PLACEMENT: Consent
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ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FUTURE ACQUISITIONS OF INDIVIDUALLY OWNED ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PARCELS, AND DIRECTION TO PURCHASE PARCELS THROUGH TAX DEED SALES WITHIN THE PALM BEACH HEIGHTS (PAL-MAR) AREA
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This request is for the adoption of a Resolution accepting future acquisitions of individually owned environmentally sensitive lands within Pal-Mar. Staff is also requesting approval to participate in online Martin County Clerk of Circuit Court Tax Deed Sales to acquire additional parcels within Pal-Mar. All acquisitions completed pursuant to the Resolution will be reviewed by the County Attorney's Office. The funding for these parcels will utilize revenue from the one-half cent (0.5%) Local Government Infrastructure Surtax for properties recommended by the Environmental Lands Oversight Committee (ELOC) and approved by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC).
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Carla T. Segura, F.R.P
Title: Real Property Manager
REQUESTED BY: John Maehl, Environmental Resource Administrator
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Pal-Mar, also known as Palm Beach Heights, is a roughly 28,000+ acre wetland dominated system of environmentally sensitive lands in southern Martin County and northern Palm Beach County. The Pal-Mar area is a mosaic of wetland-dominated habitats including cypress sloughs, open marshes, and hydric pine flatwoods. Pal-Mar has some of the highest quality wetland systems in Martin County and possibly the greater Everglades system. Pal-Mar is part of a very large Greenway system that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Okeechobee. A portion of Pal-Mar is within the headwaters to Cypress Creek, which is one of the most important tributaries to the Wild and Scenic Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.
Martin County currently owns approximately 1,406 +/- acres individually and 3...
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