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Coral Reef Commons Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Is Being Developed As Part of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from the U.S CORAL REEF COMMONS HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN Submitted May 2015 Revised October 2017 Prepared for: Prepared by: Coral Reef Retail LLC Church Environmental Coral Reef Resi Ph I LLC 1807 Monte Vista St. Ramdev LLC Fort Myers, Florida 33901 4801 PGA Boulevard (239)888-6997 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview of the Project ....................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 HCP Plan Area – Includes CRC Property and Off-site Mitigation Area............................................................................................................ 3 1.1.2 Organization of the HCP .......................................................................... 6 1.1.3 Permit Duration for Project ...................................................................... 7 1.1.4 Species Covered ......................................................................................... 7 1.1.5 Project Purpose ......................................................................................... 9 1.1.6 CRC Property History ............................................................................... 9 1.1.7 CRC Property Permitting History........................................................... 15 1.2 Regulatory Framework ..................................................................................... 16 1.3 HCP Purpose and Need ..................................................................................... 17 1.3.1 Goals of HCP .......................................................................................... 18 1.3.2 Benefits of HCP ...................................................................................... 18 1.4 Coordination and Consultation ........................................................................ 18 1.4.1 Regulatory Agencies ............................................................................... 19 1.4.2 Interested Stakeholders ........................................................................... 21 1.4.3 Other Outreach ....................................................................................... 23 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS OF PROJECT ...................................................................... 24 2.1 Geographical Setting ......................................................................................... 24 2.2 Soils – CRC Property......................................................................................... 24 2.3 Land Use/Vegetative Community Categories for the CRC Property ........... 26 2.3.1 Developed Lands Category ..................................................................... 29 2.3.1.1 Impervious Surface and Structures – Developed Lands ........ 29 2.3.1.2 Cleared and Sodded – Developed Lands ................................. 29 2.3.1.3 Monkey Cages - Developed Lands............................................ 29 2.3.2 Disturbed Upland Category .................................................................... 29 2.3.2.1 Exotic Hardwood Dominated – Disturbed Upland ................. 30 2.3.2.2 Historically Marl Prairie, Exotic Dominated – Disturbed Upland ....................................................................... 30 2.3.2.3 Scraped, Dominated by Turf Species – Disturbed Upland ......................................................................................... 30 2.3.3 Pine Rockland Category ......................................................................... 31 2.3.3.1 Less Than 50% Burma Reed – Pine Rockland ....................... 32 2.3.3.2 Burma Reed Dominated – Over 50% Coverage – Pine Rockland ..................................................................................... 32 2.3.3.3 Historically Scraped with Pine Canopy – Pine Rockland ...... 32 2.3.3.4 Historically Scraped with Pine Canopy, Burma Reed Dominated – Pine Rockland ...................................................... 32 2.3.3.5 Historically Scraped without Pine Canopy- Pine Rockland ..................................................................................... 33 2.3.3.6 Fire Suppressed – Pine Rockland ............................................. 33 2.3.3.7 Severely Fire Suppressed, Dominated by Burma Reed – Pine Rockland............................................................................. 33 2.3.4 Rockland Hammock Category ................................................................ 34 -i- TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 3.0 SPECIES THAT MAY OCCUR IN HCP PLAN AREA ........................................................... 35 3.1 Survey Methodologies for CRC Property ........................................................ 35 3.1.1 General Protected Species Survey Methodology.................................... 35 3.1.2 BSHB Survey Methodology .................................................................... 36 3.1.3 FBB Survey Methodology ....................................................................... 36 3.1.4 Plant Inventory Methodology ................................................................. 40 3.2 ITA Species (Table 1-1) Biology and Site-Specific Information .................... 40 3.2.1 Bartram’s Scrub-hairstreak Butterfly (BSHB) ...................................... 40 3.2.2 Florida Bonneted Bat (FBB) .................................................................. 45 3.2.3 Eastern Indigo Snake ............................................................................. 50 3.2.4 Rim Rock Crowned Snake ...................................................................... 51 3.2.5 Gopher Tortoise....................................................................................... 51 3.2.6 Florida Leafwing Butterfly ..................................................................... 52 3.2.7 Miami Tiger Beetle.................................................................................. 55 3.2.8 White-crowned Pigeon ............................................................................ 58 3.3 Biology and Site-Specific Information for Plant Species Subject to the No Surprises Policy (Table 1-2) ........................................................................ 58 3.3.1 Tiny Polygala........................................................................................... 58 3.3.2 Deltoid Spurge ......................................................................................... 59 3.3.3 Crenulate Lead-plant .............................................................................. 62 3.3.4 Florida Brickell Bush ............................................................................. 62 3.3.5 Garber’s Spurge ...................................................................................... 63 3.3.6 Small’s Milkpea....................................................................................... 63 3.3.7 Sand Flax ................................................................................................ 64 3.3.8 Carter’s Small-Flowered Flax ................................................................ 64 3.3.9 Blodgett’s Silver Bush ............................................................................. 65 3.3.10 Florida Prairie Clover ............................................................................. 65 3.3.11 Florida Pineland Crabgrass ................................................................... 66 3.3.12 Everglades Bully ..................................................................................... 66 3.3.13 Florida Bristle Fern ................................................................................ 67 3.3.14 Clamshell Orchid .................................................................................... 67 4.0 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS............................................................................................... 68 4.1 Alternatives ......................................................................................................... 68 4.1.1 Alternative 1 – No Action........................................................................ 68 4.1.2 Alternative 2 – Redevelopment Only /No Restoration ........................... 69 4.1.3 Alternative 3 – Maximum Build-out ...................................................... 70 4.1.4 Alternative 4 – County Approved Zoning in 2013 ................................. 70 4.1.5 Alternative 5 – County Approved Zoning/Stepping Stones and Southern Corridor ................................................................................... 71 4.1.6 Alternative 6 – Reduced Commercial/Increased Preserve (Preferred Alternative) ............................................................................ 71 4.2 Summary of Alternatives .................................................................................. 73 4.3 Proposed Action Covered by the Incidental Take Permit ............................. 79 4.3.1 Development of the CRC Property ......................................................... 79 4.3.2 Conservation Program - Land Management Actions ............................ 80 -ii- TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 5.0 HABITAT FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE CRC PROPERTY .................................. 81 5.1 USFWS Precedent for Habitat Functional Assessment ................................. 81 5.2 CRC Property Habitat Functional Assessment .............................................. 81 5.2.1 Pine Rockland Functional
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