EPTAB Minutes 09/23/1991 SS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes of 23 September 1991 Meeting
Present:
Dave Addison Gary Beardsley Mike Davis
David Land David Maehr Steve Means
Larry Richardson David Wilkison
Absent:
Tony Pires (excused)
Mike Saadeh (excused)
Glenn Simpson (excused)
1. Meeting called to order at 4 : 04 P.M. by Vice Chairman Maehr.
2 . Minutes of 16 September 1991 were questioned. The tape of
the minutes of 26 August 1991 was unclear. Mr. Beardsley
will add statement to clarify. Staff was requested to review
the tapes of the 16 Sept. meeting and clarify.
3 . Bob Blanchard, Long Range Planning Director explained the
reasoning behind his letter to the American Farmland Trust.
He stated that they had made an offer to perform services to
the. County for a substantial fee. He didn't feel that it was
necessary to engage their services for the County at this
point in time. A general discussion ensued on American
Farmland Trust and the services which they may be able to
provide at potentially no cost to the County. A suggestion
was made to have the Agricultural Subcommittee draft a letter
inviting the AFT representative to meet with EPTAB to present
their offerings.
4 . Mike Davis presented a brief synopsis of the Urban
Subcommittee Final Report. The report elicited a response
from EPTAB in the form a a general discussion.
5. Stuart Santos announced that SFWMD is holding a meeting at
the request of FDNR to review the FDNR charette map and to
determine what efforts are being made to acquire any of the
lands on the maps. He will be attending the meeting and
presenting the County position. He will also advise the
attendees of the efforts of EPTAB and request that Collier
County be allowed to update the map in 3-6 months.
6. Bill Lorenz reported on BCC meeting of 9/17/91 where staff
received direction from the BCC to develop an Environmental
Lands Acquisition Program. Bill Lorenz and Valorie Boyd will
meet each Wednesday to discuss progress. Discussion centered
around CREW/Nature Conservancy to formulate a campaign
strategy. It was decided that CREW should receive 25% up to
$10, 000, 000 of funds. Bonding is recommended.
7 . David Maehr provided a draft entitled "Natural Resources
Protection for Collier County" as an overview for all
subsequent sub-committee reports and requested comments by
next week.
8 . Comments from EPTAB on the Habitat Protection Ordinance for
the next meeting was requested by staff.
9 . Meeting adjourned at approximately 6: 15 p.m.