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Staff announces Green Belt application for 14.43-acre Edisto River tract in Ridgeville
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Staff reported receipt of a Green Belt application from Chief John Creel of the Eddystone Natchitocusa Tribe seeking $700,000 toward a $1.2 million purchase of a 14.43-acre parcel on the Edisto River in Ridgeville; a state House appropriation match is pending Senate action.
Commission staff announced a Green Belt application submitted by Chief John Creel of the Eddystone Natchitocusa Tribe for a 14.43-acre property on the Edisto River in Ridgeville. The application requests $700,000 from the county greenbelt program toward a $1,200,000 purchase price; staff said the seller’s current asking price was $1,000,700 while an appraisal returned $1,200,000.
Staff added that match funding for roughly half the purchase is expected from a state House member appropriation fund and that the related bill has passed the House and was under discussion in the Senate at the time of the meeting. Site visits will be scheduled with the private landowner’s permission, and staff said the application packet will be provided to commissioners within a few weeks so they can review it prior to the June meeting when the commission will consider the request.
No formal county funding decision was made at the meeting; staff flagged that the application will be reviewed at the next scheduled commission meeting and that additional documentation from the applicant and the appraisal will be circulated to commissioners.
