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CCLAAC Agenda 06/11/2018 CONSERVATION COLLIER LAND ACQUISITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE June 11, 2018, 10:00 A.M. Commission Boardroom W. Harmon Turner Building (Building “F”), Third Floor AGENDA I. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of May 14, 2018 Meeting Minutes IV. Old Business: A. Gore and Hack projects – Acquisition Update B. Ordinance 2007-65, as amended – recommended revisions C. Letter drafted by Chair requesting Board guidance D. Pepper Ranch Projects - Update V. New Business: A. Wildlife Monitoring Update VI. Coordinator Communications A. BCC Items B. Misc Items – August Recess? VII. Subcommittee Reports A. Lands Evaluation & Management – No Report – Set upcoming meeting B. Outreach- Chair- Last Meeting 5/30/18 C. Ordinance Policy and Rules – Last Meeting 5/14/18 VIII. Chair Committee Member Comments IX. Public General Comments X. Staff Comments XI. Next Meeting / Adjourn ****************************************************************************************************** Committee Members: Please notify Melissa Hennig at 252-2957 no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 8, 2018 if you cannot attend this meeting or if you have a conflict and will abstain from voting on an agenda item . Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 1 DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. 2018-______ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 20022007- 6365, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CONSERVATION COLLIER PROGRAM, BY REVISING WHEREASES; SECTION FOUR: PURPOSE AND INTENT; SECTION FIVE: DEFINITIONS; SECTION SIX: CREATION OF THE CONSERVATION COLLIER ACQUISITION FUND; SECTION SEVEN: CREATION OF THE CONSERVATION COLLIER MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND; AND SECTION EIGHT: LAND ACQUISITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; SECTION TEN: CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING LANDS FOR ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT; SECTION ELEVEN: ACQUISITION LIST; SECTION TWELVE: NOMINATION OF ACQUISITION PROPOSALS AND CANDIDATE SITES; SECTION THIRTEEN: PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION OF ACQUISITION PROPOSALS FOR PLACEMENT ON THE ACTIVE ACQUISITION LIST AND SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE PROCEDURES; SECTION FOURTEEN: MANAGEMENT PLANS AND USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS; SECTION FIFTEEN: RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNTY MANAGER; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Collier County has studied various methods for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land for conservation, preservation and urban green space; and WHEREAS, Collier County has Home Rule Powers established by the Florida State Legislature pursuant to Florida Statutes, Chapter 125 and has the power to carry on government to the extent not inconsistent with general law; and WHEREAS, Collier County desires to provide a mechanism to equitably deal with the implementation of the Community Character Plan, the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, which recommend acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands; and WHEREAS, it is recognized that Collier County has various programs in existence within non-urban areas to provide incentives to encourage conservation of environmentally sensitive lands within those areas; and WHEREAS, on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, the electorate of Collier County authorized the County to levy a 0.25 mill ad valorem property tax for a period not to exceed 10 (ten) years, for acquisition, protection, restoration, and management of environmentally sensitive lands in Collier County for the benefit of present and future generations. Acquisitions for this period ended in 2011 due to the economic downturn. In January 2017, the Board of County Commissioners restarted the Conservation Collier Program; and WHEREAS, Collier County’s significant natural resources, productive estuaries and wetlands, remarkable biodiversity, and unique subtropical habitats harboring many species of rare and endangered flora and fauna merit the most protection any county’s citizens’ could offer; and 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 581 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 2 WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County to establish Conservation Collier to implement this mandate and to support its purposes to the fullest, limiting all uses of, and all investment earnings on, such levies to such purposes; and WHEREAS, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners recognizes the need for the creation of an advisory board to advise the County and the public in the implementation of the program and the selection of project sites for acquisition; and WHEREAS, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners, in recognition of the fact that the proposed environmentally sensitive lands are to be purchased in whole or in part through a special ad valorem assessment, herebya funding source to be determined by Collier County, recognize the rights of our citizens to have reasonable public access and for all our citizens to partake and enjoy various outdoor activities in a reasonable and environmentally friendly manner on lands purchased with these funds; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners will ensure that Conservation Collier is a willing participant program and shall utilize only methods of voluntary acquisition; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: SECTION 1: Name: This ordinance shall be known as Conservation Collier Implementation Ordinance. SECTION 2: Objectives: Conservation Collier is therefore hereby established to acquire, preserve, restore, and maintain vital and significant threatened natural lands, forest, upland and wetland communities located in Collier County, for the benefit of present and future generations. SECTION 3 – Findings: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. 2. All ad valorem funds generated hereby shall be collected by the Collier County Tax Collector. 3. The County Manager, or his or her designee, shall administer this program in accordance with the procedures and criteria provided for herein. SECTION 4 – Purpose and Intent: 1. To acquire, protect and manage environmentally sensitive lands that contain natural upland or wetland communities, native plant communities, rare and endangered flora and fauna, endemic species, endangered species habitat, a diversity of species, significant water resources, or outstanding aesthetic or other natural features, maximizing protection of Collier County’s rarest, most unique and endangered habitats; 2. To acquire, protect and manage environmentally sensitive lands that offer the best human social value, including equitable geographic distribution, natural resource based recreation, and protection of water resources, local ecological awareness, and enhancement of the aesthetic setting of Collier County; 3. To acquire, protect and manage environmentally sensitive lands that serve to recharge the County’s aquifers and protect its wetlands and surface water resources to ensure the delivery of clean and plentiful water supplies and provide flood control; 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 582 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 3 4. To acquire, protect and manage environmentally sensitive lands containing the most biological value, including biodiversity, listed species habitat, connectivity, restoration potential, and ecological quality; 5. To protect present conservation lands by acquiring, protecting and managing adjacent properties which, if not acquired, would threaten the environmental integrity of the existing resource, or which, if acquired, would enhance and buffer the environmental integrity of the resource, and add to resource connectivity; 6. To restore the natural functions, as necessary, to any impacted and vulnerable habitats which would then contribute significantly to fulfilling this program’s goals; 7. To help implement the objectives and policies of the Collier County Growth Management Plan which have been promulgated to preserve and protect environmental protection areas designated in the Plan and other natural forest resources, wetlands, endangered species habitat, and vulnerable rare habitats; 8. To identify Collier County's best and most endangered environmental lands for acquisition, protection and management by evaluating the biological and hydrological characteristics and viability of the resource, the vulnerability of the resource to degradation or destruction, and the feasibility of managing the resource to maintain its natural attributes; 9. To manage acquired environmentally sensitive lands with the primary objectives of maintaining and preserving their natural resource values, and providing appropriate natural resource-based recreational and educational opportunities, by employing management techniques that are most appropriate for each native community so that our natural heritage may be preserved and appreciated by and for present and future generations; 10. To have the acquired sites available, with minimal risk to the environmental integrity of the site, to educate Collier County's school-age population and the general public about the uniqueness and importance of Collier County's subtropical ecosystems and natural communities; 11. To protect natural resources which lie within the boundaries of other conservation land acquisition programs, where Conservation Collier funds would leverage significant other matching sources of funding for other agency acquisition projects that would not be available without such a local match, or which would result in considerably higher funding rank in another program, however, Collier County shall exclude Municipalities within the County from any requirement to provide matching funds; and, 12. To cooperate actively with other acquisition, conservation, and resource management programs, including, but not limited to, such programs as the State of Florida Conservation and Recreation Lands program, the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, Florida Forever, Florida Communities Trust, and Save Our Rivers program, where the purposes of such programs are consistent with the purposes of Conservation Collier as stated hereinabove. SECTION 5– Definitions: The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: 1. “Acquisition proposal” shall mean (a) parcel(s) of land which has/have been nominated or recommended for conservation in accordance with the procedures provided for herein. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 583 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 4 2. “Acquisition project” shall mean (a) parcel(s) of land approved by the Board of County Commissioners for conservation by the county in accordance with procedures provided for herein. 3. “Authorized Purpose” means expenditures authorized herein. 4. “Non-profit organization” shall mean an organization as defined in section 501 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, operating in Collier County, which includes among its primary goals the conservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment. 5. “Buffer land” shall mean that land which is adjacent to publicly-owned environmental land, or privately held land permanently dedicated to conservation, or that land which is an in- holding within publicly-owned environmental land, and which, if not acquired, would threaten the environmental integrity of the existing resource, or if acquired, would enhance the environmental integrity and connectivity of the resource. 6. “Environmentally sensitive” land shall mean that land which contains natural upland or wetland communities, native plant communities, rare and endangered flora and fauna, endemic species, endangered species habitat, a diversity of species, significant water resources, or outstanding aesthetic or other natural features. 7. “Management” shall mean the preservation, enhancement, restoration, conservation, monitoring, or maintenance of the natural resource values of environmentally sensitive lands which have been acquired or approved for management under Conservation Collier, including provision of appropriate public access. 8. “Target Protection Areas” shall mean larger areas of environmentally sensitive land within which are located specific sites which generally satisfy the initial screening criteria and meet the goals of Conservation Collier. 9. “Natural resource-based recreation” shall mean all forms of uses which are consistent with the goals of this program, and are compatible with the specific parcel. Such uses shall include, but not be limited to, hiking, nature photography, bird-watching, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, hunting and fishing. 10. “Urban Area” shall mean those areas as portrayed as urban on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM). SECTION 6 - Creation of the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund. Collier County shall establish the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund for use in acquiring environmentally sensitive lands in Collier County. This fund shall receive and disburse monies in accordance with the provisions herein. 1. The Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund shall receive monies from the following sources: a. All monies accepted by Collier County in the form of federal, State, or other governmental grants, reimbursements, allocations, or appropriations, foundation or private grants, donations for acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands and payments provided for mitigation activity associated with such acquisition activity. b. Such additional allocations as may be made by the Board of County Commissioners from time to time for the purposes set forth herein. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 584 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 5 c. All interest generated from the sources identified herein except where monies received have been otherwise designated or restricted. d. Supplementation from the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund, but only with the approval of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners. e. Up to Eighty-five percent (85%) (75%) of all ad valorem revenues collected for Conservation Collier. f. The proceeds of any property acquired with funds from the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund that is leased or sold by the County, said proceeds, as determined by the Board of County Commissioners, to be committed either to the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund or to the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund for the purposes provided for herein. Any such sale or lease shall only be in accordance with the goals of this Program. g. Prior to acquiring land located within a Municipality’s boundaries, approval must first be obtained from the governing body of that Municipality. 2. The Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund shall be maintained in a separate and segregated trust fund of the County to be used solely for the authorized purposes set forth herein. 3. Disbursements from the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund shall be made only for the following authorized purposes: a. Acquisition of properties which have been approved for purchase by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. b. Costs associated with each acquisition including, but not limited to, appraisals, surveys, environmental reports, title commitments and insurance policies search work, real property taxes, documentary stamps and surtax fees, and other transaction costs. c. Costs of administering Conservation Collier, including any loans from the General Fund for funding start-up costs until such time as the fund is closed. Administration of the program may be conducted by County staff or by contract with a private or not for profit entity subject to meeting all County and Conservation Collier purchasing policies procedures. Administrative costs shall be limited to the greatest extent possible. d. To undertake and carry out studies and analyses of county conservation land needs and ways of meeting those needs, limited to no more than $150,000.00 e.d. To acquire and dispose of real and personal property or any interest therein when such acquisition is necessary or appropriate to protect the natural environment, provide public access or public recreational facilities, preserve wildlife habitat areas or provide access to management of acquired lands; to acquire interests in land by means of land exchanges; and to enter into alternatives to the acquisition of fee interests in land , including, the acquisition of easements, life estates, leases, and leaseback arrangements. f.e. Acquisitions consistent with the Collier County Land Development Code land development regulations and the Growth Management Plan. g.f To cooperate with other local, regional, state, or federal public land acquisition programs. In such cases, the County may enter into contractual or other agreements to acquire lands jointly or for eventual resale to other public land acquisition programs in Collier County. h.g All lands acquired and titled solely in the name of Collier County shall be managed by Collier County, wherever located, unless by mutual written agreement management 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 585 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 6 arrangements and responsibilities are undertaken with other local, regional, state, or federal agencies. All lands jointly acquired with other local, regional, state, or federal agencies, including Municipalities, shall include, as part of the acquisition process, some mutual written agreement regarding the responsibilities of the joint owners for maintenance. ih. To borrow money through the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided herein, to provide for and secure the payment thereof, and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof. j.i To invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in such investments as may be authorized for trust funds under Florida Statutes, Section 215.47 as amended. kj. To insure and procure insurance against any loss in connection with any of the trust’s operations, including without limitation: a. 1.The repayment of any loans to mortgage lenders or mortgage loans; b. 2. Any project; c. 3. Any bonds of the County; Insurance may be procured in such amounts and from such insurers, including the Federal Government, as may be deemed necessary or desirable by Collier County. l.k To engage the services of private consultants on a contract basis for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice. m.l To identify parcels of land that would be appropriate acquisitions. n.m To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of, and exercise the powers given and granted herein to the full extent of the law. SECTION 7 - Creation of the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund: There is hereby created the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund) for the preservation, enhancement, restoration, conservation and maintenance of environmentally sensitive lands that either have been purchased with monies from the Environmentally SensitiveConservation Collier Lands Acquisition Trust Fund, or have otherwise been approved for management. The Finance Director is hereby authorized to establish the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund and to receive and disburse monies in accordance with the provisions of this section. 1. The Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund shall be maintained in a separate and segregated trust fund of the County to be used solely for the authorized purposes set forth herein. 2. The Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund shall receive monies from the following sources: a. Ad-valorem taxes collected for Conservation Collier in an amount not to exceed 15% 25% of the total collected in any one year. b. All monies accepted by Collier County in the form of federal, State, or other governmental grants, allocations, or appropriations, as well as foundation or private grants and donations, for management of lands acquired with the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund or otherwise approved for management. Commented [S1]: Legal reason for this? Appears to support the other stricken language in 6.3.d. Sent question to CAO 5/25/18 Commented [S2]: For consistency purposes. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 586 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 7 c. Additional allocations as may be made by the Board of County Commissioners as necessary from time to time for purposes strictly consistent with the goals and purposes of Conservation Collier. d. All interest generated from the sources identified herein, except where monies received have been otherwise designated or restricted. 3. Disbursements from the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund shall be made by the County Manager or his or her designee only in accordance for the authorized purposes set forth herein and as approved by the Board of County Commissioners. SECTION 8 – Land Acquisition Advisory Committee: 1. Creation and Purpose: The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee is hereby established to assist the Board of County Commissioners in establishing an Active Properties Acquisition List with qualified purchase recommendations consistent with the goals of Conservation Collier. 2. Appointment and Composition: The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall be composed of nine (9) members who are appointed by and will serve at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners in accordance with Ordinance No. 2001-55. Membership of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall comprise broad and balanced representation of the interests of Collier County citizens, including: a. Environmental and conservation interests in Collier County; b. Agricultural and business interests in Collier County; c. Educational interests in Collier County; and d. General civic and citizen interests from throughout the county. Individual members of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall have expertise, knowledge or interest in ecology, conservation of natural resources, real estate or land acquisition, land appraisal, land management, eco-tourism or environmental education. A nominee shall submit to the Board of County Commissioners written evidence of his or her expertise, knowledge or interest in any of the above. The members of this committee should include representatives from different areas of Collier County. 3. Terms of Office: The initial terms of office of the members shall be staggered between the individual interests, for balance purposes, and be set as follows: a. Three (3) members shall serve three (3) years. b. Three (3) members shall serve two (2) years. c. Three (3) members shall serve one (1) year. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of three (3) years. The process for appointments and terms of office shall be governed by Collier County Ordinance No. 2001-55. 4. Officers, Quorum and Rules of Procedure: At its earliest opportunity, the membership of the Committee shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among the members. Officers’ terms shall be for a period of one (1) year, with eligibility for reelection. The presence of five (5) or more members shall constitute a quorum of the Committee necessary to take action and transact business. The Committee shall, by majority vote of the entire membership, adopt rules of procedure for the transaction of business. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Florida 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 587 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 8 Sunshine Law, and shall keep a written record of meetings, resolutions, findings and determinations in accordance with Chapter 112, Florida Statutes. Copies of all Committee minutes, resolutions, reports, and exhibits shall be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners. 5. Attendance and Vacancies: Committee member attendance requirements, including failure to attend meetings and member removal from office are governed by Collier County Ordinance No. 2001-55, as amended. 6. Functions, Powers and Duties of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee: The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: a. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee’s primary responsibility is to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners an Active Properties Acquisition List with qualified purchase recommendations consistent with the goals of Conservation Collier and pursuant to the policies outlined herein below. b. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee may, from time to time, recommend to the Board of County Commissioners proposed expenditures from the Conservation Collier Trust Funds; additional selection or acquisition policies, procedures, and programs; and other such matters as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of Conservation Collier. However, the goals and primary criteria of Conservation Collier may not be modified except by countywide referendum vote. c. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall have no power or authority to commit Collier County to any policies, to incur any financial obligations or to create any liability on the part of the County. The actions and recommendations of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee are advisory only and shall not be binding upon the County unless approved or adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. d. At such time as there are insufficient uncommitted funds in the Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund to conclude another acquisition and all acquisition projects have been closed, the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall report its status to the County Commission that its business is concluded and revert to a land management oversight function. If funds remain in the All remaining Conservation Collier Acquisition Trust Fund monies these shall shall then be transferred reviewed for recommendation of transfer to the Conservation Collier Management Trust Fund., and transferred upon approval of the Board of County Commissioners. 7. Review Standards and Review of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee: The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners every four yearsfunction in accordance with the provisions of Section Nine of the Collier County Ordinance No. 2001-552009-16, as amended. SECTION 9 - Property Eligible for Acquisition and Management: 1. Properties eligible to be considered for acquisition and management under Conservation Collier shall be only environmentally sensitive lands available from willing and voluntary participants. 2. Acquisition of property shall not be constrained based on the immediate availability of management money. Commented [S3]: This deletion accomplishes the removal of a sunset clause. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 588 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 9 3. Any environmentally sensitive land not on the acquisition list which is offered for conveyance or donation to Collier County and is proposed for management by Conservation Collier shall be evaluated as provided for herein below and may only be accepted and approved for management by the Board of County Commissioners. SECTION 10 - Criteria for Evaluating Lands for Acquisition and Management: 1. The evaluation of each acquisition proposal shall be based on satisfying at least two of the initial screening criteria below. Qualified sites shall then be further prioritized by secondary evaluative criteria listed below under Section 2. The initial screening criteria are: a. Land with the most rare, unique and endangered habitats found in Collier County, order of preference: tropical hardwood hammocks, xeric oak scrub, coastal strand, native beach, xeric pine, riverine oak, high marsh (saline), tidal freshwater marsh, other native habitats. b. Lands offering the best human social values, including equitable geographic distribution, appropriate access for natural resource-based recreation, and enhancement of the aesthetic setting of Collier County. c. Land which protects the most water resource values, including aquifer recharge, water quality, wetland dependant species habitat, and flood control. d. Land containing the most biological value, including biodiversity, listed species habitat, connectivity, restoration potential, and ecological quality. e. Land which enhances and/or protects the environmental value of current conservation lands through function as a buffer, ecological link, or habitat corridor. f. Any qualified land which meets at least two of the above criteria, and has matching funds available and/or which Conservation Collier funds availability would leverage a significantly higher funding rank in another acquisition program. Without such funding circumstances, Conservation Collier funds shall not be available for projects within the jurisdiction of another agency’s acquisition boundaries. 2. Those proposed acquisition proposals which are initially qualified under the screening criteria shall be evaluated and ranked by the staff and Land Acquisition Advisory Committee using Secondary Ranking Criteria based on site visit information which confirms or refutes the initial screening criteria evaluation, and based on comparative size (to prefer larger of similar parcels), vulnerability to destruction (to prefer most threatened of qualified parcels), overall resource ecological quality (to prefer highest quality of similar parcels) and the estimated feasibility and costs of management (to prefer most manageable parcels). 3. The Board of County Commissioners hereby shall approve and make a part hereof the attached initial list of Target Protection Areas within which are located specific sites which generally satisfy the initial screening criteria and meet the goals of Conservation Collier. Inclusion on this list is not a guarantee of any specific purchase. All specific proposals will be evaluated and ranked by staff and the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee for a recommendation of approval to the Board of County Commissioners. In accordance with the goals, policies and procedures of this Conservation Collier Implementation Ordinance, the following list is the first Target Protection Areas adopted for consideration by the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, County Staff and the Board of County Commissioners. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 589 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 10 a. All designated Urban lands on the Future Land Use Map of the Collier County Growth Management Plan with predominantly native vegetative cover. b. All Collier County Natural Resource Protection Areas and Sending Lands, as shown on the Future Land Use Map of the Collier County Growth Management Plan. c. All undeveloped lands with predominately native vegetative cover in the Northern Golden Gate Estates, as shown on the Future Land Use Map of the Collier County Growth Management Plan. d. The Flow-way and Habitat Stewardship Areas as depicted on the Future Land Use Map of the Collier County Growth Management Plan. 4. The County Manager shall prepare and periodically update for presentation to the Board of County Commissioners, a Conservation Collier Program Manual, developed by staff and the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, which, upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, shall be used as a guide for implementing the provisions of this ordinance, and shall also include the initial and secondary criteria listed herein above for evaluating Conservation Collier Acquisition Proposals. Commencement of the acquisition and management program shall be immediate upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, passage of the referendum and appointment of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, even if the manual has not been completed. SECTION 11 – Acquisition List: The overall Conservation Collier Acquisition List shall consist of two specific lists: the Target Protection Areas List and the Active Acquisition List. The Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and Board of County Commissioners shall approve both in accordance with the procedures set forth below: 1. The Target Protection Areas List shall consist of lands representing the highest natural resource values (such as Natural Resource Protection Areas), but generally not specific parcels, and is initially approved by the Board of County Commissioners and updated periodically by the Board of County Commissioners and Land Acquisition Advisory Committee. It is established and updated in accordance with Conservation Collier goals, procedures and criteria. 2. The Active Acquisition List shall consist of criteria-qualified sites that have been selected from Target Protection Areas, as well as qualified acquisition proposals submitted to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee by the public, all of which have received positive responses had applications submitted by from property owners. The Active Acquisition List shall separate proposals into three (3) categories, A (pursue acquisition), B (hold for re-ranking in the next cycle), and C (no interest in acquiring). The A-category parcels/projects shall be further categorized as 1 (high priority), 2 (medium priority) and 3 (low priority), in order to give County staff direction as to priority for acquisition tasks. The Active Acquisition List shall be updated periodically according to Conservation Collier procedures and criteria. Site acquisition proposals that receive the highest evaluations pursuant to the Conservation Collier criteria and for which acquisition is feasible will be placed on this list, pending recommendation approval by the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and approval by the Board of County Commissioners. 3. Once approved by the Board of County Commissioners, the County shall actively pursue acquisition of A-category projects on the Active Acquisition List. All sites shall be pursued on a 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 590 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 11 voluntary “willing participant” basis only, without the use of the County’s eminent domain powers. 4. Projects will only be removed from the Active Acquisition List by successful purchase of the site, approval of the next succeeding list, withdrawal of positive interest by the property owner, or by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. Projects removed may still be considered at a later time. SECTION 12 – Nomination of acquisition proposals and candidate sites: 1. Nominations for the Conservation Collier Program may be made by any person or organization, including Collier County, regional, State or Federal agencies, by contacting program staff in writing and providing positive identification of the parcel/project through a map or folio number(s). Staff will send an inquiry to the owner in the form of an interest letter advising of the nomination and asking if the owner wishes to submit an application for consideration to the Conservation Collier Program. 2. An owner may nominate his or her own property by submitting an application. 3. County staff will send letters of interest to property owners within Target Protection Areas as directed by the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee asking if the owner wishes to submit an application for consideration to the Conservation Collier Program. 4. An application submitted by the property owner to the County Manager or his designee shall be evidence of a willing seller. 5. While p 1. Specific site consideration will be given to all individual properties which lie within the Target Protection Areas List and which have generated a positive interest response to a letter of acquisition inquiry sent by the County or county designated contact. 2. Public and landowner applications nominating properties for acquisition may be submitted at any time, during or after the first annual public solicitation meeting (described below), applications shall be gathered and evaluated within the framework of an acquisition cycle, which time frame shall be publicly announced. by any person or organization, including Collier County, regional, State or Federal agencies. 3. All nominations shall be made by filing an application with the County Manager or his designee, which will then be forwarded to designated staff and the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee for review. 4. 6. There will be an annual public meeting for the purpose of updating the Board of County Commissioners and the public and for soliciting proposals and applications. The first such meeting will take place at the end of the first year of implementation of Conservation Collier. 5. 7. If the applicant has an ownership interest in any real property covered by an application for proposed acquisition, such Owner interest shall be disclosed in applications in the same manner as required of zoning applicants by the Collier County Land Development Code. This shall not apply to governmental applicants. 6. If the applicant does not have an ownership interest in the real property covered by an application or if the applicant is a governmental agency, the name and address of the owner as listed in the Property Appraiser’s records shall be provided with the application. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 591 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 12 SECTION 13 – Procedure for selection of acquisition proposals for placement on the Active Acquisition List and Subsequent Purchase Procedures: 1. Acquisition proposals for which applications have been received shall be prescreened using the initial screening criteria. Those that satisfy two (2) out of six (6) of the Initial Screening Criteria shall be forwarded to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee for a vote for a complete evaluation. 1. Upon approval of the referendum and subsequently with each update of the Target Protection Areas list, county staff will send letters of inquiry to all property owners within these Target Protection Areas. Positive responses will be forwarded to designated staff for preliminary review, using the initial screening criteria. 2. After the first annual public solicitation of nominations, landowner and publicly nominated projects will be forwarded first to county staff for the mailing of inquiry letters. Designated staff using the initial screening criteria will review all positive responses. 3.2. Acquisition proposals which do not satisfy the initial screening criteria or which satisfy initial screening criteria but for other reasons Nominated properties that do may not fulfill the purposes of Conservation Collier or do not satisfy the initial criteria will be reported to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and shall not be evaluated further unless at least five [5] members of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee vote for a complete evaluation. 4.3. Proposals which satisfy the initial screening will be further evaluated for presentation are forwarded to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and staff for secondary criteria review and ranking. Staff shall Evaluation shall include a site visit, which staff shall coordinate with the property owner, and which may include one Advisory Committee member, review of information about the parcel(s) available in the County’s electronic databases and research into any other records retained by the County about the parcel(s). Using both observed and gathered data, staff shall prepare an Initial Criteria Screening Report (ICSR) which will include send along with each proposal: boundary and location maps for each site, descriptions of the biological and hydrological characteristics, including initial criteria satisfied, a summary of its potential for appropriate use, development potential of the site and adjacent land, an assessment of the management needs and costs, the assessed and estimated value, and any potentially available matching funds. This acquisition proposal information shall be the Initial Criteria Screening Report. 54. Upon completion of the InitialCriteriaScreeningReport ISCR, the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall hold a public hearing to consider the recommendations for presentation of information contained in the ICSR regarding each site, the applicants’ and/or landowners’ comments, and comments from the public. A courtesy notice shall be provided to the owners of properties which are the subject of the hearing, although failure to notify said owners shall not invalidate these proceedings. 5. After all properties within the current acquisition cycle have been presented, tThe Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall evaluate all qualified proposals using the secondary ranking criteria, as documented in the ICSR Initial Criteria Screening Report along with, and public comments, and their own experience and judgments, and then rank the parcels according to the A, B and C ranking categories to create a recommended propose top-ranked proposals for 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 592 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 13 the Active Acquisition List at this a public hearing. Subsequent Additional meetings may be called to complete this task. 6. County staff shall coordinate initial site visits with Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and interested landowners of top-ranked proposals that are proposed for the Active Acquisition List. Staff shall write Site Visit Reports regarding all initial site visits. 7. Upon completion of the staff’s initial site visit reports, the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall convene a public hearing to recommend additions to, and approve the Active Acquisition List for submittal to the Board of County Commissioners. Coordination will be made with any potential matching funds entities, as necessary. 8. 6. The recommended Active Acquisition List shall be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners, who, in a public meeting, shall vote on whether to approve all or part of the proposed Active Acquisition List. Properties may be added but any additional properties must be subjected to the entire evaluation process. 7. County Staff shall notify property owners and the public of the final approved Active Acquisition List. and any additions that may be added to it. Additions may be added but any additional properties must be subjected to the entire evaluation process. 8. After approval of the Active Acquisition List, Real Estate Services staff will arrange for appraisals for A-category parcels/projects and when appraisals are received make an offer to the owner(s) pursuant to the approved Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Purchase Policy (Resolution No. 2003-195, or as superseded). Parcels located within the Rural Fringe Mixed Use District “Sending” lands are subject to additional requirements regarding Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) credits, as specified in the Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Purchase Policy, Resolution 2003-195, or as superseded. the Board of County Commissioners will direct Once an offer is accepted, Real Estate Services staff will prepare a contract and request the owner sign. This signed contract will be presented to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee at a public meeting to decide, by majority vote, whether to recommend approval of the contract to the Board of County Commissioners. Along with the contract, staff will provide willto prepare a Project Design Report for each parcel/project, including cost, appraisals, title research, history ,and purpose of project, and program qualifications. 9. After obtaining a recommendation from the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, the contract, Project Design Report and Land Acquisition Advisory Committee recommendation will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners at a public hearing for their review and approval. 9. Upon completion of the Project Design Reports, the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee shall hold a second public meeting to decide, by majority vote, which projects are recommended to proceed to negotiations. 10. The Board of County Commissioners shall have final approval authority for after approval of the Active Acquisition List and the Land Acquisition Committee’s recommendations for negotiations, will instruct County staff to negotiate for purchase for each listed project, with optional use of a third party non-profit organization negotiator, as authorized by the Board of County Commissioners. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 593 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 14 11. Upon successful completion of negotiations, County staff will present to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee the proposed contract terms for the committee’s review and recommendations. County staff will forward the recommendations of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee to the Board of County Commissioners for contracts recommended for approval and for contracts that should not proceed as negotiated. 12. The Board of County Commissioners shall approve the contract terms for each proposed project and shall authorize any and all purchases. 11. Once a contract has been approved and executed by the Board of County Commissioners in accordance with County policies, Real Estate Services shall proceed to close on the purchase of property in accordance with County policies. SECTION 14 - Management plans and use of environmentally sensitive lands: 1. No later than sSixty [60] ninety [90] days from the date of acquisition, an interim management plan for any property acquired shall be submitted by County staff to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee for approval. Upon approval, the plan shall be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for final approval and shall be implemented by the County Manager pursuant to the Board’s direction. Any such interim management plan(s) shall not be implemented for more than two (2) years after acquisition of the property, prior to the expiration of two [2] years, either a new management plan shall be implemented or, by affirmative action of the Board, the interim plan shall continue. 2. A final management plan, with required review and updating every ten years, shall be prepared, with review and input of the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, for each property acquired by Conservation Collier which shall: (a) Identify such management activities as are necessary to preserve, enhance, restore, conserve, maintain, or monitor the resource, as appropriate; and (b) Identify such uses as are consistent with the preservation, enhancement, restoration, conservation, and maintenance of the resource; and (c) Estimate the annual costs of managing the project. 3. Annually, the ten-year management plans prepared during the preceding year shall be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for its approval. Each ten-year management plan shall be updated at least every five (5) years from the last date of Board approval, and may be amended as often as required. Management plan updates and amendments shall be reviewed by the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee for their input and recommendations and then submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. 4. All management plans shall be consistent with the purposes set forth herein. All properties acquired or managed through Conservation Collier shall be managed in accordance with the approved management plan for that property. 5. No use, infrastructure, or improvement shall be permitted on any property acquired or managed under Conservation Collier that is inconsistent with the purposes of the program or that is not provided by an approved management plan for the property. 6. The County will seek cooperative management arrangements with other agencies and entities, in keeping with the approved management plans and goals of Conservation Collier. 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 594 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 15 7. Purchasing land using Conservation Collier program funds permanently extinguishes all development rights except those strictly compatible with the purposes and goals of Conservation Collier, unless such lands are exchanged for similar lands within and between multi-parcel projects that have been previously recommended by the Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Advisory Committee and approved by the Board of County Commissioners in accordance with the goals and purposes of the Program In case of these land exchanges, development rights are restored to those properties exchanged out of County ownership. 8. Public access is an important element of management and this Program. Examples of permitted uses, subject to compatibility with specific parcels, include: hiking, nature photography, bird watching, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, hunting and fishing. The program will also make the acquired sites available, with minimal risk to the environmental integrity of the site, to educate Collier County's school-age population and the general public about the uniqueness and importance of Collier County's subtropical ecosystems and natural communities. SECTION 15 - Responsibilities of the County Manager: The County Manager shall facilitate such activities, designate such staff, and assign such responsibilities as are necessary to fulfill the purposes of this Ordinance. chapter. The manager shall, at a minimum, do he following: 1. Designate staff to evaluate acquisition proposals in accordance with the approved criteria and prepare and implement project management plans. 2. Make recommendations to the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee on acquisition proposals. 3. Designate a negotiation resource committee to develop negotiation strategies for approved acquisition projects, to monitor negotiations, and to assist in coordinating all activities relating to negotiations, purchase agreements and closings, as needed. The Negotiation Resource Committee shall include at least one (1) representative from the Real Property Department, the Environmental Services Department, the Department of Facilities Management, the Parks and Recreation Department, and the County Attorney. SECTION 16 – Sunset of the Conservation Collier Ad Valorem Tax: 1. The Conservation Collier special tax revenue will sunset after 10 (ten) years, unless reauthorized through similar voter referendum approval. 2. The Management Trust Fund continues in perpetuity, as long as Conservation Collier lands remain in county hands. SECTION 17 - Inclusion in the Code of Laws and Ordinances: The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Collier County, Florida. The sections of the Ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section," "article," or any other appropriate word. SECTION 18 - Conflict and Severability: In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other Ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of the Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 595 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Underline added; strikethroughs deleted. 16 separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion. SECTION 19 – Effective Date: This Ordinance shall take effect only upon the passage of the November 5, 2002 referendum levying up to 0.25 mills of ad valorem taxes for a period of ten (10) years to fund the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands and its being filed with the Florida Department of State. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida this ____ day of ______, 20072018. Attest: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA By: _____________________ By: _____________________________ Deputy Clerk JAMES N. COLETTAAndrew Solis, Chairman Approved as to Form and Legal Sufficiency: __________________________________________ Jennifer A. Belpedio, Assistant County Attorney 26.A.4 Packet Pg. 596 Attachment: CCLAAC Recommended Changes Item IV.B - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) May 30, 2018 Collier County Commission C/O Commission Chairman Andy Solis 3301 Tamiami Trail East Naples, FL 34112 Re: Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Committee Dear Commissioners: As Chairman of the Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (CCLAAC) I have been asked by the Committee to bring several issues to you for your guidance and input. First, let me say thank you for authorizing the purchase of the Hack property and the Gore properties into our program as well as the continuation of purchases for Red Mable Swamp Preserve and Winchester Head Preserve. They are going to be a good addition to a very good portfolio of preserved properties which our citizens of Collier County currently enjoy. In July you will re-visit the remaining seven properties also recommended to the Commission as “A” list properties and provide guidance to the committee on how we should proceed with them. There are several key questions about the future of Conservation Collier which the Conservation Collier Committee wishes you to address. The Committee recognizes there is a need to have Citizen review and input on both acquisition and with the management funds which include monies for capital projects at the preserves. With $34,000,000 in the account, having the CCLAAC oversee the fund on behalf of the Commission only makes good sense regardless of the state of future allocations. Commission McDaniel recently requested the CCLAAC review and amend the current ordinance. He has made a number of suggested changes to improve the program that the Committee is currently reviewing. I anticipate we will submit our review of the suggested changes along with possibly some of our own recommendations on the Conservation Collier Ordinance to you in the near future. Currently we have approximately $34,000,000 less the recent purchases in the Management account. During the past 7 or more years it has barely made any revenue using the County’s current investment policy. The CCLAAC would like the Commission to review your investment policy and see if there is a safe way to invest the funds with a higher return so the program can operate off the interest or investment income and not touch the balance of the management account. The operating costs of the program are around $650,000 annually. A nominal 3% return would equal $1,200,000 and thus make the program self-sustaining. When the stock market is at all-time highs and businesses are showing substantial profits, one questions why the County investments are only achieving returns of around 1%. There has to be a better way to manage the funds we currently have and avoid taxing the citizens in the future to operate the program. Top of our list of concerns centers around the future of our land acquisitions which seems to be uncertain at this time. Back in January of 2017 the Committee was told there would be funds available for acquisition in 2018 using up to $17,000,000, funds that would to be borrowed from the management 26.A.5 Packet Pg. 597 Attachment: Commission Letter FINAL - 5-30-18 Agenda Item IVC - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) account and repaid at a later date. At your April 24, 2018 County Commission meeting there was a change in attitude among the Commission members regarding Conservation Collier. Several Commissioners said they were not comfortable spending management funds for acquisition without a plan to replace the funds. Our Committee discussed this and believe your decision was a sound one. For months the Members of our Committee have had concerns about depleting the management fund without knowing when and how the monies were to be replaced. It defeats the intent of the current ordinance. Furthermore, it transfers the responsibility of paying for this program from us today to our future generations. We are asking the Commission to find a different acquisition funding source for this valuable program and protect the management funds. It was suggested the County look at the increased assessed value of properties in 2018 and use some of the tax monies created by the assessed valuation increases for Conservation Collier. That would assume the current millage rate would stay the same. This could at least be a temporary solution to the funding issue. We are also aware that some Commissioners want a referendum on Conservation Collier before any future monies are expended on the program. That is the Commission’s pleasure if they wish, but there is nothing to prevent the County Commission from reauthorizing the program without a vote. The only reason we had a vote on both Conservation Collier referendums was to allow the program to authorize bonds as a method to accelerate available acquisition funds for the program. All four Commissioners elected in the 2016 election stated in public forums they would support renewing the conservation land acquisition program with some candidates qualifying their support to included that a straw vote is required before the Commission would entertain allocating future acquisition funds, and only if approved by the electorate in a County wide vote. If the Commission believes a referendum is needed to win their support, then please authorize the issue be put on the ballot. There were community discussions on placing Conservation Collier reauthorization on the ballot in 2016 and 2018, but the Commission elected not to do so because of other conflicting ballot initiatives in each of those elections. 2020 would be the next logical opportunity, and that year will have a Presidential Primary which could provide an additional election opportunity for a Conservation Collier Referendum. Should placing Conservation Collier on the ballot be the direction the Commission decides to take, the CCLAAC wants to point out there is a lot of work to be done prior to the election. In the 2006 election our Committee took over five months to work out the correct ballot language. With a strict restriction on the number of words that can be used on the ballot, getting the correct ballot language can be tricky. Do you include a sunset provision in the ballot language? What separate millage rate will we ask the voters to approve or will the program be funded by general revenue? Will we need the ability to authorize bonds like we did on the previous two votes? Lots of questions that will take time to get the correct answers. Although the CCLAAC will not participate in any electioneering for the program, it is important to the members to be involved with creating the ballot language. Additionally, other groups in support of Conservation Collier will want as much time as they can have to mount a campaign. It is not too early to make those decisions. The other question the CCLAAC needs direction from the Commission is whether the Committee should begin the 10th ranking cycle. It takes approximately a year to complete a ranking cycle, from soliciting the properties, to reviewing each qualified property, and cumulating with the ranking meeting at the end of the cycle. The 9th ranking cycle took 14 months to complete. There are still some good 26.A.5 Packet Pg. 598 Attachment: Commission Letter FINAL - 5-30-18 Agenda Item IVC - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) properties that meet our Conservation Collier’s criteria. Water resources are at the top of our priority list when considering properties. We believe this need is only going to get greater as our County continues to develop. The need for acquiring properties that help with recharging aquifers, storm water management, and cleansing our surface water is needed today. Every missed opportunity will only cost us more in the future. However, is it a productive use of the committee and staff’s time to go through a ranking process if the Commissioners have no intent to acquire additional properties in the relatively near future? It is the CCLAAC’s hope that we continue to acquire properties. The recent 9th ranking cycle clearly demonstrated there are still some great properties being offered to our willing seller program. In summary, the members of the CCLAAC are all in agreement that we want to continue purchasing strategic properties that will help Collier County to become a better place for all of our citizens. Protecting our natural resources is a key factor in the quality of life we enjoy as Collier Countians. We hope the Commission is also in agreement and Conservation Collier will continue to be one the County’s shining points of light. Respectfully submitted, William H. Poteet, Jr. Chairman – Conservation Collier Land Acquisition Committee CC: Leo Ochs Alex Sulecki 26.A.5 Packet Pg. 599 Attachment: Commission Letter FINAL - 5-30-18 Agenda Item IVC - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018) Wing South Airpark, 4130 Skyway Drive, Naples FL 34112 May 21, 2018 Ms. Alexandra Sulecki Via email: Alexandra.sulecki@colliercountyfl.gov RE: Parcel Name: SD Corp of Naples, Inc./Cypress Landings II of Naples LLC Dear Ms. Sulecki, Thank you for taking the time to talk to me regarding the above property on May 17, 2018. As briefly discussed during our phone call, the property borders Wing South on the West and North sides and therefore, we have a vested interest in the disposition of the property and in the borders surrounding Wing South. Please know that we applaud the County and Collier Conservation for their actions to preserve natural habitat. Our community enjoys the surrounding flora and many birds and other wildlife forms that are visible on the property. Our single request at this time is that the project include fencing along the border of our property to dissuade trespass onto Wing South property. This is important to us for reasons of privacy as well as safety. Wing South is an Airpark and it is crucial that the runway be clear at all times to ensure the safety of our pilots. We have experienced many unwanted visits to the runway over the years, mostly out of curiosity, that threaten the security of the community. An example incident occurred during the LASIP project when the southwest end of the Wing South property was exposed and made accessible to non-owners. During this time, there were off-road vehicles coming in and riding on the maintenance road and eventually crossing on to our taxiways and runway. This access created an annoyance to our owners and, more importantly, a safety issue for our pilots. An unknown 4-wheel vehicle found its way to the runway when one of our pilots was landing. The pilot’s skill in executing a go-around saved both the pilot, the co-pilot and the driver of the 4-wheel vehicle from an unwanted and unnecessary incident or worse. Ultimately, fencing and a gate was installed at the southwest corner. If and when the property becomes a hiking trail or other conservation related zone, we would like to avoid situations such as the one described above and believe fencing along the border would help. Thank you, in advance, for your support. Regards, Anne Daley Anne Daley President, Wing South Airpark Cell Phone: 516-455-2782, Email: adaley01@gmail.com 26.A.6 Packet Pg. 600 Attachment: Wing South Letter Rcvd. - 5-21-18 Item VI.B. - Backup (6106 : Land Acquisition Advisory Committee - June 11, 2018)