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TO: James E. Chandler - County Administrator DEP NT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Ro ert ea ng,C n Community Developmme lojDire or FROM: Roland DeBlois;'AICP Chief, Environmental Planning DATE: October 17, 1994 RE: Request for Approval of a Joint Acquisition Agreement with the St.. Johns River Water Management District, Relating to Cost -Share Acquisition of Indian River Lagoon -front LAAC Sites It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 25, 1994. DESCRIPTION -AND CONDITIONS For the past few years, `environmentally significant coastal hammocks and estuarine wetlands along the Indian River Lagoon, south of Vero Beach to the county line, have been targeted for cost -share acquisition by Indian River County and the St. Johns River Water Management District. Consequently, these properties have been included on the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee's (LAAC's) priority site list, and in the Five -Year Acquisition Plan of the St. Johns River Water Management District ('SJRWMD). A "core" project in this area, the +300 acre Oslo Riverfront property, was jointly acquired for conservation by the SJRWMD and the County in 1991. Since that time, both the District and the County have agreed to proceed with steps (surveys, appraisals) leading toward acquisition of the."Lowenstein/Salama" property, approximately.+127. acres of lagoon -front property south of Oslo Road (see attached County Resolution 93-110 relating to the project). Appraisals of the Lowenstein/Salama property have recently been accepted by the SJRWMD. District staff, in coordination with County staff, are now ready to proceed with landowner negotiations. The County and the District have agreed to a 50/50 cost -share acquisition of the Lowenstein/Salama Project, subject to final approval. However, no written agreement has-been jointly executed by the County and the District relating to technical aspects of the acquisition negotiation process. A joint acquisition agreement to address these matters and expanded to include other County LAAC sites in the District's Five -Year Acquisition Plan would facilitate cost -share acquisition of these environmentally significant properties. For Board approval, attached is a proposed Joint Acquisition Agreement with the SJRWMD, relating to cost -share acquisition of lagoon -front LAAC sites in southern Indian River County. 79 sooK 9 3 PALE October 25, 1994