Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Leonard Vialpando
Department: Public Works and Environmental Services
Division: Environmental Permitting Division
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE release of a conservation easement over property owned by Metropica Series B Venture LLC ("Metropica") in substantially the form attached; and authorize the County Administrator to execute the release of conservation easement, subject to approval as to legal sufficiency by the County Attorney's Office, and conditioned upon Metropica: (i) making a payment to the City of Sunrise in the amount of $50,000; and (ii) obtaining an Environmental Resource License to address wetland impacts. (Commission District 9)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board action is necessary to approve the release of a conservation easement.
What Action Accomplishes
Releases the remaining interest of Broward County in a conservation easement.
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Previous Action Taken
None taken.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
On August 6, 1996, Sawgrass Property Investments ("Sawgrass") recorded a conservation easement in favor of Broward County ("County"), providing for the retention and maintenance of wetland mitigation areas across several parcels, in furtherance of Environmental Resource License DF95-1047.
On April 22, 2014, the Board of County Commissioners ("Board") approved a partial release of the conservation easement and an agreement ("Agreement") with Sawgrass, which provided for a further partial release of the conservation easement conditioned upon the payment of $1,025,000 to the County over three years for 20 acres of wetland and upland preservation, enhancement, and maintenance at Long Key Nature Center and wetland mitigation at a wetland mitigation bank p...
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