§ 54-282. Nomination of acquisition proposals and candidate sites.

(a)

Nominations for the Conservation Collier Program may be made by any person or organization, including Collier County, regional, State or Federal agencies, by contacting program staff in writing and providing positive identification of the parcel/project through a map or folio number(s). Staff will send an inquiry to the owner in the form of an interest letter advising of the nomination and asking if the owner wishes to submit an application for consideration to the Conservation Collier Program.

(b)

An owner may nominate his or her own property by submitting an application.

(c)

County staff will send letters of interest to property owners within Target Protection Areas as directed by the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee asking if the owner wishes to submit an application for consideration to the Conservation Collier Program.

(d)

An application submitted by the property owner to the County Manager or his designee shall be evidence of a willing seller.

(e)

While public and landowner applications nominating properties for acquisition may be submitted at any time, during or after the first annual public solicitation meeting (described below), applications shall be gathered and evaluated within the framework of an acquisition cycle, which time frame shall be publicly announced.

(f)

There will be an annual public meeting for the purpose of updating the Board of County Commissioners and the public and for soliciting proposals and applications if the program is in a buying cycle. The first such meeting will take place at the end of the first year of implementation of Conservation Collier.

(g)

Owner interest shall be disclosed in applications in the same manner as required of zoning applicants by the Collier County Land Development Code.

(Ord. No. 02-63, § 12; Ord. No. 07-65, § 12; Ord. No. 2019-03, § 12)