2012 FDOT Mitigation Plan - Southwest Florida Water Management ...

3. Location map and design drawings of existing and proposed conditions. Figure A is the location map. Figure
C depicts the hydrologic and hydraulic restoration design. Construction plans are available from the FDOT
Mitigation Program Manager.
4. Schedule for work implementation:
Spring 2001 – Summer 2004 – Field work (habitat assessment, vegetative evaluation, soil borings, land
surveying) and surface water modeling, evaluate and determine appropriate hydrologic restoration for
the project area, evaluate regeneration of native habitat and prepare appropriate planting plan, conduct
herbicide maintenance activities.
Summer 2004 – Fall 2005 – Finalize design reports, WMD internal review, FDEP & ACOE permitting, preconstruction
site evaluation, aerial herbicide maintenance activities.
Fall 2005 – Spring 2006 – Earthwork construction by WMD-Operations Dept. during the dry season, followed by
planting during the rainy season, herbicide maintenance activities.
Summer 2006 – Summer 2016 – Semi-annual monitoring; maintenance includes bi-monthly herbicide
treatments.
Beyond Summer 2016 – Semi-annual monitoring; maintenance conducted as necessary to maintain success
criteria, planned and budgeted for minimum bi-monthly herbicide treatments.
5. Success criteria and associated monitoring plan. Refer to Attachment B, Maintenance & Monitoring Plan,
Success Criteria
6. Long term maintenance plan. Refer to Attachment B, Maintenance & Monitoring, Success Criteria.
7. Explanation of how this work serves to offset the impacts of the specified DOT project(s). Refer to previous
discussion. The wetland impacts adequately and appropriately mitigate for the proposed wetland impacts. The
FDOT permit applications include Unified Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) assessments of the wetland
impacts. This information is used to appropriately debit from the available UMAM credits associated with the
mitigation habitats.
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