Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Monica Cepero
Department: County Administration Division: Parks & Recreation
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution, the title of which is as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PLACING CERTAIN CONSERVATION LAND AND GREEN SPACE SITES ON THE BROWARD COUNTY URBAN WILDERNESS INVENTORY PURSUANT TO SECTION 251/2-27, BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Why Action is Necessary
A Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish notice of public hearing to consider adoption of the Resolution was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners ("Commission") at its meeting of January 22, 2026.
What Action Accomplishes
Enables the adoption of the Resolution.
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Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
Pursuant to Section 251/2-27 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances ("Code"), the process of designating a site as an Urban Wilderness Area begins by placing the site on the Urban Wilderness Inventory by resolution. Once placed on the Inventory, a site may be designated as an Urban Wilderness Area by the Commission through enactment of an ordinance. Sites designated as Urban Wilderness Areas are preserved and managed to protect them from incompatible human activity. These areas are managed to enhance their basic natural quality for public enjoyment and as reminders of the natural conditions that preceded modern civilization. Less than three percent of land in the urbanized areas of Broward County east of the Water Conservation Areas/Everglades Wildlife Management Area remains in a natural or undeveloped condition. To date, 23 sites, covering 869 acres, have been designated as Urban Wilderness Areas by Count...
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