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RESOLUTION NO. 01-014
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, URGING THE ACQUISITION AND
RESTORATION COUNCIL TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR THE
NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER BARGAIN/SHARE PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
On December 28, 1994, the Board of Trustees of the Internal
improvement Trust Fund of the State of Flodda for the Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, purchased 981 acres
of land along the North Fork of the St. Lucia River that are managed as
part of the North Fork St. Lucie River State Buffer Preserve.
On November 8, 1994, the voters of St. Lucia County approved a Twenty
Million ($20,000,000.00) Dollar Bond Issue for the purpose of acquiring
environmentally sensitive lands.
On January 15, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners entered into the
"Acquisition and Ownership Agreement North Fork/St. Lucie CARL Project" with
the Department of Environmental Protection and South Florida Water
Management District. As part of the agreement the Department pledged to
provide Fifty percent of the costs to acquire lands within the CARL project
boundary and the County pledged to provide up to Two Million Two Hundred and
Fifty Thousand ($2,250,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price for the North Fork
Project lands.
The North Fork St. Lucie River Project is ranked number 12 on the 2000
Conservation and Recreation Lands Bargain/Shared list.
The lands proposed for acquisition are either adjacent to or surrounded by
1,724 acres already owned by the State of Flodda, the South Florida Water
Management Distdct or St. Lucie County and make up the integrated North Fork
Greenway.
Purchase of the remaining North Fork of the St. Lucia River CARL Project lands
will further the intent of the Flodda Forever Act and contribute to the
achievement of 13 of the 19 goals set forth in 259.105(4)(a) of the FIodda
Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucia County, FIodda:
This Board urges the Acquisition and Restoration Council to continue funding for
the North Fork St. Lucia River Project under the Florida Forever program.
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The County Administrator is hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the members of the Acquisition and Restoration Council.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Chairman Frannie Hutchinson
AYE
Vice-Chairman Doug Coward
AYE
Commissioner Cliff Barnes
AYE
Commissioner Paula Lewis
AYE
Commissioner John Bruhn
AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 27th day of Mamh, 2001.
BOARD (
ST. LUCIE cOUNTY, FLORIDA
DI
CLERK
BY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
CORRECTNESS:
COUNTY ATTORNEY
March 23, 2001 North Fork of the St. Lucie River
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