June 7, 2024, Acquisition and Restoration Council Meeting Agenda

9 a.m.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, Conference Room 137

3900 Commonwealth Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32399

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Call to Order/Announcements

N/A

Consider summaries for the April 12, 2024, regional public hearing and regular meeting.

Approve

Staff Report: Division of State Lands approved negative response items since the April 2024 ARC meeting.

N/A

Consider a management plan submitted by the Division of Recreation and Parks for state parks located within the Northeast District.

Approve

Consider a management plan for the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Lease No. 3862).

Approve

Consider a 10-year update to the Cary State Forest management plan (Lease No. 3687).

Approve

Consider a 10-year update to the Seminole State Forest management plan (Lease No. 3936).

Approve

Consider whether a private access easement of approximately 0.71 acres within the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area is consistent with the Board of Trustees' Linear Facilities Policy (Lease No. 4034).

Approve

Determine whether a conservation easement over four individual parcels each containing fewer than 40 acres in Jefferson County owned by Grete Case fulfills a clearly delineated state conservation policy and yields a significant public benefit.

Approve

Take Public Testimony on the Atlantic to Okefenokee Conservation Corridor and Big Bend Forest 2024 Cycle 1 Florida Forever proposals and the following 2024 Cycle 2 Florida Forever proposals: Baker County Timberlands, Bowlegs Creek, Fair Bluff, Highlands Hammock Corridor, Lettuce Creek Cattle Company, LIttle Orange Creek Corridor, Rock Bend Ranch, and Waccasassa Flatwoods.

Approve

Vote on whether to approve the project evaluation reports for the Atlantic to Okefenokee Conservation Corridor and Big Bend Forest 2024 Cycle 1 Florida Forever proposals.

Approve

Vote on whether to add the Atlantic to Okefenokee Conservation Corridor and Big Bend Forest 2024 Cycle 1 Florida Forever proposals to the 2025 Florida Forever Priority List

Approve

Vote on whether the Baker County Timberlands, Bowlegs Creek, Fair Bluff, Highlands Hammock Corridor, Lettuce Creek Cattle Company, LIttle Orange Creek Corridor, Rock Bend Ranch, and Waccasassa Flatwoords 2024 Cycle 2 Florida Forever proposals will proceed through the project evaluation process for potential addition to the 2025 Florida Forever Priority List.

Vote on whether to amend the Florida’s First Magnitude Springs Florida Forever project boundary to add 25 parcels totaling approximately 50.22 GIS acres in Columbia County with a tax assessed market value of $631,282.

Vote on whether to amend the Etoniah/Cross Florida Greenway Florida Forever project boundary to add four parcels totaling approximately 397.20 GIS acres in Putnam County with a tax assessed market value of $1,471,888.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Strategic Managed Area Lands List (SMALL) Florida Forever project boundary to add one parcel totaling approximately 0.23 GIS acres in St. Lucie County with a tax assessed market value of $3,000.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Strategic Managed Area Lands List (SMALL) Florida Forever project boundary to add four parcels totaling approximately 35.40 acres in Charlotte County with a tax assessed market value of $816.

Vote on whether to amend the Strategic Managed Area Lands List (SMALL) Florida Forever project boundary to add one partial parcel totaling approximately 41.75 GIS acres in Liberty County with a tax assessed market value of $109,442.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Strategic Managed Area Lands List (SMALL) Florida Forever project boundary to add one partial parcel totaling approximately 341.38 GIS acres in Orange County with a tax assessed market value of $1,131,124.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Pinhook Swamp Florida Forever project boundary to add 10 parcels totaling approximately 637.47 GIS acres in Hamilton County with a tax assessed market value of $1,965,873.

Withdrawn

Vote on whether to amend the Aucilla/Wacissa Watershed Florida Forever project boundary to add eight parcels totaling approximately 783.03 GIS acres in Madison County with a tax assessed market value of $1,099,100.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Sand Mountain Florida Forever project boundary to add eight parcels totaling approximately 572.01 GIS acres in Washington County with a tax assessed market value of $855,058.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Sand Mountain Florida Forever project boundary to add three parcels totaling approximately 348.45 GIS acres in Washington County with a tax assessed market value of $774,566.

Approve

Vote on whether to amend the Upper Shoal River Florida Forever project boundary to add three parcels totaling approximately 329.26 GIS acres in Walton County with a tax assessed market value of $512,578.