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ESAT committee reviews protected-lands map, weighs limited $1.1M fund and role alongside new county bond process
Summary
The Eastern Summit advisory panel reviewed a draft map of protected agricultural and open-space parcels and discussed remaining ESAT funds (about $1.1 million). Members debated how plat/density changes affect incoming fees, whether ESAT should prepare a wish list of parcels, and how to coordinate with a new bond-driven OSAC process.
The Eastern Summit advisory committee opened its virtual meeting at 4:15 p.m. and spent the bulk of the session reviewing a draft map of protected agricultural parcels and discussing how to use the remaining ESAT funds.
Staff displayed a color-coded map showing protected parcels, conservation easements, state parks and other land categories. Speaker 1 described the map layers and said the ESAT account balance after the Richards purchase is "about $1,100,000" (transcript text: "$1,100,000.050000 dollars"). Committee members asked staff to update missing entries, including promontory conservation units and recently purchased DNR parcels.
Why the committee matters: members said ESAT’s remaining funds are small relative to potential land costs and must be leveraged. Speaker 3 and others said estimates of incoming funds could be as…
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