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1 Land Acquisition. The gaining of rights to real property in the form of fee simple title, easement or 2 lease. This can be accomplished by direct purchase; exchange; transfer; donations; or by cooperative 3 agreement, including condemnation. 4 Natural Community. Identify, acquire and protect those natural communities that are inadequately 5 represented within existing protected lands, or represent the best examples of natural communities 6 with priority given to the most endangered or threatened. To ensure consistency of natural community 7 descriptions, the Florida Natural Areas Inventory Classification (FNAI) System, as amended by the 8 Office of Natural Resource Management will be used as the standard. 9 Objective. An end toward which concerted effort is directed. It is a precise statement of purpose 10 (preferably sufficiently detailed so as to be measurable), including at least two of the following 11 elements: time limit (when it must be accomplished); standard of performance (percentage, amount or 12 dollars) or criterion of measurement (test, questions, opinion or observation). 13 Policy: Indian River County will acquire lands consistent with the resource conservation goals, 14 objectives, policies, and guidelines as set forth in the County's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, the 15 Environmental Bond Referendum, the ELP Guide (as ratified by the BOCC), enabling legislation, 16 administrative rules and executed declarations. 17 Program Memorandum. A document issued by the ELAP providing short term (usually for one or 18 two years) guidance and direction on actions aimed at meeting a program objective. 19 Work Plan. Flexible timeline that sets forth goals for the schedule and plan of pre-acquisition due 20 diligence for projects. 21 OBJECTIVE 22 The primary objective of the Indian River County ELP Guide is to outline procedures for acquiring and 23 managing environmentally significant lands. 24 Environmentally Significant Lands. 25 Lands so described are environmentally rare and irreplaceable and are valued ecological resources. For the 26 purposes of the 2022 Environmental Bond referendum, these lands contain one or more of the following 27 resource categories: Natural Communities; Forest Resources; Plants; Animals; Coastal and Wetland 28 Resources. The land acquisition objectives for each category are as follows: 29 Natural Communities. Identify, acquire and protect those natural communities that represent the 30 best examples, with priority given to the most endangered or threatened. To ensure consistency of 31 description of natural communities, see the Conservation Element of the Indian River County 2030 32 Comprehensive Plan. 33 Forest Resources. Identify, acquire, and protect lands to maintain representatives of the various 34 forest or timber types. 35 Plants. Identify, acquire and protect sites which contain endangered or threatened species, or 36 species of special concern. Priority should be given to those sites that are critical to the survival of 37 these plant species or that contain important assemblages of rare or endangered species. 38 Animals. Identify, acquire, and protect lands that are critical to the survival of endangered or 39 threatened animals or species of special concern. 9/6/2022 6:36:42 PM 327