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FDNR_ that the County would pursue the landfill site. As indicated in the letter from FDNR dated March 19, 1992, NPS does not currently have a policy concerning using old landfills in the conversion process. Therefore, the NPS Washington, D.C. headquarters and the U.S. Solicitors General Office are considering this matter. If these two organizations determine that landfills are appropriate as conversion sites, environmental standards would have to be prepared by NPS. The NPS determination and the environmental standards would take, at a minimum, several months. These federal environmental standards combined with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation requirements could be extremely expensive for the County. County staff believes that the potential expense associated with the landfill site is not cost effective just to meet the expansion needs of the non-profit Cemetery Association. Therefore, staff -does not' recommend that the landfill site be pursued further. If the conversion process -is to be pursued further, an alternative piece of property not in the current parks inventory and that has equal value, location, and utility as the Hobart Park site would have to be acquired. The 18 acres at Hobart Park is appraised at $200,000. Staff recommends that the alternative property be acquired with other proposed programs such as the Jungle Trail or comprehensive plan acquisitions. The new property acquisition and associated conversion process would be quite lengthy and timing is becoming critical for the Cemetery Association's expansion plans. Staff believes that if the conversion process is to be pursued further, acquiring an alternative site to the landfill would be in the county's best interest. RD/mg Commissioner Bird reluctantly agreed with not pursuing the landfill site as a trade for the Winter Beach Cemetery property. Administrator Chandler advised that we are trying to keep all possible options open. We already have too many doors closed to us, and the State will not say specifically whether they will accept the areas along Jungle Trail. Commissioner Bowman didn't feel it is right to acquire wetlands just to park cars along Jungle Trail, and strongly preferred the acquisition of upland for that purpose. Administrator Chandler explained that when we talked with the State about Jungle Trail, we made it quite clear to them that we were acquiring those properties for parking purposes and they had no problem with that from the standpoint that it would provide access to the river and all its benefits. Commissioner Bird felt that if it met their criteria, it would meet the -criteria under our Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Commissioner Scurlock felt their goal is to expand public land and not to delete or have less. Personally, he believed they are going to be very cautious about allowing us to reduce acreage by doing this Winter Beach trade. . Commissioner Bird felt that in answer to the request from the people in Winter Beach, it looks like the quickest approach would be to pursue the acquisition of the properties along Jungle Trail. 47 APR 2 11992 CtOOk J