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• SUBJECT: BOARD CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF THE SIMONYE PARCEL ADDITION TO THE NORTH SEBASTIAN CONSERVATION AREA It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at the Board's meeting of March 12, 2002. SL1Y1i LAR Y Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners purchase (with environmental land bond funds) the Simonye parcel addition to the North Sebastian Conservation Area. The proposed purchase contract (already executed by the seller) -is summarized as follows: Purchaser: Seller: Cost -Share - Total Price: Other er Costs: County Bonds Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (Indian River County will hold title) Louis Simonye Not applicable $58,000 (average +$9,119 per acre overall) +$1,500 (appraisal) Exne---enditure_ +$59,000 (approximate, not including initial management costs) Acrenue: + 6.36 acres (+ 5 acupland tract plus —1.36 acre 60' wide quit -claim access) LAAC Recommendation: The County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (LAAC), at its meeting o February 27, 2002, voted 13 to 1 to recommend that the Board of Coun of the property under the terms of the option ao tY Commissioners approve purchas . DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS 1 he proposed acquisition consists of a five -acre tract adjacent (on hvo sides) to the —407 acre North Sebastia Conservation Area (NSCA), plus a 60' wide, 990' long quitclaim access. The Simonye parcel would brin the total area of acquired land in the NSCA to —413 acres. The Simonye parcel was added to the LAAC acquisition list in 2001. The project is ranked 13 out of 15 site on the 2001 LAAC acquisition list. County bond finds are available for the purchase. During the past year, the county's acquisition consultant, in coordination with county staff, conducted pre- acquisition tasks and negotiations. Since the seller recently accepted and executed the purchase contract, appraisal results and other confidential infounation have been released. Confidentiality: Advertised Public Meetirm Procedures adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for environmental land acquisition include confidentiality of appraisals. In accordance with the County's Land Acquisition Guide, and Section 125.355 of the Florida Statutes, appraisals can be released for public infotniation once an option agreement is executed between a seller and the County. Regarding the Simonye parcel, an option agreement has been confidentiality. executed (binding the seller to a negotiated purchase price), and subsequently the appraisal was released from When a county exercises its confidentiality right in purchasing real property, Section 125.355, F.S. requires that the county approve the purchase at a public meeting not less than 30 days after the appraisal is released and public notice of the meeting is given. Since the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to authority delegated by the Board, executed a purchase option for the Simonye parcel more than 30 days ago and since the appraisal of the parcel was made public at that time, the Board must now consider whether to exercise its purchase option. Consistent with Chapter 125, F.S. requirements, this decision will be made at the March 12, 2002 public meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. By having given 30 days public notice of this proposed action, the County will have complied with Chapter 125 requirements as well as LAAC Guide requirements to hold a public hearing before purchasing propel ty with land acquisition bond funds. f e n g s MARCH 12, 2002 -39- Ll0 •''n 1 i•: V ••1 I \J •