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ENVIRON. LANDS PROGRAM GUIDE REVISED RANKING CRITERIA (Approved by the BCC 4/5/05) NATURAL, CULTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE RESOURCES SECTION (a) Outdoor Recreation and Open Space [10 POTENTIAL POINTS] Will the project provide outdoor passive recreation areas or open space in the urban service area and within a substantially developed residential area? (5 points) 2. Will the project provide public access to a natural waterbody shoreline or beach and be managed for recreation uses? (5 points) (b) Recreational Trail Systems and Greenways [10 POTENTIAL POINTS] Will the project enhance or provide the opportunity to connect local or regional land-based recreational trail systems by extending an existing trail system or by providing trailhead or trailside facilities? (5 points) I 2. Will the project enhance or provide the opportunity to connect local, regional or statewide network greenways by expanding existing greenways or blueways, such as wildlife corridors and canoe trails? (5 points) (c) Educational Opportunities [5 POTENTIAL POINTS] Has a non-profit agency expressed an interest in and committed to volunteering and staffing environmental or historical education programs on the project property if the property is publicly acquired? (5 points) (d) Environmentally Significant Natural and Biological Resources [20 POTENTIAL POINTS] 1. Does the land cover on the project site consist of predominantly natural communities that have not been impacted by human disturbance or alteration? (5 points) 2. Does the project site contain one or more natural communities identified by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory as "imperiled" or "critically imperiled?" (5 points) 3. Does the project site contain habitat recognized as typically suitable for one or more listed animal species? (5 points) 4. Does the project site contain critical habitat typically suitable for one or more listed animal species and is the site located in a Strategic Habitat Conservation Area, as identified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission? (5 points) (e) Water Quality [20 POTENTIAL POINTS] Is the project site adjacent to the Upper St. Johns River Basin, St. Sebastian River, Indian River Lagoon, or Atlantic Ocean such that the acquisition will provide a buffer to surface waters that might not otherwise occur if the property is not acquired or conserved? (10 points) Is the project site located in the County's Surficial Aquifer Primary Recharge Overlay District (SAPROD) (i.e., located partially or wholly on the Atlantic Coastal Sand Ridge) or in the Floridan Aquifer recharge area (i.e., west of Blue Cypress Lake)? (5 points) 72