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Committee advances Buttonwood Preserve addition to tier two after staff conditions
Summary
The advisory committee voted 8–3 to advance a 38.3-acre Buttonwood Preserve addition to tier two for further review, with staff advising removal of former grove infrastructure if the county pursues acquisition.
The Conservation 2020 advisory committee voted to move nomination 674, a roughly 38.3-acre Buttonwood Preserve addition on Stringfellow, forward into tier two for further review. Staff noted the site scored 34 points on its own and 38 with adjacency to parcels the county is already under contract to acquire; staff recommended tier-two status with the caveat that former grove infrastructure, irrigation rows and invasive palms be removed if acquisition proceeds.
"If we were to go forward with this for 2020 acquisition, that it go into tier two with the caveat to go forward that all of that former grove activity be removed," Mr. Fleming said, describing the need to remove irrigation systems and grove remnants. Public commenter Mike Shevlin supported advancing the parcel, saying added contiguity with neighboring preserves would "solidify" habitat protection for the area. The motion to advance the parcel passed by a hand-count vote of 8 in favor to 3 opposed.
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