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Boa 94 m,,554 <br />E. Resolution Supporting Preservation 2000 Funding <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 7, 1995: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />CP <br />Community <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois,lAICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: March 7,1995 <br />RE: Resolution Supporting Preservation 2000 Funding <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal <br />consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular <br />meeting of March 14, 1995. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Preservation 2000 (P2000) was enacted by the State in 1990 as a ten <br />year, $3 billion environmental lands acquisition program. For the <br />first five years of the program, funding has been subject to re - <br />appropriation on a yearly basis due to the lack of a permanent <br />funding source. So far, funding for P2000 has come from <br />documentary stamp revenues. Without a permanent funding source, <br />the continuance of the P2000 program is in question each fiscal <br />year. <br />The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a leading proponent of the P2000 <br />program. On February 27, 1995, Government Relations Associate <br />Sarah Campbell of TNC contacted the County requesting that the <br />Board of County Commissioners adopt a resolution supporting sixth <br />year appropriation of funding for P2000. TNC is also urging local <br />governments to support the designation of a permanent funding <br />source for the remaining years of the program. The Board adopted a <br />similar resolution in February, 1994, supporting P2000 funding for <br />the past year (Resolution No. 94-32). <br />ANALYSIS <br />The P2000 program is the single most important opportunity for the <br />County to obtain matching funds in implementing the county approved <br />environmental lands acquisition bond referendum. <br />P2000 funds are the primary monies of the Conservation and <br />Recreation Lands (CARL) program, the Florida Communities Trust <br />(FCT) program, and the St. Johns River Water Management District <br />(SJRWMD) land acquisition program, among others. P2000 funds will <br />potentially be used in the acquisition of virtually all of the <br />county LAAC sites presently under consideration. <br />8 <br />March 14, 1995 <br />