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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The Board of County Commissioners, on May 11, 1999, approved a management plan for the —110 acre Jungle Trail Conservation Area (JTCA) on south Jungle Trail. The JTCA is owned by the State; Indian River County has a long-term lease as manager of the property. When the Board approved the management plan for transmittal to the State, the Board reserved the right to rename the property at a future time (presumably when the property is formally improved and opened to public access). Public access improvements at the JTCA, accessing off Jungle Trail, are now nearing completion. The improvements include construction of an identification sign. For that reason, staff is now requesting that the Board formalize the name of the conservation area. ANALYSIS In 1998, the County established a JTCA Ad Hoc Advisory Group to provide input into development of' the management plan. In May 1999, as reported to the Board when it considered the management plan, the Advisory Group recommended that the Board change the name of the conservation area to distinguish it from the overall Jungle Trail greenway. While the Group did not have a specific recommendation for a name change, one altemative discussed was to make reference to the cultural history of the property, in that it was the homestead of Captain Forster, a pioneer in the County's history. The other thought was to tie the name to a geographic feature of the property. Staff suggests that the property be renamed the "Captain Forster Hammock Preserve," which references the cultural history as well as the predominant natural feature (maritime hammock) of the site. Although the JTCA Advisory Group has not met since the Board approved the JTCA management plan (in May 1999), staff has contacted members of the Group, who have expressed no objection to staffs suggested renaming. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve renaming the Jungle Trail Conservation Area to the "Captain Forster Hammock Preserve," and direct staff to advise the Division of State Lands of the formal name change. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Map of the Jungle Trail Conservation Area 2. Except of 05/11/99 BCC minutes OCTOBER 1, 2002 46 rf to �e+ 34