The Alachua County Commission: a. SUPPORTS the reinstatement of funding to the State Land Acquisition Trust Fund to fully fund all of the established Florida Forever programs. Protect the purpose of these programs: acquiring natural landscapes, working lands, historic and culturally significant sites, and protecting public access to recreational waterfronts. b. SUPPORTS allocating 10% of the proceeds designated for land management, restoration, and improvements for nature-based recreation, to local governments, with the remaining 90% being allocated to the state land management agencies. This funding should be allocated to the locality on a proportional share based on the acreage or the value of lands each locality manages for conservation and nature-based recreation. c. To the extent that Amendment 1 funding is allocated to water resources projects, Alachua County SUPPORTS projects that demonstrate a high return on investment by yielding permanent and substantial net improvements such as reducing groundwater pumping, increasing aquifer recharge, increasing water flows and levels, and/or reducing pollutant loadings. d. OPPOSES the use of Amendment 1 to supplant current funding for beach renourishment, springs protection and other uses allowed in Amendment 1.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:48:33 +0000
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