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Item P15 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY TIME CERTAIN 11:00 AM Meeting Date: March 20, 2002 Division: District 1 Bulk Item: Yes No Department: Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to consider the proposal by the Key West Botanical Garden to purchase/develop the recently vacated Stock Island property located at 5100 College Road. ITEM BACKGROUND: The property that currently belongs to Monroe County was in 1936 part of the Botanical Gardens. This is a request to rebuild the Botanical Gardens with the assistance of American Association of Botanical Gardens, National Tree Trust in Washington, DC, and the City of Key West to name a few. The "Gardens" is the only frost-free arboretum in the Continental United States. The frost-free environment is a platform for growing and exhibiting many rare plant collections that are safe to our ecosystem. Hawaii is the only other area that can boast of this distinction. PREVIOUS REVELANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_ DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: J'~ );}.~k..(/ / ( ommissioner Dixie M. Spehar) DOCUMENTATION: Included To Follow X Not Required_ AGENDA ITEM ~ DISPOSITION: Revised 2/27/0 I Proposal For Reclamation Of The Key West Botanical Garden Prepared by: Caro/ann Sharkey President of the KWBGS To Monroe County Commission March 20, 2002 The Garden A very special part of Monroe County History The Key West Botanical Garden was created in 1936 as part of WPA funding during the New Deal Era. The Garden was 55 acres and the equivalent of $6 million dollars today was spent to make this a major Florida Keys attraction and gateway to Key West. Over 7,000 plants were brought in from around the world, 2 miles of pipeline laid, hand built walls and paths were created as well as the erection of an exhibition house, greenhouses, aviary and potting sheds. During World War II, the City deeded the government a 5.5 acre tract of the botanical garden land for purposes of a war emergency hospital . After the war effort, the US government leased this land to Monroe County with an option to buy it. In 1947, a portion was purchased for what is today Bayshore Manor. The County purchased the rest of the land for $62,500 in 1951 and the hospital was active until 1971. The County offices replaced the facility until this past year. The Aqueduct took over another parcel of the original garden in 1953 and 1966. Various other encroachments ensued with additions and improvements to the golf course, until what remained of the garden today is 8 acres This is the only opportunity this garden has to reclaim back any of its original land and trees that were once part of its collection. We have identified over 15 species of trees on the land that were planted or existed from the original site. A very important part of Monroe County today The Garden, or arboretum, holds a special Federal classification, as a museum of living collections, unlike parks or recreation areas, and is eligible for much more funding. The Garden has been nominated by the State to apply for National Register of Historic places. The Garden has been selected as part of the Scenic Highway Trail project The Garden is a member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens The National Champion Tree Project has selected the Garden as a "living library", giving it national exposure. The Garden has just been selected as the Florida nilot project by the National Tree Trust, Washington, DC and win receive many types of support from this partnership, " Why the Reclamation Proposal is so important to our City, County, State, Nation and the Globe: Global It remains the last tropical humid forest containing 2 freshwater ponds, making it a major stopping point for many species of rare birds that migrate from as far as South America to Canada and breeding ground for rare butterflies and birds of the Florida Keys. National It is the only public frost-free arboretum in the Continental U.S. The frost-free environment is a unique platform for growing and exhibiting many rare plant collections, that are safe to our ecosystem, from Cuba and the Caribbean to include, fruit trees, fragrance and orchid plants as well as significant medicinal plants and trees currently curing many major human diseases, in a natural setting that no other National Garden can do except Hawaii. It is the last remaining public habitat for Federally endangered Stock Island tree snail. State It is home to over 38 State endangered or threatened species of flora, fauna and butterflies. County Monroe County contains the largest number of plant species in the State and should have a special place to showcase this unique quality. City The City of Key West is one of few cities in the country to have a public botanical garden available to the community, while providing a new ecotourism platform. Proposed Plan for Reclamation of the Key West Botanical Garden The City of Key West shall apply for an acquisition grant, such as Florida Communities Trust.. Any matching funds needed shall be acquired through several sources made available in conjunction with the Key West Botanical Garden Society and the City of Key West. The City sole reason to acquire the land is for purposes of reclaiming this land back to the Garden at little or no cost to the taxpayer. The site would then be in a position to apply for any number of "Brownfield to Greenfield" grants and remove the existing Asbestos laden buildings at little or no cost to the taxpayer. The Chapel would be saved and restored and possibly the shell of the two 1940's buildings which could have historic architectural significance. The City and County would provide the grant writing teams and the Botanical Garden Society would help to obtain any necessary "pro bono" help where needed such as appraisals, surveys, site drawings, etc. The KWBGS would develop the master plan ,in consultation with expert plant specialists, for this site. A group of volunteer friends of the garden will aid the County in finding appropriate land to replace the this 6 acre site that would be suitable for their needs This is a "win win" proposal for the City, the County, the Garden and the Community and all of Monroe County taxpayers. The Future The additional land would afford the garden the following: . US ONE frontage and visibility . A dual role as a natural tropical forest and also more formal educational garden . Expansion of the old growth forest that still exist on County land in order to facilitate more habitat for the endangered wildlife . a major international visitor site with additions of tropical, frost- free collections such as: Cuban Gardens Caribbean Gardens Orchid Gardens Bromeliad gardens Fragrance gardens Fruit tree gardens Butterfly gardens . A national headquarters for medicinal plant cures and research . A true working outdoor classroom for our youth offering children's programs, school field trips and their own unique children's garden. . A living library and education awareness site for Monroe County . A more beautiful and safer surrounding for Bayshore Manor residents. . Major funding. With the current knowledge of certain "exotic invasives" reducing our native species and the potential disasters to the Florida Everglades, and with the influx of a new generation of Monroe County citizens, the Garden has potential to become major education site on what "to plant" and what "not to plant" in the Florida Keys to help protect our fragile ecosystem for years to come. This would include the education of our retail businesses that are currently selling certain "exotic invasives" to the public. The fate and future of this treasure is in your hands. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS 1. RECENT UPDATED HISTORY 2. NOMINATION LETTER FROM STATE FOR NATIONAL REGISTRY 3. HISTORICAL NEWS ARTICLES 4. STATEMENT FROM NATIONAL CHAMPION TREE PROJECT & TREE TRUST 5. FEDERAL ENDANGERED STOCK ISLAND TREE SNAIL REPORT 6. BOTANICAL GARDEN BIRD LIST PREPARED BY AUDUBON 7. FLORIDA'S ENDANGEREDrrHREATENED SPECIES LIST 8. NEWS ARTICLES ON MONROE COUNTY SPECIES 9. BROWNFIELD GRANTS 10. LAND ACQUISITION GRANTS 11. LIST OF FLORIDA'S EXOTIC INV ASIVES History of the Botanical Garden Researched and Written by Geri LaGotta In 1935 America was in the throes of the worst economic depression in history, but Key West had already been suffering longer and harder. Years before the staggering stock market crash of 1929, Key West experienced the effects of a changing economy brought on by world events, technological changes, and the military downsizing after WWI. Industries that had been the basis of the island's economy were gone. Sponge fishing relocated to Tarpon Springs; the last of the cigar factories moved to Tampa, Army and Navy personnel were reduced and the Coast Guard moved to St. Petersburg. Lucrative Freight lines to Cuba rerouted to New Orleans; and new oil-driven steamships by-passed Key West in favor of Miami. . In 1926, Florida banks defaulted and there was no money to pay the City's $5,000,000 bond-debt. By the early 1930s City coffers were empty. City officials were unpaid and city services soon ceased. With little work available, those who could leave Key West did and by 1934, the population dropped to 12,600 from 22,000 only fifteen years earlier. Eighty percent of those who remained were on relief In the midst of all this, Key West planted a Botanical Garden. In 1934 the Key West City Commission declared the city bankrupt and gave up all municipal rights to Julius P. Stone, Jf. (1901-1970), Florida's Federal Emergency Relief Administration Director. Stone's plan for getting Key West back on its feet utilized WP A funding to generate work for the unemployed while cultivating Key West's economic future as a tourist destination-a tropical island with unique "natural gifts. . . sea, sunshine, . . . and galleried gray houses" (KWC, 8/21/1935). In just one year, the KWC reported WP A projects underway all over the City from bookbinding at the library, to pool funding and street paving. An island-wide beautification project was paramount. Stone rallied over 4,000 unemployed residents to join volunteer clean-up brigades that cleared garbage from the streets and cleaned and fixed houses, parks, yards, and playgrounds. WP A projects built tennis courts and baseball diamonds, planted trees, built cabanas, and improved the beaches, providing rowboats and umbrellas. WP A artists painted murals of island life, decorating public buildings and postcards for tourists. The Aquarium was underway, the KW Art Gallery opened, and Federal Writers Project writers arrived to write essays for the Florida edition of the American Guidebooks series. Two Botanical Gardens projects applied for funding in 1935. One was at the U. S. Naval Station, located at the west end of Greene Street and the other on the north side of the old East Coast Railway on Stock Island. So far, the beautification and promotion projects Stone set up were paying off The Citizen reported tourism was up by 80 percent. Stone's idea for tourist development and growth was not new to Key West. The 1920's fascination with automobile travel had spurred a national highway system and an accompanying real estate boom in Florida. In 1923 prominent Key West citizens spearheaded the installation ofa Municipal Golf Course they thought might attract winter vacationers and investors from Palm Beach and Miami. However, the City owned only 65 acres on the north side of the East Coast Railway tracks on Stock Island, land purchased from to W. C. Maloney, JR's estate in 1907. Needing more acreage for the golf course, officials successfully appealed to the contiguous landowners to join the City's "Progressive Movement" (KWC, 8/8/1923) and sell their land. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cash, Mrs. Julius Otto, Mrs. Maloney, mother of Norvin, and Mrs. Edward Semple were among those who sold. (Edward M. Semple, KW City attorney and co-founder of the Key West Citizen, purchased land from the estate ofW. C. Maloney in 1907, land that had been granted to Maloney by the United States Patent of March 1, 1883 (County Records). Semple filed a proposed subdivision of the property in 1908 but never built it. Following his death in 1924, his heirs signed over the property to the City in exchange for the satisfaction of an outstanding mortgage dated 1916.) Despite acquiring almost 100 acres for the project, the golf course opened in December 1923, with only nine holes. It was the adjacent land to the sixty cleared for the golf course, an undeveloped natural hammock, where members of the Key West Garden Club and City officials proposed a Municipal Botanical Garden in 1934. WPA funding totaling $39,685 furthered its development in 1935 with the addition of greenhouses, a potting and tool shed, an exhibit building, and a water distribution system. The greenhouses supplied young plants for the City's beautification project. The Department of Agriculture's plant introductory station near Miami supplied over 7,000 plants and shrubs for the Garden. WP A workers cut miles of paths throughout 55-acres of native palms, buttonwoods, gumbo-limbo, bamboo, and cactus. The Garden also included three native ponds (Miami Herald, 11/29/1935). The idea of conserving natural hammock came out of a general trend toward regional culture and history at the time. There was also a national interest in science and botany. Noted botanists and naturalists published books tauting the unique plant life of the Lower Keys, the role of mangroves in building up land and forming islands, and the 100 different kinds of trees and shrubs unique to the Lower Keys. The hammock was also a habitat for migrating birds from the West Indies, specifically the white- crowned pigeon, black-whiskered vireo, and the gray kingbird, night hawk and golden (Bachman) warbler. Fifteen species of birds nested there in the summer. As early as 1920, Florida naturalist, Dr. Charles T. Simpson published In Lower Florida Wilds in which he lamented the loss of the Keys' natural hammocks through careless destruction (KWC, 3-18-1962). On February 23, 1936, the Garden formally opened. 1. Gerry Curtis, fonner superintendent of Parks and Recreation in Miami, was the director of projects for the Works Progress Administration in Key West. Ralph Gunn, a landscape architect and a native ofJacksonvilIe, Florida designed the Garden and supervised the planting. Thomas D. Orr, the district WPA director, oversaw the building of the three structures. (Literature also mentions a grass-covered amphitheater.) Members of the KW Garden Club were major participants in the early stages of the Garden. Mrs. William 1. Phelan, "a great lover of plants. . . propagated plants at the KW library and later [in December, 1934] transferred them to the Garden (KWC, 3/18/1962). She served as the Garden's supervisor for the next several years. Miss Etta Paterson of Key West visited China in the 1930s and fell in love with the pink. Bauhinia (false orchid) tree. She smuggled seeds back in the lining of her hat and planted them in the Garden. In 1962, when the Citizen wrote about Miss Paterson's remembrance of the tree, the trees were still in bloom. There is little infonnation about the Garden in the 1940s. In all likelihood, interest declined when the country turned its attention to the Second World War. On August 8, 1945, the City deeded the U.S. Government "more or less 5.5 acres with land along the water, adjacent to the fonner East Coast Railway, on which to build "a war-emergency type 56-bed hospital including surgical, clinical, and obstetrical facilities, nurses' quarters, offices, kitchen, and service rooms, etc. (County Records). In June 1945, the Government leased the hospital building and property to Monroe County with an option to buy for $12,400 a year. In July 1951 the County purchased the site for a total of $62,500 (County Records). Monroe General Hospital remained at the site, which now houses the County Offices until the Florida Keys Memorial Hospital was built in 1971. In 1947 Monroe County purchased a portion for the construction of "a County Home for indigents, . . . whereas said land is not now used or needed for a municipal purpose" (County Records). This building is presently Bayshore Manor, the County's assisted-living home for the elderly. In 1941, Key West "[was] the location of Naval and various other Federal activities as part of the National Defense Program" (County Records). In order to supply water to the expanded military community, the Navy prepared to install a pipeline from the mainland. The City negotiated an agreement with the Government to enlarge the proposed pipeline to accommodate the civilian population in exchange for the City's assuming one third of the total cost of the pipeline. The City formed the Aqueduct Commission to sell bonds to pay for the project. In its lease with the newly formed Commission, the City agreed to lease currently used water facilities to the Commission and added: "Also, any and all other sites or realty owned by the City. . . and not used, dedicated designated or reserved for other municipal purposes as may . . . be necessary for the construction, operation, maintenance, enlargement or extension of the water distribution system for. . . Key West. [Article IV of the 1941 agreement stated the City agreed] to give and grant. . .unto the Commission the free right, power, and privilege to extend the water works and water distribution system to any and all parts with in the limits of. . . Key West . . . including free rights of way and surface and sub-surface easements upon all city- owned or controlled property. . ." (County Records). This clause paved the way for the City to deed Garden property to the Commission for a parking lot and the water storage tanks in 1953 and 1966 (County Records). The City ran the Municipal Golf Course from 1923 until 1963 when it was first leased to private managers. Various course improvements, expansions, and easements over the years led to encroachments into the Botanical Garden until 1991, when the Key West Botanical Garden Society, Inc., leasing the Garden from the City since 1981, and the Key West Resort Golf Course Corporation agreed to legally amend the boundaries to reflect the encroachments. In exchange for a strip ofland on the north side of the Garden the corporation gave a proportional strip ofland to the garden on its south side. The Corporation also paid the Garden Society $8,400 to construct a fence (County Records). In the 1950s local Boy and Girl Scout troops cleaned up trails, identified trees, and installed labels in the Garden. In late 1960 Hurricane Donna did extensive damage which led to renew interest in restoring the Garden, foreshadowing the growing national consciousness for the environment and conservation. The Key West Garden Club, the Audubon Society, and other civic groups fonned the Community Advisory Council whose activities generated publicity for the Garden as far away as Miami. In 1961 the University of Florida's Sub-Tropical Agricultural Experiment Station in Homestead placed plants in the Garden. Junior College science students cleared paths and held classes there. The Audubon Society had a plan to restore the "remnants of buildings" (KWC, 8/8/1973) on the property. Noted botanists and naturalists spoke about the Garden as an endangered habitat for wildlife and a living part of the Keys' natural history. The Garden was the natural habitat for the rare Stock Island tree snail and the zebra butterfly. Its two remaining ponds were home to egrets, herons, kingfishers, and migratory ducks (Miami Herald, 11/24/1965). Finally, in January 1962, the City Commission designated the "Botanical Garden and Arboretum", now only 11 acres, a pennanent wildlife and nature sanctuary of the park system of Key West. By 1968, the Garden was once again neglected (Miami Herald, 8/12/1968). In 1972, the Garden Club leased the Garden from the City and assumed responsibility for restoring and maintaining it. The Key West Citizen reported the Garden had originally covered 55 acres, but after the Second World War, much of it was whittled away for the animal shelter, the County Mosquito Control building, the new water tanks, and the new County children's home (KWC, 8/8/1973). The 1980s brought a wave of development to the island. The newly built and much improved Route 1 opened in 1983 and brought an influx of tourists and investors to Key West once again. Prudem Singh built subdivision at the Truman Annex, the Casa Marina and La Concha Hotels remodeled and reopened under major chains. Major real estate investing revitalized Duval Street. The Golf Course came under new management, this time with an eye toward improving and expanding the course and building condominiums on golf course property. Development fervor of the eighties and nineties has once again led to serious efforts to save what is left of the the Garden today. , , DIVISIO.tjS OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STAn Office of-the Secretary Oft'k:e of InliemAtlonal Rela lions DivI8ion of Electlona Division of Corporationa Division of Cultural Affairs D1v1alon of Historical It.oU'C1lll Division of LlI>nuy and InfonnaUon Servlcee Divlllon of Lken8i11g Division of Administrative Services /)t' 1;~- ..4;:'1 . ,Iff...., I:'~~j'. ...,.~, ~ 'It "'J.,rl~\ ~ ._~./ .\:' ~~. ". ~'1AJ'~'~ ~.....r-'" ' ~~/ MEMBER OFllIE FLORIDA CABINET Slalie Board ofF.ducation Trustees of the IntemalJmprovementTrustFund Adminislratlon CODIllIilIsion Florida Land and Water Adjudicalol)' Commllllon Siting Baud Division 01 Bond FInance Deputlllent of RevenlU! Depllrlment of Law Enforcement Department oIHighway Safety and MolDr Vehicles Depou'\m..uolVelerans' Affairs FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE Katherine Hams Secretary of State DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES October 5, 19999 Ms. Diane Silvia City of Key West Building Department Post Office Box 1409 Key West, Florida 33041 Re: Key West Botanical Garden Dear Name: Thank you for further information in support of the Preliminary Site Information Questionnaire on the above referenced property. Based on the information you have provided, it is our opinion that this property should be considered for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. I have enclosed a Florida National Register Proposal form and instructions for its preparation. Also enclosed is a 3.5 inch floppy disk containing template files for the MSWord for Windows and WordPerfect versions of the FNP form and Continuation Sheet, plus on-disk instructions for using them. Additionally, you will find a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Palatka Ravine Gardens Historic District (listed June 10, 1999) to use as a guide to formatting your proposal. You should study both the form and the instructions carefully before you attempt to fill out any information. It is essential that you understand what kind of information is required and how it is recorded in order to avoid wasted time and effort. There are several points that must be emphasized. First is the need for complete and accurate documentation. This applies to the physical description as well as the statement of significance. We need as much specific . information as you can p'rovide regarding original construction, alterations, and uses of the property, as well as the historical events, developments, and persons with whom it has been associated. Second, graphics can be extremely helpful. Current photographs, including overall views and close up shots of important details are required. Historic photographS should be included whenever they are available. Sketch plans or diagrams of sites, interior floor plans, etc., should be carefully and accurately drawn, although not necessarily to scale. R.A Gray Building' · 500 South Bronaugh Street . Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250 . http://www.t1heritage.com CJ Director's Offke 0 Archaeolopcal Reeeardt CJ Hiatoric Presenration CJ Hiatorial MUMums (850) 488-1480. FAX: 488-3353 (850) 487-2299. FAX: 414-2207 (850) 487-2333. FAX: 922-0496 (850) 488-1484. FAX: 921-2503 CJ HWorlc Pensacola Preservation Board 0 Palm Beach Resiona) Office CJ St. A~p8tine Regional Office (850) 595-5985 · FAX: 595-5989 (561) 279-1475 · FAX: 279-1476 (904) 825-5045 . FAX: 825-5044 CJ Tampa Reponal OHice (813) m-3843 · FAX: m-2340 I' , . Diane Silva October 5, 1999 Page Two Third, site location and boundary information must be precise and accurate. Where street addresses are not applicable, location should be indicated by specific references to identifiable landmarks. Site boundaries should encompass only the site or property specifically identified and described in the nomination proposal. Finally, the eligibility of the property for National Register listing depends on two essential points: 1) its "site integrity" or the extent to which the property retains the physical character and appearance of its period of significance, and 2) its association with significant historic events, developments, or personalities as reflected in its present condition and appearance. Obviously, preparation of the nomination proposal wiJ/ require detailed investigation of both the physical development of the property itself and the broader historic context in which that development occurred. The information obtained must then be incorporated into narrative texts in the physical description and significance statement sections of the proposal form. While this is not a simple task, I am sure that the instruction booklet will provide ample guidance in most cases. However, should you need additional information or clarification, please do not hesitate to call me. 'will be happy to help in any way J can. A single copy of the proposal should be submitted to us as soon as you have it completed in draft form. Footnotes, photographs, and site and floor plans should accompany the draft proposal. This will enable us to give you our comments and to suggest any revisions that we feel may be necessary before you prepare the final document and make the copies of the proposal necessary for distribution to the Review Board. At that point, we should also be able to schedule the proposal for presentation to the Review Board. We appreciate your interest in nominating this property and look forward to receiving the nomination proposal. Sincerely, ~ I /'2 / ( (tV. e;t:~ b W. Carl Shiver Historic Sites Specialist WCS Enclosures Page 1 o Original o Update (givesifel) ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FORM FLORIDA MASTER SITE FILE Version 2.2 3/97 Consult Guide to ArchaeologicsJ Sitt FOtTTI for delalled inslnldions. Site#8Mo Recorder Site# Field Date _ 5 Form Date s 1 '-1.:LI. Q Q- 1-llJ~ SteN~~ K~y W~~t Rntanical Gardens ~~~~~ Project Name FAlSF Survey# OwneF1hip: Oprivate.potit cprlvare-nonprollt Optlvale-indivlduar Oprivate-unspecifd. oeity Oc:ounly Osrare 0 federal Cf0ra9n ONa6ve Amedcan O~ USGS 7.5 Map Name & Date Stock Island. Fla. 1971 County Monroe Township_ Range2.SE Section 35 CJ:ChecUlnegularSeclion; Qtr. Section (checkeD lhatapply): ONE DNW OSE OSW landgrant Tax Parcel # (s) City !Town (lwllllln 3 mi.) K ~y W~!:l t- In Current City Umits? Byes One OunknoWO UTM;Zone 016 017 Eaating 42.,!OS.Q.._O Northing271.7~~__O Address IVJCinilyofl Route to Nnrt-hw~!:lt and then northnortheast at the west end of Name of Public TracI (e.g.. park) ....~ey West Botanical Gardens SETTING. STRUCTURES. OR . FEATURE~.!. IS I .~ -1acwIdne 0 aborVinaI boat 0 bt 0 I08cl tegmenI o RiverlStnllllnK'.,.. - dwtfne 0 aglto'fann buIJding 0 midden 0 shell midden o IIdiJ - esluatfne 0 burler mound 0 mill unapecilled 0 sheD mound o SaIlwarac .1Nrine 0 lluBding remains 0 mission 0 shipwrwck o marine unspecltied 0 cemetelylgllYe 0 mound unspec:ilied 0 subsurfac:e fea!unls o "high 8IleIgy" marine 0 d\llllph8fuse C plantalion 0 SUIface ICllIter o -.ow eneIVJ" metIne 0 eatthworlts 0 p1a1tonn mound 0 wel IJILm1-1enN11i11/ o Cave&tk -1UbIetr8nHn o femlslriaI o aquatic o IntennilIentIy Iooded o WIIIIIId-~ o usualy lIooded . 0 aomeIImes ftOOded o usualy dry o 0Iher Aborla'n.' · D Englewood 0 Glades unspec:if. 0 SL Augustine o AIactIua 0 Fort WaIlon 0 tfadcoly Pond 0 Sl Johns ra o An:IlaIc:. EIIIy 0 Glades Ia 0 LeorhJeIferson 0 SL Johns lb o Archaic. Middle D Glades Ib 0 MaIabIr I 0 SL Johns I W\SpecIIed C M:hIIc, life 0 Glades I unspec;it. 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[J SeniIote: 2d War To 3d [J Seminole: 3d War On o SemInole unspedlIed o SwIft Cleek, EaIIy o SwIft Cleek, Lare o SwIft Cleek, vnspedIIed OTllnsilionaJ o Weeden Island r o Weeden Island II o Weeden Island unspecif. o Plehistodc nonceramlc: o Prehlslolic: ceramic o Prehisloric unspecified FUNCTION · [] none spec:/IIed [] campsJIe [] extractive . o habllalion ~ o hornesIead (hisIorIc) Cl farmstead C Yiage fInhisbfc) :iJ bwn (h/IbIc) Clquany Non.borloln.' · o first Spenish 1513-99 o FIrst Spanish 1801).99 o FntSpenish 17llO-1763 . o first SpanIsII unspeciIIed . o 8IlIIsh 1163-1113 o Second Span/rh 1183-1821 o Amerlc:an Ten!lr:lIfaJ 1821-45 o AmerIcan CIvI War 1861~ Cl AmerIcan 19th Cenluly . II American 20th CenIuIy o Americ8n lIIISpec:ilied o African-American Potentially eligible for 8 local register? Oyes: name register at tight 0110 IndividuaUy erlgible for National Register? Oyes 0110 Potential contributor to NR d'lStrfct? 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C1t_ of Ke_ West ( 5)293-6484 ~"'r _. .... _ _._ _ _ * Consult Guide 10 ArchaeologicaJ Site Form for oreferred dp~NinMn" "",11l..1~" ~"'_.._ '''_L Reprinted from The Key West Citizen Dee. 10, 1934 First Plants in New Garden Put in Ground Tree Ceremony Held This Momlng In Activities at 1(8Y Wests Botanical Garden First plants of the Key West Botanical Gar- den were placed in the ground this morning adja- cent to the golf course where the garden is to be developed. A brief ceremony had been arranged for the start of the garden, and the first plant was placed by Mayor William H. Mallory, who spoke briefly outlining the value of such a garden to Key West, and to the development of tropical flora. Other plants were placed in the ground by Mrs. William P. Warren, president of the Key West Garden Club, Mrs. W. J. Phalen, vice president, and Miss Mollie A. Parker, corresponding secre- tary. The plants were forwarded here by the u.s. Plant Introduction Station at Chapman Field near Miami. The entire group making up the first ship- ment was composed of aeseIas, South American exotics, all of which had been exported from their native home. Negotiations for receiving plants from the introduction station at Chapman Field were car- ried out between B.M. Duncan, Key West Admin- istrator; J. Gerry Curtis, director of the parks and recreation department of the Key West Adminis- tration, and the s~etary of ~riculture at Wash- ington. 4 Reprinted from the Miami Heral~ Nov. 29, 1935 Fmv Acres 01 Dense Nadve Hammock On Stock Island, Tvplcal 01 the Highlands 01 florida Kevs, Being Developed as Tourist ADracdon Key West, Fla., Nov. 23.-Fifty acres of dense native hammock, typical of the highlands of the picruresque Florida Keys, are being developed into a botanical garden, which will be one of the show- places for Key West visitors this winter. Situated on Stock Island, just across a short bridge from the island of Key West, the tract is abundant in a great variety of native palms, but- tonwoods, gumbo-limbo, bamboos and cactus. Owned by the city, the tract is adjacent to a mu- nicipally owned golf course. Three seE~!a_te works progress administratiop projects, totaling $-39,685.10, are making p()~ible Th-edevelopment of the garden. For the botanical garden proper an allotment of$ 15,199.40 has been made available. A second project provides for the expenditure of $16,954.70 on greenhouses and facilities, and $8,542 has been appropriated for a water distribution system. The Stock Island site was selected because of the available native trees and shrubbery that could be augmented by introduced plants living under the same conditions. In this native hammock, undisrurbed through the years, there is found a supply of natural humus that is unlmited. Work on the garden was started under the fed- eral emergency relief administration in Septem- ber, 1934, and when works progress administra- tion funds made possible the continll<!!!(:'~.gLthis work trails had been cleared through the hammock and holes had been blasted for the planting of trees. To date there has been some 7,000 plants, in- cluding 80 species planted in the garden tract. These plants were sent to Key West from the plant introductory stations of the department of agri- culture in Coconut Grove and Glendale, Md. Works progress labgr"rs now are engaged in the buildio'gof a formal entrance to a garden where native and exotic plant material adaptable to flower gardens will be displayed. Several tons of rock were removed from the four-acre plot where the garden for flowers is being developed. This rock is being utilized in an inclosing wall and in flagstone walks. Within this four-acre plot a group of green- houses is being built. These greenhouses have been designed to take care of the propagation of plants under tropical conditions, such as extreme warm periods and periodical rains and high winds. These greenhouses are an adaptation of the slat houses used in the north, combined with adjustable shut- ters. Native specimens within the four-acre plot were preserved and form the basis of this attractive spot. Every plant within this plot will be labeled and classified. Along the trails through the hammock one will find tropical fruit trees, native cacti, such as the prickly pear and the night blooming cereus. There, too, one can see 20 different varieties of rubber trees, including the native rubber as well as spe- cies introduced fom South America and the West Indies. There have been counted 15 species of palms .... [Among the plants were] shrubs imported di- rect from South Africa. In order that there will be a series of blooms in the garden plot at all seasons of the year, flow- ers and shrubs that bloom during the various sea- sons are being planted. Key West's equitable cli- mate will aid in making spots of Florida_ Within the native hammock are three native bottom ponds which offered an excellent oppor- runity for those in charge of the work to intra- duce moisture loving plants such as ferns and lil. ies. Some two miles of pipe line are being laid through this tropical hammock to supply water to the introduced plants during the dry season. Hundreds of tons of fertilizer, being developed under another works progress administation project, are being used in the holes prepared to receive the introduced plants. The greenhouses will supply young plants for all beautification purposes in Key West. J. Gerry Curtis, former superintendent of parks and recreation at Miami and now director of works for the works progress administration at Key West, with Ralph Gunn, landscape architect, worked out the plans for the garden. Gunn, a na- tive of Jacksonville, is in charge of the project_ Reprinted from The Miami Herald Feb. 18, 1936 Plan Opening 01 Botanical Garden Sunday Invitations Sent to Persons Throughout Florida and Also Other SecUons to ARend Invitations to persons throughout Florida and in some other states who are interested in tropical flora have been sent by Tho!!l;lS_..Q~rr, district ~A director, and Ralph E. Gunn, who designed the Key West Botanical Garden, inviting them to attend the formal opening of the garden next Sun- day afternoon, starting at 3 o'clock, which also will officially open "La Semana Alegre." "The Key West Botanical Garden, started in September 1934, under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is siruated on the 75-acre tract of the Municipal Golf Links," the letter says in part. "Over 100 exotic tropical spe- cies, donated by the Department of Agriculture, have been planted to date in this only frost free area of Continental United States. Several miles of trails have been cut through the native ham- mocks, opening for srudy and enjoyment the many varieties of native tropical flora. "During the past four months, a nursery with Greenhouse for propagation and cultivation of introduced plants have been built under the Works Progress Administration. It is with the completion of this construction that the opening has been directed, since the plantations are in very early stage of growth." The garden will be open for inspection all of next week, it was announced this morning. All of Sunday afternoon, however, guides will be there to escort visitors through the garden. Champion Tl'ee Project _,J,t'C~. ' ,," -.11;'-::-1"..' :~:","' :V~.:~.~-'.:~,:..~ 1'I!J".c.~";;,,.,. l' 9.( i'.....;' . ..i'''''.;'~..'.' . ;; \.) ;,./'--"<. ;. '1':'(' t~~).:' . C":'~,; , r ~.:..."..'......"'" ". ....1 "'., ,,',,',' _', I ... [.'-,:1 ',-' ", ,',," J -"-fI' " "c.',, ",,:,t. ~,. '\ "" _ ",'-" ,,_<"il .,-1~ ~ --:ict ."<}''1 ~:'1R~ -;\,,-,"o;j!l " h~'~;;.F(...".'-~' -~;.,~'j;;' Press Release Cloning Technology brings National Champion Tree Back from ExtinctiolJ_ Return of Silver ButtOll"\\rood is World's First Leads the Way to Ecosystem Restoration 1HEN: Saturday, January 27,2001 3:30 .IlffiRE: Key West Botanical Garden and Key West .f Course, Key West, Florida Page 1 of 4 J\'ational Champion Silver Buttonwood Key West Golf Course, Florida EY WEST, Florida-Like a storyline from furassic Park," the genetics of the deceased native ational Champion Silver Buttonwood tree have ~en cloned, and this new tree will be planted at the te where the original "parent" tree was killed. It is Ie first time in the history of the world that a deceased Champion Tree has been cloned and restored , its original site. girth = 93 inches - height = 45 feet crown spread = 40 feet he planting, a joint undertaking of the Key West Botanical Garden Society, Champion Tree roject, National Tree Trust and the South Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership ) promote existing and future Champion Trees at the Key West Botanical Garden, will take place aturday, January 27,2001 at 3:30 PM at the Key West Golf Course, 6450 East College Road, Key vest, Florida. Representatives from each organization will attend. [his endeavor will further the missions of all of the participating organizations by planting genetic lones of Champion Trees in a manner that will educate, inspire and showcase state-of-the-art . oiticulture and urban forestry in surroundings that motivate visitors to practice techniques that romote ecosystem restoration and environmental sustainability," said Major General George Cates JSMC Ret.), Executive Director of the National Tree Trust in Washington, DC. ampionJr~~_~ are the largest, and often the oldest, trees of each species. The National Champion ilver Buttonwood tree grew on the Key West Golf Course, until it was damaged by Hurricane reorges in 1998 and killed in the aftermath of 1999's Hurricane Irene. With the luck of some good e Champion Tree Project Page 2 of 4 lming, the Champion Tree Project had successfully cloned the mother tree prior to its death and now I"~ the only living tissue from this now-extinct Champion. These clones, or tree cultivars ,marked ChampTrees(, have the entire genetic code, and are exact replicas, of the mother ~ham ion Tree. ,.,/ ....r , (. , ~,"~ ...,.~., , .~,.:~l~.,. . " "'i,' ~ . > ~. . ~' -.' !f.? ,,0 , , '"'tr t Adjacent to the Key West Golf Course, the Key West Botanical Garden, located at 5920 College Road, contains the only old-growth remnant of tropical, hardwood hammock habitat remaining on the island of Key West. The City of Key West, Monroe County and the tourist industry have joined forces to announce plans for the refurbishment and expansion of the garden which will provide for a Welcome and Educational Center that will provide opportunities for residents and visitors to experience a natural tropical hardwood hammock and to encourage preservation and restoration of native habitat. 4-A As part of this plan, The Key West Botanical Garden will serve as a genetic archive to protect and promote Florida's Champion Trees. A will be established in the garden, starting with a clone of the National Champion Silver Buttonwood to be donated and planted by the Champion Tree Project with the assistance of the National Tree Trust and the South Florida Community- Urban Resources Partnership. The Champion Tree Project is the first environmental organization dedicated to protecting, propagating and .. planting a living legacy of our Champion Trees. The Project assumes that Champion Tree clones may be of superior genetic constitution, which will enable them to survive longer in urban plantings. The Project was founded by Michigan tree farmers David and Jared Milarch in 1996 and is now actively promoting its mission nationwide. "Because our knowledge of these special trees is so rudimentary, we are faced with the prospect of losing them before we can learn more about their longevity and growth," explained David Milarch. "We need to find out what enabled them to survive and even thrive through centuries of industrialization and development. We may learn tremendous secrets of longevity for our planet." Florida possesses a rich diversity of plants and trees and has more national Champion Trees than any other state in the country with 172. Yet, many of these unique specimens are becoming extinct, succumbing to natural disasters like hurricanes, or manmade damage like pollution. "To sustain our urban forests, we need trees which exhibit greater tolerance of stress," said Terry Mock, Executive Director of the Champion Tree Project. "Soil compaction, cold winters, hot summers, drought, air pollution and pest and disease infestations have all played a role in the demise of urban forests. Champion Trees have withstood environmental stresses over time and attained superior size and architecture; The genetic clones of these trees may also be more tolerant ~hampion Tree Project Page 3 of 4 of environmental stress, thus enabling them not only to survive and . perform better, but also resulting in lower maintenance and replanting costs. It lelp identify national and state champions, and to I CONT ACTS ~d the collection and preservation of samples before P R h I trees disappear, The Key West Botanical Garden aul os~nt. a . the Champion Tree Project invite the public to COlnmurucatIOns, NatIonal Tree Trust nsor the planting or cloning ofa ChampTree(tm). WV,\\ ong the Florida Champion Trees now available for 202-628-8733 ext. 17 nsorship are Green Buttonwood, Silver tonwood, Live Oak, Queen Crape Myrtle, Southern Terry ~oc~ . . gnolia, Dahoon Holly and Shavingbrush Tree. Funds ExecutIve DIrector, ChampIOn Tree Project ed will also go towards the expansion of the Key W\V\\' st Botanical Garden. 561-436-1636 ChampTree@bigplal}eCQQm C!!) The National Tree Trust is a Washington D.C. based tree Davi!LMilarch planting organization Founder, Champion Tree Project founded in 1990 which is W\V1N providing support for the 231-3 78-2172~ fax 231-378-2511 Champion Tree Project to use cutting-edge technology to Betsy Dietz preserve for future ey West Botanical Garden generations the building www.prometheus.cc.emory.edu/kwbs blocks of Champion Trees 305-292-9946 that come from all comers of the nation. There are more than 800 National Champion ~es across the country. e South Florida Community-Urban Resources rtnership is part of a nationwide administrative tiative under the U.S. Department of Agriculture that puts government resources into the service ~ommunity-Ied environmental projects. South Florida is one of 13 designated Urban Resource tnerships (URP) across the country and is the only URP to represent multiple counties (Monroe, de, Broward and Palm Beach) and to achieve IRS 501(c)(3) status with a local Board of Directors. LIth Florida Community-Urban Resources Partnership President Keith Douglas, will be on hand to )mote protection of the urban community's natural resources through united ecosystem restoration arts. Keith Douglas President, South Florida Community- Urban Resources Partnership www.sfcurp.org 305-517-9002 for more information~ visit: Reforesting the planet~ starting in Key West !iQ1~~ with__tb~ winds~ but nQtlQ~t or forggtteIl Cloned tree to grow_gain a~oIC~Qurs~ Sapling clone to replace record tree tost to hurricane Vanished fairway tree spawns new generation f 7~ 'rA; ~? Executive Summary on Ortha1icus reses reses Survey prepared by Kevan Sunderland A survey to determine the current size and' distribution of the Stock Is1anrl population of the Federally threatened species, Orthalicas reses reses was conducted under contract to The Nature Conservancy during the summer of 1986. According to museum records, O. reses reses was originally restricted to the Key West/Stock Island area. The only natural population of the animal exists in a highly disturbed and fragmented piece of tropical hammock owned by the city of Key West. The remnant tropical hammock tree species that still sustain animals are scattered in what is now a parking lot, a golf course fairway and a small botanical garden. During the period of greatest movement, the rainy season, each potential tree throughout these three areas was checked for the presence of individual animals and/or the presence of snail feed lines. Where possible, observf~ . animals were aged by counting growth rings. Live animals were not touched or marked, therefore numbers are not expected to be absolute. Observations concerning dead snails were recorded. The report contains a discussion of the use of feeding lines for identification, as well as a method for aging using growth lines. A discussion of the known and suspected predators of Liguus spp. and o. reses reses revealed the authors observations of raccoons, grackles, hermit crabs, man and ants preying on these two groups. The author also remarks that in a situation such as the Stock Island locations, where there is no interior protected hammock, 'veedy" species such as rats and opossums may prey on the snail. In addition to predation, the author remarks that the exposed nature of the existing habitat further stresses the population because of the change in humidity. An intact tropical hammock is a dense shady environment. Fluctuations in humidity are moderated because of the density of the vegetation and the low light intensity. This situation favors lichen, fungus and algal growth (food source of snails), helps reduce dessication during dry periods and buffers the thin shelled hatchling in its vulnerable first season. The existing habitat consists of isolated trees in a mowed parking area (County parking lot), a strip of trees next to a fairway (golf course), and a small botanical garden with numerous non-native species (Botanical Garden) . This condition is resulting in more exposure to wind, less available food, more predation, less opportunity for movement between trees and no opportunity for movement between the three centers of distribution. . The total population is estimated to be no more than 120 animals. There were 9S sightings. (Due to the inadvisability of marking these individuals duplicate sightings were highly probable.) The total extant populatio~ has been dramatically reduced since the survey conducted by Jane Deisler in 1981. At that time, Deisler estimated the total population to be slightly less than 200. ,-/ ~' / .. .... ... In this report the author recognizes three centers of distribution and records sightings as follows: The Golf Course: 17 individuals were observed in this area. In addition to belng removed by man, the author suggests that watering during the dry 'season may be a main source of stress to this population. Spray from aerial irrigation during the dry season would trigger premature release from estivation for mature snails and possible death to the unhatched shells at the base of the trees, should the area be substantially saturated. Botanical Garden: 30 individuals were sighted in this area. Although the area is less stressed than the other two, the author recommends continued removal of Brazilian pepper and refurbishing of hammock with mature native species. The County Parkfng Lot: Formerly the center of the population, 48 anima~.s were observed in this area. This population is highly stressed. The host trees are isolated by mowed grass. Cars park under the trees, the County has put gravel and, in some cases, concrete under some of the trees (much has since been removed). The animals are. being picked off the trees by passersby. Food supplies are very low. The lack of vegetation around the host trees makes the snails very vulnerable to dessication. The nesting boxes, although a valid short-term solution, present long-term problems. They restrict movement between trees and, should a snail fall onto these rocks, the result would be almost certain death. The author cautions that the species is in immediate danger of extinction at this site. He recommends the following actions: 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. s. 6. 7. The species be listed as Federally endangered. The extant habitat be enhanced with reforestation efforts. The Cotm ty parking lot be closed. The rocks surrounding the nesting boxes be removed once the lot is closed. Predators be trapped. All trash and old cars be removed fran the area. All watering, fertilizing and/or spraying of the area with pesticides be stopped. Eliminate traffic fran golf course hammock area. Refrain from mowing around hammock trees with mower. Eliminate fire ants from habitat areas. On-going monitoring of population. Relocation, to establish greater distribution. . The author outlines recommendations in detail for each tmit including suggestions for trees to use in reforestation, methods of relocation tree trimming practices and survey questions. ' BIRDS OF THE KEY WEST BOTANICAL GARDEN About the Garden... Within the 13 acres of Key West Botanical Garden, you will find one of the last two undeveloped, native hardwood hammocks In the environs of Key West. With Its many species of native plants, exotic speCies from around the world and fresh water ponds, the garden Is a suitable habitat for butterflies and for resident and migratory birds. The garden ,;was designated a permanent wildlife sanctuary, a -.botanlcal garden' and arboretum by the City of Key West In 1961. It Is the mission of the KWBG Society, which manages the garden, to develop, preserve & maintain the garden, and to encourage educational use. for the visitors and residents of Key West. . In keeping with the Society's mission to encourage educational use, the following list of bird species has been prepared to Include the most commonly seen species In the botanical garden. All species seen In the Keys can and do come through this garden, and at times many unusual species have been seen here. P.O. Boz Z6'6 "':--''/0 ~ey West, FL "06"-Z6'6 ""n _, n8... f.The.gardenJs located on College Road". Stock .' I.sland. To reach It from Key West. take US l' tow~rds Miami.' After you cross the bridge over Cow !,KeY/Channel. tum left onto College Road. and {proCSed2l1.Oths of a mile to the garden. which Is ,.opendaily from~nrlse to sunset. . . If you observe any $/ck or Injured b/nIs, pI.au report the sighting to WUdffe RNCU' oIth. Florida K.ys at 294-1441. BIRDS OF THE KEY WEST BOTANICAL GARDEN Symbols: PR · permanent resident M .. migratory, spring & fall S · Bummer resident W · wlnler ....ldent A .. abundant C . c:onvnon o · occaaIonaJ R . rare Brown peUcan, PeJecenus occident. PRlC Magnificent frlg8teblrd, Fregatll mllnlllc.ns PRlC Great egret, Casmerodlus lllbus PRlO Green-backed heron, ButotkJes strIatus PRlO Yellow-crownecl nlght-heron, NyctJcorax lIfoIaceus_PRlO White ibis, Eudoclmus a/bus PRlC Turkey vullure, Catharles .au,.. Osprey, Pandon hala.tuB W/A PRlO Broadwlnged hawk, But.o p/atyptMlS W/C WhJte.crownad pigeOn. CoIumballlucocephaIB_SlC, W/O Eurasian collared dove, Streplopel. decaocto PRlC Mourning dove, Z.nalda macrou,.. PRlC Red-bellled woodpecker. Ma/an.fPN cllroInus PRlO Great-created nycatcher, Mylatchus c:dnItus PRlR Gray kingbird, Tyrannus doninlc.nsIs SIC Blue-gray gnatcalcher. PoIIoptl. c..lUlea Mle. Gray Catbird, Dumet.carolln.nsls PRlC Northern moc:kIngblrd. Mimus poIygotlos PRlA Red..yed vireo, vu.o oIv.ceu$ Black-whlakered vireo. vu.o aItlopous . , Northern peruIa, P.ruIa emetlcan. Magnolia warbler, OencJrolca msgnol. Prairie warbler, Oendrolca cIscoIor. Palm warbler, Oendrok:. pa/marum YaIIow-throated warbler, Oendrolc. cIom/nk;a V'Uow-rumped warbler, Oendrolc. coron.te Hooded warbler, WisonI. cltrlna AmerIcan redstart, S.pIoph.ga rutJclla Ovenbird, Selurus .urocaplllulI SlO, W/C SIC, W/O MlC MlO SIO,WIC SlO, W/C ~o MlO MlO MlC PRlO Northern cardinal, Cardin... c.n1Inals PR/O Red-wlnged blackbird, Agela/us pho.nk>>us MlC Common grackle, Qulscatus qulscula PRlC 7:)1; PIGEO:'\'S MILK //~ /~ \ J i / PIPIT EUIILY Ci"ln]!~i!-Jn in j:....; 1':";:1;1:' '.dl ria. t.:t":,':', \\':1t.1rt' i OIl1t'!' t'k\\'tj~ \.l;--:U:_~;J:: !}Hlt:nllr.j,~ ~irld (\Hl1:11nll l~r;)~!nd di)\'l'; n-;a~' ht- t'iL...;iJ:: :-:l;":11 hy Jl)f)tnri~~:.; traH"ling U':t'ro(.8~ High\I'~':' t'J heY \\'l'ol. :,ol11l'lime." p':rclll':' at cJ<):''-' rangl' along road ,'r :Iie:' ~ll1gl,\' or in \;roup" acrl)":' hig-hwa.I'; Sprunr : lil.)~al ('ounted up to 6t) IIhile tral'flir.g from Ta\'ernier. hl'\ Larg-o. Fia.. tl) Ke\' Wen, where this :'Iiecies 'seen ak'ng city' ,treet~ (Audubon painted hi" illustration of thi~ bird at Kcv We~tI; 9~ counted at Coot Bav, Fla.. durin)! Ch~istmas Bird Count, Dec. ;30, 1~l7;3: ...~ counted Key Largo, Fla.. during Christmas Bird Count, Dec, 2i, IH7S: generall~' gregari, ous. nests and roosts in large concentrations, thoroughly at home in thick foliage of trees; utt~rs owl-like tremulous /l'of li'Of /1'00, ,0' 11'00, wild and \'erv swift flier, often moves about country in h;rge Rocks for food {Bent. El321. Feeding Habits: C sually lives in trees and shrubberv, where it eats fruits of brrrv-produc, ing plant~, also eats seeds and some insects, seldom visits ground. Nest: In colonies, at one time in \'ast numbers, usually on small islands or cays and among coastal mangro\'es: nest compactly built of twigs, lined with fibrous roots and grasses, from a few feet to many feet above ground, on top of cactus, bush, or on jimbs of mangroyes and in tops of palm trees (Bent, 1932). Eggs: May-Dec,; 1-2, white, glossy. Ra IIge: See above, Pigeon, wild. Scc Pigeon, band-tailed: D')I'e, mourning; and Pigeon, passenger. Pigeon, wood. See Do\'e, \\'hite-fronted. Quail-dove, Ke~' West, Ceot /',ljgoll ,Ii /',ljsia (jee-oh-TRY-gon CRIS-ih-ah); genus name: 'r:-[Jl':ga;orgG la, the earm, an r,ljgOIl, a doye; "ground" doye: species name: Lat., from Gr, ch/',ljsiol/, a piece of gold (Jaeger, 1955): Key West refers to hey West, Fla., where John James Audubon first saIl' this spe' cies: quai!-dol'c. from habit of li\'ing much on ground as quail do. (Color ill., page ill.) A trop' ical ground do\'(~, nonrnigratOl'y but apparently a rare straggler to Fla. Keys, flies on'r water, possibl~' from Cuha or other islands of West Indies in its natil'e range, where considered rare on most islands b~' Bond (] ~Hill: for re' marks about :\. ,-\merican statu". sef' Bent (19:)21: Spnll1t (Hl,i4a): Pough (ELi]); ]!)-lll c in. long; mainly rufous or chest/JUt aho\'e, hut ('/'O/nl. hind lied.-, alld back g!nssl'd /l'ith I/'i, dl'.~,ellt p/'ecn olld pu/'plc (sec Quail.don?, rudrlv) and a II'hile sl/'cak !ie!ulc eoeh I'//e: e\'e irise~ red: red hill is black-tipped: legs a'!ld f~"t tksh.('olrln'd; residl'nt in)o\I'land tropic;.! \1',1<1<1, lands. most 1l11ll1l'r...u., in rathl'r dr.I' I'ar!.- IIf Hi~jlani"la. Ilttt'r.- a 111(,llrnfuJ. '_'\l'irin;: .,-"'''an. Ill' ;, jlrlltrackd 111)0111 In;:, likc' s\'jlahj,.s Ii);{)('- !/'!;"c-oh,nh,!)h: 11Iil~ is !ik" lh;tt ,,1' r:i<ld\ q:i;,iI- ,],,\(' i U"lid. ] ~lIj] I f~ / (ir.'.' fll/li;'I....... \r~!!k:-: :d);_'Ul rl1. ,:.:Tlll:r', :~ nd! 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Bourreria succuIenta 2. Canella winteriana 3. Colubrina arborescens 4. Colubrina elliptica 5. Drypetes diversifolia 6. Eugenia confusa 7. Eugenia rhombea 8. Gossypium hirsutum 9. Guaicum sanctum 10. Heliotropium fruticosum 11. Hibiscus poeppigii 12. Indigofera keyensis 13. Poinsettia pinetorum 14. Pseudophoenix sargentii 15. Swietenia mahagoni 16. Thrinax monisH 17. Thrinax radiata 18. Byrsonima lucida 19. . Chrysophyllum oliviforme 20. Cocothrinax argentata 21. Drypetes lateriflora 22. Jaquinia keyense 23. Manilkara jaimiqui 24. May tenus phyllanthoides 25. Myrcianthes fragrans 26. Pithecellobium keyense 27. Reynosia septentrionalis 28. Senna mexicana var. chapmanii Fauna A. Butterflies 1. Papilioaristodemus pondeanus 2. Strymonasis bartrami 3. Anaeafloridalis ... ... x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x X X X X X X X X X X ., i r1 1,1 !I 1'1 II ~!j :'i :! X X X Exhibit 19A .,.oj I / D. B. Snails c. Birds Turtles Endangered , " Orthalicus reses reses X (also on Federal endangered list) Columba ieucocepha/a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoceoha/us) Mud turtle (klnosternon baurl) X 2 Threatened X x 19A -... --~~ I i " I ! I i I I 11 ,f ; ltji. ~H !I%' I~! U~ 111~, 'III' I iliii , 11.1 I !ii)1 iH li'f!!l 1:/1 I: U~i Ill.! ;i :~i ; ~J '! ~j- lil'!! !I;'#)I r'! Iii II) I: I:,;:: m ii~!:; "I I~: 'I i::! if :ji I H il .,(.1...11' d ilL 1 il..'!' I 'I . 111 ili!i i,ili :I'ill ,In '!'i:I/ ill I iili .11.." ! ""1 .".il."; I I'i'; 1 " I '!I: ! i@j '::); ,I;:! ! l::ii i ri,: i fl,."! ' ;.!,' I :!!II ' I' I :,/ , 'i;:i I if'!1 ii'I!; liili / ~eVleW Bo n P.O. Box 2436, Key West, FL 33045-2436 phone (05) 296-1504 · fax (05) 292-9275 e-mail KWBGS@aol.com Visit our Web site at http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/kwbs/ J{ot :News Spring 2000 At its annual meeting on January 30 the KWBGS elected a new Board of Directors. We are working to make progress in the preservation and improvement of the Gar- den. Among the new Board's first actions was the approval of a conceptual "plan" for the Garden. Over the next year, the Board's goal is to develop a five-year master plan. In March we submitted an application for a grant to the Tourist Development Council to help fund a Garden entrance, visitor center, butterfly, hummingbird, and fra- grance gardens. The TDC enthusiastically recommended conditional approval, subject to resubmission with full ex- planations for cost estimates and for sources of matching funds and in-kind contributions. Through the generosity of special people in our community and many contacts, we have acquired the funds and volunteer services to match the grant request. We are now in the final phase of the approval cycle. The TDC and Board of County Commis- sioners will be making their decisions in a few weeks. Bill & Fran Ford Lifetime Members :New :Jvtem6ers A warm welcome to our newest members: Quentin and Betsy Dietz, Ken and Margaret Domanski, John and Linda Eicher, William and Vidya Varani, Dean and Deandra Rollings, Leslie Mattox, Sally Battin, Misha McRAE, Linda Larson, Ross McKee, Kevin Leander, RJ Souto,Thivo Fos- ter, Phyllis Rose, Harry Lowe, and Jay Wopperer. We look forward to many wonderful days in the garden with you. Many thanks to all of you who have renewed and to those of you who have increased your memberships. What's :New in the qarden What's In Bloom- Look for the yellow Geiger at the begin- ning of the back path into the Garden by the gate facing the Monroe County buildings. The tree has been producing flowers non-stop since Bob Boon planted it two years ago. Our Lignum Vitae are displaying their extraordinary deep blue blossoms, which remind us of how well they can adapt to the dramatic weather conditions we have had here in recent years. Seagrapes are budding, a sure sign they will be bearing fruit in June. (j)icf ryou 1( now... By Sandy Lee, Immediate Past President, KWBGS Did you know that Florida has more tree and plant species than any other state? Did you know that Monroe Country has more tree and plant species than any other county in Florida? If that is not remarkable enough, we also have in the Florida Keys more threatened and endangered species than any other Florida region. Many of them can be found in the Key West Botanical Garden. Most notable are the Thrinax ra- diata that grace the Garden at every turn. For that reason, we chose it to be our logo. We also have Strongbark trees, Buccaneer palms, and precious Joewoods. Joewoods emit a heavenly scent when they are in bloom. Remember to look for the Lignum Vitae. The threatened and endangered status is a direct result of human encroachment. These trees are best suited for our hostile and unpredictable environment. The KWBGS sup- ports growers who are making threatened or endangered species available for sale. We also encourage all our mem- bers and friends to plant a threatened or endangered speci- men. Let's help them get back in the ground where they belong! bliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 1 of 22 ,.-- 'blic/Private Financing for Brownfield Redevelopment Prepared by: Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities Program Hazardous Substance Research Center/South & Southwest Georgia Tech Research Institute Atlanta, Georgia September 1999 CONTENTS . Preface . Definition of Brownfields . Funding Mechanis.ms . Federal Financ~_ SoyrGe~LandPrograrns o U.S. p_~partrTIentofAgriculture o U.S. Department of Commer<;;~ o V,S. D~p~rtm~JILQf P~fens.e o U.S.Departm~JltQf Energy o U.S. Environmental ProtecticmAgency o U.S_~_Q~partment of Housing~mclVrb~nO~VeIQPmf}l1t o U.S. Department of the Interior . o U,~__SmaILeM$inessA.qrninis.tratjon o U.S. Departm~nt of Transportation o U.S. Department of Tr~~~l!!Y . Finance Resource Cent~f~ . Private Finance Soyrces o Banks/Lending Institutions o Land Re~l~JIl1=ttiQnJ?~nks. oLand ReGYCJJn9___GJllJ1panies . Appendix: Federal Finance Sources and Programs: Primary Category of IbliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 3 of 22 r 'ct Loans: loans from a Federal Government agency to a borrower for a specific time ~_. .Dd, with a reasonable expectation of repayment. Terms of the loan mayor may not require the borrower to make interest payments. Environmental Liability Releases: an environmental liability release is a benefit (concession) granted by federal, State, and/or local governments to owners or operators of facilities or businesses (including commercial real estate properties) that frees them from all or part of the responsibility for environmental cleanup costs under federal, State, and/or local laws. These liability releases may be structured in advance for prospective purchasers of properties or negotiated between the public sector and private owners/developers with specified conditions describing the extent of liability relief granted and the degree of private contribution to any planned and/or unanticipated cleanup effort. The most common types of environmental liability releases offered by State governments include covenants-not-to-sue, no-further-action letters, and certificates-of-release. Although not a direct funding source, these releases may make it easier to obtain funds from other sources. Guaranteed/Insured Loans: financial assistance from a Federal Government agency in which the agency indemnifies a private lender against the possibility that a borrower will not repay the loan. Industrial Development Funds: Industrial development funds are special funds established by state and local governments for the purpose of improving properties to make them suitable for industrial development. These funds are economic development tools that ernments use to attract or retain industry. Industrial Development Funds may be structured as direct pass-through funds or as special purpose revolving funds. They draw funding through a variety of mechanisms including special property and other taxes, industrial development bonds, unappropriated surpluses in the controlling government's budget, and the proceeds from the sale of real estate and other property. Insurance: financial assistance provided by a Federal Government agency to ensure reimbursement for any losses that may result from specified occurrences (such as a flood). Insurance coverage may be provided directly by a Federal Government agency or through a private insurance company. Project Grants: payments made by a Federal Government agency to another government such as a State, county, or city or a private organization for a specific project or for the delivery of a specific service or product. Project grants include, but are not limited to, demonstration grants, planning grants, technical assistance grants, and construction grants. Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT): REITs are funds comprised of revenues from private investors. REITs act as primary'investors when purchasing property. When applied to brownfields, the REIT acts as the owner, thereby shielding investors from liability in excess of the investors' initial monetary input. Revolving Funds: a revolving fund is a source of money that provides loans to specific 1ies. The parties reimburse the fund for the loan amount plus interest. Through payback v, principle and interest, the fund is able to maintain the same or increased levels of funding. Revolving funds are typically developed through revenue payments from a trust fund. lblicIPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 4 of 22 , Exchange, or Donation of Property and Goods: an arrangement in which a Federal i~_.lCY provides for the sale, exchange, or donation of Federal property or other goods ncluding land, buildings, equipment, food, and drugs. State Grants: state grants can provide communities with the funding needed for cleanup :md development incentive packages within brownfield programs. Also, grants can be made :rom State trust funds for local establishment of revolving funds. Superfund Trust Fund: the Superfund Trust Fund, also known as the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, was established in 1990 to pay for cleanup and enforcement activities at waste sites. Superfund Trust Fund monies are also being used to fund brownfields national demonstration pilots as part of the US EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative. This dedicated trust fund has historically been financed primarily by petroleum excise taxes, chemical feedstock excise taxes, and environmental income taxes. The fund has also received money through cost recoveries from parties determined to be responsible for contaminating particular sites, penalties, income taxes, and interest income. The Superfund Program has cleanup activities, short-term removal actions and/or long-term remedial actions, underway or planned for the approximately 1300 seriously contaminated sites on US EPA's National Priority List. Actions at Orphan Sites, where no responsible party can be identified, are funded by the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund also funds actions begun at sites with responsible parties but prior to a final determination and acceptance of liability. , :PA always tries to identify those responsible for contaminating a site and then to make them pay for its cleanup. These responsible parties may include the past and current owner (s) and operator(s), the original hazardous waste generator, and the transporters of hazardous waste to the site. Tax Abatements: Tax abatement is a temporary halt on charging the usual tax rate on a new investment. It may take the form of a full or partial exemption from taxes such as tangible personal property and/or real estate. The exemption will only be in effect for a specific period of time such as five or ten years. The tax abatement granted might be restricted to new development in specially designated areas such as an empowerment zone/enterprise community, or it may be targeted on a case-by-case basis to particularly desirable individual development. Tax abatements are individually tailored regarding time and scope to allow the State or local government to calculate the exact cost of the tax change, and thus, the exact tax benefit offered as well. Tax abatements can make otherwise uneconomical projects attractive to property owners, developers, and financial supporters. These abatements can often provide a substantial incentive for all parties to participate in particular projects. If the new development is properly structured and successful, the community tax base will grow at a rate, and to a size, that more than offsets the loss of taxes due to the abatement. Tax Incentives: tax incentives include a wide variety of mechanisms used to encourage redevelopment of brownfields through use of public taxation tools. These often take the form -~~x credits or tax deferrals. By crediting or deferring taxes to be paid on property, income, ... ..iales, governments can provide businesses with the incentives needed to create redevelopment opportunities for brownfields. ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 5 of 22 -r."x Increment Financing: Tax increment financing is created through local government's "sessment of property values. Special assessments are made on properties that are expected to gain particular benefits from a general improvement, or from an environmental activity, such as a cleanup. The incremental difference in tax revenues between the original assessment rate and the new, higher assessed rate is then used to finance the improvement activity. Transferable Development Rights: In traditional transferable development rights (TDR) programs, rural property owners are given a specified number of TDRs in exchange for agreeing not to develop, or to limit development on their land. These mostly rural property owners are permitted to sell these TDRs to real estate developers, who are then permitted to use them to exceed zoning requirements on properties they own in other more developed areas. TDRs have been used by local governments to preserve land for agricultural uses, as forests, or as nature preserves. Since the landowners receive all funds related to the purchase of development rights, existing TDR programs are either revenue-neutral or are operated at-cost to local governments. Trust Funds: special accounts developed to receive and disburse revenues from taxes and/or fees for dedicated purposes. These funds differ from revolving funds in that they do not maintain funding capacity through payback of loans, but through new injections of revenue through taxes and/or fees. Yoluntary Cleanup Programs: State Voluntary Cleanup Programs are structured to 'dress the environmental and financing problems associated with brownfields and other \j()ntaminated properties. These State programs seek to encourage the cleanup of such sites in a timely manner by eliminating many of the procedural and economic barriers to successful cleanup and reuse. They provide a variety of incentives for private companies and developers to voluntarily clean up sites. These programs set clear environmental standards and provide protection from future environmental liability. State Voluntary Cleanup Programs include oversight, review, and approval mechanisms to ensure that cleanup standards are met. While every program is unique, many contain most or all of the following elements: consolidated permits, financial assistance, land use-based cleanup standards, flexible and clear cleanup procedures, liability release mechanisms, professional certifications, proportional liability provisions, tax incentives, and voluntary agreements. FEDERAL FINANCE SOURCES AND PROGRAMS !C?P?fPCl.9(t U.S. Department of Agriculture T()E"fp~E! Business and Industrial Loans (Business Assistance, Access to Capital, Economic Development) Direct or insured loans assist public, private or cooperative organizations (for-profit or '-'mprofit), Indian tribes, or individuals in rural areas to improve, develop, or finance ~Jsiness, industry, and employment and to improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities. Loans may be used for pollution control and abatement. lbliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 6 of 22 .... 'act: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 202-720-0813, .1\.,....,ii'NWVj,l.usd91.gQV Community Facilities Loans (Infrastructure, Economic Development) These loans may be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents. Applicants may be city, county, and State agencies; political and quasi-political subdivisions of States; Indian tribes; and nonprofit associations. Contact Community Facilities Division, Rural Housing Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 202-720-1490, http://W\rV'vV,usda.gov Empowerment Zones Program (Economic Development) This program provides grants for establishing empowerment zones in rural and urban areas to stimulate new jobs creation for the disadvantaged and long-term unemployed and to revitalize economically distressed areas. Contact: Office of Community Development, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 202-619-7981, ~lttp:li,^lww" usda ,gqv J~rmediary Relending Program (Business Assistance, Access to Capital, Economic .. elopment) The Intermediary Relending Program provides direct loans to finance business facilities and community development. Eligible intermediaries include private, nonprofit organizations, cooperatives, State or local governments, and federally recognized Indian tribes. Contact: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 202-720-6819, http://w'#'#JJsoa,gQY Rural Development Grants (Economic Development, Business Assistance) These grants facilitate the development of small and emerging private business, industry, and related employment for improving the economy in rural communities. Eligible applicants are public bodies and nonprofit corporations serving rural areas such as States, counties, cities, townships, incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts, and Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations that will serve rural areas. Contact: Specialty Lenders Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 202-720-0813,httpJI\~,lJ$d;;L9QV Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (Economic Development, Business Assistance) 3se direct loans and project grants promote economic development and job creation projects, including funding for project feasibility studies, startup costs, incubator projects, and other reasonable expenses to foster rural development. ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 7 of 22 ,., ,tact: Specialty Lenders Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Dept. of '..,1 iculture, 202-720-8460, ht.tR:/bJ\0lVW,I..Je;d~LgQV u.s. Department of Commerce TOj)(lfP:ilge Economic Adjustment Program (Economic Development, Infrastructure) The Economic Adjustment Program helps States and local areas design and implement strategies for facilitating adjustment to changes in their economic situation that impact the underlying economic base. Such changes may occur suddenly (sudden and severe economic dislocation) or over time (long-term economic deterioration) and result from industrial or corporate restructuring, new Federal laws or requirements, reductions in defense expenditures, depletion of natural resources, or natural disasters. Strategy grants provide resources to organize and carry out a planning process tailored to the particufar economic problems of the impacted area(s). Implementation grants may be used to support activities identified in an adjustment strategy approved by the Economic Development Administration. Implementation activities include creation or expansion of strategically targeted business development and financing programs, including grants for revolving loan funds, infrastructure improvements, organizational development, and market or industry research and analysis. Contact: Economic Adjustment Division, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482-2659, http://w\MiV,doc.goV _.Jcal Technical Assistance Program (Technical Assistance, Economic Development, Equal Opportunity) Grants awarded under this program are designed to assist in solving specific economic development problems, respond to developmental opportunities, and build and expand local organizational capacity in distressed areas. In responding to specific problems and opportunities, a local economic development organization might focus on military base and industrial plant closures, deteriorating commercial districts, and technical or market feasibility studies. Eligible applicants include public or private nonprofit national, State, area, district, or local organizations; public and private colleges and universities; Indian tribes; local governments; and State agencies. Contact: Planning and Development Assistance Division, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482- 2873, httpJ/1N'W\^'.OQC:90V National Technical Assistance Program (Technical Assistance, Economic Development) Grants awarded under this program provide resources to intermediary organizations giving technical assistance to local, district, and State economic development organizations and for national demonstrations of innovative economic development techniques, including program ~rformance measurement. Funded proposals include economic impact analyses and easurement; surveys of best practices in economic development tools; newsletters and reports on new developments and success stories in rural and urban economic development; and demonstrations of national significance in areas such as regional ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 8 of 22 cooperation, improving competitiveness, better use of private capital, financial :l'ltermediaries, export development, technology infrastructure, and sustainable development. Contact: Research and Technical Assistance Division, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482- 4085, http://\o/Iiyw.dQr,;.gQv Office of Business Liaison (Business Assistance, Economic Development, Technical Assistance) The Office of Business Liaison serves as the primary point of contact between the Department of Commerce and the business community. Objectives of the office are to develop a proactive, responsive, and effective outreach program and relationship with the business community; inform the Secretary, the department, and administration officials of the critical issues facing the business community, inform the business community of resources, policies, and programs; provide outreach to the business community including arranging regular meetings and briefings with Department official; and guide individuals and businesses through the channels of the Federal Government with the Business Assistance Program. Contact Office of Business Liaison, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482-1360, http://''N\!'.A.fi/,OQC,gQV Planning Program for States and Urban Areas (Economic Development) 3rants under this program assist economically distressed States, sub-State planning regions, cities, and urban counties to undertake significant new economic development planning, policymaking, and implementation efforts. Grants provide financial assistance to support significant economic development planning and implementation activities such as economic analysis, definition of program goals, determination of project opportunities, and formulation and implementation of a development program. Assistance under this program enhances economic development planning capability and continuous economic development planning processes and procedures and helps build institutional capacity. A grant award under this program is generally for a period of 12 to 18 months. Contact: Planning and Development Assistance Division, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482- 2873, htipJI\I'fWY1I.QQG.gQV Public Works and Development Facilities (Economic Development, Community Building, Infrastructure) Grants are provided to help distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business expansion, diversify local economies, and generate long-term, private sector jobs. Projects funded include water and sewer facilities primarily serving industry and commerce, access to industrial parks or sites, port improvements, and business incubator facilities. Proposed projects must be located within an Economic Development Agency-designated Redevelopment Area or Economic Development Center. Contact Public Works, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 202-482-5265, bUp:HW'W:\!Y.dQC,g,Oy 'ublicIPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 9 of 22 u.s. Department of Defense Iopofl'age Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance (Economic Development, Technical Assistance) DOD funding may be provided for military base reuse studies. DOD may provide community planning assistance funding to assist local governments or a State, on behalf of a local government, to undertake community economic adjustment planning activities to support the closure or realignment of a military installation. Activities include, but are not limited to, staffing, operating, and administrative costs, and general or specialized community economic adjustment studies. Contact: Office of Economic Adjustment, OUSD (Acquisitions), U.S. Dept. of Defense, 703- 604-5948, http://www.defeoselink.mi1 U.S. Department of Energy :rOP()WP<lJ1~ Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community (EZlEC) Capacity Building Small Grant Program (Community Building, Business Access, Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Technical Assistance) -'1e program provides small grants (under $50,000) through an application process .4stricted to EZlECs to help communities develop comprehensive sustainable development plans and/or address specific problems in the implementation of their sustainable development plans. Funding can be used to assist communities in pursuing capacity- building projects or activities such as economic renewal training, design development sessions, industrial ecology training, visioning exercises, land-use planning techniques, and economic studies of the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Preference is given to EZlECs. Contact: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 303-275- 4819, ht1:pJIW'YV'W,QQe,gQY Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses (Business Assistance, Technical Assistance) This program enhances the U.S. Department of Energy's partnerships with small, minority, and women-owned businesses; provides management and technical assistance; identifies barriers and obstacles to achieving contracting goals; and develops innovative strategies to increase business opportunities. Contact Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 303-586-8383, http://vvwvv.doe.gov U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Top of page llbliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 10 of22 "'''ownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment Initiative (Environment, Business .&sistance, Economic Development, Technical Assistance) This program provides grants and technical assistance for addressing abandoned, idled, or underutilized commercial or industrial properties that are stigmatized by actual or perceived environmental contamination (brownfields). These grants are limited to State or local governments for activities related to the environmental assessment of brownfields. EPA also provides technical assistance to communities and businesses working to address brownfields through a network of EPA regional brownfield coordinators located in the 10 major Federal regional centers. Contact Outreach and Special Projects/OSWER. U.S. EPA, 202-260-4039, http://ViIWW.epa.gov Environmental Justice Community Grants Program (Environment, Community Development) This program provides financial assistance to community-basedlgrassroots organizations that are working on local solutions to local environmental problems. Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, churches, tribal organizations, and other nonprofit groups. Gontact Office of Environmental Justice, U.S. EPA, 202-564-2515,http://lNvIIW.i3pagov Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Grants (Environment, Community Development) This program provides financial assistance to community-based organizations and tribal governments to create innovative pollution prevention projects to serve as models for other communities. This program funds projects that have a direct impact on the affected communities and may focus on pollution prevention, recycling, waste treatment, or waste disposal. Cooperative efforts with business and industry to address common goals are encouraged. An organization could request up to $100,000 for a 3-year project. Contact: OPPTS Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. EPA, 202-260-4109, tIUp://wYf.w,epo::l.gQv/QPptintrleip2 EPA's Smart Growth Network (Technical Assistance, Economic Development, Environment) Smart Growth Network offers technical assistance to encourage more compact, pedestrian- oriented, center-city development and thereby slow the spread of urban sprawl. Assistance includes workshops on infill redevelopment; industrial ecology models; peer matching among local government officials, economic development officials, and developers; fiscal impact and land-use modeling of new or redevelopment building deconstruction as an alternative to luilding demolition; modeling the air-quality benefits of infill; and limited scholarships to a number of regional smart growth conferences. )ubliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 11 of22 C.f')ntact Smart Growth Network, U.S. EPA, 202-260-2750, http://w~\fllv.srnartgrowUl.mg Rural Community Assistance Program (Technical Assistance, Environment) RCAP is a national network of non-profit organizations that works to improve water and wastewater treatment facilities in rural communities, particularly those with low-income populations. RCAP provides communities with onsite technical assistance in needs assessment, financing, technology selection, operation and maintenance, management practices, system restructuring, and consolidation for achieving compliance. Contact U.S. EPA, 202-260-5815, http://Vl/YIIW.ep~"gQV u.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development l'Opc>fp~g~~ Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grants (Economic Development, Environment) BEDI targets Economic Development Initiative (EDI) funds to brownfields projects. BEDI grants are made to local governments for use in supporting brownfield redevelopment activities and projects financed in whole or in part with Section 108 loan guarantees. .mtact Financial Management Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, U.S. Dept. of . .Jusing and Urban Development, 202-708-1871, httpJ/wvv\lY,hucl.goy Community Development Block Grant Program (Economic Development, Access to Capital, Business Assistance, Community Building, Environment, Infrastructure) CDBG provides annual formula grants to entitled metropolitan cities (50,000 or more people) and urban counties (20,000 or more people) and to States for distribution to nonentitled communities to carry out a wide range of community development activities: public facilities and improvements (streets, sidewalks, sewers, and water systems); public services for youths, seniors, or the disabled; crime reduction initiative; homeless and housing services; and direct assistance and technical assistance to for-profit businesses (including microenterprises ). The most common use of HUD/CDBG money for brownfields is for remediation, followed by site assessment and redevelopment. The types of remediation CDSG funds are most commonly used for are soil treatment, asbestos removal, groundwater treatment, and lead abatement. A few grantees have used CDBG funds for planning, site acquisition, or demolition aspects, or technical assistance to communities. Contact: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Urban Areas: 202-708-1577, Rural Areas: 202-708-1322, http://vvYi/w.hLJd.gQv/c.polcdbg,html .>mmunity Outreach Partnership Centers (Economic Development, Business Assistance, Community Building, Environment, Infrastructure) >ubliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 12 of22 CO PC is a competitive funding program that provides funds to colleges and universities to form or expand centers for research, provide outreach activities, and exchange information focused on communities and neighborhoods. Contact: Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 202-708-1537, I1ttp:ll'lv\N'~'\(QlJp,org Economic Development Initiative (Economic Development, Access to Capital, Business Assistance, Environment, Infrastructure) EDI provides grants to be used in tandem with Section 108 guaranteed loans for economic revitalization projects. These grants will enhance the viability of such projects (through interest rate subsidies and debt service/operating reserves) and increase the likelihood that the Section 108 loans can be repaid from project revenue. Contact Financial Management Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 202-708-1871, http://lJvww,hUcl,gov Homeownership Zones (Housing, Economic Development, Infrastructure) This program provides seed money to cities and counties for large-scale revitalization and development of new single-family homeownership opportunities. Activities must benefit low- and moderate-income families, prevent or eliminate blight, or meet other urgent community development needs. Grantees may use funds to acquire property, build or rehabilitate housing, finance site preparation, provide direct financial assistance to homebuyers, provide homeownership counseling, and pay for project-related soft costs. Homeownership Zone activities revitalize distressed areas by converting vacant, abandoned, or blighted land and buildings into dynamic neighborhoods by developing single-family homes for a mix of income levels. Contact: Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 202-708-2685, Community Connections: 1-800-998-9999, http://WVVW,hUcl,goV Section 108 Loan Guarantees (Economic Development, Access to Capital, Business Assistance, Environment, Infrastructure) Under this program, HUD guarantees notes issued by units of general local government. Section 108 funds may be used to finance a wide array of economic revitalization and development activities which include housing and rehabilitation of privately owned buildings for residential purposes; expansion of for-profit businesses including equipment and physical plant; financing and rehabilitation of low-income and public housing; acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of neighborhood and community facilities; site improvement on community owned land which could be leased to a developer to carry out a commercial or industrial development project; site development including structural removal and land clearance; purchase of land or buildings for any authorized economic development use; and infrastructure development which can include street reconstruction and/or sewer system repairs. Contact Financial Management Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, U.S. Dept. of . - :>ubliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 13 of 22 Housing and Urban Development, 202-708-1871, httpj/IJV\iVYV,i'lJlq.gQV U.S. Department of the Interior TOPCl~page Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative (Environment, Economic Development, Infrastructure) This cooperative program with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and more than 70 public and private entities works to accelerate the cleanup of acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines. The Office of Surface Mining provides grants for demonstration projects. The program funds state-identified stream restoration projects under priorities established by Section 403 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Contact: National Coordinator, ACSI, Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 202-208-2937, http://Vll'Jvw. pQi. gov Historic Preservation Fund (Access to Capital, Community Building, Economic Development) This is a Federal matching grant program that encourages private and non-Federal investment in historic preservation efforts by providing grants to States, territories, Indian tribes, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Funding is most often used to pay ~rt of the costs of surveys and statewide historic preservation plans and to prepare ../tional Register nominations, architectural plans, historic structures reports, and engineering studies. Fifty-nine fund awards have been made to States, territories, Indian tribes, and local governments and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Activities funded include architectural, historical, and archeological surveys; nominations to the National Register of Historic Places; staff work for historic preservation commissions; design guidelines and preservation plans; public outreach materials such as publications, videos, exhibits, and brochures; training for commission members and staff; and rehabilitation or restoration of National Register-listed properties. Contact: Historic Preservation Fund, Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 202-343-9563,http://www.doj,gov Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (Environment, Community Building, Technical Assistance) RICA helps citizens conserve rivers, establish trails, and provide outdoor recreational opportunities. The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with citizens and State and local governments, is involved in the early phases of projects in establishing goals, resolving difficult issues, and reaching general agreement about the future use and protection of important land and water resources, generally on non-Federal lands. The NPS has less involvement once a project reaches implementation stage. Assistance is provided to develop greenways and trails, protect river access and views, convert abandoned railbeds into trails, nserve open space, redevelop and restore mistreated resources, establish nonprofit vrganizations, and enact new ordinances. llbliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 14 of22 Contact Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 202-565- 1200, t'lttp:l/vVvvyv.(:lQi.gQV Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program (Environment, Community Building) This program allows local communities to address urban recreational needs by awarding matching grants for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreation areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs. Grant funding is targeted to local efforts that provide new, unique, or a more effective means to deliver a recreation service that can serve as a model for other communities; leverage Federal funds; provide neighborhood employment opportunities; promote environmental education; and benefit disadvantaged and distressed communities with the greatest recreational deficiencies. Contact: Recreation Programs Division, National Center for Conservation and Recreation, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 202-565-1133,hUp:l!y1l:wW,QQi.gQv U.S. Small Business Administration Tt1p(jlpage General Business Loan Guarantees (Section 7(a) Program) (Access to Capital, Business Assistance, Economic Development) This program provides guaranteed loans to small businesses that are unable to obtain financing in the private credit market, but can show an ability to repay the loans. Participating lenders loan funds, and the SBA guarantees a portion of the loan. Guarantees can reach up to 80 percent on loans up to $150,000 and up to 75 percent on loans more than $150,000. The maximum loan amount covered is $750,000. Loan proceeds can be used for any legitimate business purpose such as construction, purchase of equipment, inventory, and working capital. Contact: Loan Programs, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6490, http://wW\iV.$oa.gQv Management and Technical Assistance Program (Section 7(j)) (Technical Assistance, Business Assistance) This program provides management and technical assistance to eligible individuals and small business clients. U.S. Small Business Administration 8(a)-certified firms, socially and economically disadvantaged persons, businesses operating in areas of low income or high unemployment, and those firms owned by low-income individuals are eligible for 70) assistance. The program provides firms with accounting services, feasibility studies, marketing/presentation analyses, advertising expertise, loan packaging, proposal/bid preparation, and other specialized management training and technical services. An executive education training program is available to program participants. Contact MED National Training Office, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6177, http:l{vv,^rw.soa.gQv >ublicIPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 15 of22 Certified Development Company Loans (Section 504 Program) (Access to Capital, siness Assistance, Economic Development) The 504 loans provide long-term, fixed financing at reasonable rates for small businesses that need to acquire land, construct buildings, or fund construction, expansion, renovation, modernization, machinery, and equipment. Loans have either a 10- or 20-year term. A lender provides at least 50 percent of the total required amount, up to 40 percent is provided by the SBA-Certified Development Company, and the borrower contributes 10 percent. SBA's maximum guarantee is $1 million. Contact Loan Programs, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6490, http://W'W'Vy.$Q?.gQY. Office of Business Initiatives (Business Assistance, Economic Development, Technical Assistance) The Office of Business Initiatives administers programs and activities designed to provide information, education, and training to prospective and existing small business owners. The Office engages in cosponsorships with private-sector partners that are designed to provide small business owners with information, education, and training that is cost effective, of high quality, and reflective of trends in small business development. The Office develops and promotes innovative sources of outreach to small business owners designed to assist them in the startup, management, and growth. These sources include facilities, such as Business ~ormation Centers, written materials, electronic bulletin boards, software, and other means -. providing business development, business management, and business growth information. Contact: Office of Business Initiatives, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6655, http://www.sba.gQv/61 Office of Minority Enterprise Development (Business Assistance) This program provides business development assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged businesspersons to ensure opportunity to participate more fully and successfully in the mainstream national economy. Contact: Office of Minority Enterprise Development, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6412, http://W\NW,SQfl.gQv/med Section Sea) Program (Economic Development, Business Assistance) The Section 8(a) Program provides servicing, marketing support, Federal Government contracts, and other business development assistance to small companies owned by socially and economically disadvantaged persons. The Section 8(a) Program works to foster business ownership and the competitive viability of small firms owned by individuals who are """Cially and economically disadvantaged and to expand their participation in Federal .Jcurement of equipment, products, and services. ~ontact: Office?f Minority Enterprise Development, U.S. Small Business Administration, ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 16 of22 202-205-6459,http://WWW,$pa,,gQvl .~all Business Development Center (SBDC) (Business Assistance, Access to Capital, Technical Assistance) The SBDC programs provide management assistance to current and prospective small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. SBA awards 57 cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education and State government institutions. The agreements, subject to 100-percent matching funds, are based on a population formula and range between $500,000 and $6 million. Contact: Small Business Development Center Programs, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6766, http:lbvvvvy.sQq.ggv/Sbclc Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) (Access to Capital, Business Assistance, Economic Development) SBIC helps to fill the gap between the availability of venture capital and the needs of small businesses in startup and growth situations. SBICs, licensed and regulated by the SBA, are privately owned and managed investment firms that use their own capital, plus funds borrowed at favorable rates with an SBA guarantee, to make venture investments in small businesses. They provide equity capital, long-term loans, debt-equity investments, and management assistance to qualifying small businesses. Their incentive is the chance to are in the success of the small business as it grows and prospers. Specialized SBICs, alSO known as 301 (d) SBICs, invest in small businesses owned by entrepreneurs who are socially or economically disadvantaged, primarily members of minority groups. Contact: Investment Division, U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6510, http://V1l'Wvv.$ba.gQv/inv/ u.s. Department of Transportation Top of page Livable Communities Initiative (LCI) (Infrastructure) LCI focuses on he1ping communities use comprehensive, community-based planning to create customer-friendly, community-oriented, and well-designed transportation systems. Transit enhancements are funded through various U.S. Department of Transportation programs, including Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), public and private partnerships, and other Federal programs. Contact U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 202-366-1696, http://'www.OQtgov '.S. Department of Treasury Top of page Brownfields Tax Incentive (Economic Development, Environment) ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 17 of22 "T~', Brownfields Tax Incentive allows property owners and purchasers to deduct certain l. .ronmental remediation costs as a business expense rather than capitalizing them as a property improvement. This provision benefits taxpayers by reducing their present tax liability. The incentive reduces the cost of environmental remediation, thereby prompting cleanups and redevelopment of brownfields in distressed areas. Eligible areas must be approved by the State agency responsible for brownfields redevelopment. Contact Income Tax and Accounting, Branch 5, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 202-622-4950, http://WVVW,irs,ustrea$.gov Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Funds (Access to Capital, Community Building, Economic Development) The CDFI fund was created to expand the availability of credit, investment capital, and financial services in distressed urban and rural communities. By stimulating the creation and expansion of diverse CDFls and by providing incentives to traditional banks and thrifts through the Bank Enterprise Awards Program, the fund's investments work to build private markets, create healthy local economies, promote entrepreneurship, restore neighborhoods, generate local tax revenues, and empower residents. The CDFI Fund also provides small infusions of capital to institutions serving distressed communities and low-income individuals. C.entact: U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, 202-622-8042, htlp:!J\rVWV\,r, irs, U$treas,gQv FINANCE RESOURCE CENTERS Topofp<l~e Environmental Finance Centers The Environmental Finance Centers (EFCs), established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, provide state and local officials with advisory services; education, publications, and training; technical assistance; and analyses on financing alternatives. EFCs pursue various avenues of education and training such as offering short courses on environmental finance for state and local officials, as well as graduate-level educational courses through regular university curriculum. The EFCs at both the University of New Mexico and the University of Maryland have developed environmental finance courses for state and local officials and graduate students. The EFC at the University of New Mexico is also developing and utilizing a public-private partnership training module for state and local government officials. In addition, EFCs develop and publish case studies about innovative financing techniques, as well as serve as clearinghouses for regional and state information on environmental financing and program management. EFCs provide technical assistance and analyses to state and local governments and the - late sector on managing and financing environmental infrastructure. For example, the -...iracuse University EFC is developing case studies on how New York communities prioritize environmental activities using risk and finance considerations. The University of New Mexico Center is researching and developing financing strategies for the long-term . - ublic/Private Financing for Brownfield Development Page 18 of22 viability of environmental infrastructure on the U.S.-Mexico border. The California State l..lr1iversity at Hayward EFC is developing public-private partnership models for financing lironmental activities, emphasizing the participation of small and medium sized businesses. The EFC at Cleveland State University is focusing on brownfield redevelopment, especially the availability of financing and tools/incentives to spur investment in abandoned industrial and commercial sites. And, the EFC at Boise State University is researching drinking water systems viability and paying for environmental mandates. Centers and Contacts: Syracuse University The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 219 Maxwell Hall Syracuse, NY 13244-1090 William J. Sullivan, Director 315-443-3759 Fax 315-443-5330 E-mail: wjsulliv@maxvvell.syr.edu University of Maryland Coastal and Environmental Policy Program 0112 Skinner Hall College Park, MD 20742 . Jack Greer, Director ,,",01-405-6377 Fax 301-314-9581 E-mail: greer@t.<ln.lbi.LHlld.edu Great Lakes EFC/Cleveland State University Economic Development Program UB 215 Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland, OH 44115 Don Iannone, Director 216-687-4590 Fax 216-687-9277 E-mail: di@l.,I.rP.antl,G$~IQrliQ..edlJ University of New Mexico Engineering Research Institute 901 University Boulevard, SE Albuquerque, NM 87106-4339 Heather Himmelberger, PE, Director 505-272-7357 Fax 505-272-7203 ~-mail: beatherh@vnm,eQ~1 Environmental Finance Center California State University at Hayward 'ubliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 19 of22 Building 7, Alameda Point 8~1 West Midway Avenue neda, CA 94501 ~drah Diefendorf, Director 510-749-6867 Fax 510-749-6862 E-mail: SOiE;f@C":IQI,CQrn Boise State University Department of Public Policy and Administration 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725 Dr. James B. Worthy, Chair 208-385-40 18 Fax 208-385-4370 E-mail: .i\t~er,~Jhe@J~$lJ.jgb$J.l,~dq PRIVATE FINANCE SOURCES I<JJ'1JFp~R~' Banks/Lending Institutions I<:>P('fJ)ail~' Community Reinvestment Act . ..d Community Reinvestment Act, enacted by Congress in 1977, is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound banking operations. Land Reclamation Banks Top of page Land reclamation banks are publicly funded or capitalized trust funds that actively acquire, manage, assess, cleanup, and develop properties, including brownfields, on behalf of a State or local government. These banks may be financed in a wide variety of ways, including tax-increment financing, land transfer taxes, land registration fees, and property sales and leases. Land reclamation banks may take title to properties via tax foreclosure, eminent domain, or purchase. Once properties are cleaned up and developed, the bank sells or leases them to generate income for future development projects. Land reclamation banks combine planning, financing, management, cleanup, and redevelopment functions in a single organization allowing local efforts to be focused. Land reclamation banks may elect to assume environmental and financial liability risks that the private sector is unwilling to bear. Land Recycling Companies Top of page :>ubliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 20 of 22 Land Recycling Companies are 501 (c)(3) non-profit organizations that seek to provide an ovative and energetic response to the problems of potentially contaminated brownfield properties that affect communities across the country. These organizations identify brownfield properties, serve as information clearinghouses, and seek to bring together members of the communities, government agencies, financial institutions, and the other private parties necessary to make brownfield redevelopment work. Land Recycling Companies may also help finance brownfield assessment and cleanup activities. These types of companies can bring innovative and flexible approaches to brownfield assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment. They offer the opportunity to leverage not only their own environmental expertise and financial resources, but also the public and private resources that they may attract to specific brownfield projects. APPENDIX Federal Finance Sources and Programs: Primary Category of Assistance :rop?fp<lril~ Access to Capital Certified Development Company Loans (Section 504 Program)~ U.S. Small Business '-'lministration (p.16) Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI); U.S. Dept. of Treasury (p.19) General Business Loan Guarantees (Section 7(a) Program); U.S. Small Business Administration (p.15) Historic Preservation Fund; U.S. Dept. of the Interior (p.14) Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC); U.S. Small Business Administration (p.18) Business Assistance Business and Industrial Loans; U.S. Dept of Agriculture (p.6) Intermediary Relending Program; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (p.6) Office of Business Initiatives; U.S. Small Business Administration (p.16) Office of Business Liaison; U.S. Dept. of Commerce (p.8) Office of Minority Enterprise Development; U.S. Small Business Administration (p.17) nail, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses; U.S. Dept. of Energy (p.1 0) )ublicIPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 21 of22 Community Building Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Capacity Building Small Grant Program; U.S. Dept. of Energy (p.1 0) Economic Development Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grants; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.12) Brownfields Tax Incentive; U.S. Dept. of Treasury (p.18) Community Development Block Grant Program; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.12) Community Economic Adjustment Planning Assistance: U.S. Dept. of Defense (p.9) Community Outreach Partnership Centers; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.13) Economic Adjustment Program; U.S. Dept. of Commerce (p.7) Economic Development Initiative; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.13) t:mpowerment Zones Program; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (p.6) Planning Program for States and Urban Areas; U.S. Dept. of Commerce (p.9) Public Works and Development Facilities; U.S. Dept. of Commerce (p.9) Rural Development Grants; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (p.7) Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, (p.7) Section 8(a) Program; U.S. Small Business Administration (p.17) Section 108 Loan Guarantees; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.14) Small Business Development Center (SBDC); U.S. Small Business Administration (p.17) Environment Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative; U. S. Dept. of the Interior (p. 14) 6rownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment Initiative; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11 ) Environmental Justice Community Grants Program; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lbliclPrivate Financing for Brownfield Development Page 22 of 22 :p.11 ) L.. .lronmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Grants; U.S. Environmental Protection 6.gency (p. 11 ) Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance; U.S. Dept, of the Interior (p.15) Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program; U.S. Dept. of the Interior (p.15) Housing Homeownership Zones; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (p.13) Infrastructure Community Facilities Loans; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (p.6) livable Communities Initiative (LCI); U.S. Dept. of Transportation (p.18) Technical Assistance EPA's Smart Growth Network; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (p.11) . 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CD <D f/l ;:, en o o ar -< 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 1 of7 'lttPzidaE-xotic Pest Plant Council's 2001 List of Invasive Species Purpose of the List: To focus attention on - . the adverse effects of exotic pest plants on Florida's biodiversity and ecosystems, . the habitat losses from exotic pest plant infestations, . the impacts on endangered species via habitat loss and alteration, . the need to prevent habitat losses through pest-plant management, . the socioeconomic impacts of these plants (e.g., increased wildfires in Me1aleuca areas), . changes in the seriousness of different pest plants over time, . the need to provide information that helps managers set priorities for control programs. . north central DEFINITIONS: Exotic-a species introduced to Florida, purposefully or accidentally, from a natural range outside of Florida. Native-a species whose natural range included Florida at the time of European contact (1500 AD). Naturalized exotic-an exotic that sustains itself outside cultivation (it is still exotic; it has not "become" native). Invasive exotic-an exotic that not only has naturalized but is expanding on its own in Florida plant communities. Abbreviations used: for "Gov. list": P = Prohibited by Fla. Dept. of Environmental Protection, N = Noxious weed listed by Fla. Dept. of http://www.fleppc.org/Ollist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 2 of7 Agriculture & Consumer Services, U = Noxious weed listed by U.S. Department of Agriculture. for "Reg. Dis.": N = north, C = central, S = south, referring to each species' current distribution in general regions of Florida (not its potential range in the state). See following map. For additional information on distributions of particular species by county, visit the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants web site, www.plantatlas.usf.edu For other additional information on plants included in this list, see related links and pages at this web site on the home ~ menu. Category I - Invasive exotics that are altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives. This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem, but on the documented ecological damage caused. Scientific Name Common Name EPPC Gov. Reg. Cat. list Dist. Abrus precatorius rosary pea I C,S Acacia auriculiformis earleaf acacia I S Albizia juli brissin mimosa, silk tree I N,C Albizia lebbeck woman's tongue - I C,S Ardisia ere nata (= A. coral ardisia I N,C crenulata) IArdisia elliptica (=A. shoe button ardisia I S humilis) Visparagus densiflorus asparagus-fern I C,S lBauhinia variegata orchid tree I C,S lBischofia javanica bischofia I C,S Calophyllum antillanum santa maria (names "mast I S (=c. calaba; C. wood," "Alexandrian inophyllum misapplied) laurel" used in cultivation) Casuarina equisetifolia Australian pine I I I p N,C,S Casuarina glauca suckering Australian pine I P C,S Cestrum diurnum day jessamine I C,S Cinnamomum camphora camphor-tree I N,C,S Colocasia esculenta wild taro I N,C,S Colubrina asiatica lather leaf I S Cupaniopsis carrotwood I N C,S anacardioides Dioscorea alata winged yam I N N,C,S Ipioscorea bulbifera air-potato I N N,C,S l,Eichhornia crassipes water -hyacinth I P N,C,S Eugenia uniflora Surinam cheny I C,S Ficus microcarpa (F. laurel fig I C,S httn ://www.fleppc.org/011ist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 3 of7 nitida and F. retusa var. nitida misapplied) Iyydril/a verticil/ata hydrilla I P, U N,C,S Iyygrophi/a polysperma green hygro I P,U N,C,S lHymenachne West Indian marsh grass I C,S amplexicau/is 1Tmnerata r.vlindrica (1 cogon grass I N,U N,C,S brasiliensis misapplied) Tpomoea aquatica waterspinach I P,U C Jasminum dichotomum Gold Coast jasmine I C,S Jasminum j/uminense Brazilian jasmine I C,S Lantana camara lantana, shrub verbena I N,C,S Ligustrum lucidum glossy privet I N,C Ligustrum sinense Chinese privet, hedge I N,C,S privet Lonicera japonica anese honeysuckle I N,C,S T ;ygodium japonicum Japanese climbing fern I N N,C,S ;ygodium microphy/lum Old World climbing fern I N C,S ~acfadyena unguis-cati cat's claw vine I ~I ~anilkara zapota sapodilla I S Melaleuca melaleuca, paper bark I P,N,U C,S quinquenervia iMelia azedarach Chinabeny I N,C,S osa pigra catclaw mimosa I P,N,U C,S Wandina domestica nandina, heavenly bamboo I N Wephrolepis cordifolia sword fern I N,C,S Nephrolepis multiflora Asian sword fern I C, S N;yraudia reynaudiana Burma reed; cane grass I N S 1Paederia cruddasiana sewer vine, onion vine I N S Paederia foetida skunk vine I N N,C,S Panicum repens torpedo grass I N,C,S Pennisetum purpureum Napier grass I C,S Pistia stratiotes water lettuce I P N,C,S Psidium cattleianu strawbeny guava I C,S (=P. littorale) Psidium guajava guava I I I C, S Pueraria montana (=P. kudzu I N,U N,C,S lobata) Rhodomyrtus tomentosa downy rose-myrtle I N C,S iRhoeo spathacea (see Tradescantia spathacea) Ruellia brittoniana I Mexican petunia I' I I IN,C,S I II U httn' / /www.fleooc.org/Ollist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 4 of7 Sapium sebiferom popcorn tree, Chinese I N N,C,S tallow tree Scaevola sericea scaevola, half-flower, I C,S (=Scaevola taccada var. beach naupaka ~ericea, S. frutescens) Schefflera actinophy/la scheffiera, Queensland I C,S (=Brassaia umbrella tree actinophylla) Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper I P,N N,C,S Senna pendula (=Cassia climbing cassia, Christmas I C, S coluteoides) cassia, Christmas senna Solanum tampicense wetland night shade, I N,U C,S (=8. houstonii) aquatic soda apple Solanum viarom tropical soda apple I N,U N,C,S Syngonium podophyllum arrowhead vine I C,S Syzygium cumini jambolan, Java plum I C,S Tectaria incisa incised halberd fern I S Thespesia populnea seaside mahoe I C, S Tradescantia white-flowered wandering I N,C fluminensis jew Tradescantia soathacea oyster plant I S (= Rhoeo spathacea, IRhoeo discolor) Urochloa mutica ( = Para grass I C,S lBrachiaria mutica) Category II - Invasive exotics that have increased in abundance or frequency but have not yet altered Florida plant communities to the extent shown by Category I species. These species may become ranked Category I, if ecological damage is demonstrated. Scientific Name Common Name EPPC Gov. Reg. Cat. list Dist. Adenanthera pavonina red sandalwood II S Agave sisalana sisal hemp II C,S Aleurites fordii (= tung oil tree II N,C Vernicia fordii) Alstonia macrophylla devil-tree II S Altemanthera alligator weed II P N,C,S Dhiloxeroides ~ntigonon leptopus coral vine II N,C,S IAristolochia littora/is calico flower II N,C . gangetica Ganges primrose II C,S IlBegonia cucullata begonia II N,C P htto:l/www.f1eppc.org/Ollist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 5 of7 Broussonetia papyrifera paper mulberry II N,C Ca/lisia fragrans inch plant, spironema II C,S Casuarina Australian pine II P C,S cunninghamiana Cordia dichotoma sebsten plum II S Cryptostegia rubber vine II C,S madagascariensis Cyperusinvolucratus umbrella plant II C,S (C. alternifolius misapplied) Cyperus pro lifer dwaIf papyrus II C Dalbergia sissoo Indian rosewood, sissoo II C,S Elaea~nus pungens thorny eleagnus II N,C Epipremnum pinnatum pothos II C,S cv. Aureum Ficus altissima false banyan II S Flacourtia indica governor's plum II S Flueggea virosa Chinese waterberry II S mbiscus tiliaceus mahoe, sea hibiscus II C, S lIfiptage benghalensis hiptage II S 'Jasminum sambac Arabian jasmine II S Koelreuteria elegans flamegold tree II C, S Leucaena leucocephala lead tree II N,C,S Limnophila sessiliflora Asian marshweed II N,C,S M::/inis minutiflora molasses grass II S Merremia tuberosa wood-rose II S "vIurraya paniculata orange-jessamine II S "vIyriophyllum spicatum Eurasian water-milfoil II P N,C,S Ochrosia elliptica (=D. kopsia II C,S parviflora) Oeceoc/ades maculata ground orchid II C,S Ipassiflora biflora twin-flowered passion vine II S Passiflora foetida stinking passion-flower II C,S Pennisetum setaceum green fountain grass II S Phoenix reclinata Senegal date palm II C,S Phyllostachys aurea golden bamboo II N,C Pteris viltata Chinese brake fern IT N,C,S Ptychosperma ele~ans solitary palm II S hynchelytrum repens Natal grass II N,C,S Ricinus communis castor bean II IN,C,S I Sansevieria bowstring hemp II C,S hyacinthoides purple sesban, ~ Sesbania punicea II ~I Solanum diphyllum twinleaf nightshade II N, , Solanum jamaicense Jamiaca nightshade II C Solanum torvum susumber, turkey berry II I N,U I N,C,S Syzy~ium jambos rose-apple II C,S II I I httn. //www t1 ennc.oflZ/O llist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 6 of7 Terminalia catappa tropical amond II C, S Terminalia muelleri Australian almond II C,S Tribulus cistoides puncture vine, bur-nut II N,C,S Urena lobata Caesar's weed II N,C,S Wedelia tri/obata wedelia II N,C,S Wisteria sinensis Chinese wisteria II N,C Xanthosoma malanga, elephant ear II N,C,S sagittifolium Citation example: FLEPPC. 2001. List of Florida's Invasive Species. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Internet: hllpllwww.flcppcorglOl]jsLhlm The 2001 list was prepared by the FLEPPC Plant List Committee: Daniel F. Austin (CO-CHAIR) Department of Biological Sciences Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Keith Bradley Institute for Regional ConseIVation 22601 S.W. 152nd Ave. Miami, FL 33170 Kathy Craddock Burks (CO-CHAIR) Bureau of Invasive Plant Management Florida Department of Environmental Protection 3915 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 710 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Nancy Craft Coile Division of Plant Industry Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer SeIVices P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614 James G. Duquesnel Florida Park SeIVice Florida Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 487 Key Largo, FL 33037 David W. Hall Consulting botanist 6241 N. W. 23rd S1. Gainesville, FL 32653 Roger Hammer Department of Parks and Recreation Miami-Dade County 22200 S.W. 137th Ave. httn:/ /www.flenoc.org/Ollist.htm 11/12/2001 2001 List of Invasive Species Page 7 of7 Miami, FL 33170 Kenneth A. Langeland Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, IF AS University of Florida 7922 N.W. 71st St. Gainesville, FL 32606 Robert W. Pemberton Agricultural Research Station U.S. Department of Agriculture 2305 College Ave. Ft.Lauderdale, FL 33314 Daniel B. Ward Department of Botany University of Florida 220 Bartram Hall Gainesville, FL 32611 Richard P. Wunderlin Institute for Systematic Botany Department of Biological Sciences University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 httn:/ /www.fleooc.org/Ol1ist.htm 11/12/2001 HARRY L. BETHEL CITY COMMISSIONER. 1991-2003 Mayor Pro. Tem 1993-94-95-96-97-00 THE CITY OF KEY WEST P.O. BOX 1409 KEY WEST, FL 33041-1409 www.keywestcity.com March 18, 2002 Mayor ChaIres "Sonny" McCoy 530 Whitehead St. Key West, FL 33040 Dear Mayor McCoy, I would like to express my support ofthe reclamation plan for the Key West Botanical Garden that appears on your upcoming BOCC agenda. This plan is significant for the Botanical Gardens, and will help this organization move forward in creating a first-class arboretum for our residents and guests. Once the BOCC signs off on the plan, I look forward to addressing the issue when it comes before the Key West City Commission. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Nr- f5iJlt Harry Bethel City Commissioner District IV Cc: Monroe Board of County Commissioners Carolann Sharkey, Key West Botanical Garden Society / ('J ~/ Key to the Caribbean - A verage yearly temperature 770 F. 715 West Michigan Avenue #309 Jackson, Michigan 49201 March 11, 2002 County Board of Commissioners Monroe County, Florida Key West, Florida 33040 Re: Former Key West Botanical Garden Property Dear Commissioners: You know the history of the Key West Botanical Garden on Stock Island, how it was established during the Great Depression to give work to the unemployed and to lure tourists to the area; and how, over the years, the 55-acre Garden was gradually reduced to a neglected 11 acres. I was a member of the Key West Garden Club in the 1980's when a group of members decided to establish a separate organization for the purpose of restoring the overgrown Botanical Garden. I was elected to be the first president of this newly founded Key West Botanical Garden Society. In 1988 we became incorporated, reached a maintenance agreement with the City of Key West, owners of the Botanical Garden, and shortly after were awarded our federal non-profit 501(c)(3) designation. Since that time, the Botanical Garden has prospered through the work of dedicated volunteers and has become a showcase for tropical native and exotic flora. Because this garden is the only frost- free garden of its kind in the United States and is home to certain rare and endangered plant and animal species, it has a special status among a scientists and lay persons alike. The generous grants that the Botanical Garden Society has received indicates this garden is held in high regard by many private and governmental agencies. Why am I writing to you now? I am asking you to seriously consider returning to the Botanical Garden at least some of the adjacent property on Stock Island you are vacating so that this land can be used for its original purpose. I hope the beautiful old trees that are scattered among the former county buildings can be an integral part of the Botanical Garden as they once were. I realize how precious land is in the Keys and I know that many persons have already approached you suggesting uses for your vacated Stock Island property. However, I hope that you will seriously consider my request. Yes, hospitals and other government facilities were needed on Stock Island in that past. But now, as I see it, by returning this property to its original use, you would be making up for the some of the "mistakes" of your predecessors in Monroe County Government. In today's stressful world, tourists and locals alike will more and more be seeking out "quiet" places. Thanking you in advance for considering my request. Sincerely, ~~~ Betty Desbiens, Charter President, Key West Botanical Garden Society (517) 789-8107 bettyd@modempool.com JIMMY WEEKLEY Mayor THE CITY OF KEY WEST P. O. BOX 1409 KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33041-1409 www.keywestcity.com March 18, 2002 Mayor Sonny McCoy 530 Whitehead St. Key West, FL 33040 Dear Mayor McCoy, I am writing in support of the resolution that has been brought before you regarding the reclamation plan for the Key West Botanical Garden. This plan is very important for the future of the Botanical Gardens, and will help the organization move forward in creating a world-class arboretum for residents and visitors of our community to enjoy. Once the BOCC signs off on the plan, it is my intention to bring the plan before our Key West City Commission for prompt action. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact my office. S. cerely, I I , "'---p1' , ' Jimmy Mayor Cc: Monroe Board of County Commissioners Carolann Sharkey, Key West Botanical Garden Society / ~/ \) Key to the Caribbean - Average yearly temperature 770 F. :;-1 -;,-'::2; ;:t oprv1; H ~'.T,::,C-: I:::: T(>Up,S : =':'S<~92B9:):2 ., L Edwin O. Swift, 7671 iTw- :J. :zrz: suite 224 20 I frmtt street key west, n 33040 (305) 294-4/42 Phone It Fax /I );. ;.~. J if (,(, Phone /I ..."'_~ ~'T- IC/).. Fax It ~ )-_ T'10~ March 18,2002 Dixie Spehar County Commissioner 500 Whitehead Street Key West, FL. 33040 VIA: FAX Transmittal # 292..3466 NOTE: Dixie, iif after reading you agree", read it in to the record tomorl\l' ;C.' Dear COnmllssioner Spehar: .:;;/ :~{ The Key West Botanical Garden is one of tho~~;sp that amid the hustle and bustle of change duJ;i,hg t survive. It now lies waiting for our attentiQPfca . ~.:\;';" - places ;"",1 The recognition of the incredible imRq;tfliI\~ec;,- Highway Trail project" is slow,l~~e'eping .,..0 people. As with manY!.f.eJ~,tjaea'~ith:~ pro ultimately gain~~,,,~bmentum '. Ii' forward to c@nIfeg(not only th~ to Maine. . --: -" ;:'~l>' h,9fed by one of the ". e. The opportunity . .,., - arden all the,w 0 US-l is as unique in lts'tic . relevant tu _' unes future success. So often timing, which many agree is everything, is the problem. In this case the counties move out of the contaminated and useless offices on the site could not have come at a better moment in our history. As for relevance, as both a historic site and as the nations only frost-free botanical garden this special place demands our support and attention. This garden constructed long ago to make us more attractive to visitors has now reached a critical moment in 2002. I will not repeat what you are very aware of concerning the vast array of species and the possibilities of research but will only comment as a businessman. The expansion of this garden tC' make it bigger, bette:r, more visible, and available to more people will be a tremendous leap forward in enhancing our eeo-tourism image. It is a positive undertaking in all aspects. Tho" notoriety to be gained on the national and international fronts will be unquestionably positive and wide spread, iim .Ii I' ,: - f. \ \:) :l,- '1 2; ~: 10PM;~ISTC)RIC T:)l.JRS ; 3C:~, L-. q:;:.. p,qC ,. Sometimes when something is so right you have to hunt to find a reason why not to move forward. I would ask you to give this concept YOllr consideration and ultimately your support. Respectfully, EOS/mhc cc: County Manager Mayor Jimmy Weekley City Commissioners City Manager City Planner County Planner iiIHl,,'I!' :,