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 RolesROLE 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 reportROLE 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 beinginjected with herbicide forcontrol

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

of 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 of Council, Public Participation Meeting

CMP TIMELINE and NEXT STEPS

*indicates timing subject to change