# Presentation: 134398

## CZMA Performance Measures

- Southeast-Caribbean Regional Workshop
- Nov 5, 2007 Lafayette, LA

## Workshop Logistics

- Date: November 5th
- Time: 1:30 to 4:40 pm Central
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## Deadlines

- Phase 2 measures were due October 31, 2007
- Government Coordination
- Public Access
- Coastal Habitat
- Coastal Water Quality
- State Collected Contextual Measures for Public Access and Habitat
- Financial Measures are due Jan/Apr 2008 with performance report

## Government Coordination and Decision Making

- Percent of federal consistency projects submitted where the project was modified due to consultation with the applicant to meet state CZM policies.
- Number of  a) educational activities offered by the CZM program and b) the number of participants by category.
- Number of a) training opportunities offered by the CZM program and b) the number of participants, by category.
- Reporting categories for education and training events and number of participants: a) Public Access; b) Coastal Habitat; c) Water Quality;
-      d) Coastal Hazards; and
-      e) Coastal Dependent Uses and                                            Community Development

## Federal Consistency

- Total number of federal consistency projects reviewed during the reporting period.
- Number of projects reviewed where the project was modified due to consultation with the applicant to meet state CZM policies for each of the following categories:
- Direct federal activities;
- Federal license or permit activities;
- Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) projects; and
- Federal financial assistance to state agencies or local governments.

## Education

- Number of educational activities offered by the CZM program.
- Number of educational activities reported above that was conducted jointly with a National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- Number of participants in educational activities offered by the CZM program.
- Number of participants reported above that participated in coastal habitat educational activities conducted jointly with a National Estuarine Research Reserve.
-  EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES include stewardship or field events where the public participates in activities; presentations; seminars; and other activities to provide non-technical information to a general audience.

## Training

- Number of training opportunities offered by the CZM program by category.
- Number of training opportunities reported above that was conducted jointly with a National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- Number of participants in training opportunities offered by the CZM program.
- Number of participants reported above that participated in coastal habitat educational activities conducted jointly with a National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:** **events that focus on more technical subject matter than those provided through education activities; training includes events such as workshops, conferences, or training tailored to a specific audience, such as wetland regulators.

## Public Access

- Number of new public access sites added through acquisition or easement using CZM funds
- Number of existing public access sites that have been enhanced using CZM funds
- Number of sites where public access sites are a) created, b) protected, or c) enhanced through CZM regulatory activities
- Reporting categories for Public Access: a) recreational boating access and b) all other public access in the coastal zone.

## New Reporting OptionsPublic Access

- If your program does not incorporate a 306A program, enter “CZM program does not include a 306A component”. If no sites were acquired or enhanced during the reporting period, enter “0”.
- If your program does not use regulatory mechanisms for public access, enter “CZM program does not include a regulatory component to create, review, or enhance public access sites”. If no sites were created, enhanced, or protected from impacts during the reporting period, enter 0.

## Types of Public Access Projects

- NEW SITES are properties acquired for public ownership through fee simple ownership or through an easement. There may be instances where a property has been in public ownership but not open to the public. You can count this as a new site if it has not been counted previously and is opened to the public during your reporting period.
- ENHANCEMENTS can include activities eligible under Section 306A, including educational signage, trail or boardwalk construction or renovation, the addition of fish cleaning stations, parking, or bathroom facilities, and other low-cost construction to improve recreational facilities.
- REGULATORY PROGRAMS that can either require the creation or enhancement of new public access sites or that incorporate a specific review process of permit applications for impacts to existing public access sites.

## Coastal Habitat

- Number of acres of key coastal habitats a) created or b) restored using CZM funds
- Number of acres of key coastal habitats protected by acquisition or easement using CZM funds
- Number of acres of key coastal habitats lost or gained due to activities subject to core CZM regulatory (including mitigation) programs [by FY2010]
- Reporting categories for key coastal habitats:  a) tidal wetlands (Great Lakes wetlands); b) beach and dune; c) nearshore (submerged) habitat; and d) Other

## New Reporting OptionsCoastal Habitat

- An optional “other” category is included to facilitate individualized reporting.
-  If your program does not incorporate a 306A component and staff does not participate in state acquisition activities, enter “CZM program does not include a 306A component for habitat acquisition activities”.

## Wetlands

**Wetlands** are "those areas that are inundated or saturated at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions." [33 CFR 328.3(b)]. Note: "under normal circumstances" means that such areas support plant growth unless such growth is removed or prevented from growing by man or infrequent natural events (like mudslides or volcanic eruptions).
**Tidal wetlands** are wetlands that are inundated by tidal waters. Definitions of wetlands and tidal waters can be found at 33 CFR 328.3(b) and 33 CFR 328.3(f), respectively. Tidal wetlands can include salt and brackish marshes (tidally flooded grasslands), and mangrove swamps (salty shrub thickets and forests). Tidal wetlands in saline and brackish areas, or estuarine wetlands, which are part of the estuary where salt water mixes with fresh water running off the land via rivers, are also included.

## Additional Habitat Categories

**Beach and Dune –**
**Beach** is the zone of unconsolidated material between the mean low-water line and the line of permanent vegetation, which is also the effective limit of storm waves; sometimes includes the material moving in offshore, onshore, and longshore transport.
**Dune** is a wind formed hill or ridge of sand
**Neashore**
**Nearshore (intertidal, sub-tidal or submerged) habitats **should include intertidal rocky areas and pools, mud flats, coral reefs, shellfish beds, submerged aquatic vegetation such as seagrass beds and kelp forests, rocky hard bottom habitat, and other nearshore benthic habitat.

## Habitat Activities

- CREATION:** ** construction of habitat where it did not exist before. Created wetlands can include wetlands constructed for wastewater or stormwater treatment.
- RESTORATION: rehabilitation of habitat that may be degraded or altered and often involves reestablishing native vegetation and natural hydrology.
- PROTECTION: acquisition by fee simple purchase or easement.
- REGULATION: permitting and mitigation. Not reported until FY2010.

## Coastal Water Quality

- Percent of marinas in the coastal zone participating in a Clean Marina designation program
- Number of volunteer monitoring program activities in coastal watersheds conducted with CZM funds
- Number of miles or number of sites monitored by volunteer programs
- Number of coastal communities supported by CZM funds in developing or implementing ordinances, policies, or plans to control or prevent polluted runoff to coastal waters.

## New Reporting OptionsCoastal Water Quality

- If your state does not have a Clean Marina designation program or your CZM program does not support or is not involved in the Clean Marina designation program enter “CZM program does not include a Clean Marina designation program”.

## Marinas

- Number of marinas in the coastal zone.
- Number of marinas in the coastal zone participating in a Clean Marina designation program.
- Participating in designation program means the marina has received designation and is actively meeting requirements.

## Volunteer Monitoring

- Number of volunteer monitoring program activities in coastal watersheds conducted with CZM funds.
- Number of miles of shoreline or number of sites monitored by volunteer monitoring programs conducted with CZM funds
- VOLUNTEER MONITORING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES include water quality and aquatic habitat monitoring conducted by the public, universities, and other non-governmental agencies. It does not include monitoring conducted by the state to meet regulatory or planning requirements.

## NPS Policy and Planning

- Number of coastal communities and special units of government such as storm water districts supported by CZM funds in developing or implementing ordinances, policies, or plans to control or prevent polluted runoff to coastal waters.
- This measure **does not** document state-wide policies or plans that apply to all coastal communities.
- A COASTAL COMMUNITY is a unit of local government that is the recipient of CZM funds.

## Contextual MeasuresPublic Access

- Percent of public that feels they have adequate access to the coast for recreation purposes
- Number of acres in coastal zone open for public access
- Miles of shoreline open for public access

## Access Survey

- Number of people that responded to the survey.
- Number of people surveyed that responded that public access to the coast for recreation is adequate or better.
- What type of survey was conducted (i.e. phone, mail, personal interview, etc.)?
- What was the geographic coverage of the survey?
- In what year was the survey conducted?

## Public Access Available

- Number of acres in the coastal zone.
- Describe the scale or resolution of your data source and method of measurement.
- Number of acres of public lands available for public use.
- Describe the source of data used and its resolution or scale.
- AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS means that the property is publicly owned, there is a public access easement, or the property is otherwise designated for recreational access for the general public.

## Public Accessible Shoreline

- Number of miles of shoreline.
- Number of miles of shoreline available for public use.
- What is the scale or resolution of the data source?
- Describe the source of data and method of measurement.

- SHORELINE: strip of land bordering coastal waters.  Total shoreline miles can also include offshore island shorelines. Programs should establish a measurement protocol.
- AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS: the property is publicly owned, there is a public access easement, or the property is otherwise designated for recreational access for the general public.

## Contextual MeasuresCoastal Habitat

- Number of CZM programs that have habitat restoration plans for key coastal habitats, by category.
- Number of CZM programs that have mapped inventories of key coastal habitat, by category.
- Number of acres of key coastal habitat a) created and restored and b) protected through acquisition or easement using State, non-CZM funds, by category.
- Reporting categories for key coastal habitats:  a) tidal wetlands (Great Lakes wetlands); b) beach and dune; c) nearshore (submerged) habitat; and d) Other.

## Habitat Restoration Plans

- Does your CZM Program have a habitat restoration plan by category?
- HABITAT RESTORATION PLANS:** **developed by the state, regional organizations, or local plans to meet state or CZM planning requirements that are not site specific restoration plans. If one plan covers multiple habitat types, then count it for each habitat type included. At a minimum, the plan should provide information         about habitat targeted, resources and tools      available, & potential opportunities                                or priorities.

## Habitat Inventory

- Does your CZM program have a mapped inventory by category?
- A mapped inventory:
- Can be either a paper map or a GIS
- Includes habitat location and general information
- Must have been completed or substantially updated within the previous 5 years from the end of reporting period
- Must provide data for at least 30% of the area where the habitat would be expected to occur

## State Habitat Projects

- Number of acres created or restored using State, non-CZM funds, by category.
- Number of acres protected through acquisition or easement using State, non-CZM funds, by category.

## Financial Measures

- CZM dollars a) spent and b) leveraged project dollars by CZM funds by category:
- CZM dollars used to support local governments through a) technical and b) financial assistance
- Reporting categories: a) Public Access; b) Coastal Habitat; c) Coastal Water Quality; d) Coastal Hazards; and e) Coastal Dependent Uses and Community Development

## New Reporting OptionsFinancial Measures

- In-kind funds and services that qualify under Office of Management and Budget Circular A110 can be included as leveraged project dollars.
- If your CZM program does not incorporate activities that result in leveraged project dollars enter “CZM program does not incorporate activities that result in leveraged project dollars”.

## Funds Spent & Leveraged

- Number of CZM federal dollars and matching dollars spent, by category.
- Number of dollars leveraged by projects, by category.
- LEVERAGED PROJECT DOLLARS are funds in addition to CZM federal and matching funds that are spent on a CZM funded project.

## Local Government Support

- Number of CZM federal and matching dollars spent on activities to support local governments through technical assistance.
- Number of CZM federal and matching dollars provided to local governments as financial assistance.
- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE**: **activities to increase management capacity of local coastal programs or government agencies. CZM funded or managed projects to provide technical assistance can be included.
- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: sub-awards or other contractual arrangements to provide CZM federal or matching funds to local government agencies. Dollars reported should include only the amount provided to the local government.

## Phase 3Coastal Hazards

- Number of communities that a) undertook activities to reduce future damage from hazards and b) implemented educational programs or campaigns to raise public awareness of coastal hazards using CZM funds.
- A COMMUNITY is a unit of local government that is the recipient of CZM funds.

## Phase 3Dependent Uses & Community Development

- Number of coastal communities supported by CZM funds in a) developing and implementing local plans that incorporate growth management principles and b) port or waterfront redevelopment projects.
- LOCAL PLANS should be developed or adopted by  local government and can include state mandated plans, land use plans, watershed management plans, stormwater management plans, and other planning documents.
- PORT OR WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT**: **redevelopment plans; rehabilitation or acquisition of piers for public use; rehabilitation of bulkheads for public access,  zoning or other development ordinances to support redevelopment; and visioning and other public involvement processes.

## Phase 3 Contextual MeasuresCoastal Hazards

- 24.**  **Number of communities in the coastal zone that use setbacks, buffers, or public ownership to direct development away from areas vulnerable to coastal hazards
- Number of communities in the coastal zone required by state law or policy to implement setbacks, buffers, or other land use policies to direct develop away from hazardous areas.
- Number of communities in the coastal zone that have setback, buffer, or other land use policies to direct develop away from hazardous areas that are more stringent than state mandated standards or that have policies where no state standards exist.

## Phase 3 Contextual MeasuresCoastal Hazards

- Number of communities in the coastal zone that have a mapped inventory of areas affected by natural coastal hazards by category
- Total number of communities as represented by units of local government in the coastal zone.
- Number of communities that have a mapped inventory of areas affected by each hazard category.
- Hazard Categories: Flooding, Storm Surge, Shoreline erosion, Sea level rise, Geologic hazards, Land subsidence.

## Questions

- Laurie Rounds
- _[Laurie.Rounds@noaa.gov](mailto:Laurie.Rounds@noaa.gov)_
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