Renaissance Park        Draft date March 20, 2003
CATEGORY Criterion WEIGHTING Enter Criteria Value Based on Site Inspection Average Criteria Score  Average Criteria Score Multiplied by Relative Importance    
(I-1) PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES A.  Whether the property has geologic/hydrologic conditions that would easily enable contamination of vulnerable aquifers that have value as drinking water sources;   4     #REF! #REF!
B.  Whether the property serves an important groundwater recharge function;   5     #REF! #REF!
C.  Whether the property contains or has direct connections to lakes, creeks, rivers, springs, sinkholes, or wetlands for which conservation of the property will protect or improve surface water quality;   5     #REF! #REF!
D.  Whether the property serves an important flood management function.   5     #REF! #REF!
(I-2) PROTECTION OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPES A.  Whether the property contains a diversity of natural communities;   2     #REF! #REF!
B.  Whether the natural communities present on the property are rare;    2     #REF! #REF!
C.  Whether there is ecological quality in the communities present on the property;   2     #REF! #REF!
D.  Whether the property is functionally connected to other natural communities;   1     #REF! #REF!
E.  Whether the property is adjacent to properties that are in public ownership or have other environmental protections such as conservation easements;   1     #REF! #REF!
F.  Whether the property is large enough to contribute substantially to conservation efforts;   3     #REF! #REF!
G.  Whether the property contains important, Florida-specific geologic features such as caves or springs;   2     #REF! #REF!
H.  Whether the property is relatively free from internal fragmentation from roads, power lines, and other features that create barriers and edge effects.    3     #REF! #REF!
(I-3) PROTECTION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES A.  Whether the property serves as documented or potential habitat for rare, threatened, or endangered species or species of special concern;   2     #REF! #REF!
B.  Whether the property serves as documented or potential habitat for species with large home ranges;   2     #REF! #REF!
C.  Whether the property contains plants or animals that are endemic or near-endemic to Florida or Alachua County;    1     #REF! #REF!
D.  Whether the property serves as a special wildlife migration or aggregation site for activities such as breeding, roosting, colonial nesting, or over-wintering;   2     #REF! #REF!
E.  Whether the property offers high vegetation quality and species diversity;   3     #REF! #REF!
F.  Whether the property has low incidence of non-native invasive species.   3     #REF! #REF!
(I-4) SOCIAL AND HUMAN VALUES A.  Whether the property offers opportunities for compatible resource-based recreation, if appropriate;   4     0.6667 11%
B.  Whether the property contributes to urban green space, provides a municipal defining greenbelt, provides scenic vistas, or has other value from an urban and regional planning perspective.   5     0.6667 11%
  AVERAGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN VALUES     2.9  
  RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CRITERIA SET IN THE OVERALL SCORE 1.3333 3   3.8
(II-1) MANAGEMENT ISSUES A.  Whether it will be practical to manage the property to protect its environmental, social and other values (examples include controlled burning, exotics removal, maintaining hydro-period, and so on);   3     #REF! #REF!
B.  Whether this management can be completed in a cost-effective manner.   3     #REF! #REF!
(II-2) ECONOMIC AND ACQUISITION ISSUES A.  Whether there is potential for purchasing the property with matching funds from municipal, state, federal, or private contributions;   4     0.1667 3%
B.  Whether the overall resource values justifies the potential cost of acquisition;   5     0.1667 3%
C.  Whether there is imminent threat of losing the environmental, social or other values of the property through development and/or lack of sufficient legislative protections (this requires analysis of current land use, zoning, owner intent, location and    3     0.1667 3%
D.  `Whether there is an opportunity to protect the environmental, social or other values of the property through an economically attractive less-than-fee mechanism such as a conservation easement.    0    
  AVERAGE FOR ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT VALUES     3.0  
  RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CRITERIA SET IN THE OVERALL SCORE 0.6667     2.0
  TOTAL SCORE       5.80
NOTES
General Criteria Scoring Guidelines
1 = Least beneficial, 2 = Less Beneficial than Average, 3 = Average, 4 = More Beneficial than Average, 5 = Most Beneficial
top 20 qu = 66.7%