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County attorney briefed Volusia Forever advisory committee on proposed Charter amendment to create conservation land registry
Summary
Deputy County Attorney Russ Brown told the Volusia Forever advisory committee that a Charter Review subcommittee advanced a proposed amendment to create a Volusia County Registry of Conservation Lands, which would require a 'majority plus one' of the entire County Council to add or remove county-owned registry properties and generally bar sale or transfer except for public-purpose uses or eminent domain.
Russ Brown, deputy county attorney, told the Volusia Forever advisory committee on Jan. 30 that a Charter Review Committee subcommittee voted to advance a proposed Charter amendment that would create a Volusia County Registry of Conservation Lands and change approval thresholds for transfers of county-owned conservation property. "Shall the Volusia County Charter be amended to establish a conservation land registry allowing the county council to add or remove land by a majority plus 1 vote of the entire council, and land on the registry will not be subject to sale, divestiture, or transfer by the county unless used for public purposes or the land is taken by eminent domain," Brown read to the committee.
The amendment, if adopted by the Charter Review Committee and…
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