Resolution 2004-175
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF COLLIER,
FLORIDA, APPROVING A TARGET PROTECTION AREA
MAILING STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION
COLLIER LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM'S SECOND
PROPERTY SELECTION CYCLE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Collier County has recognized the need to plan for future growth and
has initiated a long-term program, known as Conservation Collier, to acquire, protect,
restore and manage environmentally sensitive lands in perpetuity and to provide public
open space for the benefit of present and future generations; and
WHEREAS, Conservation Collier Program includes identification and protection
of Collier County's natural resources, including upland and wetland communities, native
plant communities, endemic species, endangered species habitat, water resources and
aesthetic or other natural features; and
WHEREAS, protected lands include those that provide appropriate natural
resource-based recreational and educational opportunities, protect local water resources,
provide flood control; and
WHEREAS, the Conservation Collier Implementation Ordinance (hereinafter
referred to as "Ordinance No. 2002-63") has described Target Protection Areas (TPAs);
and
WHEREAS, Section 13 (I) of Ordinance No. 2002-63 provides that county staff
will send letters of inquiry to all property owners within these Target Protection Areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION I. Findings
It is found and declared that:
(A) The cost of a simultaneous mailing of letters to all property owners within all
Target Protection Areas will be approximately $40,000, as opposed to $300
for a proposed second cycle mailing to criteria-based properties from
identified Target Protection Areas and other areas that meet program goals
and criteria.
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(B) The goal for a realistic number of properties for staff to process and for the
CCLAAC to evaluate and rank in creating the second Active Acquisition List
has been determined to be 35.
(C) Using estimated rates of return of positive interest generated by property
owner interest letters, it has been determined that mailing approximately 750
interest letters will result in approximately 15 to 30 parcels for review and
ranking on the Active Acquisition List.
(D) There has been a subcommittee recommendation that was unanimously
approved by the CCLAAC on March 8, 2004, endorsing a strategy for a
mailing outreach effort. This strategy is to modify the broader TPA list into
a more manageable partition of that list, targeting those lands having the
highest environmental value within TPAs and including one area
recommended by Lee County Conservation 20/20 and endorsed by the
CCLAAC. Additionally, with each successive mailing cycle, appropriate
lands within TPAs shall be targeted by means of a criteria-based, equitably
distributed, phased mailing until all undeveloped properties within the TP As
have been sent an inquiry letter or all Conservation Collier funds have been
spent.
(E) The CCLAAC is authorized by Ordinance No. 2002-63 to recommend an
update to the Target Protection Areas List and selection strategy to the Board
of County Commissioners to fulfiIl the purposes of the Conservation Collier
Program.
(F) This Resolution is adopted pursuant to applicable provisions of law.
SECTION II. Be it also resolved that Collier County Board of County Commissioners
adopt the following Second-cycle Target Protection Areas outreach mailing strategy:
1. Staff shall send approximately 750 interest inquiry letters to owners of
undeveloped properties within the following areas that meet the following
criteria:
Area Objective Criteria for selection
I Properties in the Immokalee area where xeric 10 acres or less and at least
scrub plant communities are present 50% vegetated -Urban TP A
10 acres or more and at least
Properties where undeveloped wetlands remain 50% vegetated and/or
II and can serve to buffer and expand CREW functioning as a buffer to
conservation lands CREW lands -Sending and
Habitat and Flow way
Stewardship TPA
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Properties in the Sabal Bay area where xeric 10 acres or less and at least
III scrub, coastal strand, native beach, high marsh 50% vegetated - Urban
or tidal freshwater marsh plant communities TPA
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Adjacent to the Gordon
IV Remaining native plant communities that buffer River corridor and at least
the Gordon Ri ver corridor 50% vegetated - Urban
TPA
V Continued acquisition of properties within NGGE Unit 53 properties
NGGE Unit 53 NGGETPA
Undeveloped properties in
S6 T48 R27 -Sending TP A
VI Properties that abut and expand conservation S 11 T48 R26 -Sending TP A
target lands across border with Lee County S 12 T48 R26 - Sending
TPA
S6 T46 R28 - Non-TPA
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2. Using a query to the County's GIS database, the number of parcels and acreage
involved in this interest inquiry letter mail-out using the above criteria and distributed
across TP As is as follows:
Number of Parcels Acreage
1. Urban Area 600 9,500
2. North Golden Gate Estates 40 80
3. Sending 68 1,920
4. FSNHSAs 92 16,000
5. Other 2 640
Total 802 28,140
3. Subsequent mail outs will include other properties from within TP As, however, prior
to the mail out, the CCLAAC shall re-evaluate priorities for purchase to focus efforts and
will forward this recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners for its
approval. This cycle shall be repeated until either all undeveloped properties in the TPAs
have been sent an interest inquiry letter or all Conservation Collier funds are spent.
SECTION III. Effective Date.
This Resolution adopted and made effective this
motion, second and majority vote favoring same.
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day of May, 2004, after
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