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• • The County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, at its meetings on November 19, 1997 (concerning the Swedroe and Padden parcels)and on July 29, 1998 (concerning the Gilman and deGuzman parcels), voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners purchase the subject parcels, provided that the management plan for the project remains flexible to allow for coordination with St. Lucie County regarding purchase of the remaining three parcels (as a tie-in to conservation lands in St. Lucie County associated with the Avalon State Recreation Area). • On August 27, 1998, the FCT Governing Body approved the purchase contracts and project plan. including the overall management plan, subject to County Commission approval. The Round Island South project was approved in 1996 as a Florida Communities Trust (FCT) 50150 cost -share project. The property is currently ranked 3rd out of 12 projects on the 1998 LAAC site acquisition list. In its application for state cost -share funding, the County chose to be the lead agency for pre- acquisition tasks and negotiations. During the past two years, the county's acquisition consultant, in coordination with county staff, has conducted pre-acquisition tasks and negotiations. Since the sellers recently accepted and executed purchase contract Option Agreements for the parcels, appraisal results and other confidential information can now be released. The subject parcels are the northern six of nine parcels in the Round Island South LAAC project, located south of and contiguous to Round Island County Park (riverside). The parcels' natural areas include impounded salt marsh and other wetlands (± 32.3 acres), and tropical maritime hammock (± 12.1 acres). The subject combined parcels have ± 950 feet of road frontage on SR AlA. The upland portion of the property is zoned RS -3, Single -Family Residential, up to 3 units per acre. The wetlands portion of the property is zoned Con -2, Conservation, 1 unit per 40 acres (with a transfer of density right (TDR) of 1 unit per acre). Currently, the subject six parcels are owned by four different owners, as follows: • Robert M. Swedroe c/o Jay E. LaShaw • Patricia Ann Padden • Norberta and Carmencita deGuzman, et al. • Barry and Paula F. Gilman, et al. (3 parcels) The current tax assessed value of the combined parcels is $461,360. Two issues which are important to LAAC staff with respect to all proposed purchases are obtaining cost share assistance in property acquisition and addressing management costs. September 8, 1998 27 • BOOK NO FA,E 7�fl