LANDS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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1 LANDS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC March 12, 2019 Following Board Meeting District Headquarters Live Oak, Florida 1. Call to Order / Committee Roll Call 2. Public Comment General Discussion / Updates 3. Land Acquisition and Surplus Triage Discussion Land Acquisition / s 4. Long Pond Acquisition Levy County Conservation Easement /Conservation Easement Modification Requests 5. Lyme Timber Company County Surplus Lands: No Items 6. Announcements 7. Adjournment A person may not lobby the District until such person has registered as a lobbyist with the Contracts and Procurement Coordinator by filing a registration form. Definitions: "Lobbies" is defined as seeking to influence a district policy or procurement decision or an attempt to obtain the goodwill of a district official or employee. ( (1)(b), Florida Statutes [F.S.]) "Lobbyist" is a person who is employed and receives payment, or who contracts for economic consideration, for the purpose of lobbying, or a person who is principally employed for governmental affairs by another person or governmental entity to lobby on behalf of that other person or governmental entity. ( (1)(h), F.S.)

2 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Lands Committee Steve A. Minnis, Deputy Executive Director, Business and Community Services DATE: February 18, 2019 RE: Authorization to Proceed with Acquisition on the Purchase of Long Pond on 964 Acres +/- in Levy County RECOMMENDATION Staff requests Lands Committee approval to forward a recommendation to the Governing Board to authorize staff to commence detailed assessment and negotiations for Long Pond with Monika Kosc and/or to include in the District s Fiscal Year Springs Grant submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. BACKGROUND On September 21, 2018, Ms. Monika Kosc submitted a bona fide offer for sale of 1, acres +/- in Levy County pursuant to Chapter 40B9-041, Florida Administrative Code. Ms. Kosc is the personal representative of the Estate of Jack Spillane, the owner of the Long Pond parcels. At the Lands Committee November 13, 2018 Meeting, the Committee requested staff to provide tax parcel information pertaining to the property, determine the springs protection acreage based on the tax parcel information, and ascertain the willingness of the property representative to accept the modifications to the initial property offer. The Long Pond property is located south of Chiefland with frontage along US Highway 19 and CR 347. The property is fenced, contains two barns, a camp shed, and an equipment shed, three 6 wells, and timber. Approximately 964 acres of the property is located in the Manatee Spring springshed, which is a designated Outstanding Standing Florida Spring, and is within the priority focus area of Fanning- Manatee springshed. The Staff Acquisition and Surplus Review Team reviewed the offer at its October 18, 2018 Meeting, and is requesting that the Lands Committee forward a recommendation to the Governing Board to authorize staff to commence detailed assessment and begin negotiations. The Long Pond acquisition would be submitted as a spring grant project proposal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. /sm Attachments 1

3 PARCEL SUMMARY TRACT: OWNER: Long Pond Offer, Levy County Monika Kosc, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Spillane/Home Town Development, LLC., c/o Jack Spillane Trust Owner/Manager PARCEL: 964 acres +/- PARCEL DESCRIPTION: The Long Pond property consists of 19 tax parcels, containing 1, acres +/-, and located south of Chiefland with frontage along US Highway 19 and CR 347. The property is fenced, contains two barns, a camp shed, and an equipment shed, three 6 wells, and timber. Approximately 964 acres of the property is located in the Manatee Spring springshed, which is a designated Outstanding Standing Florida Spring, and is within the priority focus area of Fanning-Manatee springshed. The property is in the District s Florida Forever Work Plan. Although the District s aquifer recharge map layer does not indicate the property is a high recharge area, features within the property such as soils and location in a springshed suggest that aquifer recharge does occur on the property. WATER RESOURCE GUIDELINE SCREENING: Aquifer Recharge: None Springshed Protection: 100% (964 acres) Priority Focus Area: 100% (964 acres) Floodplain Protection: 74% (717 acres) Surface Water Protection: 39% (383 acres) OUTSTANDING INTERESTS: To be determined by title search during detailed assessment. CURRENT ASKING PRICE: The property offer has an asking price based on the entire parcel of 1, acres +/- is $5,947,500. Upon completion of the appraisals staff will negotiate the value of the property and will require the purchase at less than 90% of the appraised value. ASSESSMENT COSTS: Costs of detailed assessment are estimated to be from $50,000 to $70,000. ACCESS: This property has access from Us Highway 19 and CR 347. MANAGEMENT: The property would be managed by the District and will be open to the public. /sm File #

4 Long Pond Location Map Jefferson Madison Hamilton Baker Suwannee Columbia Taylor Lafayette Union Bradford Alachua Water Resource Caution Areas Upper Suwannee River Regional Alapaha River Basin Upper Santa Fe River Basin Lower Santa Fe River Basin Levy Citrus Marion Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) to be used for planning purposes only. SRWMD shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by the use of data distributed as or application. SRWMD does not guarantee the accuracy, or suitability for any use of these data, and no warranty is expressed or implied. For more information please contact the SRWMD at Map Created 10/22/2018 Project Boundary SRWMD Ownership SRWMD Boundary SRWMD Proposed Acquisition Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community 3

5 SW 4TH PL NW 90TH LN SW 25TH AVE NW 91ST ST NW 10TH AVE NW 88TH LN NW 87TH PL NW 85TH PL SW 14TH ST NW 88TH ST NW 86TH ST NW 50TH AV 19 NW 84TH ST GROVE RD NW 82ND LN NW 81ST PL NW 80TH ST NW 78TH PL NW 66TH CT NW 56TH CT NW 55TH AVE NW 45TH TER 98 NW 75TH PL 345 NW 73RD LN NW 67TH CT NW 72ND LN NW 70TH ST NW 60TH AVE NW 67TH PL NW 73RD LN NW 56TH CT NW 70TH ST NW 73RD ST NW 48TH TER NW 71ST PL NW 46TH TER MN 347 NW SR&CR-D NO 2-A NW 20TH AV NW 63RD LN NW 63RD LN NW 52ND CT MN 347 MN 330 SR&CR-D NO 1 Project Boundary Rivers and Streams SRWMD Ownership SRWMD Conservation Ownership SRWMD Proposed Acquisitions Long Pond ± 1,467 Ac Levy County Levy 0 3,000 6,000 Feet at Map Created 10/22/2018 4

6 (Life Estate) Tax Parcels Long Pond Tax Parcels 5 Levy Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) to be used for planning purposes only. SRWMD shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by the use of data distributed as or application. SRWMD does not guarantee the accuracy, or suitability for any use of these data, and no warranty is expressed or implied. For more information please contact the SRWMD at Map Created on 11/15/2018

7 (Life Estate) Manatee Spring Tax Parcels Springshed - 66% / 964 ac Priority Focus Area 66% / 964 ac Long Pond Springs Protection / Tax Parcel Information 6 Levy Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) to be used for planning purposes only. SRWMD shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by the use of data distributed as or application. SRWMD does not guarantee the accuracy, or suitability for any use of these data, and no warranty is expressed or implied. For more information please contact the SRWMD at Map Created on 11/15/2018

8 Rivers and Streams Long Pond LiDAR Overview Land Surface Elevation High : 45 Low : 8 (Vertical Datum NAVD88- Units US Feet) Note: Elevations displyed are derived from LiDAR Data. Levy Alachua at Map Created 10/22/2018 7

9 Long Pond Floodplain Protection Project Boundary Floodplain Protection - 74% 717/964 ac Rivers and Streams Alachua Levy at Map Created 2/19/2019 8

10 Long Pond Aquifer Recharge Protection Aquifer Recharge 0% Levy at Map Created 10/22/2018

11 Long Pond Surface Water Protection Surface Water Protection 39% 383/964 ac Rivers and Streams Levy at Map Created 2/18/

12 129 Anderson Exchange DOUG AND LISA ANDERSON FWC 129 SRWMD ANDREWS NEW PINE LANDING 19/27/ SUNNYVALE DEP MANATEE CHIEFLAND WELLFIELD 129 MANATEE S STATE PARK 19/98 27A MANATEE S SOUTH DRUMMOND OAK HAMMOCK Manatee Springshed MANN MEEKS 19/98 Levy County US FIsh & Wildlife SRWMD Springs Long Pond SRWMD Ownership Within Springshed Other Public Lands Manatee Spring Springshed Priority Focus Area - Fanning Manatee Parcel Boundaries 1st Magnitude Spring Manatee Springshed and Priority Focus Area 2nd Magnitude Spring SRWMD 24 Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) to be used for planning purposes only. SRWMD shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by the use of data distributed as or application. SRWMD does not guarantee the accuracy, or suitability for any use of these data, and no warranty is expressed or implied. For more information please contact the SRWMD at Map Created on 12/21/2018

13 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Lands Committee Steve A. Minnis, Deputy Executive Director, Business and Community Services DATE: February 18, 2019 RE: Authorization to Submit a Springs Grant Application for the Lyme Timber Company Conservation Easement Purchase on 17,854 acres +/- in County RECOMMENDATION Staff requests Lands Committee approval to include Lyme Timber Company Conservation Easement in the District s Fiscal Year Springs Grant submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. BACKGROUND The Lyme Forest property contains 17,854 acres +/- and is located east and northeast of Bell with frontage on CR 232 and CR 340. The property is managed for forest products. Staff has been in discussion with Lyme Timber Company, and The Conservation Fund about purchase of a conservation easement for some time. Recent updates to the Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) show the significant contribution of this property to protecting groundwater of an Outstanding Florida Spring, Devil s Ear Group, as well as flows through Cow Creek to the Lower Santa Fe River. A conservation easement protecting this property is consistent with guidance for submittal of a Springs Funding application to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Approximately 12,078 acres of the property is located in the Devil s Ear Group springshed, which is a designated Outstanding Standing Florida Spring, and is within the Priority Focus Area of the Devil s Ear Group springshed. The Lyme Forest Conservation Acquisition would be submitted as a Springs grant project proposal to FDEP. The property is included in the District Florida Forever Plan as a Conservation Easement opportunity to protect springs and the Lower Santa Fe River. /rh Attachments 12

14 PARCEL SUMMARY TRACT: OWNER: Lyme Timber Company Forest, County Lyme Timber Company PARCEL: 17,854 acres +/- PARCEL DESCRIPTION: The Lyme Forest property contains 17,854 acres +/- and located east and northeast of Bell. The tract has frontage on CR 232 and CR 340. The property is managed for forest products. Approximately 12,167 acres of the property is located in the Devil s Ear Complex springshed (Devil s Ear, Devil s Eye, Little Devil s Spring first magnitude group), Ginnie Springs (second magnitude), Blue (second magnitude) and July Spring (second magnitude). The Devil s Spring Group is a designated Outstanding Standing Florida Spring. The eastern portion of the property is within the priority focus area of Devil s Spring Group springshed. The property is identified in the District s Florida Forever Work Plan. A portion (14,412 ac.) is also included on the Tier 2 list for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. The Santa Fe Basic Management Action Plan characterizes approximately 12,078 acres as medium recharge (3.01 to 10.0 per acre per year) and 5,774 acres as high recharge (10.01 to 25 per acre per year). The Cow Creek system is included in the property and provides surfacewater flows through the property to the Lower Santa Fe River. WATER RESOURCE GUIDELINE SCREENING: Aquifer Recharge: 0.01% (95.1 acres) Springshed Protection: 68% (12,168 acres) Priority Focus Area: 9% (1,530 acres) Floodplain Protection: 65% (11,686 acres) Surface Water Protection: 46% (8,145 acres) OUTSTANDING INTERESTS: To be determined by title search during detailed assessment. CURRENT ASKING PRICE: There is no asking price at this time. ASSESSMENT COSTS: Costs of detailed assessment are estimated to be from $200,000 to $250,000. ACCESS: This property has highway access from CR 340 and CR 232. MANAGEMENT: The property is proposed as a conservation easement purchase. /rh File #

15 Jefferson Madison Forest Location Map Hamilton Suwannee Columbia Baker STUART'S LANDING NORTH SANTA FE GRADY 129 S STUART'S BRIDGE LANDING SOUTH DEVILS ELBOW SUWANNEE RIVER FOREST HATCHBEND TURTLE S DIXIE RANCHETTES SANTA FE OASIS LEGGETT Loncala, Inc. Conservation Easement #1 47 BRIDGE Santa Fe River Taylor Lafayette Union Bradford ROCK BLUFF S Alachua GILCHRIST REGIONAL WELLFIELD Circle Pines Farm Agricultural and Conservation Easement Water Resource Caution Areas Upper Suwannee River Regional Alapaha River Basin Upper Santa Fe River Basin Lower Santa Fe River Basin Note: Levy Citrus This map was created by the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) to be used for planning purposes only. SRWMD shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by the use of data distributed as or application. SRWMD does not guarantee the accuracy, or suitability for any use of these data, and no warranty is expressed or implied. For more information please contact the SRWMD at Map Created 2/25/2019 Marion SRWMD Ownership Other Public Ownership SRWMD Boundary Conservation Easements SRWMD Proposed Acquisition

16 Lafayette Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area Lafayette Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area MN 351 MN351A ROCK BLUFF S MN 349 GUARANTO Suwannee River SUW (SUWANNEE) GIL TURTLE POT HOLE ROCK SINK SUN S FLETCHER S MN 236 MN 342 GIL GIL84971 MN 341 GIL MN 138 Fort White Wildlife and Environmental Area ICHETUCKNEE GIL SIPHON CREEK RISE Cow Creek WILSON (COLUMBIA) MN 341 MN 232 COL (COLUMBIA) TWIN JULY GINNIE MN 138 DEVILS EYE Poe Springs LILLY Park Poe Springs Park Bell Ridge Longleaf Wildlife and Environmental Area MN 337 MN MN 778 ALA (ALACHUA) SANTA FE RIVER RISE (ALACHUA) DARBY ALA (ALACHUA) POE McCall Park ALLEN River Rise Preserve State Park TREEHOUSE 20 O'leno State Park HORNSBY 441 MN Rivers and Streams SRWMD Ownership SRWMD Conservation Ownership SRWMD Proposed Acquisitions Forest ±17,854 Ac County Lafayette at Map Created 2/22/

17 Cow Creek Santa Fe River Suwannee River Rivers and Streams Land Surface Elevation High : Low : (Vertical Datum NAVD88- Units US Feet) Note: Elevations displyed are derived from LiDAR Data. Forest LiDAR Overview Lafayette Union Alachua at Map Created 2/22/

18 Santa Fe River Suwannee River Cow Creek Suwannee River Rivers and Streams Land Surface Elevation High : Low : (Vertical Datum NAVD88- Units US Feet) Note: Elevations displyed are derived from LiDAR Data. Forest LiDAR DEM Property at Map Created 2/22/

19 Santa Fe River Suwannee River Cow Creek Floodplain Protection - 65% / ±11, ac Rivers and Streams Forest Floodplain Protection Lafayette 18 Union Alachua at Map Created 2/22/2019

20 POT HOLE UNNAMED (DIXIE) GIL SUW (SUWANNEE) GIL FLETCHER S TURTLE GUARANTO ROCK BLUFF S BETTY GIL GIL GIL84971 GIL GIL UNNAMED WATERMELON WILSON (COLUMBIA) COL (COLUMBIA) GIL GIL GIL GIL COL (COLUMBIA) MYRTLES FISSURE GIL TWIN JULY DEVILS EYE PICKARD GILCHRIST RUM ISLAND BLUE Devil's Ear Springshed POE WOODS COLUMBIA ALA (ALACHUA) POE TREEHOUSE SANTA FE RIVER RISE (ALACHUA) COL (COLUMBIA) DARBY HORNSBY ROCK SINK MCCRABB IRON S (DIXIE) DIX95971 (DIXIE) UNNAMED (DIXIE) SUN S LUMBERCAMP S HART S Fanning Springshed Forest Springs Protection Springshed 68% / ±12, ac 1st Magnitude Spring Union Lafayette 2nd Magnitude Spring >3rd Magnitude Spring Alachua at Map Created 2/22/

21 Santa Fe River Suwannee River Cow Creek Suwannee River Forest Surface Water Protection Surface Water Protection - 46% / ± ac Rivers and Streams at Map Created 2/22/

22 Forest Aquifer Recharge Protection Columbia Aquifer Recharge % / ±95.06 ac Lafayette Rivers and Streams at Map Created 2/22/