Agenda Item Name:
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Buchanan Trails - Approve Conservation Easement in favor of Alachua County
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Presenter:
Mark Brown, 352-264-6815
Description:
The proposed Buchanan Trails residential community includes 66.7 acres within Jonesville. The design plan includes 180-lot single-family detached units with associated infrastructure. A designated 10.3-acre "Conservation Management Area" (CMA) is located within the northwestern portion of the project area. To meet the applicable code requirements for regulated natural resource management and protection, the designated CMA will be protected in perpetuity with a recorded Conservation Easement conveyed to Alachua County.
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Recommended Action:
recommended action
Approve the Conservation Easement
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Prior Board Motions:
recommended action
Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) approved the revised Preliminary Development Plan (PDP), July, 2022
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Fiscal Consideration:
fiscal consideration
N/A
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Strategic Guide:
strategic guide
Environment
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Background:
Within the northwestern quadrant of the site, there is a contiguous 10.3-acre area associated with a former lime rock quarry operation excavated in the 1940's. This quarry area includes an interior surface water feature (2.4 acres) covered with duckweed and shrub vegetation; surrounded by undulating topography of forested upland habitat that naturally generated trees and shrubs on overburden soils displaced by the quarry operation. This 10.3 acres represents 15% of the subject site and designated within the southernmost overlay portion of the Pine Hills Forest Strategic Ecosystem.
A "Conservation Area Management Plan" has been prepared to address the perpetual habitat management, as well associated with the CMA. The management plan includes references to removing exotic and nuisance vegetation, earthwork and construction setbacks within proximity of the CMA, and the installation of appropriate erosion control and perimeter fencing ...
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