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be compatible with the conservation management objectives of the subject property. Term # 5 of the <br />contract (page 2) summarizes a price per unit (ton) that Georgia-Pacific will pay the County on a weekly <br />basis, depending on the type and amount of timber removed the previous week. As proposed, timber cutting <br />will be completed no later than August 1, 2001. Staff's position is that any County revenue from the timber <br />removal project should be earmarked for use for ongoing management of the County's scrub conservation <br />areas. <br />Other Scrub Conservation Areas <br />Under the HCP, thinning of pine trees to allow establishment of low -growing scrub is a management need <br />not only at the NSCA, but also at other scrub conservation areas identified in the HCP (the Sebastian <br />Highlands Scrub Conservation Area, the Pelican Island Elementary School scrub, and portions of the <br />Sebastian Airport). Georgia-Pacific is willing to contract for thinning of pines at the Sebastian Airport in <br />conjunction with the NSCA timber removal project, and staff is coordinating with the City to approve a <br />comparable City contract for that work. Regarding the Sebastian Highlands Scrub Conservation Area (-10 <br />acres) and the Pelican Island Elementary School scrub (-12 acres), staff are investigating use of a small-scale <br />timber removal operator, since those areas are too small for Georgia-Pacific mobilization. <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached contract with Georgia- <br />Pacific Corporation for the selective removal of pine trees from the North Sebastian Conservation Area, and <br />authorize the Board Chairman to execute said contract. <br />General map of the North Sebastian Conservation Area <br />Proposed timber contract with Georgia-Pacific <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Macht, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Ginn, the Board unanimously approved the contract <br />with Georgia-Pacific Corporation for the selective removal of pine <br />trees from the North Sebastian Conservation Area, and authorized the <br />Chairman to execute said contract, as recommended in the <br />memorandum. <br />July 18, 2000 <br />CONTRACT IS ON FILE <br />IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />89 <br />MERaffim <br />• <br />