Meeting Called to
Order
Jamie Seaman,
presiding as liaison for the Board, called the meeting to order at
3:10p.m.
Roll Call
Jamie Seaman,
presiding as liaison for the Board, provided roll call by advising all
Committee Members were present except Robert Williams.
Approval of
Minutes
Jamie Seaman
requested approval of the May 15, 2001, minutes. After discussion by the
Committee, Member Lonnie Groot made a motion to approve the
May 15, 2001, minutes as prepared with minor change to Page 1,
last paragraph, fourth line: is to if. Member Anne Hallum seconded the
motion that carried unanimously by voice vote.
Election of Chair
and Vice-Chair
Member Gordon Kipp
made a motion to nominate Member Reid Hughes as Chair and Member Dennis
Bayer seconded the motion that carried unanimously by voice vote.
Jamie Seaman
relinquished conduction of the meeting to the newly elected Chair, Reid
Hughes.
Member Lonnie
Groot recommended the nomination of Member Dennis Bayer as Vice-Chair.
Without any other recommendations for nomination of Vice-Chair, Member
Groot made a motion for the nominations to be closed and Member Bayer to
be appointed as Vice-Chair by acclamation of Committee. The motion carried
unanimously by voice vote.
Adoption of
By-Laws
After discussion
by the Committee Members, Member Lonnie Groot made a motion to amend the
By-Laws with the change to Article X which was to insert the parenthetical
phase (in conjunction with the Chair) after "include" on
the third line and after "signature" on the sixth line. Member
Richard Schuler seconded the motion that carried unanimously by voice
vote. Member Gordon Kipp made a motion to approve the By-Laws, as amended,
and Member Carrie Stewart seconded the motion that carried unanimously by
voice vote.
Set Future
Meetings
After discussion
the Committee Members unanimously approved a meeting schedule of every two
weeks on Wednesday at 3:00p.m. thru 5:00p.m. starting with
June 13, 2001. These meetings will be held at the Daytona
International Airport's Volusia Room when available.
Recreation &
Conservation Land Program 1986 Referendum
Mr. Clay Henderson
presented a map to the Committee Members for review depicting CARL
Projects. He gave an overview/history of Plans from 1987, and presented
samples of other Counties Plans from prior projects to assist the
Committee in developing procedures and financial assistance for future
projects or plans. He stressed to the Committee Members the importance in
having a Plan in place with standards to follow. He provided suggestions
to the Committee on the most effective ways to achieve financial aide,
Plan preparation, and how important Staff assistance will be in achieving
the Committee’s goals. He recommended utilizing a list of pre-qualified
appraisers developed through a pre-bid qualification process, who could
expedite appraisals when necessary. He suggested that the Committee set a
priority on completing current CARL Programs.
The Committee
discussed the Aless than fee@ financial option, which Mr. Henderson
suggested, could be a viable option and needs to be paid attention to in
the future by the Committee.
Update on CARL
& FCT Program
Jamie Seaman gave
a brief overview of what is the CARL (Conservation and Recreation Lands)
Program and how the CARL Program works. She further explained what is FCT
(Florida Communities Trust) and how it works. FCT was developed to assist
local governments with a funding source for Park needs to work in
concurrency with the Comprehensive Plan. She explained that CARL and FCT
will be the major funding sources, and CARL and FCT now are working
together unlike prior years. She expressed the importance in developing a
plan to create a ranking system to fall in line with CARL and FCT, thus
creating projects which will be more eligible in their process. Other
programs of a smaller scale are available such as Greenways and Trails.
Further discussion ensued with regards to other possible Programs for
funding and the importance of finishing previous Programs.
Bill Gardner, Land
Acquisition Director, gave a brief history of applications made to FCT,
which started in 1991 with Lake Beresford/Starke Tract and Colby Alderman
Tract. He gave a brief overview of the application process and potential
projects for future completion. He presented information on the
timetable/deadline for grant applications which FCT’s deadline is
August 13, 2001. He informed the Committee that FCT has $66
million this year and the most any one applicant or project could receive
would be 10%, or $6.6 million.
Overview of Land
Management Plans
Jamie Seaman gave
a brief overview of the past process (CARL Projects purchased under
P-2000). The process at that time did not require a Land Management Plan
to be in place first. However, the present process requires that a Land
Management Plan be in place for ranking to occur. Various maps were
presented to the Committee (provided in mail out package and as a handout)
which included North Peninsula State Recreation Area, Conservation Lands,
Regionally Significant Habitats, Scrub Habitats, and Recharge Areas. These
maps were presented to provide general information in establishing a Land
Management Plan; what land is to be acquired and what has already been
acquired.
A discussion
expressing a possible need for Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for
streamlining the FCT process (maximizing points) ensued between Staff and
the Committee.
Randall Sleister
presented samples of past Land Management Plans (i.e., Lake Beresford) to
be utilized as a guideline for future Land Management Plans.
Discussion of
other Countys= Land Acquisition Plans
Randall Sleister
presented samples of two other countys= (Alachua and Brevard) Plans. These
samples were presented to provide the Committee with a guideline in
compiling a Plan.
Discussion of
Volusia Forever Rating/Ranking Criteria
Randall Sleister
presented samples of two other countys= (Alachua and Brevard) criteria and
forms, and the Legislative Goals and Resolutions. These documents were
presented to provide the Committee with samples as a guideline in
compiling a Plan.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned
at 4:55p.m.
