitting plans, modifications to local ordinances, Comprehensive Plans necessary to implement SCRP Month 12 14 Second Deliverable: The Spring Creek Restoration Plan incorporating comments as appropriate and recommendations for follow-up work Month 13 15 Final SCRP through the official review processes of the City of Bonita Springs Month 14 16 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

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

4. 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.

7. 2009-2013 change average-31% peak49% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20095.239.38December 20105.2812.85July 20115.8226.28April 20126.0719.35January 20133.6114.00May 2009-2013 change average-69% peak-45% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20092.184.20May 20102.186.50 Decembe r 20111.374.80May 20121.214.40May 20130.692.30August

8. 2009-2013 change average14% minimum-6% YearMeanMin Month of Min 20094.53.2June 20106.84.6September 20114.50.9July 20125.33.0July 20135.13.0December 2009-2013 change average-9% minimum-27% YearMeanMin Month of Min 20092.81.7November 20103.72.6June 20112.60.6June 20122.30.5June 20132.61.2April

9. 2009-2013 change average53% peak-13% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 2009137497October 2010206391September 2011159281August 20122931,280June 2013210432September 2009-2013 change average234% peak215% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 200966168August 201068214June 2011123500July 20122491,300February 2013219530April

10. 2009-2013 change average42% peak39% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20090.771.26January 20101.061.42January 20111.191.90November 20121.131.55July 20131.091.75September 2009-2013 change average54% peak25% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20090.691.20June 20100.911.50September 20111.081.60June 20121.161.40June 20131.061.50September

11. 2009-2013 change average-4% peak-26% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20090.050.11January 20100.040.05August 20110.060.13January 20120.050.09May 20130.050.08September 2009-2013 change average-35% peak-63% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20090.030.13May 20100.020.03June 20110.030.26March 20120.030.18June 20130.020.05September

12. 2009-2013 change average-4% peak25% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20092.874.28January 20102.473.42November 20113.194.06May 20123.027.87July 20132.755.34May 2009-2013 change average-22% peak-51% YearMeanPeak Month of Peak 20092.877.57June 20102.173.01October 20113.094.88February 20123.126.09July 20132.233.73March

15. 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.

16. 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