AGENDA DATE: 11/20/2019
TITLE: Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) Appraisals and Purchases for FY 2019 Applicant Class
TODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request approval of appraisals and purchases of two properties from FY 2019 ACE applicant class
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, DeLoria, Filardo, 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 April 9, 2019, the Board adopted the ACE Committee's recommendation to approve the final ranking order for the FY 2019 applicant pool and appraise the top three eligible properties: Edelberg, Harlow, and JD Land Holdings. See Attachment A for ranking evaluations and criteria scoring. If the County purchases these three (3) easements, the County will have acquired easements on fifty-four (54) properties and protected open-space resources on 10,442 acres through the history of the ACE program. Due to title issues that must first be resolved, however, the acquisition of JD Land Holdings will be delayed until such time as these issues are satisfactorily resolved. Therefore, the current plan is to acquire Edelberg and Harlow.
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