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Draft Management Plan #4 has been sent to the above-listed cooperating agencies for review. To date, we have received no negative comments . The City will request that all regulatory and related agencies assist in the development of strategies to protect and manage the resources and remove/maintain the exotics on the Project Site and the Rail Road Roadbed that links the two Parks together. The State has agreed to permit the City to open the gate at their common property line every morning and close at dusk to permit public access into the Buffer Preserve. The City will , during the first year after acquisition, meet with representatives of the State DEP and review possible existing and proposed shared facilities to manage the environment on the project site. (FCT review Comment # 14) . The project site is located within a Strategic Habitat Conservation Area (SHCA) . Listed species habitat will be enhanced by the City in two primary methods . 1 . Burn Plan 2 . Restoring the project site ' s natural drainage flow to the east and south which will also enhance the natural drainage of the adjacent St. Sebastian Buffer State Park (FCT review comment #7). The passive outdoor recreational facilities planned for the Project Site were specifically selected due to both their compatibility with and ability to provide enhanced public access into the adjacent State Buffer Preserve Park. The Park' s proposed stabilized Greenway Trail will provide access into the St. Sebastian River Buffer Preserve State Park. Comments from adjacent public land managers regarding the proposed Management Plan are located in Exhibit L. Trail Network The Project Site ' s proposed Trailhead facility and nature trails will enhance and connect to Indian River County' s regional land-based recreational Greenway trail systems and will therefore enhance the statewide recreational trail system. The Project Site will offer equestrian recreational users the opportunity to stop at the Park overnight or for a brief rest with public water and shaded facilities . Bicyclist and joggers utilizing the County's regional Greenway Trail can pull of the trail for a break to rest and obtain emergency or recreational supplies . They will be welcomed to take a walk on the Park' s nature trail while passing through the Park to reach the State ' s Buffer Preserve and points further west in the future. See Exhibit B, Public Lands Map showing the Project Site and other public or conservation lands within a 3 mile radius . Proposed Linking sections of the Fellsmere Railroad bed Greenways Together The project site includes the old rail bed for the Trans-Florida Historic Railway. The development and management of the project site shall be coordinated with the agencies managing the Trans-Florida Central Railway Trail , to ensure the project site is managed as part of a linked land-based trail system. Robert S . Carr, Archeologist, prepared a Phase 1 , site Historical Survey of the subject property and the following information was sent to the City in a letter dated April 25 , 2007 as summarized below : • "81RII83 Dinky Line (Fellsmere Railroad) Bed The remnants of the Fellsmere RR grade traverse the subject parcel (east to west) . The railroad was built in 1885 and was eventually abandoned. The ties were removed but the grade still Rev. 6. 1 exists . The Florida Master Site File Form for this site was recently revised to encompass a 2 . 5 mile transect of the railroad line that includes the segment within the subject parcel . The site is considered potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places . " The Fellsmere Rail Road Bed will provide the continuity to link east and west portions of Indian River County together and further Indian River County, its Historical Society and City' s trails and greenway major Goals. See Exhibit #I for a copy of the County' s adopted Greenway Map identifying the need to preserve the Dinky Rail Road Corridor for Multi-use Greenway purposes . (FCT review Comments # 15) 21