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Critical Linkage Ordinance

CRITICAL LINKAGE ORDINANCE

The latest DRAFT ordinance below is subject to further revisions.

Draft Critical Linkage Ordinance 07/17/09

 

Critical Linkage Update for the BCC, July 28, 2009

 

Staff PowerPoint on Critical Linkage Ordinance Status Part 1

Staff PowerPoint on Critical Linkage Ordinance Status Part 2

Staff PowerPoint on Critical Linkage Ordinance Status Part 3

Staff PowerPoint on Critical Linkage Ordinance Status Part 4

 

BCC workshop  October 14, 2008
Glatting Jackson Presentation on Critical Linkages

 

Tom Hoctor, UF, Review Letter on Study


Florida Ecological Greenways Network


CLIP Aggregated Priorities


Land Corridors in the Southeast USA: Connectivity to Protect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

 

The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) received a briefing from staff on the Critical Linkages at the July 8, 2008, meeting in Dade City. Staff asked the BCC for policy direction regarding two major issues: varying the width of the linkages and compensation and incentives for the linkages. The PowerPoint presentation is provided below.
Briefing to the BCC on Critical Linkage Policy Issues


The BCC has directed staff to schedule another workshop and invite representatives from Glatting Jackson to explain the science behind the Wildlife Study which is the basis for the linkages. See link below for the Assessment of Measures to Protect Wildlife Habitat in Pasco County.
Assessment of Measures to Protect Wildlife Habitat in Pasco County, March 2002 

 

The draft ordinance is being developed to implement the policies adopted as part of the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 3, Conservation Element. See link below.
Pasco County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 3, Conservation Element

 

The draft ordinance includes concepts recommended by the Environmental Land Acquisition Task Force in their Report below.
Environmental Lands Acquisition Task Force Summary Report, Oct. 2003

 

Because the BCC has requested another workshop, the ordinance is on hold. We will not be presenting the ordinance to the Citizens Ordinance Review Committee (CORC) on July 30 and all other dates for the ordinance will need to be re-scheduled following the BCC workshop. Please continue to check this website for an updated schedule of activities. Maps of the critical linkages are provided below for reference. The dashed yellow line on the maps shows the linkages boundaries as originally presented to and accepted by the BCC, and incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan. The solid yellow line shows the proposed refinements to the linkage.

 

Connerton to Crossbar 2007 July


Connerton to Cypress Creek 2007 July


Cypress Creek to Cypress Bridge 2007 July


Hillsborough to Green Swamp 2007 July


Starkey to Connerton 2007 July


Starkey to Crossbar North 2007 July


Starkey to Crossbar South 2007 July


Starkey to South Pasco 2007 July


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