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MAY 7 1991 800A Chapter V is the crux of the Guide, detailing the land acquisition process and procedures. Included in this chapter is the Evaluation/Prioritization Matrix and land evaluation criteria descriptions. Also in this chapter are "emergency acquisition" procedures. The appendices of the Guide are excerpts from important reference documents such as the County Comprehensive Plan and the Board of County Commissioners Resolution No. 90-104, which created the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee. - Also included is a sample land ._ !acquisition nomination application. -The Land Acquisition Guide is not meant to be an instrument used 'only once to rank properties in the county. Instead, the Guide (as "adopted) will represent the base document for review procedures 'jregarding County acquisition of environmentally significant lands, presently and for an indefinite time into the future. The Land :AAcquisition Guide will be reviewed on an annual basis by the `'Advisory Committee and the Board of County Commissioners, and ajrevised as necessary in order for it to stay current with changing ,�Pcircumstances. ...RECOMMENDATION *4Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the .:,submitted draft of the Indian River County Land Acquisition Guide. Commissioner Eggert directed the attention of the Board to a statement from an excerpt of Approved Minutes of LAAC Meeting of 3- 27-91, "The attorney further cautioned that this Committee cannot put any wording in the Guide that would restrict the power of the Board of County Commissioners." With that in mind, she referred to the section in the Land Acquisition, Draft #3, page 9, the section titled INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, second paragraph, which states, "..the Board may not add or expand projects on the prioritized acquisition list." Commissioner Eggert wanted this removed. She was in favor of sending all the land through the Committee but would rather see it say something like, "where practical, the Board will route all land proposals through the LAAC," something positive, rather than saying, "The Board cannot do something the Committee can." Commissioner Scurlock stressed the Committee's concern that properties not become political but that they be truly evaluated and then be forwarded to the Board. So, if a Commissioner wants to have a property considered it should be done through the normal process rather than have every Tom, Dick and Harry trying to hustle a certain piece of property. Commissioner Eggert said it was acceptable to send all land acquisition to the LAAC; her objection is the words, "the Board may not." Commissioner Scurlock pointed out that we should not look at one word out of the document but rather the entire document and 60