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Hays County Hazard Mitigation Plan, Hays County Annex <br />Table HC.2, Review/Incorporation of Sources (cont.) <br />Organize and Review <br />Name of DocumentTypeHow Incorporated <br />“Mitigation = acres of bird habitat protected and managed in <br />Plan <br />Hays County Regional <br />perpetuity; also expressed as a “conservation credit”. <br />Overview <br />Habitat Conservation Plan <br />Presentation <br />(Sedgwick LLP, 2013) <br />Reviewed presentation for presence of mitigation practices or <br />Hays County FM 150 West <br />consideration - none found. <br />Report <br />Character Plan <br />(Hays County , 2015) <br />Reviewed report of the efforts of this program to enable private <br />sector owners of family residential properties with 5 or more <br />dwelling units to obtain loans to pay for water conservation, energy <br />Property Assessed Clean <br />efficiency, and renewable energy retrofits <br />Energy (PACE) Program Report <br />Benefits of the program related to mitigation: <br />Proposed for Hays County <br />• Reduce demand on electricity grid <br />• Support the State’s water conservation plan and better enable the <br />County to meet its water conservation goals <br />Reviewed the easement restrictions set by the plan for impervious <br />cover, existing improvements not allowed in the floodplain. <br />Improvements/Restoration efforts: <br />• Wetland planting and soil stabilization <br />• Weather station to monitor local conditions <br />• Rainwater collection <br />Jacob’s Well Natural Area <br />Plan <br />• Sedimentation pond to filter runoff from parking overflow to secondary <br />Master Plan <br />pond <br />• Cisterns to hold collected water <br />• Decrease impervious cover and demonstrate rain gardens <br />• Rehabilitation of prairie <br />• Enhanced vegetation with native plants to filter runoff <br />• Enhance native plants for bank stabilization <br />(RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture, 2012) <br />5 <br /> <br />