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CERP Guidance Memorandum

CERP Guidance Memorandum. Recreation and Public Use Planning. CERP Goals and Objectives. Goal: Enhance Ecological Values Increase the total spatial extent of natural areas Improve habitat and functional quality Improve native plant and animal species abundance and diversity

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CERP Guidance Memorandum

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  1. CERP Guidance Memorandum Recreation and Public Use Planning

  2. CERP Goals and Objectives • Goal: Enhance Ecological Values • Increase the total spatial extent of natural areas • Improve habitat and functional quality • Improve native plant and animal species abundance and diversity • Goal: Enhance Economic Values And Social Well Being • Increase availability of fresh water • Reduce flood damages (agricultural/urban) • Provide recreational and navigation opportunities • Protect cultural and archeological resources and values

  3. DESCRIPTION • Provides Guidance to Project Delivery Teams for: • Evaluating impacts of alternative designs on existing recreation and public use • Evaluating new public use and recreation opportunities for potential inclusion in project designs

  4. GUIDANCE • Current list of topics • Philosophy and Checklist • Minimum Design Considerations • Evaluation of Project Impacts • Interaction Between Teams

  5. GUIDANCE -Philosophy and Checklist • Include statement that, where possible, Project Delivery Teams should : • Attempt to minimize negative impacts on existing public use and recreation • Attempt to provide new public use and recreation opportunities • Summarize guidance from Corps Engineering Regulation ER-1105-2-100 • Include checklist of cost-sharable recreation/public use features

  6. GUIDANCE -Minimum Design Considerations • General Criteria • American with Disabilities Accessible • Threatened and endangered species • Compatibility with project purposes, goals and objectives

  7. GUIDANCE -Minimum Design Considerations Feature specific design criteria for: Bird watching Canoe/Kayaking Picnicking Hiking Nature/Interpretive Trails Bicycling Equestrian Trails Off-Road Biking Boat Ramps Bank Fishing Hunting Frogging Camping Airboating Off-Road Vehicles Soccer Football Skeet shooting Rifle Ranges Archery

  8. GUIDANCE -Evaluation of Project Impacts • Recreation Planning Team: • Regional inventory of existing public use and recreation opportunities • Regional evaluation of CERP project impacts and opportunities • Project Delivery Teams - Project Specific Evaluations: • Baseline Assessment of existing public access in project area • Effects of Alternative Designs • Compensation Proposals

  9. GUIDANCE -Interaction Between Teams • Describe and differentiate between roles of the following teams: • Recreation Planning Team • Project Delivery Teams • Recreation Sub-Team of the RECOVER Regional Evaluation Team

  10. APPLICATION • Primary application is for the plan formulation phase: • Project Implementation Reports • Feasibility Reports • May also be applicable for detailed design phase

  11. Schedule for Development • Draft guidance memo for Regional Planning Team review in October • Draft guidance memo for Corps and SFWMD internal review in November • Final guidance memo for CERP Program Manager approval in December

  12. Questions?

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