AGENDA DATE: 1/9/2019
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Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) Appraisals and Purchases for FY 2018 Applicant Class
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request approval of appraisals and purchases of three properties from FY 2018 ACE applicant class
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Herrick, Gast-Bray, Maliszewski, Goodall
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Under County Code ? A.1-111(A), the Board determines which open-space easements to purchase under the County's Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) program: "From the list of applications received under section A.1-110(D), the board of supervisors shall designate the initial pool of parcels identified for conservation easements to be purchased. The size of the pool shall be based upon the funds available for easement purchases in the current fiscal year and the purchase price of each conservation easement in the pool established under section A.1-111(B)." If any applicants withdraw from consideration, other applicants may be substituted until the eligible applicants or available funding is exhausted.
On June 13, 2018, the Board adopted the ACE Committee's recommendation to approve the final ranking order for the FY 2018 applicant pool and appraise the top four eligible properties: Dollard, Walker, Ruddock and Pulliam. (See Attachment A for the criteria scoring). Because it was anticipated that Mr. Pulliam might acquire some adjoining land to push his application above the eligibility threshold, staff and the ACE Committee obtained preliminary Board approval to appraise his property in the event that it reached the eligibility threshold. Since this has not yet occurred, an appraisal has not been ordered for the Pulliam tract.
If the County purchases the three (3) remaining easements, the County would have acquired easements on 51 properties and protected the open-space resou...
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