PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING DIVISION AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
The Everglades Holiday Park Site Improvement Project involves construction of new boat ramps, docks, parking, improved vehicular and pedestrian circulation, utilities infrastructure, minor buildings, site lighting, fire protection, landscaping, and irrigation. Prior to the initiation of the work, environmental permits from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE), South Florida Water Management District and Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department are required. Through an extensive permitting process, these agencies have agreed to allow for the purchase of 0.53 freshwater herbaceous mitigation credits through an approved mitigation bank to mitigate the impacts to 0.67 acres of wetlands within the park.
This agreement provides for the purchase of 0.53 freshwater herbaceous mitigation credits in the Everglades Mitigation Bank, owned by the Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), at a total cost of $58,200. Broward County and FPL had entered into an agreement on August 6, 1996 (Item No. 117) allowing use of the South Dade/Everglades Mitigation Bank as a mitigation alternative to offset wetland impacts within Broward County (Exhibit 2).
The agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney and the Risk Management Division.
The Holiday Park Site Improvement Project design is currently 95% complete. County, State and Federal environmental permits are in the final stages of review and are expected to be issued by February 2018. Subsequently, the project will be advertised for a construction bid, with construction expected to commence in the fall of 2018.
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