MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

Summary Agenda
Joint Meeting and Workshop October 21, 2009
Manasota and Peace River Basin Boards Page 9 of 29
� No leasing of hunting or fishing rights without an acceptable wildlife management
plan.
� The Sellers will be responsible for payment of all ad valorem taxes.
Enforcement conditions - Violations are given 30 days for correction. Legal remedies
then begin with pretrial mediation.
Benefits/Costs
Management Costs
The District's management of the property will consist only of the annual inspection
to monitor compliance with the terms of the conservation easement. The property
owner will remain responsible for management costs such as fencing, prescribed
burning, exotic species control, road maintenance and security for the area
encumbered by the conservation easement.
Impact If Not Funded/Funding
Land Acquisition Partnership
The landowner has agreed to contribute 25 percent of the purchase price of the
easement and 50 percent of the acquisition funding is provided by the USDA NRCS
through their Farm and Ranchland Protection Program. The District’s 25 percent
share ($162,500) is available from the Florida Forever Trust Fund and the Florida
Department of Transportation mitigation funds previously reimbursed to the District.
In order for Florida Forever funds to be released from the Trust Fund by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, a resolution signed by the Governing Board
must accompany the request.
Staff Recommendation: Exhibit 3
Recommend the Governing Board:
� Accept the appraisals;
� Approve resolution requesting funds in the amount of $162,500;
� Approve the Purchase/Sale Agreement; and
� Designate SWF Parcel No. 21-199-107C as being acquired for conservation
purposes.
Presenter: Eric Sutton, Director
Land Resources Department
4. Proclamation: Fiscal Year 2009 Sarasota County Watershed Awareness Week
Purpose
This is an action item. Staff is asking the Basin Board to declare the week of
October 12–18, 2009, as Watershed Awareness Week in Sarasota County.
Background/History
To support the District's mission, the Communications Department's education
efforts focus on developing an environmentally conscious and responsible public.
One method used by the District involves creating watershed education programs
that engage the individual and community in protecting watersheds and the water
resources within them.
The Science and Environment Council (SEC) is a collaboration of nonprofit and
government organizations that operate or support conservation and science-based
facilities. Its mission is to promote and advocate science, conservation and