Agenda Item Name:
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Hickory Sink Strategic Ecosystem Special Area Study Scope of Work
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Presenter:
Jeffrey Hays, AICP 352-374-5249 x6971
Description:
Approval of a Scope of Work for a Privately Initiated Special Area Study for the Hickory Sink Strategic Ecosystem
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the proposed Scope of Work for Hickory Sink Strategic Ecosystem Special Area Study
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Prior Board Motions:
NA
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
The Special Area Study is privately initiated and funded. There is no direct cost to the County.
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Background:
Article 16 of the Alachua County Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) provides for Special Area Plans as one of the preferred planning techniques for Strategic Ecosystems identified within the County's Comprehensive Plan. ULDC Section 402.98 identifies a Special Area Study as the first step to be conducted in the development of a Special Area Plan. Sections 402.99 and 402.100 provide details for a private applicant to request approval from the Board of County Commissioners for the Scope of Work for a Special Area Plan.
CHW, Inc has supplied a letter detailing a scope of work for a proposed Special Area Study on the approximately 4,000 acres owned by their client Kanapaha, Land and Timber, LLLP. This entity owns approximately 76 percent of the Hickory Sink Strategic Ecosystem and the Special Area Study includes all of their ownership within the Strategic Ecosystem. The proposed scope includes evaluation of karst topography and significant geologic features, critical ecosystem functioning and plant and animal species and communities, as well as an infrastructure planning review of the property. Staff is in agreement with the major points outlined in the scope of services with the understanding that some additional details will come forward during the process. Once the study is completed the results will be presented to the County Commission as the basis for a ...
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