Medway Valley Heritage Forest ESA (south) Conservation Master Plan - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Medway Valley Heritage Forest ESA (south) Conservation Master Plan – Phase 2 – Orchard Park / Sherwood Forest RP AGM

May 25, 2017

• Drop in to the Open House June 1st

Where we are

CONSERVATION MASTER PLAN PROCESS

PHASE 1: Community Engagement and Participation ✔ Life Science Inventory and Evaluation ✔ Boundary Delineation ✔ Application of Management Zones & Review of Existing Trails✔ Identifying Management Issues + PHASE 2: Community Engagement and Participation Goals, Objectives, Recommendations Ecological Protection, Enhancement & Restoration Trail Planning & Design Process Priorities for Implementation Final Conservation Master Plan

CMP Participants and Roles

ROLE OF LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LAC)

• Identify and confirm ESA management issues;
• May attend ESA site visits;
• Help to develop the restoration plan, trail plan and

recommendations;

• Prioritize implementation of recommendations, and;
• Review the draft Phase II CMP report

ROLE OF EEPAC AND ACCAC

• Provide review of draft Phase II CMP reports based on technical

skills and mandate of the Committees. ROLE OF THE PUBLIC

• Provide community input regarding the Phase II CMP.

ROLE OF COUNCIL

• To review and approve a final CMP based on input from LAC,

EEPAC, ACCAC and the community.

Community Information Meetings were held on:

• July 25, 2013 - Project

Initiation

• January 27, 2014 –

Presentation of Key Findings Phase 1 CMP Report to Planning and Environment Committee of Council

• February 14, 2017
• Phase 1 CMP and the

Addendum updated with 2016 version of Guidelines for Management Zones and Trails in ESAs - both approved by Council

Milestones of Phase I CMP Process:

Phase 1 Results – Ecological Inventory

Phase 1 Results – Management Zones & Overlays

REVIEW OF THE PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

1. All significant ecological features identified in Phase 1 were found to be compatible with the existing managed trails based on Chart 2 from the Guidelines for Management Zones and Trails in ESAs 2. Fifteen areas were identified that require active ecological restoration or special

• management. Majority of ecological

restoration work is underway in 8 of 15 Restoration Overlays (Phase 1 Figure 17) 3. Three areas were identified for naturalization (Figure 18) 4. Seventeen adjacent properties were identified as potential candidates for stewardship opportunities on private

• property. Some restoration is underway.

Japanese Knotweed being injected with herbicide for control Control area for Goutweed

GOAL OF MVHF ESA (SOUTH) CMP – PHASE 2

To develop a comprehensive multi-year CMP that presents recommendations for achieving long-term ecological integrity and protection

• f the ESA through the implementation of an environmental management

strategy.

(Consistent with OP 15.3.8. i, ii, / London Plan policies 1421 and 1422)

How Information Collected is to be Used?

Information from the public will feed into the ecological protection, enhancement, restoration, trail planning and design recommendations to be outlined the CMP The City has no proposals for trail improvements and we are seeking input from the public to be considered through the process.

COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE

• June 1, 2017

– Community Open House #1 5:30- 7:30pm Museum of Ontario Archaeology

• June 1, 2017 - July 1, 2017

– Community Input Survey Open and LAC compiling comments

• August 15, 2017*

– Draft of Conservation Master Plan posted on City website and circulated to LAC, EEPAC & ACCAC for comments

• October 18, 2017*

– Community Open House #2 (Location TBD)

• November / December 2017*

– Planning and Environment Committee

• f Council, Public Participation Meeting

CMP TIMELINE and NEXT STEPS

*indicates timing subject to change