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COSAC defers small-parcel funding strategy; 20-acre threshold discussed
Summary
COSAC held preliminary discussion on a small-parcel conservation strategy, using ~20 acres as a working threshold and agreeing to further analysis (dollars-per-acre, scoring and valuation) before making formal recommendations to County Council.
The committee opened discussion of a small-parcel conservation funding strategy but deferred a detailed recommendation to a future meeting in order to gather more data.
Speaker 2 introduced agenda item 4 and said Eric has been leading the small-parcel work. Committee members said they had not fixed a strict size definition but discussed using roughly 20 acres as a working threshold because smaller parcels often have higher cost-per-acre and can be harder to match with external funding sources.
Members emphasized the need to analyze dollars-per-acre and property valuation data and to retain a consistent scoring framework. Speaker 5 noted that average dollar-per-acre figures may not capture unique values for certain properties and that scoring must allow for special cases. The committee agreed they would continue data work and bring a more formal proposal back to Council for review.
The discussion did not produce a final policy or funding commitment; members agreed to continue the technical analysis and return with clearer criteria.
