Resolution 2003-196
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RESOLUTION NO. 2003-~6
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;
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 Ordinance No. 2002-63, has described Target
Protection Areas (TPA); and
WHEREAS, Section 13 (1) 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, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN OPEN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED IN THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAMBERS AT 3301 EAST TAMIAMI TRAL, NAPLES,
FLORIDA, THIS ~ DA Y O~, 2003, A.D., HA VE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
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 $400 for a mailing to
criteria-based properties from all Target Protection Areas that meet program goals
and criteria.
(B) Using estimated rates of return of positive interest generated by property owner
interest letters, it has been determined that mailing approximately 1000 interest
letters will result in approximately 30 parcels for review and ranking on the Active
Acquisition List. Combined with nominations submitted by the public or individual
landowners, this is considered to be a realistic number of properties for staff to
process and for the CCLAAC to evaluate and rank in creating the initial Active
Acquisition List.
(C) There has been a subcommittee recommendation that was unanimously approved by
the CCLAAC on May 12,2003, describing the strategy and first update of the Target
Areas Protection List. This strategy is to modify the broad TPA list into an initial
property interest letter mail-out, targeting those lands having the highest
environmental value and to continue, with each successive mailing cycle, to target
appropriate lands within TPAs, by means of a criteria-based, equitably distributed,
phased mailing until all undeveloped properties within the TPAs have been sent an
inquiry letter or all Conservation Collier funds have been spent.
(D) 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 fulfill the purposes of the Conservation Collier Program.
(E) This Resolution is adopted pursuant to applicable provisions of law.
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SECTION II. Be it also resolved that Collier County Board of County Commissioners adopt
the following Initial Mail-out and TPA Update Strategy:
1. Staff shall send approximately 1,000 interest query letters to owners of undeveloped
properties within all four (4) TPAs that meet the following criteria:
a. Urban parcels greater than 10 acres and more than 50% vegetated, urban parcels
located west of Airport Road between 5 and 10 acres and more than 50%
vegetated and those of any size containing Xeric Scrub plant communities or
being contiguous to existing Conservation Lands,
b. North Golden Gate Estates parcels greater than 5 acres in size, more than 50%
vegetated and that aggregate up to more than 25 acres in one location,
c. Sending Lands parcels greater than 100 acres and 75% or more vegetated, and
d. Flow-way (FSA) and Habitat Stewardship (HSA) Areas greater than 100 acres
and more than 75% vegetated,
2. The number of parcels and acreage involved in the first property interest letter mail-
out using the above criteria are distributed across the 4 TPAs as follows:
Number of Parcels Estimated Acreage
1. Urban Area 564 5,967
2. North Golden Gate Estates 396 2,137
3. Sending/NRPA Lands 58 8,417
4, FSNHSAs 57 35,096
Total 1,075 51,617
(These numbers are the result of a query to the County's GIS system and the actual numbers may
change between the date of the query and the actual mail out but the relative distribution among
the 4 TPAs should be essentially the same as the above values.)
3. Subsequent mail outs will include properties from each TPA, however, prior to the
mail out, the CCLAAC shall re-evaluate criteria to appropriately capture the group of
properties having a progressively lower environmental sensitivity 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 inquiry letter or all Conservation Collier funds are spent.
SECTION III. Effective Date.
This Resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and adoption,
DONE AND ORDERED IN OPEN MEETING.
This Resolution adopted this ~ day of J~ rL
and majority vote favoring same.
, 2003 after motion, second
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Approved as to form and
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLL COU Y, FLORIDA
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cqu line Hubbard Robinson
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