Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Community Preserve; and the Sand Lakes Conservation Area. The County shall restore and manage, or assist in the <br />restoration and management of, xeric scrub vegetation at the North Sebastian Conservation Area Addition, Cypress Bend <br />Community Preserve and the Sand Lake Conservation Area, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) <br />and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), to ensure that use and management of the property is <br />compatible with the maintenance of viable populations of endemic plants and/or animal species. <br />Policy 6.4: The cCounty shall continue to pursue their land acquisition process to obtain ecologically valuable parcels. <br />review its environmental land acquisition guide on a regular basis, and shall update the guide as deemed appropriate. <br />a. The land acquisition guide shall include factors to be considered to assess and prioritize acquisition proposals, such as: <br />1. resource values/physical features, such as proximity and value to other resources, recreational trail systems and <br />greenways; <br />2. environmental values, such as lands verified or expected to support rare, endangered, or threatened species; <br />3. water quality protection, such as whether or not such lands buffer natural surface waters or preserve aquifer <br />recharge areas; <br />4. management considerations, such as feasible multiple public use of the property, compatible with resource <br />conservation; <br />5. financial considerations, such as funding availability; <br />6. market considerations; <br />7. social and economic values, such as historic preservation, environmental education, recreation, and scenic <br />aspects; <br />8. agriculture protection, such as preservation of active agricultural use lands through the acquisition of agriculture <br />conservation easements; and <br />9. the need for acquisition to protect the natural community where appropriate protection cannot be afforded by land <br />development regulations. <br />b. The land acquisition guide shall identify methods of land acquisition to be considered that may be appropriate, <br />depending on any given proposal, including purchase, donation, exchange, installment sale, and use of intermediaries <br />(e.g. Natural Conservancy). <br />c. Land acquisition shall be considered only after all "non-acquisition" options for environmentally sensitive or <br />environmentally important lands protection have been explored and rejected as inappropriate, including easements, rental <br />PAGE 102