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F. "Green Salt Marsh" LAAC Site Donation Accepted The Board reviewed a Memorandum of December 13, 1995: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator r Community Developm t Dto FROM: Roland M. DeBlois ICP Chief, Environmental Planning DATE: December 13, 1995 RE: Request for Board Acceptance of the "Green Salt Marsh" LAAC Site Donation It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of December 19, 1995. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS In Fall 1994, Susan Green contacted staff to see if the County would be interested in accepting a donation of environmentally sensitive land she owns on the south barrier island. The subject property is +16 acres of impounded estuarine wetlands south of the Moorings Subdivision, just west of St. Christopher Harbor (see attached map). This property is also known as "Moorings -South Impoundment" (No. 10), and is accessible via Island Drive, the north private -road of St. Christopher Harbor Subdivision. Subsequently, staff brought the proposed donation to the County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (LAAC) for review and comments. LAAC reviewed the site under its normal annual review cycle, in accordance with the Land Acquisition Guide adopted by the Board. At its meeting of April 13, 1995, LAAC voted unanimously to put the "Green Salt Marsh" on its acquisition list with the status of "unranked", and instructed staff to move forward with the necessary steps to acquire the site (see attached minutes excerpt). Since April, Charles Hardee, the County's environmental land acquisition consultant, has coordinated with Ms. Green and her attorney to facilitate the donation. Recently, Ms. Green's attorney has indicated that they have completed an appraisal (for their own purposes), and now requests that the County move forward with accepting title to the property. ANALYSIS With the exception of a perimeter, impoundment dike, the subject property is environmentally sensitive estuarine wetlands. The zoning and future land designations are Conservation, with a 1 unit per 40 acre development density (1 unit/acre density transfer credit). Due to the wetland nature of the property, potential development is severely limited. The dikes are now overgrown, and absent clearing of dikes, the property is inaccessible by land. According to 1995 county consists of two contiguou $40,300 (see attached). December 19, 1995 tax records, the subject property (which s tax parcels) has a tax assessed value of 10