Item I4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 9-21-05
Division: Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes --1L- No
Department:
Staff Contact Person: Matt Van Ess
AGENDA ITEM \VORDING:
Approval of grant funding from Florida Department of Environmental Protection for contracted
removal of Australian Pines on Monroe County conservation lands.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Grant funding from Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Bureau of Invasive Plant
Management) to remove Australian Pine trees from County owned lands. Project will use qualified
contractors to work in neighborhoods and in areas near roads and power lines where removal and
treatmcnt can not be done by the Land Steward. Oversight and coordination of all work will be done
by the Land Steward. County in kind match will be provided through time from the Land Steward to
support the project.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
NA
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
NA
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval
TOTAL COST: $30,000
BUDGETED: Yes X No
COST TO COUNTY: $0
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
FDEP
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No X AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty-X-
DOCUMENTATION:
Included X
Risk Management X
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2/05
AGENDA ITEM #
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONTRACT SUMMARY
Contract with: FDEP Contract #PL 029
Effective Date:
Expiration Date:
Contract Purpose/Description: "
Contracted Removal of AusttliJian Pines on Monroe County Conservation Lands
Contract Manager: Matt Van Ess 2511 Growth Management! #11
(Name) (Ext. ) (Department/Stop #)
for BOCC meeting on Sept. 21, 2005 Agenda Deadline: September 6,2005
CONTRACT COSTS
Total Dollar Value of Contract: $ 30,000
Budgeted? Yes[8J No 0 Account Codes:
Grant: $ 30,000
County Match: $ 10,650 I InKind
Current Year Portion: $ 0
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Exhibit 1
Project Title:
Australian Pine Removal,
l\;lonroe County Owned Conservation Lands
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Working Group:
Florida Keys Invasive Exotic Plant Working Group
Site Manager:
Matt Van Ess
Monroe County Land Steward
Growth Management Division
2798 Overseas Highway
Marathon, Florida 33050-2227
phone: (305) 852~2511
cell: (305) 304~4442
email: vaness-matt@monroecounty~fl.gov
Method of Control: Sub contract! Cost reimbursement
Proiect Goals: The project goal is the eradication of non~native invasive Australian
pine (I, II ~ Casuarina spp.), on publicly~owned conservation lands in unincorporated
Monroe County. This project will work cooperatively with the Land Steward and the
Monroe County Exotic Plant Control Technicians but will utilize DEP approved
contractors to remove Australian pine trees in neighborhoods in close proximity to power
lines, public roads, and houses, where for public safety reasons treatment of trees in place
by the Land Steward and Technicians is not feasible.
Proiect Location: Monroe County, as either the Board of County Commissioners or the
Monroe County Land Authority, owns scattered conservation lands throughout the
Florida Keys. Sites listed below (each site is several individual parcels) on eleven keys
have been selected for eradication of non-native Australian pine. Total acreage to be
treated is approximately 5 acres. For example, the County owns 6 acres on the middle
island of Duck Key of which 2 acres are completely infested with Australian pine. All
the sites selected are in neighborhood areas and are on public lands that Monroe County
intends to manage in perpetuity for growth management, conservation, and natural
resource protection.
The properties selected for management under this proposal are a subset of all the
consef\Tation lands owned by Monroe County. Approximately 5 acres proposed for
Australian pine eradication for this project encompass the range of major upland habitats
within the Florida Keys. Represented in these conservation lands are coastal beaches,
buttonwood associations, rockland and maritime hammocks, and pine rockland. These
areas provide habitat and resources for a myriad of wildlife, resident and migratory birds,
and endemic plant species. The non-native plants that invade these areas decrease habitat
value and lower biodiversity. Just a few of the state and federally listed endangered and
threatened species of animals and plants that utilize these habitats include: green turtles
(Chelonia mydas), eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi), key mud turtle
DEP Contract No. PL029, Task Assignment No. FK~061, Exhibit I, Page 1 of7
Exhibit 1
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virginianus clavium), Blodgett's wild mercury (Argythamnia blodgettii), locustberry
(Byrsonima lucida), silver palm (Coccothrinax argentata), and Garber's spurge
(Chamaesyce garberi).
Australian Pine Sites
There are three sites in the Upper Keys:
· Hammer Point Subdivision
(along road edge and power lines)
Key Largo
· Plantation Key median parcels
(several parcels in median near roads)
Plantation Key
· Long Key MM 69.5
(ocean side property along highway)
Long Key
There are three sites in the Middle Keys:
· Middle island Duck Key
(near power lines and road in neighborhood)
Duck Key
.
Grassy Key
Grassy Key
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(edge of roads on County owned parcels)
· Coco Plum Beach
F at Deer Key
There are 5 sites in the lower keys:
· Pine Channel, Long Beach, Eden Pines - neighborhoods Big Pine Key
(parcels near houses)
· Windward Beach Estates Little Torch Key
(few large trees, smaller trees will be
treated in place by techs)
· Ramrod Shores Ramrod Key
(few large trees, smaller trees will be
treated in place by techs)
· Cutthroat Harbor Cudjoe Key
(few large trees, smaller trees will be
treated in place by techs)
· Sugarloaf Acres Sugarloaf
(trees adjacent to road)
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Duck Key Australian pines along road.
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Project Description: This project will sub contract a DEP approved contractor to treat
non-native invasive Australian pine stands and individual trees on Monroe County
conservation lands. Trees will be removed and chipped on site and stump treated with
herbicide. The duration of the project is scheduled for from I July 2005 to I June 2006.
However, it is envisioned that most of the work will occur for eight months from October
to June based on weather. The contractor will remove Australian pines from designated
conservation lands under the direction of the Monroe County Land Steward and in
cooperation with the Exotic Plant Control Technicians.
The preliminary list of sites above is in need of treatment Other sites may be discussed
and added based on feedback from the Land Steward and the Exotic Plant Control
Technicians. As project in kind match, Monroe County Public Works staff will remove
large trunk pieces that are not feasible to be chipped and will coordinate pine mulch
removal. Stump pieces too large to chip will be disposed of at the land fill or other
location.
Proposed Bud2et: The proposed budget for the project is as follows:
Salaries:
$30,000 5 acres of pine removal at @ $6,000.00 per acre
In Kind Matches:
PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
· $2,650 (2 hours per week for 32 weeks @ $28.73 hourly rate
plus approximately 44% in benefits)
PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT AND DUMP FEES
. $8,000
Total In Kind Match: $ 10,650 (33% In Kind Match)
PROJECT TOTAL: $ 40,650
\Vork Specifications: Work performance will consist of contractor furnishing all labor,
herbicides, diluents, small equipment, transportation, spray equipment, etc. and all
operations necessary to control the Australian pines as described in "Project Goals".
Monroe County Division of Public Works will provide in-kind match by providing heavy
equipment (bucket truck, dump truck, etc.) as required to remove and dispose oflarge
stump pieces and to coordinate pine mulch removal. Other in kind match will be
provided by the Land Steward and County administrative staff
Daily work logs recording date, name of site, and hours of work along with other data
will be maintained by the Land Steward. Monroe County will submit monthly invoices
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to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Bureau of Invasive
Plants, for subcontract reimbursement for activities based on the work logs.
For this project only Australian pines, which for safety reasons can not be treated in
place, will be removed and stump treated according to developed effective control
techniques, Pine mulch will be chipped on site and piled in an upland location and where
hammock impact will be minimal. Decisions regarding specific plant treatment methods
on each site will be approved by the Land Steward. Areas from which pines are
removed are expected to mostly revegetate naturally. No artificial seeding or
revegetation with natives is anticipated to be required under this project. However,
severely de&l"faded sites (such as sites with a thick mat of acidic pine needles) and with
distant native seed sources will be followed up with site preparation and planting of
natives with funding from Monroe County's Environmental Land Management and
Restoration Fund, Every effort shall be made by the contractor to avoid damaging native
vegetation or disturbing wildlife.
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Data Collection: The Land Steward will be responsible for overseeing contractors and
conducting tield work and keeping daily work logs. Work logs will record date, morning
and afternoon weather conditions, name of site, specific location on site, hours of work,
species treated, estimates of species abundance in each work location, treatment method,
herbicide, concentration, and amount applied. Logs will be used for final report
preparation and will be monitored by entering spatial information with attributes into a
GIS database to track management activities on all county~owned conservation lands.
Public Education/Outreach: Since this project will largely be taking place in
neighborhoods on Monroe County conservation lands public outreach for neighbors
becomes critical. The Land Steward will coordinate discussions with neighbors and
neighborhood associations prior to contractor work and will explain the purpose and
importance ofthe work and discuss Green Sweep. The TNC Green Sweep program has
been very effective in fostering awareness of the invasive exotic plant problem in the
Florida Keys, and recruiting volunteers to help in eradication efforts. The Monroe
County Land Steward will work with the Green Sweep program's coordinator during this
project for continued public education and recruitment of adjacent private landowners to
allow volunteer exotic plant eradication efforts on their property.
Proiect Time Frame: The project will entail removal of exotic Australian pine trees on
Monroe County conservation lands, beginning as soon as funding is available. The
project will conclude on approximately 1 June 2006, with the Monroe County Land
Steward providing a comprehensive final report to accompany the final invoice for cost
reimbursement to the FDEP Bureau ofInvasive Plants by 15 June 2006.
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