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Sheltering Palms offers $200,000 to buy out small conservation easement; council asks staff for mitigation policy
Summary
A buyer (Sheltering Palms Foundation) offered $200,000 to release a 2.12‑acre conservation easement on a 20‑acre parcel and to contribute $4,000 toward a code lien; council asked staff to return with an arborist‑based mitigation analysis and a policy that ties release options to restoration, mitigation cost, or land‑swap solutions.
Sheltering Palms Foundation presented an offer to the town to resolve uncertainty over a 2.12‑acre conservation easement and an associated code‑enforcement lien. The foundation offered $200,000 total — staff advised that $196,000 would correspond to the town’s appraisal for the easement and $4,000 would be applied to…
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