The Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) meeting agenda and materials are published seven days prior to the upcoming ARC meeting and will be available up to one year following the meeting. 

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Council
Meeting
9 a.m.
Location
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, Conference Room 137
3900 Commonwealth Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32399
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Accessibility
Information
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least five days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Office of Environmental Services at 850-245-2555. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service 1(800) 955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800) 955-8770 (Voice).

 

AgendaDescriptionResults
Item 1Call to Order/AnnouncementsN/A
Item 2Summaries for August 11, 2023, regular meeting, and August 8 and 14, 2023, regional hearings.Approve
Item 3Consider the 2024 ARC calendar.Approve
Item 4Negative response items approved by the Division of State Lands since the August 2023 ARC meeting.N/A
Item 52023 update on the Division of State Lands conservation easement monitoring program.N/A
Item 6
Annual Land Management Review Team findings and the Land Management Uniform Accounting Council 2023 Annual Report.
N/A
Item 710-year update to the Guana River WMA management plan (Lease No. 3585).Approve
Item 810-year update to the Lake Monroe Conservation Area management plan (Lease No. 3803).Approve
Item 9Withlacoochee State Forest management plan amendment - Etna Turpentine Display and Historic Marker (Lease Nos. 3316, 3560, 3994, and 4145).Approve
Item 10
Consider whether 19 acres of state-owned land managed by the Florida Forest Service as part of Point Washington State Forest is no longer needed for conservation purposes and is exchanged for approximately 50 acres of property owned by the Walton County School Board.
Approve
Item 11Public testimony on the 2023 Cycle 2 Florida Forever project proposals.N/A
Item 12
Consider project evaluation reports for the Chunky Pond, Deer Creek Ranch, Ford Marsh, Lake Powell North, Little Pine Ranch, Myakka Ranch, Trailhead Blue Springs, Venus Project, Waccasassa Bay Headwaters, Welles Ranch, and Yarborough Ranch 2023 Cycle 2 Florida Forever proposals.
 
Approve
Item 13
Vote on whether to add eleven 2023 Cycle 2 Florida Forever project proposals to the 2024 Florida Forever Priority List.
Approve
Item 14
Consider a request to remove 8,991 acres from the Matanzas to Ocala Conservation Corridor project boundary and 1,213 acres from the Northeast Florida Blueway Florida Forever project boundary.
Approve
Item 15Vote on whether to amend the Pumpkin Hill Creek Florida Forever project boundary to add two parcels totaling approximately 129 acres in Nassau County with a tax assessed market value of $12,858.Approve
Item 16
Vote on whether to amend the Aucilla/Wacissa Watershed Florida Forever project boundary to add one parcel totaling approximately 305 acres in Jefferson County with a tax assessed market value of $610,531.
Approve
Vote on whether to amend the Pinhook Swamp Florida Forever project boundary to add six parcels totaling approximately 523 acres in Columbia County with a tax assessed market value of $546,052.
Approve
Vote on whether to amend the Pinhook Swamp Florida Forever project boundary to add four parcels totaling approximately 456 acres in Columbia County with a tax assessed market value of $1,393,902.
Approve
Vote on whether to amend the Apalachicola River Florida Forever project boundary to add five parcels totaling approximately 665 acres in Jackson County with a tax assessed market value of $966,282.
Approve
Vote on whether to amend the Strategic Managed Area Lands List Florida Forever project boundary for the Florida Forest Service to add one parcel totaling approximately 16 acres in Pasco County with a tax assessed market value of $108,046.
Approve
Consider boundary amendments for the Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge, Belle Meade, Catfish Creek, Coupon Bight/Key Deer, Dade County Archipelago, Dickerson Bay/Bald Point, Lochloosa Wildlife, South Walton County Ecosystem, and Spruce Creek Florida Forever projects.
Approve
Consider a staff recommendation to remove the Arbuckle Creek Watershed, Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Horse Creek Ranch, South Walton County Ecosystem, Telogia Creek, Tiger Island/Little Tiger Island and Triple Diamond Florida Forever projects from the 2024 Florida Forever Priority List.
Approve
 Adjourn 

Please contact the Division of State Lands, Office of Environmental Services at 850-245-2555 for additional information.

Hank Vinson, ARC Agenda Coordinator
Office of Environmental Services
Division of State Lands
Department of Environmental Protection
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, M.S. 140
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000
 
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