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800K 95 o.'v 813 ANALYSIS Cairns/Irwin Tract The Cairns/Irwin Tract was approved as an addition to the Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge CARL project in March, 1995, for 50% cost share funding. Recently, the County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (LAAC) completed its 1995 site rankings of which the Cairns/Irwin Tract is ranked 7th out of 20 sites. The property consists of a total of 57 acres, +19 of which are east of S.R. AlA with +1,550 linear feet of ocean frontage. The original LAAC project consisted of a total of +112 acres, but recently 55 acres of the project west of S.R. AlA have been removed from the project by the owner due to eminent sale to a private developer. Native plant communities on the LAAC site include +35 acres of _maritime hammock and +17 acres of dune/coastal strand. Spallone Property In addition -to the Cairns/Irwin Tract, the multi-party agreement pertains to 50% cost -share of the Spallone property LAAC site. The Spallone property is a 1.5 acre undeveloped single-family residential parcel north of and adjacent to Golden Sands Park. The property consists of native coastal strand and dune vegetation. The Spallone property is ranked 13th on the LAAC project acquisition list. Agreement Overview The Agreement provides that the County will assume responsibility for pre-acquisition tasks such as appraisal mapping, appraiser selection, and negotiations, all in accordance- with State DSL procedures. During the course of these activities, county staff will coordinate with DSL staff to ensure that State procedures are satisfied. The Agreement also provides that the State will pay 50% of closing costs for the projects. "Closing costs" include survey, environmental audit, title insurance and recording costs. Under the heading of "special conditions", the Agreement has a disclaimer that the State's purchase participation is contingent upon available State funding. However, given that the Archie Carr CARL project is ranked 3rd on the State CARL project list and has been funded under the FY 94/95 DSL acquisition work plan, non - participation by the State is remote. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the Board Chairman to execute the attached multi-party acquisition agreement relating to the Cairns/Irwin Tract and Spallone property LAAC sites. Commissioner Eggert inquired if there were any limitations on the use of lands under the Archie Carr program, and Roland DeBlois, Chief of Environmental Planning, advised that there is no strict limitation on a public use. It is anticipated that there will be an opportunity to use the property as a passive park, particularly the Irwin/Cairns property which extends west of AIA. 8 AUGUST 1, 1995