Agenda 10/28/2008 Item #16A12
Agenda Item No. 16A12
October 28, 2008
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners approve an assignment of
conservation easement agreement between the County and the Board of Trustees of the
Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida for the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection relating to property owned by Naples Reserve LLC, in Section
31, Township 50, Range 27 East, to allow for the issuance of conveyance bonus credit
applications specified by the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use Sub-District of the Future Land Use
Element of the Growth Management Plan and Section 2.03.07.D.4 of the Land
Development Code.
OBJECTIVE:
Request that the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approve a proposed assignment
agreement between the County and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
Fund of the State of Florida for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
relating to property owned by Naples Reserve LLC, in Section 31, Township 50, Range 27 East,
to allow for the issuance of conveyance bonus credits specified by the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use
Sub-District of the Future Land Use Element of the Growth Management Plan and Sections
2.03.07.004 and 2.03.08 of the Land Development Code,
CONSIDERA TIONS:
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On June 24, 2008, the BCC was provided an update to the status of issues related to the Transfer
of Development Rights (TDR) program within the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District (RFMUD)
which was first adopted into the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan under
Ordinance 2002-32, effective July 22, 2003, The implementing regulations of the Land
Development Code were first adopted by Ordinance 2004-08, effective February 20, 2004.
During the staff briefing with the BCC, staff had identified three barriers preventing sending land
owners from obtaining the fourth bonus TDR credit, the conveyance bonus.
The Conveyance TDR Bonus is granted to those property owners who first have an approved
Restoration and Perpetual Management Plan and then convey the property to a locaL state, or
federal government agency by gift. A residential density bonus is granted at a rate of 1 dwelling
unit per 5 acres (0.2 du/ac,) or legal non-conforming lotiparcel of record, To comply with
Section 2,03.07,Do4.b.vii,h of the LDC, property owners must encumber their property with a
TDR Conservation Easement.
At the June 24lh briefing, three obstacles were identified by staff, which prevents a property
owner in the Sending Lands from attaining all the conveyance TOR bonus credit:
1, Through discussion with the FDEP, the County has been informed that the only manner
in which the FDEP would acquire property is through unencumbered fee simple
acquisition, However, in order to participate in the base credit TDR program, a limitation
of development rights agreement (LDRA) (formerly a conservation easement) is entered
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into to limit the development potential associated with the land, It is this restriction
which has prevented the FDEP from acquiring sending land parcels.
2, Another conflict sits with the Transportation Services ability to plan for roads within
Sending areas for the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and the uncertainty
associated with having to impact state owned lands within the Sending Areas,
3, Requirement that an approved Restoration and Maintenance Plan be approved by the
County's Environmental Services Department. An approved Restoration and
Maintenance Plan (third bonus TDR credit) must be in place before an applicant can
receive the Conveyance Bonus TDR credit.
This Executive Summary relates to property owned by Naples Reserve LLC, but provides for the
consideration of a mechanism to eliminate the issue of conveyance of unencumbered land to the
State. FDEP acknowledges that the proposed assignment agreement is sufficient for the State to
accept the conveyance of lands subject to the existing Conservation Easement or Limitation of
Development Rights Agreement recorded in accordance with the Collier County Transfer of
Development Rights program, The Agreement would assign the County's interest in the
Conservation Easement to the State, This will ensure that the basic element of the Rural Fringe
TDR program (limiting development on environmentally sensitive land) would remain intact.
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It should be noted that barrier three has been resolved with the approval of the Picayune Strand
Management Plan for propeliies in the South Belle Meade Sending Area, allowing property
owners to utilize the Restoration and Maintenance bonus credit provided for within the Rural
Fringe Sub-District regulations,
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no quantifiable fiscal impact associated with this issue other than the Clerk of Courts
fees associated with recording the assignment agreement.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN (GMP) IMPACT:
The ability of property owners to exercise the full complement of TDR credits available within
the Rural Fringe Mixed Use Sub-district will be provided for with the BCC direction to staff to
utilize the assignment agreement for properties within the Sending Lands proposed to be
conveyed to the FDEP,
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS:
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The TDR conservation easement satisfies the requirement of the Transfer of Development Rights
program contained in Sections 2,03.07.DA.f. of the Land Development Code that requires a legal
instrument to be recorded that limits the allowable uses on the property after severance of TDR
credits, The State of Florida is not willing to take fee simple title to the property subject to the
easement or any limitations on the use of the land, The proposed assignment will terminate the
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easement because when the State of Florida becomes the record owner of the property and the
ho lder of the easement, the easement will be extinguished by operation of law. The Board of
County Commissioners may approve the Assignment Agreement by majority vote. This item is
ready for Board consideration and approval. -- HF AC
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the BCC approve the assignment agreement for the Naples Reserve property
within the Rural Fringe Sending Lands proposed to be conveyed to the FDEP.
PREPARED BY:
Mike Bosi, AICP, Community Planning Manager, Comprehensive Planning Department
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Item Summary:
Meeting Date:
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Recommendation that the Board of County Commissioners provide staff direction related to a
proposed assignment agreement vehicle between the County and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP), to allow for the Issuance of conveyance bonus credit
applications specified by the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use Sub-District of the Future Land Use
Element of the Growth Management Plan and Section 203.08 of the Land Development
Code, (Naples Reserve)
10128/20089:0000 AM
Prepared By
Mike Basi, AICP
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Principal Planner
Date
Zoning 8. Land Development Review
10/212008 9:32:33 AM
Approved By
Judy Puig
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Operations Analyst
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin,
Date
Approved By
1011012008 9:07 AM
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Joseph K. Schmitt
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Community Development &
Environmental Services Adminstrator
Date
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin,
10/11120087:09 PM
Approved By
Heidi F. Ashton
County Attorney
Assistant County Attorney
Date
County Attorney Office
10/15/20084:25 PM
Approved By
Randall J, Cohen
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Comprehensive Planning Department
Director
Date
Approved By
Comprehensive Planning
10/16120088:39 AM
OMB Coordinator
Administrative Services
Applications Analyst
Date
Approved By
information Technology
10/16/200810:38 AM
Mark Isackson
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County Manager's Office
Office of Management & Budget
10/16/20082:42 PM
Approved By
Budget Analyst
Date
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James V. Mudd
County Manager
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Board of County
Commissioners
County Manager's Office
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This instrument prepared by and return to:
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ASSIGNMENT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT is made and entered into this _day of
, 20_, between Collier County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida
(hereinafter referred to as "Assignor") and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Trust Fund of the State of Florida whose address is c/o Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, M.S. 115, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000,
(hereinafter referred to as "Assignee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Naples Reserve LLC is the owner of certain real property described in
Exhibit "A" of this Agreement (hereinafter the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Procacci Bros. Sales Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, the prior
owner of the Property, has conveyed to Collier County a TDR Conservation Easement dated
October 3, 2005 and recorded in Official Record Book 4030, Page 804, et seq. of the Official
Records of Collier County, Florida (hereinafter "Easement") pursuant to Subsection
2.03,07.D.4.f. of the Land Development Code; and
WHEREAS, the Assignee desires to purchase the Property but will not acquire the
Property subject to the Easement.
NOW, THEREfORE, in consideration of ten dollars and other valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1, Assignor does hereby assign to Assignee any and all right, title and interest it has
in the Easement.
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2. Assignee represents that it is acquiring the subject property for the purposes of
conservation and preservation pursuant to Article X, Section 18, Florida
Constitution, and Chapters 253 and 259, Florida Statutes.
3. This assigrunent is without recourse against the Assignor,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set its hand and seal the date and year
first written above.
DATED:
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
TOM HENNING, Chairman
WITNESSES:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA
(1)
Signature
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Signature
Printed/Typed Name
Printedffyped Name
(2)
Signature
Printed/Typed Title
Printed/Typed Name
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Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency:
Heidi Ashton-Cicko
Assistant County Attorney
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
TJolIS IS NOT A. SURVEY
LEGM. DESCRIPTION (SENDINC lANDS PARCn.)
A PARc;a or Lt.NO lYlNG IN SECTlOH 31. TOWNSHIP 5Q SOUTH. RANCE: 27 EAST,
COLUER COUKTY. flORIDA. BEING "OR( 'PNmCUlJ.RLY DESCRlBto AS rou.ows:
llECINNlNG AT TKE ~lITHWEST CORNER or SAID SECT10H 31, SAID POINT BEING
TKE POINT Of BmlNNINC OF THE SF:NOINC lJoNOS PARctL HEREIN OCSCRlllED:
TKEHCE ALONG THE WESTtRlY UNE OF THE SOUTHWEST 0UAAlUl or SAlD SECTION
32, NOC1I9'2!i"[, FOR 2,6l12.$4 FEET:
THENCE lLAYlNG SAIl) WESTF.Rl Y LIE: ANO ALONe M EAST /WEST OUARTtll LINE
N89"47'53"E. fOR S,8OW.05 F'EET, TO A POfHT OF INTERSECTION WITH '!lIE
EASTERlY UHF; OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAATER Of SAID SECllON 31;
THENCE LtA\IIN(i THE: EASTERLY UN[ or SAIl SECTION 31, S!O'C5'42"W. FOR
1.548.55 f'EET;
THENCE S42'OS'52"W, FOR 2.J4HS fEET. TO A POINT Of INTEHSECTION WITH THE
SOtmtERl. Y UN[ or THE SOUTKEAST OUAInER OF SAID SECTION 3':
THENCE AlONG niE SOlfTHERt Y UNE or fH[ !WI) ~ QUNlTEfI.
NlIll"36'OI"W, FOR 123.16 FEET. TO TKE SOUTK C\JAR1ER or SAID SECTiON 31;
lllENCE AlJ)NC THE SOUTHERl. Y UHf Of THE SOUTHWEST ClU.f.RTER Of SAID
SECTION Jl. N8ll"24'5J"W, FOR 2,140.52 FU:T; TO TllE POINT OF BEGlNNIHG Of
THE SENDING LANDS PARCEl. DESCRIBW HEREIN.
CONTNNlNG 11.222.798 SQUARE F'EET OR 257,1>4 ACRES. "ORE OR LESS.
SUBJ€:CT TO EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS Of RECORD.
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Prepared without opinion of title by,
and after recording return to:
Douglas A. Lewis, Esquire
Roetzel & Andress. L.P.A.
Trianon Centre - Third Floor
850 Park Shore Drive
Naples, Florida 34103
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TDR CONSERVATION EASEMENT
THIS CONSERVATION EASEMENT is conveyed this 3-day of ecibben005, by
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A, The County has adopted amendments to the Future Land Use Element of the Collier
County Growth Management Plan ("FLUE Amendments") that are designed to prevent the premature
conversion of agricultural lands to other uses and to direct incompatible uses away from wetlands and
upland habitat in order to protect water quality and quantity, to maintain the natural water regime, and to
protecllisted species of fish, plants and wildlife and their habitats,
B. The FLUE Amendments delineate a Transfer of Development Rights ("TDR") process
in order to provide an equitable method of protecting and conserving the most valuable environmental
lands, including large connected wetland systems and significant areas of habitat for listed species of
fish, plants and wildlife, while allowing owners of such lands to recoup lost value and development
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potential through an economically viable process of transferring the development rights in such lands to
other. more suitable lands.
C. The Transfer of Development Rights process permits a landowner to sever development
rights attacbed to the servient lands for transfer as developer credits (verified and registered ,"vith the
County) (the "TDR Credits") to other lands more suitable for development. A condition precedent to
the establishment of the TDR Credits is the grant of a Conservation Easement impressed upon the
Sending Lands (as hereafter defined) that restricts uses of such Sending Lands to those uses permitted
under Subsection 2.03.08 A.4.b of the Collier County Land Development Code.
D. The FLUE Amendments include establishment of a land use classification system
identified as Sending Lands within the Rural Fringe Mixed Use District ("Sending Lands"). The
Sending Lands classification includes those lands that have the highest degree of environmental value
and sensitivity and generally include significant wetlands, uplands, and/or habitat for listed plant and
animal species, such that the Sending Lands are principal targets for preservation and conservation.
E, Grantor is the owner in fee simple of certain real property in Collier County, Florida,
more particularly described in Exhibit n I n attached hereto and incorporated by this reference ("the
Peoperti} As of the effective date of this Conservation Easement, the Property is designated as a
Sending Land on the Future Land Use Map of the Collier County Growth Management Plan.
F. Grantor desires to sever the development rights from the Property and to establish
TDR Credits therefore in the manner specified in the Collier County Land Development Code,
G. County and Grantor have agreed that it is appropriate to maintain the Property
predominantly in its natural, open, agricultural or wooded condition and to retain such areas as suitable
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habitat for certain species of fish, plants and wildlife by restricting the uses on the Property to those set
forth in Section 2.03.08 A.4.b of the Collier County Land Development Code. County has agreed to
recognize and register 51.53 TDR Credits in exchange for the creation and conveyance of the
Conservation Easement on the Property.
H. Ibis Conservation Easement is made pursuant to, and in full compliance with, the IDR
process established in the FLUE Amendments and Subsections 2.03,07 D.4,f of the Collier County Land
Development Code to enable the transfer the TOR Credits to other lands and to impose the Conservation
Easement on the Property.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual covenants, terms, conditions and restrictions contained and
imposed by this Conservation Easement, including, but not limited to, the severance of
development rights from the Property and the creation of IDR Credits, the parties agree to the
following tenns and conditions:
1, Recitals, The parties acknowledge that the foregoing recitals are true and
correct.
2. Conveyance. Grantor hereby gives, grants, bargains, sells, and conveys to the County,
and its successors and assigns, forever, a perpetual Conservation Easement over and across the
Property, subject to the tenns and conditions stated in this instrument and Grantor fully warrants the
title to such Conservation Easement and will defend the same against the lawful claims of all
persons whomsoever.
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3. PUlpose. The purpose of this Conservation Easement is to restrict the development
and use of the Property, from which TDR Credits have been severed, in order to promote the protection
and conservation of valuable environmental lands and to protect against the premature conversion of
the Property from agricultural use.
4. Reserved Ricl1t of Possession. Grantor shall have the right to sell, give, or otherwise
convey the Property or any portion of the Property, subject to the terms of this Conservation Easement;
provided, however, the instrument of any such conveyance shall specifically set forth that the interest
thereby conveyed is subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Conservation Easement, and the
instrument of conveyance shall incorporate this Conservation Easement by reference, specifically
setting forth the date and page of its recording; provided, however, that the failure of any such
instrument to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the County's rights under
the Conservation Easement.
5. Prohibited and Allowed Uses: Grantor and its successors and assigns may use the
Property only for uses allowed in Sending Lands where residential density has been transferred, as set
forth in the Collier County Growth Management Plan and Subsection 2.03.08 AA.b of the Collier
County Land Development Code.
6. Effective Date. This Conservation Easement shall be deemed effective upon the
date of its recordation in the Public Records of Collier County. Florida. Prior to the
Conservation Easement being effective, the Grantor hereby agrees that it shall not allow any
activities on the Property which are contrary to the terms and conditions contained in this
Conservation Easement.
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7. Enforcement. Pursuant to Section 704.06, Florida Statutes (2003) and the Land
Development Code of Collier County, the terms and conditions of this Conservation Easement
may be enforced by the County or its respective successors and assigns. This Conservation
Easement may be enforced by injunction or proceeding in equity or at law. TIle ownership of
this Conservation Easement by the County or the attempted enforcement of rights held by the
County shall not subject the County to any liability for any damage or injury that may be
suffered by any person on the Property or as a result of the condition of the Property.
8. AssiQ111tlent. In the event that the County changes its corporate structure,
terminates its existence, or takes any other action that would make County no longer qualified
to hold this Conservation Easement pursuant to Section 704.06, Florida Statutes (2003), then
County shall immediately assign this Conservation Easement to another governmental body or
agency or a charitable corporation or trust as described above who is entitled to hold this
Conservation Easement pursuant to Section 704.06, Florida Statutes (2003).
9. General. This Conservation Easement is granted pursuant to the Collier County
Land Development Code, and shall be interpreted in accordance with laws of the State of
Florida. All headings contained herein are for informational purposes only and shall not be
construed as defining or limiting the terms of this Conservation Easement.
10. County's Discretion. The County may enforce the terms of this Conservation
Easement at its discretion, but if Grantor breaches any term of this Conservation Easement and the
County does not exercise its rights under this Conservation Easement, the County's forbearance
shall not be construed to be a waiver by the County of such term, or of any subsequent breach of the
same, or any other term of this Conservation Easement, or of any of the County's rights under this
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Conservation Easement. No delay or omission by the County in the exercise of any right or remedy
upon any breach by Grantor shaH impair such right or remedy or be construed as a waiver. The
County shall not be obligated to Grantor, or to any other person or entity, to enforce the provisions
of this Conservation Easement.
11. Rights of the Public. Nothing contained in this Conservation Easement shall give
or grant to the public a rigbt to enter upon or to use the Property or any portion thereof where no
such right existed in the public immediately prior to the execution of this Conservation Ea<>ement,
except as may be granted or expressly authorized by Grantor.
12. J.-imitation or Severance of Invalid Provisions. If any provIsIon of this
Conservation Easement restricting Grantor's activities is determined to be invalid or unenforceable
by a court, such provision shall not be rendered a nullity if the provision can be reduced or limited
to the extent that the court determines will make it enforceable and effective. If any provision of
this Conservation Easement is determined to be completely invalid or unenforceable by a court,
such provision shall be severed from the other provisions, and the remaining provisions shall
remain enforceable and effective.
13. Modifications. This Conservation Easement may be modified only upon the
written consent of both Grantor and the County, or their respective heirs, representatives
successors or assigns; provided, however, no modification of this Conservation Easement may be
made that would result in this Conservation Easement failing to qualify as a valid conservation
easement under Subsection 2.03.07 DA.f.ii(a)(iii) of the Collier County Land Development Code.
14. Recording. The County shall record this Conservation Easement in timely fashion in
the Official Records of Collier County, Florida, and may only rerecord it after the County has provided
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_ Grantor with a Severance of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Credit Certificate showing 51.53
TDR Credits in favor of Grantor. Grantor, or such person to whom the Grantor conveys the TDR
Credits severed from the Property, shall pay all recording costs and taxes necessary 10 record this
Conservation Easement for the tirst time in the public records.
15. Successors. The covenants, tenns, conditions and restrictions of this Conservation
Easement shaH run with the title to the Property and shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of,
the respective parties hereto and their respective personal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns
and shall constitute as a servitude running in perpetuity with the title to the Property.
IN WIlNESS WHEREOF, Grantor and the County have executed this Conservation Easement
on this day and year first above written.
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GRANTEE:
Board of County Commissioners
of Collier County, FIojida
By: f;J J P-
Randall Cohe~, Director
Comprehensive Planning
. Department
The foregoing Collier County TDR Conservation Easement was acknowledge before me this
_ day of , 2006, by Randall Cohen, Director of Comprehensive
Planning Department, on behalf of the County, He is personally known to me.
(Notary Seal)
Approved as to form
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THIS IS NOT A SURVEY
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION (SENDlr~G I_ANJS ;:',4~C'=L)
^ PARCEL 0:- LAI~D i YI~:G 11'1 SICTIOI,j )1, TOWI\SHII.' 50 S:)UTH, RANGE 27 El,ST,
CCLLlER COI;f\JTY, F~CRIr;A, BEli':C MO;:;,E PAf~ I 'CU LA,:;: '- Y !)LSCRIBEC t.s FOLLOWS:
O[G!N~nIC AT TI-E SOJr: IW::ST CORI'ER CF "".I::) SEe I IOI\] ,) , SFD i:>OII~1 BEING
-HE POINT OF BEGINNING 01 THE SENDING LMUS PARCFI. H:..;~E:\i DESCI~IBED;
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32, i,OC'19'29"E, FOR 2,532:::4 ~T[T;
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T-1[!'JeE AL.or~c THE SOlFHEPLY t :I~[ OF THI'. S!\ID SOU1H::.AST OUARHJ(,
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Agenda Item No. 16A12
October 28,2008
Page 21 of 26
AFFIDAVIT
The undersigned, after being duly sworn on his oath, swears and affirms as follows:
1. The undersigned is over the age of twenty-one (21) years and otherwise sui juris, and has
personal knowledge of the facts contained herein.
2. This Affidavit pertains to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated December ]4,
2004, as amended, for the purchase and sale of that parcel of vacant land described as Section 1, TO\\'Ilship
51 South, Range 26 East, Collier County, Florida (the "Receiving Lands") together with other real and
personal property as more particularly described in the Agreement including, without limitation, all
"Transfer of Development Rights Certificates" ("TDR Certificates") obtained from that certain parcel of
real property more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof (the
"Sending Lands"), as assigned to Naples Reserve, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the
"Agret;ment").
3. The undersigned is an authorized agent ofProcacci Bros. Sales Corporation, a Pennsylvania
corporation.. ffk/a NPV Corporation, a Florida corporation CHProcacci"), and is authorized to provide this
Affidavit to Collier County, Florida on behalf ofProcacci.
4. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Procacci has transferred, conveyed and assigned all
of the TDR Certificates (154.59 TDRs) which have been obtained from Collier County through the date
hercoffrom the Sending Lands to Naples Reserve, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.
/(,JRTHER AFFIANT SA YETIr NOT.
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Print Name: !)o\ilff\ O'J-:?I,{") Mkhael Procacci, as agent on behalf of
-k: .J /"i (0. ~ . Procacci Bros. Sales Corporation, a Pennsylvania
~t..r-" . ~~~ corporation, f;"Ida N}v Corporation, a Florida
Print Name: f~AI? fJL y",r G. Aj)~ d,]S. corporation
STATE OF FLORIDA
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COUNTY OF COLLIER
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before this /8tH day of May, 2006, by Michael
Procacci, as agent on behalf of Procacci Bros. Sales Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, f/kla
NFV COl]lOration, a Florida corporation, who ~is/are personally kno,,\'Il to me or ( ) has produced
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Agenda Item No. 16A12
October 28, 2008
Page 22 of 26
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
nus IS NOT A SURVEY
LElW.. OESCRIPi1ON (SE:NO'~ lJINlJS P~CEI.)
A PNlCEL or lAND LYING IN SEc:T1DN .11, TOWNSHIP 50 SOUTH, RANCE 27 UST.
COWER COUfolTr. FtDRlOA. BEING MORE; 'PAFlTICULARLY OESClll6W AS rOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOLlTHWEST CORNER or so.ID SEC1'ION 31, SAID POINT BEiNG
THE POINT OF BEGINNINC OF THE SENDING lANDS PARCEL HEREIN OESCRIBEO:
THENCE /\LONG THE WESTERLY ..INE OF THE SOLITHWl'ST OUARTER Of SAlD SECTION
32, NOO"1 9'29-E, FOR 2,6B2.54 FEe:r;
iHEJliCE LrA'IING SAID WtsTfRL Y LINE mo ALONG 'THE (,I.5T IWEST OUARTER LINE
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TrlE SOlDINGlANDS PAllCEL DESCRIBED HEREIN.
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Agenda Item No. 16A 12
October 28, 2008
Page 23 of 26
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Agenda Item No. 16A 12
October 28, 2008
Page 24 of 26
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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
From:
Bill Lorenz, Director, Engineering & Environmental Services Section
Laura Rays>>
To:
Date:
September 25,2008
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Subject:
Acceptance of the Picayune Strand State Forest Management Plan for the
Restoration and Maintenance Bonus Credit
The plan, approved August 15, 2008, meets the Land Development Code requirements of a
Restoration and Maintenance Plan, for the 3rd Transfer of~evelopment Rights credit of the Rural
Fringe Mixed Use District The plan includes management for listed species and exotic plant
control, as required by the LDC for the Bonus Credit.
The plan achieves tbe requirements in the following ways (as taken from the plan):
"The goals of the DOF in managing Florida's State Forests are:
~ Restore, maintain, and protect in perpetuity all native ecosystems;
.... Ensure the long-tenn viability of populations and species considered rare,
endangered, threatened, or of special concern;
.... Integrate human use through a multiple-use concept, not- emphasizing any
particular use over the others, or over improvement, maintenance and
protection of native ecosystems;
.... Practice sustainable forest management utilizing sound silvicultural techniques." (p. 2)
"The goal of DOF is to restore, protect and manage ecosystems and to maintain biological
diversity and ecosystem functions, ,:\"hile integrating public use through tbe multiple-use
concept." (p. 16)
The plan includes exotic and nuisance species control and fIre management which has been in
plaee for 9 years and will continue to be updated at regular intervals. Hydrologic restoration is
another major restoration component of the plan. Replanting altered areas is also included, as
funding pennits, to restore areas to pre-Columbian times.
Agenda Item No. 16A 12
October 28,2008
Protection and restoration of listed species and their habitats is a main goal of the plan. ]~ffile 25 of 26
Division afForestry has worked closely with the agencies in charge of wildlife protection in
development of this plan. Management activities have been defined for each type of natural
community represented.
Although siliviculture is proposed, the plan explains that it will be conducted in a manner as to
maintain natural forest conditions. "Well timed and executed timber harvests play an integral role
in the health of the forest by removing off-site trees to reestablish native species and thitming
dense forest stands to improve under-story habitat. This allows for less damaging prescribed
burns and improved forest health." Pg 27
In regards to affects of silviculture on listed species, the plan contains the following: "Rew
habitat and population management will continue to be a priority ofthi:; plan, and \'\''ill follow the
e~1:ablished RCW management plan for the Belle Meade Tract, as well as federal guidelines and
amendments ofthe current recovery plan for the RCW (USFWS 2003)." Pg 37 'l11e
aforementioned recovery plan allows for silviculture, yet discourages the cJearcutting method.
T11c Picayune plan is not proposing clear cutting, since native habitat restoration is also one of
the goals of the management plan. An updated recovery plan is currently being developed. As
long as the RC\V management and recovery plans are followed, timber harvesting in the
PicaY1llle will not be detlimentaJ to current and future populalions of RCWs. The performance
mea 'lure for the RCW is to establish 30 colonies in the Picayune. Pg 16.
Also found in the plan: "FNAI will be contacted before any significant ground disturbing
activities are conducted on PSSF that would potentially impact endangered or threatened
specie~. Ifrare, threatened or endangered plants and/or animals are identified on PSSF, field
report forms (on file at the headquarters) will be completed and mailed to FNAI. These forms
will be completed by the FWC biologist and DOF forester or biologist. If areas of the forest arc
determined to be critical to some sensitive species, the area could be closed or designated as a
"special use zone."" Pg 32 This procedure should protect other ]isted species such as gopher
tortoises.
Agenda Item No. 16A 12
October 28,2008
Protection and restoration of listed species and their habitats is a main goal of the plan. The Page 26 of 26
Division of Forestry has worked closely with the agencies in charge of wildlife pJOtection in
development of this plan. Management activities have been defined for each type of natural
community represented.
Although siliviculture is proposed, the plan explains that it will be conducred in a marmer as to
maintain natural forest conditions. "Well timed and executed timber harvests play an integral role
in the health of the forest by removing off-site trecs to reestabljsh native species and thinning
dense forest stands to jmprove under-story habitat. This allows for less damaging prescribed
burns and improved forest health." Pg 27
In regards to affects of silviculture on listed species; the plan contains the following: "RCW
habitat and population management will continue to be a priority of this plan, and will follow the
established RCW management plan for the Belle Meade Tract, as well as federal guidelines and
amendments of the current recovery plan for the RCW (USFWS 2003)." Pg 37 The ;
aforementioned recovery plan allows for silviculture, yet discourages the clearcutting method.
-111<: PicaY1.lnc plan is not proposing clear cutting., since native habitat restoration is also one of
the broals of the management plan. An updated recovery plan is currently being developed. As
tong as the RCW management and retovery plans are followed, timber harvesting in the
Picayune \vii! not be detrimental ttl current and future populations ofRCWs. The performance
measure for the RC\V is to establish 30 colonies in the Picayune. Pg 16.
Also found in the plan: "FNAI will be contacted before. any significant ground disturbing
activities are conducted on PSSF that would potentially impact endangered or threatened
species. lfrare, threatened or endangered plants and/or animals are identified on PSSF, field
report forms (on file at the headquarters) will be completed and mailed to FNAl. These forms
will be completed by the FWC biologist and DOF forester or biologist. If areas of the forest are
determined to be critical to some sensitive species, the area could be closed or designated as a
"special use zone."" Pg 32 This procedure should protect other listed species such as gopher
tortoises.