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Revision of Recorded Conservation Easement onto the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida (B)
This item is a request for a revision to the previously approved and authorized Conservation Easement onto the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida over a portion of Depot Park.
Explanation
As part of the Regulatory Specific Conditions associated with the issuance of the permit to construct the pond in Phase II of Depot Park, the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection required a Conservation Easement over a portion of the Park. That portion of the Park being the "Wetland Creation", "Wetland Preservation and Enhancement", and "Upland Preservation and Enhancement", located south of the Phase II pond and east and west of the Phase I pond.
The original Conservation Easement was approved by the City Commission on March 18, 2010 (Legislative File Number 090187) and recorded on April 01, 2010 in Official Records Book 3945, Page 1751 in the Public Records of Alachua County, Florida.
The State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection has modified the condition to require a total of 7.69 acres of uplands and wetlands be placed under a conservation easement, instead of the original 5.31 wetlands and uplands on site. The revised conservation easement contains a total of 7.8 acres.
Fiscal Note
There is no fiscal impact with this request
Recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve the revised Conservation Easement onto the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida over a portion of Depot Park; and 2) authorize the Mayor to execute, and the Clerk to attest, the revised Conservation Easement onto the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida over a portion of Depot Park, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality.