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Advocate urges Lee County to replenish Conservation 2020 fund, points to counting and code obligations
Summary
At the Sept. 2 meeting Marsha Ellis urged the county to replenish the Conservation 2020 acquisition fund, said tens of millions in nominated properties remain in the queue, and cited Lee County Land Development Code sections requiring replenishment when balances fall below prescribed levels.
An environmental advocate told the Lee County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 2 that the county should replenish the Conservation 2020 Land Program Fund and that recent staff recommendations to pause replenishment were inconsistent with the county's code and voter intent.
Marsha Ellis said staff recently recommended not replenishing the program fund and proposed a new tier system that retroactively downgraded two nominated properties, one of…
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