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Chair pushes split tracks, committee debates scoring as staff readies three parcels and eight applications
Summary
Members of a Clay County conservation committee practiced scoring candidate parcels, debated a 0–10 rubric and a first-round yes/no eligibility vote, and agreed to separate conservation-easement and fee-simple acquisition tracks; staff said three parcels will be brought in May and that eight applications have been received.
Chair opened the meeting and moved quickly from procedural business into a working session on how the committee will evaluate candidate parcels for the county conservation program. Staff member Dodi told the committee the evening would be a practice run on three parcels, and that staff will post an Excel scoring sheet so members can enter scores electronically.
The committee spent most of the meeting clarifying a two-step evaluation: a binary go/no-go eligibility vote followed by a numeric ranking. "The first vote says that we want you to look at it further," a committee member said, describing the nomination pool → eligibility pool → priority ranking workflow staff proposed. Committee members emphasized that the first round should often…
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