DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
County Administration
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Appointment - Babcock Ranch Advisory Group
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
recommendation
Recommended Action:
The Florida Department of Agriculture/Forest Service Division requests the appointment of an advisory council member to the Babcock Ranch Advisory Group.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed.
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
The County previously appointed Nigel Morris to serve as the County's representative on the BRAC from 2015-2020. BRAC is being reconstituted and this item is to reappoint Nigel Morris as the County's representative.
The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY Chapter 259
LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR CONSERVATION OR RECREATION View Entire Chapter
259.1053 Babcock Ranch Preserve; Babcock Ranch Advisory Group.-
(1) SHORT TITLE.-This section may be cited as the "Babcock Ranch Preserve Act."
(2) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term:
(a) "Babcock Ranch Preserve" and "preserve" mean the lands and facilities acquired in the purchase of the Babcock Crescent B Ranch, as provided in s. 259.1052.
(b) "Commission" means the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
(c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(d) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(e) "Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
(f) "Financially self-sustaining" means having management and operation expenditures not more than the revenues collected from fees and other receipts for resource use and development and from interest and invested funds.
(g) "Florida Forest Service" means the Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(h) "Multiple use" means the management of all of the renewable surface resources of the Babcock Ranch Prese...
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