Negative Response Review – Management plans for properties containing 160 acres or less

Management Plans

Current Requests Under Review:

Sandpiper Key Preserve: FDEP Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (Lease No. 4737)

The FDEP Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection has submitted a management plan for the 34.10-acre Sandpiper Key Preserve. The Board of Trustees acquired the property in 2025 to protect natural communities and listed species habitat, provide buffer protection to the Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve. A copy of the management plan can be found at this link:

Sandpiper Key Preserve

The Division of State Lands will approve this management plan unless three Acquisition and Restoration Council members ask that the Division place the plan on a future Council meeting agenda. The deadline for Council members to make this request is July 30, 2026. Please direct any management plan questions to Arielle Taylor-Manges with the FDEP Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection at Arielle.taylormanges@floridadep.gov. 

James Street Park: City of South Daytona (Lease No. 4077)

The City of South Daytona has submitted a management plan for James Street Park that includes .34 acres of Board of Trustees-owned property. James Street Park is a 5.60-acre area that includes baseball fields, pavilion, splash pad, racquetball courts, and many other active recreational facilities. A copy of the management plan can be found at this link:

James Street Park

The Division of State Lands will approve this management plan unless three Acquisition and Restoration Council members ask that the Division place the plan on a future Council meeting agenda. The deadline for Council members to make this request is July 30, 2026. Please direct any management plan questions to Becky Witte with the City of South Daytona at bwitte@southdaytona.org. 

For information on past negative response items, please contact the Office of Environmental Services at (850) 245-2314 or ARC_mailinglist@FloridaDEP.gov.