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Public Hearings 9.

BCC Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	05/04/2017
Issue: 5:32 p.m. Public Hearing to Consider an Ordinance Amending Chapter 30 Relating to the County's Habitat Conservation Plan for Perdido Key
From:	Chips Kirschenfeld
Department:	Natural Resources
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

5:32 p.m. Public Hearing to consider adopting an Ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances to establish guidelines for complying with Escambia County's Habitat Conservation Plan for Perdido Key.

Recommendation: That the Board adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 30 to add Article VII - Perdido Key Habitat Conservation; establishing guidelines for complying with Escambia County's Habitat Conservation Plan for protecting native wildlife; establishing restrictions on personal property left unattended overnight; providing for severability; providing for inclusion in the Code; and providing for an effective date.

BACKGROUND:

In February 2004, the US Fish and Wildlife Service revised habitat boundaries for the Perdido Key beach mouse that resulted in a cumbersome federal permit process that took years to complete for Perdido Key landowners. In 2008, the Board initiated the process to obtain a Habitat Conservation Plan/Incidental Take permit to provide a more efficient permit process at the local level. The County received approval in December 2015 to authorize development on the Key as it relates to federally protected species such as nesting shore birds, sea turtles, and beach mice. The proposed amendment to Chapter 30 codifies concepts of the approved Habitat Conservation Plan.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

N/A

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

The draft Ordinance was prepared by Assistant County Attorney Bobbie Ellis-Wiggins and was advertised in the Pensacola News Journal on April 22, 2017.

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

Board Policy A.7.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

N/A

Attachments
Draft Ordinance-PK HabitatConservationPlan
PK HabitatConservationPlanPowerPoint