Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE use of the South Dade / Everglades Mitigation Bank by the Broward County Highway Construction and Engineering Division as a site for compensatory mitigation for herbaceous wetland impacts associated with a lead remediation project at Markham Park. (Commission District 1)

ACTION: (T-10:17 AM) Approved.

VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Kiar was not present.

Board action is necessary to fulfill the requirements of Environmental Resource License No. DF13-1016 which was issued pursuant to Chapter 27-333 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances.

Action acknowledges use of the South Dade/Everglades Mitigation Bank for compensatory mitigation for herbaceous wetland impacts associated with a lead remediation project at Markham Park.

The Board approved the agreement between the County and FPL's mitigation bank on November 12, 2013, Item No. 5.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING AND BUILDING PERMITTING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

On August 6, 1996, Broward County and Florida Power & Light Company entered into an agreement detailing conditions under which the South Dade/Everglades Mitigation Bank (Bank) could be utilized as mitigation for wetland impacts within Broward County (Exhibit 1). The Broward County Highway Construction and Engineering Division desires to utilize the Bank for mitigation required to offset herbaceous wetland impacts associated with a lead remediation project at the Markham Park target range.

The Environmental Resource License application has been received and evaluated by Environmental Licensing and Building Permitting Division staff, who determined that 4.22 acres of wetland impacts could be mitigated through the purchase of 1.49 credits of herbaceous wetland mitigation at the Bank. The required mitigation bank credits were purchased on November 25, 2013 (Exhibit 2).