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Chief DeBlois used a PowerPoint Presentation (copy on file) to provide description and <br /> conditions regarding staff' s request for the Board to approve the purchase from Pressley Ranch, <br /> Inc . , of 350 acres located at the northwest corner of Blue Cypress Lake for conservation <br /> purposes . He stated that the purchase would be funded 100% with North American Wetlands <br /> Conservation Act (NAWCA) funds, which are administered by the United States Fish and <br /> Wildlife Services ; however, the County would pay The Conservation Fund (TCF) fees for grant <br /> writing and negotiation of the purchase fee out of County environmental land bond funds . Chief <br /> DeBlois thereafter proffered staff' s recommendation for the Board to approve the sale and <br /> purchase contract with Pressley Ranch, Inc . <br /> The Board sought additional information from Chief DeBlois regarding the purchase . <br /> MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Flescher, <br /> SECONDED by Commissioner Davis, to approve staff s <br /> recommendation. <br /> Chief DeBlois , with input from Attorney Polackwich, addressed a series of questions and <br /> comments posed by Bob Johnson , Coral Wind Subdivision . <br /> Additional conversation ensued as Chief DeBlois, with input from Matt Sexton, The <br /> Conservation Fund, responded to questions and observations from Commissioner Davis . <br /> The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION, and the <br /> Motion carried . The Board unanimously : ( 1 ) approved <br /> and authorized the Chairman to execute the contract for <br /> sale and purchase of the Pressley Ranch North American <br /> Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Tract; and (2) <br /> authorized staff to proceed with due diligence and close <br /> the purchase with Pressley Ranch, as recommended in the <br /> memorandum of August 8 , 2011 . <br /> CONTRACT ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> MK 141 PG 2 S 7 <br /> August 16 , 2011 36 <br />