overwhelming to do it correctly, so partnerships with the State and other agencies are
critical. She thinks it is a great recommendation, and she is excited to see how things
flesh out moving forward.
Chairman Zembower advised he ranked the properties slightly different, but there's
some outstanding information that they may or may not have at this point. He doesn't
disagree with the list in its entirety. He asked what conversations have been had, if
any, with Orange County about what's happening with an adjacent property known as
Rybolt Ranch that backs up to Hi-Oaks. There was a discussion that Orange County
was possibly going to seek to purchase that property from the developers, and they're
in court right now over development rights. Mr. Durr answered staff knows a little bit,
but they need to get the latest update; and he will be happy to do so. Chairman
Zembower noted Hi-Oaks has already started the Florida Forever Program application,
and asked how far along they are and whether or not the County will do the due
diligence finance portion of that. Mr. Durr explained the application went in, in October,
so it's at the beginning of the process. Staff will put away dollars for whatever due
diligence they need to help facilitate. The information that they received from the State
said they'd like to get a presentation of the property so their staff can begin walking it
through their process. Chairman Zembower stated some of the residents that live in,
around, and adjacent to that property have shared panther pictures; a mother and her
cubs. He would move the Lessard property to number three because it backs up to
County parks, but the one he is really struggling with is the Buchholz property and
discussed why. He's happy to go with the list, pending additional information; but he
really wants to know what Orange County's plans are regarding the Rybolt property.
Discussion ensued.
Commissioner Lockhart asked for clarification on whether or not these properties are
"ranked". Mr. Durr answered they are scored. He explained in terms of the ranking, it's
just in order of the scores from high to low. One thing that they made certain on as
they proceeded to develop the ranking criteria is the reflection of what the experience
was with Florida Forever. Essentially, they could look at any of the 10 properties in the
presentation and see where it fits in the program and which one is ready to go. It helps
as a guideline, but the next steps will determine how quickly something gets done.
Commissioner Lockhart confirmed with Mr. Durr that they are not being presented to
the Board by the ARC in rank order of priority for the Board's process moving forward.
Mr. Durr added the actual process will start to shake out which ones are actually ready
to go. Chairman Zembower stated this is the scoring at this juncture of the process,
but they could move around at the next step in the process.
Commissioner Constantine stated he would move the recommendation of the Director
of Parks and Recreation in that they continue to move forward in doing some analysis
of Hi-Oaks, Lee Ranch, Buchholz, de Arcos, Lessard, Parker, and Lawlor properties
realizing that some of them, especially the top two, are already involved with Florida
Forever, and the bottom two with Gen 4, and the others in some form or capacity; and
continue forward. He advised that was more of a comment than a motion.
With regard to public participation, no one spoke, and public input was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to move
forward with the seven recommendations, to continue the analysis, and bring back
