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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2026-34214RESOLUTION NO. 2026-34214 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP AT ITS MARCH 10, 2026 MEETING, APPROVING THE DRAFT 2026 BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN ("PLAN"), AND AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT PLAN TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DIVISION OF STATE LANDS, AND THE ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION COUNCIL FOR REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 259.032, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND CHAPTER 18-2, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach ("City") leases the property seaward of the erosion control line ("ECL"), exceeding 160 acres in total, from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida ("State"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 259.032(8), Florida Statutes and Chapter 18-2 of the Florida Administrative Code, this lease agreement requires the City to develop, adopt, and submit an updated Beachfront Management Plan ("BMP") outlining the uses, management activities, and projects planned for the leased property every 10 years for the State's approval; and WHEREAS, Section 259.032(8), Florida Statutes requires a proposed Beachfront Management Plan to receive review and comment by an advisory group prior to transmittal to the State; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2025-33977 on December 17, 2025, to establish the Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group ("Group"), accept the recommendation of the City Administration to appoint the persons named in the Resolution to the Group, and charge the Group with certain powers, duties, and purpose as described therein; and WHEREAS, at its March 10, 2026 meeting, the Group convened a public hearing to review and receive public comment on the proposed BMP; and WHEREAS, following the March 10, 2026 public hearing, and after receiving extensive written and live public comment and Group deliberation on the BMP, the Group unanimously approved a motion to transmit all recommendations discussed during the meeting, as reflected in the minutes, to the Mayor and City Commission; and WHEREAS, the minutes of the Group's March 10, 2026 meeting setting forth the Group's recommendations for the draft BMP were transmitted to the Mayor and City Commission via Letter to Commission 135-2026, dated March 31, 2026; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission find that the Group's recommendations for the draft BMP enhance the quality of the BMP; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission further find that the City's 2026 BMP satisfies all requirements for State-owned conservation lands over 160 acres, and may therefore be submitted to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, for review and approval; and WHEREAS, once the State approves the Plan, the Administration will provide the final approved Plan to the City Commission through a Letter to Commission memorandum. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby accept the recommendations of the Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group at its March 10, 2026 meeting; approve the draft 2026 Beachfront Management Plan ("Plan"); and further, authorize the City Administration to submit the draft 2026 Plan to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands and the Acquisition and Restoration Council for review pursuant to Section 259.032, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 18-2, Florida Administrative Code. PASSED AND ADOPTED this ATTEST: Al APR 2 8 2026 t Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk d-2 day of kal 2026. Steven Meiner, Mayor (0R°IORATE Sponsored by Commissioner Alex J. Fernandez APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION rC) � Z4 City AttomeYr V Date dV Resolutions - C7 F MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM: Eric Carpenter, City Manager DATE: April 22, 2026 TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP AT ITS MARCH 10, 2026 MEETING, APPROVING THE DRAFT 2026 BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN ("PLAN"), AND AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT PLAN TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DIVISION OF STATE LANDS, AND THE ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION COUNCIL FOR REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 259.032, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND CHAPTER 18-2, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. RECOMMENDATION The Administration recommends approving the draft 2026 Beachfront Management Plan and authorizing its submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands for review and approval to be transmitted to the State's Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) for further evaluation and final approval. BACKGROUND/HISTORY At the December 17, 2025 City Commission meeting, Resolution No. 2025- 33977 (Attachment A) was adopted, establishing the Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group in accordance with Chapter 259. 032 (Attachment B) of the Florida Statutes to provide input on the draft Beachfront Management Plan prior to transmittal to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands. The Committee was amended at the February 25, 2026 City Commission meeting and Resolution No. 2025-34128 was adopted (Attachment C). At the February 5, 2026 City Commission meeting, the Notice of Public Meeting: Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Committee was heard. At the March 10, 2026 Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group meeting, a public hearing was held. A motion was passed to transmit all recommendations discussed, as reflected in the minutes.. to the City Commission (via LTC 135-2026). The draft plan for approval and submittal to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands is available for review at: https://www.miamibeachfl.qov/city- hall/environmental-sustainability/sustainability/beachfront-management-plan/. ANALYSIS The City of Miami Beach leases the property eastward of the erosion control line (ECL), commonly referred to as the beaches, from the State of Florida. As part of this lease agreement, the City is required to submit a land management plan every 10 years for the State's approval. The City's land management plan, also known as the Beachfront Management Plan, must outline the property's uses, management activities, and planned 398 of 2461 projects. As such, the plan details concession operation rules and regulations, special event permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities. On March 10, 2026, the Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group meeting was held. The draft plan and exhibits were reviewed by the Advisory Group and a public hearing was held. In accordance with Chapter 259.032, Florida Statutes, members of the ad hoc advisory group included representatives of the lead land managing agency, co - managing entities, local private property owner, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local conservation organization, and a local elected official. The City adhered to the public notice requirements required by the State. The draft plan incorporates the comments provided by the Ad Hoc Advisory Group, public comments within the meeting from residents, and online comments received through an online form. The draft plan complies with the land management plan requirements for state-owned conservation lands over 160 acres. It includes Exhibits A through S. Exhibit D Sixth Amended and Restated Rules and Regulations for Beachfront Concession Operations is under consideration by the City Commission. Additionally, and update to Exhibit E Special Events Rules and Guidelines was recently approved by the City Commission on March 18, 2026. The draft Plan is required to be submitted to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Division of State Lands in early May to allow for a minimum 90-day review and is expected to be reviewed by the State's Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) at the August 14, 2026 meeting. Once approved, the plan will be transmitted to the City Commission through a Letter to Commission. The draft plan is available for review by selecting: https://www.miamibeachfl.-gov/city-hall/environmental- sustainability/sustainability/beachfront-management-plan/. FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT The Beachfront Management Plan includes Exhibit P, a 10-year Management Budget of $541,407,164 that encompasses anticipated City of Miami Beach and Miami -Dade County operational and capital funding. Does this Ordinance require a Business Impact Estimate? (FOR ORDINANCES ONLY) If applicable, the Business Impact Estimate (BIE) was published on: See BIE at: https://www.miamibeachfi.gov/city-hall/city-clerk/meeting-notices/ FINANCIAL INFORMATION CONCLUSION The draft Beachfront Management Plan has been developed to address the land management plan requirements of State Statute 259.032. The draft plan has been prepared for submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Division of State Lands for review and 399 of 2461 approval. It will then be transmitted to the State's Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) for further evaluation and final approval. After this phase, the plan will be provided to the City Commission through Letter to Commission. Applicable Area Citywide Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-17? Yes Is this item related to a G.O. Bond Proiect? No Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which, as defined in Code Sec. 2-481, includes a principal engaged in lobbying? No If so, specify the name of lobbyist(s) and principal(s): Department Environment and Sustainability Sponsor(s) Co-sponsors) Condensed Title Authorize Administration to Submit Draft Beachfront Management Plan to State. EN Previous Action (For City Clerk Use Only) 400 of 2461 2025-33977 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 259.032(8) OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP FOR ONE YEAR TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN PRIOR TO TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE, AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY GROUP'S MEMBERS. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") leases the property seaward of the erosion control line ("ECL") from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida (the 'State"); and WHEREAS, this lease agreement requires the City to submit an updated Beachfront Management Plan ("BMP") outlining the uses, management activities, and projects planned for the leased property every 10 years for the State's approval; and WHEREAS, an updated BMP is scheduled to be submitted to the State for review in 2026, and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 259.032 of the Florida Statutes, the City must establish the "Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group" (the "Group") to review the updated BMP and to provide comments on the proposed BMP; and WHEREAS, the Group shall include representatives of the lead land managing agency, comanaging entities, local private property owners, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local conservation organization and a local elected official; and WHEREAS, the Administration has recommended that the following persons be appointed to the Group. (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach, (2) Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; b Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach, c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management.. City of Miami Beach, (3) Co -managing entities' designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of the Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, or designee, 401 of 2461 b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner; (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, or designee; (6) Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District; (7) Designee of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; (8) Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and WHEREAS, the Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission), to review the updated BMP prior to transmittal to the State. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby establish the "Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group" (the "Group"), in accordance with Section 259.032, Florida Statutes, as set forth herein; accept the recommendation of the City Administration to appoint to the Group the persons named herein; and charge the Group with the powers, duties, and purpose more particularly described in "Exhibit 1" attached and incorporated hereto. SECTION 1. The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission), to review the updated BMP prior to transmittal to the State. SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby appoint the following persons to the Group: (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; (2) Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; b. Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach; c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach; (3) Co -managing entities' designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of the Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, or designee; b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner; 402 of 2461 (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, or designee; (6) Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District; (7) Designee of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; (8) Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17 day of Oluv4e ✓ , 2025. ATTEST: '� Steven Meiner, Mayor d C' CI k fael rana U. ity er�- (Sponsored by Commissioner Alex J. Fernandez) APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION 403 of 2461 Exhibit 1 Ad hoc Beachfront Management Advisory Group Powers, Duties and Composition A. Purpose. 1. The purpose of the Ad -hoc Beachfront Management Advisory Group (the "Group") is to review and provide input on the City of Miami Beach's updated Beachfront Management Plan in accordance with Chapter 259.032 of the Florida Statutes. 2. The Group shall review the draft Beachfront Management Plan and provide comments at a minimum of one public meeting. 3. The Group shall ensure that the Plan outlines the property's uses, management activities, and planned projects, including concession operation rules and regulations, special event permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities. 4. The Group will meet one time to make recommendations. The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission). 5. The Group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the City of Miami Beach to review the draft Plan. B. Membership Composition. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the following entities, as required by Chapter 259.032(10) of the Florida Statutes: 1. Commissioner Alex Femandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; 2. Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; b. Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach; c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach; 3. Co -managing entities' designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of the Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, or designee; b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; 4. Susan Askew, a local private property owner; 5. Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, or designee; 6. Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District; 7. Designee of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; 8. Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. C. Administrative Liaisons. The support department for the Group shall be the Environment and Sustainability Department. The City Attorney's Office shall provide counsel to the Group. 404 of 2461 Resolutions - C7 N MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM Eric Carpenter, City Manager DATE December 17. 2025 TITLE. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2%032(8) OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP FOR ONE YEAR TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN PRIOR TO TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE, AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES, APPOINTMENT. AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY GROUP'S MEMBERS. RECOMMENDATION The Administration recommends the creation of an advisory group and the appointment of its members in accordance with Chapter 259.032 (Attachment A) of the Florida Statutes BACKGROUND/HISTORY At the May 6 2015 City Commission meeting. Resolution No 2015-29009 was adopted which approved and authorized the creation of a Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group, in accordance with Chapter 259.032 of the Florida Statutes. to review and provide input on the City's updated Beachfront Management Plan. At the February 10, 2016 City Commission meeting Resolution No 2016-29296 was adopted, which approved and authonzed the Administration to submit the draft 2016 Beachfront Management Plan, excluding Exhibit 'D' entitled 'Concession Operations Rules and Regulations.' which was under review by the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee, to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Division of State Lands " (https //www.miamibeachfl gov/wp-content/uploads;2017/08/Final-Beachfront-Management- Plan-August-2016 pdf) ANALYSIS The City of Miami Beach leases the property eastward of the erosion control line (ECL) from the State of Florida. As part of this lease agreement, the city is required to submit a land management plan every 10 years for the State' s approval. The city's land management plan, also known as the Beachfront Management Plan must outline the property's uses, management activities, and planned projects. As such, the plan details the city' s concession operation rules and regulations, special event permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities. The administration is in the process of preparing the latest update to the plan. in accordance with Chapter 259 032 of the Florida Statutes. the city must create an advisory group of community stakeholders to review the draft plan and provide comments at a minimum of one public meeting. Florida Statute requires specific representation of organizations which is included below The proposed advisory group includes, at a minimum. representatives of • A local elected official: 405 of 2461 1n1A of ZArg Commissioner Alex Fernandez • The lead land managing agency designees Jason Casanova. Amy Knowles, Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Elizabeth Miro. City of Miami Beach_ • Co -managing entities designees. Rashid Istambouli, or Designee, Miami -Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Department. Chris Bumpus. or Designee, Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management. • Local private property owner Susan Askew • The appropnate soil and water conservation district: Designee • A local conservation organization Designee. The Nature Conservancy • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Designee • Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Designee FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT Does this Ordinance require a Business Impact Estimate? (FOR ORDINANCES ONLY) if applicable, the Business Impact Estimate (BIE) was published on: See BIE at: https:l/www.miamibeachfl gov/city-hail/city-clerk/meeting-notices! FINANCIAL INFORMATION N, A CONCLUSION The City of Miami Beach is updating its Beachfront Management Plan as required by its lease with the State. To meet state requirements, the city must form an advisory group of community stakeholders to review the draft plan and provide feedback at a public meeting. Applicable Area Gitywide Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-17? Nu Is this item related to a G.O. Bond Project? N c: Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which, as defined in Code Sec. 2-481, includes a principal engaged in lobbying? No it so, specify the name of lobbyist(s) and principal(s). Department 406 of 2461 1017 of Ur.R Environment and Sustainability Soonsoris) Commissioner Alex Fernandez Co-sponsorts) Condensed Title Create/Appoint Members to Beachfront Management Plan Advisory Group. (Fernandez) EN Previous Action (For City Clerk Use Only) 407 of 2461 I MR of ZdSR Select Year: 2025 .. Go The 2025 Florida Statutes Title XVIII tear Z59 view tntire PUBLIC LANDS AND LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR CONSERVATION OR QN112I9—r PROPERTY RECREATION 259.032 Conservation and recreation lands. (1) It is the policy of the state that the citizens of this state shall be assured public ownership of natural areas for purposes of maintaining this state's unique natural resources; protecting air, land, and water quality; promoting water resource development to meet the needs of natural systems and citizens of this state; promoting restoration activities on public lands; and providing lands for natural resource -based recreation. In recognition of this policy, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide such public lands for the people residing in urban and metropolitan areas of the state, as welt as those residing in less populated, rural areas. It is the further intent of the Legislature, with regard to the lands described in paragraph (2)(c), that a high priority be given to the acquisition, restoration, and management of such lands in or near counties exhibiting the greatest concentration of population and, with regard to the lands described in subsection (2). that a high priority be given to acquiring lands or rights or interests in lands that advance the goals and objectives of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's approved species or habitat recovery plans, or lands within any area designated as an area of critical state concern under s. 380.05 which, in the judgment of the advisory council established pursuant to s. 259.035, or its successor, cannot be adequately protected by application of land development regulations adopted pursuant to s. 380,05. Finally, it is the Legislature's intent that lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes be managed in such a way as to protect or restore their natural resource values, and provide the greatest benefit, including public access, to the citizens of this state-. ` (2) The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, may expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in lands for any of the following public purposes: (a) To conserve and protect environmentally unique and irreplaceable lands that contain native, relatively unaltered flora and fauna representing a natural area unique to, or scarce within, a region of this state or a larger geographic area; (b) To conserve and protect lands within designated areas of critical state concern, if the proposed acquisition relates to the natural resource protection purposes of the designation; (c) To conserve and protect native species habitat or endangered or threatened species, emphasizing tong -term protection for endangered or threatened species designated G-1 or G-2 by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, and especially those areas that are special locations for breeding and reproduction; (d) To conserve, protect, manage, or restore important ecosystems, landscapes, and forests, if the protection and conservation of such lands is necessary to enhance or protect significant surface water, groundwater, coastal, recreational, timber, or fish or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be accomplished through local and state regulatory programs; (e) To promote water resource development that benefits natural systems and citizens of the state; (f) To facilitate the restoration and subsequent health and vitality of the Florida Everglades; (g) To provide areas, including recreational trails, for natural resource -based recreation and other outdoor recreation on any part of any site compatible with conservation purposes; (h) To preserve significant archaeological or historic sites; 408 of 2461 1n:t4 of Ur.R (i) To conserve urban open spaces suitable for greenways or outdoor recreation which are compatible with conservation purposes; (j) To preserve agricultural lands under threat of conversion to development through less -than -fee acquisitions; or (kl To complete critical linkages through fee or less -than -fee acquisitions that will help preserve and protect the green and blue infrastructure and vital habitat for wide-ranging wildlife, such as the Florida panther, within the Florida wildlife corridor as defined m s. 259.1055(4). (3) Lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes shall be for use as state -designated parks, recreation areas, preserves, reserves, historic or archaeological sites, geologic or botanical sites, recreational trails, forests, wilderness areas, wildlife management areas, urban open space, or other state -designated recreation or conservation lands; or they shall qualify for such state designation and use if they are to be managed by other governmental agencies or nonstate entities as provided for in this section. (4) The board of trustees may expend funds appropriated by the Legislature for the initiation and maintenance of a natural areas inventory to aid in the identification of areas to be acquired for conservation and recreation purposes. 15) The board of trustees may enter into any contract necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The lead land managing agencies designated by the board of trustees also are directed by the Legislature to enter into contracts or interagency agreements with other governmental entities, including local soil and water conservation districts, or private land managers who have the expertise to perform specific management activities which a lead agency tacks, or which would cost more to provide in-house. Such activities shall include, but not be limited to, controlled burning, road and ditch maintenance, mowing, and wildlife assessments. (6) Conservation and recreation lands are subject to the selection procedures of s. 259,035 and related rules and shall be acquired in accordance with acquisition procedures for state lands provided for in s. 253,025, except as otherwise provided by the Legislature. An inholding or an addition to conservation and recreation lands is not subject to the selection procedures of s. 259.035 if the estimated value of such inholding or addition does not exceed $500,000. When at least 90 percent of the acreage of a project has been purchased for conservation and recreation purposes, the project may be removed from the list and the remaining acreage may continue to be purchased. Funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used for title work, appraisal fees, environmental audits, and survey costs related to acquisition expenses for lands to be acquired, donated, or exchanged which qualify under the categories of this section, at the discretion of the board. When the Legislature has authorized the department to condemn a specific parcel of land and such parcel has already been approved for acquisition, the land may be acquired in accordance with chapter 73 or chapter 74, and the funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used to pay the condemnation award and all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, associated with condemnation. 17)(a) All lands managed under this chapter and s. 253.034 must be: 1. Managed in a manner that wit( provide the greatest combination of benefits to the public and to the resources. 2. Managed for public outdoor recreation which is compatible with the conservation and protection of public lands. Such management may include, but not be limited to, the following public recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping, bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing, horseback riding, diving, mode( hobbyist activities, birding, sailing, jogging, and other related outdoor activities. (b) Concurrent with its adoption of the annual list of acquisition projects pursuant to s. 259.035. the board shalt adopt a management prospectus for each project. The management prospectus shall delineate: 1. The management goals for the property; 2. The conditions that will affect the intensity of management; 3. An estimate of the revenue -generating potential of the property, if appropriate; 4. A timetable for implementing the various stages of management and for providing access to the public, if applicable; 5. A description of potential multiple -use activitie4®9ds?� in this section and s. 253.034; 1AAt) of AdSA 6. Provisions for protecting existing infrastructure and for ensuring the security of the project upon acquisition; 7. The anticipated costs of management and projected sources of revenue, including legislative appropriations, to fund management needs; and 8. Recommendations as to how many employees wilt be needed to manage the property, and recommendations as to whether Local governments, volunteer groups, the former landowner, or other interested parties can be involved in the management. (c) Concurrent with the approval of the acquisition contract pursuant to s. 253.025(4) for any interest in lands except those lands acquired pursuant to s. 259.1052, the board shall designate an agency or agencies to manage such lands. The board shall evaluate and amend, as appropriate, the management policy statement for the project as provided by s. 259.035 to ensure that the policy statement is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. For any fee simple acquisition of a parcel which is or wilt be (eased back for agricultural purposes, or any acquisition of a less than fee interest in land that is or will be used for agricultural purposes, the board shall first consider having a soil and water conservation district, created pursuant to chapter 582, manage and monitor such interests. (d) State agencies designated to manage lands acquired under this chapter or with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, except those lands acquired under s. 259.1052, may contract with local governments, water control districts designated pursuant to chapter 298, and soil and water conservation districts to assist in management activities, including the responsibility of being the lead land manager. Such land management contracts must include a provision for the transfer of management funding to the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district of the lead land managing agency in an amount adequate for the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district to perform its land management responsibilities or which otherwise would have been expended by the state agency to manage the property. (e) Immediately following the acquisition of any interest in conservation and recreation lands, the department, acting on behalf of the board, may issue to the lead managing entity an interim assignment letter to be effective until the execution of a formal tease. (8)(a) State, regional, or local governmental agencies or private entities designated to manage lands under this section shall develop and adopt, with the approval of the board, an individual management plan for each project designed to conserve and protect such lands and their associated natural resources. Private sector involvement in management plan development may be used to expedite the planning process. (b) Individual management plans required by s. 253.0 (5) for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory group. 1. Members of the advisory group shalt include, at a minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency, comanaging entities, local private property owners, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local conservation organization, and a local elected official. If habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species is located on state lands, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must be included on any advisory group required under chapter 253, and the short-term and long-term management goals required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and objectives of imperiled species management without restricting other uses identified in the management plan. 1. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the county in which the parcel or project is located. For those parcels or projects within more than one county, at least one areawide public hearing is acceptable and the lead managing agency shalt invite a local elected official from each county. The areawide public hearing must be held in the county in which the core parcels are located. At least 30 days before the public hearing, notice of the hearing must be posted on the parcel or project designated for management, advertised in a paper of general circulation, and announced at a scheduled meeting of the local governing body. 3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph (7)(b) must be available to the public for a period of 30 days before the public hearing. (c) Once a plan is adopted, the managing agency or entity shall update the plan at least every 10 years in a form and manner adopted by rule of the board. Such updates for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input fron4i*0atdvWgroup. Such plans may include transfers of 1rtd1 of 2dS51 leasehold interests to appropriate conservation organizations or governmental entities designated by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation, restoration, and proper management of the lands and their resources. Volunteer management assistance is encouraged, including, but not limited to, assistance by youths participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies, by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations, and by individuals participating in programs for committed delinquents and adults. (d) For each project for which lands are acquired after July 1, 1995, an individual management plan shalt be adopted and in place no later than 1 year after the essential parcel or parcels identified in the priority list developed pursuant to s. 259,105 have been acquired. The department shall distribute only 75 percent of the acquisition funds to which a budget entity or water management district would otherwise be entitled to any budget entity or any water management district that has more than one-third of its management plans overdue. (e) Individual management plans shall conform to the appropriate policies and guidelines of the state land management plan and shall include, but not be limited to: 1. A statement of the purpose for which the lands were acquired, the projected use or uses as defined in s. 253.034, and the statutory authority for such use or uses. 2. Key management activities necessary to achieve the desired outcomes, including, but not limited to, providing public access, preserving and protecting natural resources, protecting cultural and historical resources, restoring habitat, protecting threatened and endangered species, controlling the spread of nonnative plants and animals, performing prescribed fire activities, and other appropriate resource management. 3. A specific description of how the managing agency plans to identify, locate, protect, and preserve, or otherwise use fragile, nonrenewable natural and cultural resources. 4. A priority schedule for conducting management activities. 5. A cost estimate for conducting priority management activities, to include recommendations for cost- effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 6. A cost estimate for conducting other management activities which would enhance the natural resource value or public recreation value. The cost estimate shall include recommendations for cost-effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 7. A determination of the public uses and public access that would be compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. (f) The Division of State Lands shall submit a copy of each individual management plan for parcels which exceed 160 acres in size to each member of the council, which shall: 1. Within 60 days after receiving a plan from the Division of State Lands, review each plan for compliance with the requirements of this subsection and with the requirements of the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subsection. 2. Consider the propriety of the recommendations of the managing agency with regard to the future use or protection of the property. 3. After its review, submit the plan, along with its recommendations and comments, to the board, with recommendations as to whether to approve the plan as submitted, approve the plan with modifications, or reject the plan. (g) The board shall consider the individual management plan submitted by each state agency and the recommendations of the council and the department and shall approve the plan with or without modification or reject such plan. The use or possession of any lands owned by the board which is not in accordance with an approved individual management plan is subject to termination by the board. By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for which the agency or entity is responsible. (9)(a) The Legislature recognizes that acquiring lands pursuant to this chapter serves the public interest by protecting land, air, and water resources which contrihutp 6? public health and welfare, providing areas for ZFT1nA7 of 2AC SR natural resource -based recreation, and ensuring the survival of unique and irreplaceable plant and animal species. The Legislature intends for these lands to be managed and maintained in a manner that is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both, consistent with the land management plan and for the public to have access to and use of these lands if public access would not harm the resources the state is seeking to protect on the public's behalf. (b) An amount of not less than 1.5 percent of the cumulative total of funds ever deposited into the former Flor Ida Preservation 2000 Trus, r-und and the Florida Forever Trust Fund shall be made available for the purposes of management, maintenance, and capital improvements, and for associated contractual services, for conservation and recreation lands acquired with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to S. 28(a), Art. X of the State Constitution or pursuant to former s. 259,032, Florida Statutes 2014, former s. 259,101, Florida Statutes 2014, s. 259.105, s. 259.1052, or previous programs for the acquisition of lands for conservation and recreation, including state -forests, to which title is vested in the board of trustees and other conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. Each agency with management responsibilities shall annually request from the Legislature funds sufficient to fulfill such responsibilities to implement individual management plans. For the purposes of this paragraph, capital improvements shalt include, but need not be limited to, perimeter fencing, signs, firelanes, access roads and traits, and minimal public accommodations, such as primitive campsites, garbage receptacles, and toilets. Any equipment purchased with funds provided pursuant to this paragraph may be used for the purposes described in this paragraph on any conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. The funding requirement created in this paragraph is subject to an annual evaluation by the Legislature to ensure that such requirement does not impact the respective trust fund in a manner that would prevent the trust fund from meeting other minimum requirements. (c) All revenues generated through multiple -use management or compatible secondary -use management shalt be returned to the lead agency responsible for such management and shalt be used to pay for management activities on all conservation, preservation, and recreation lands under the agency's jurisdiction. In addition, such revenues shall be segregated in an agency trust fund used for land management activities, other than a land acquisition trust fund, and such revenues shalt remain available to the agency in subsequent fiscal years to support land management appropriations. For the purposes of this paragraph, compatible secondary -use management shall be those activities described in subsection (7) undertaken on parcels designated as singe use pursuant to s. 253.034(2)(b)• (d) Up to one -fifth of the funds appropriated for the purposes identified in paragraph (b) shall be reserved by the board for interim management of acquisitions and for associated contractual services, to ensure the conservation and protection of natural resources on project sites and to allow limited public recreational use of lands. Interim management activities may include, but not be limited to, resource assessments, control of invasive, nonnative species, habitat restoration, fencing, law enforcement, controlled burning, and public access consistent with preliminary determinations made pursuant to paragraph (7)ie►. The board shall make these interim funds available immediately upon purchase. (e) The department shall set long-range and annual goals for the control and removal of nonnative, invasive plant species on public lands. Such goats shall differentiate between aquatic plant species and upland plant species. In setting such goals, the department may rank, in order of adverse impact, species that impede or destroy the functioning of natural systems. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), up to one-fourth of the funds provided for in paragraph (b) may be used by the agencies receiving those funds for control and removal of nonnative, invasive species on public lands. (f) To ensure that the public has knowledge of and access to conservation lands, as defined in s. 253.034(21(c), the department shall publish, update, and maintain a database of such lands where public access is compatible with conservation and recreation purposes. 1. By July 1, 2017, the database must be available to the public online and must include, at a minimum, the location, types of allowable recreational opportunities, points of public access, facilities or other amenities, restrictions, and any other information the department deems appropriate to increase public awareness of 412 of 2461 1(1A:1 ^f 7Ar4 recreational opportunities on conservation lands. Such data must be electronically accessible, searchable, and downloadable in a generally acceptable format. 2. The department, through its own efforts or through partnership with a third -party entity, shall create an application downloadable on mobile devices to be used to locate state lands available for public access using the user's locational information or based upon an activity of interest. 3. The database and application must include information for all state conservation lands to which the public has a rigsit of access for recreational purposes. Beginning idnuary 1, 2018, to the greatest extent practicable, the database shall include similar information for lands owned by federal and local governmental entities that allow access for recreational purposes. 4. By January 1 of each year, the department shalt provide a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives describing the percentage of public lands acquired under this chapter to which the public has access and the efforts undertaken by the department to increase public access to such lands. (10)(a) Beginning July 1, 19", the Legislature may appropriate funds annually to the department for payment in lieu of taxes to qualifying counties and local governments as defined in paragraph (b) for all actual tax losses incurred as a result of board of trustees acquisitions for state agencies under the Florida Forever program or the former Florida Preservation 2000 program. (b) Payment in lieu of taxes shall be available: 1. To all counties that have a population of 150,000 or fewer. Population levels shalt be determined pursuant to s. 11.031. 2. To all local governments located in eligible counties. (c) If insufficient funds are available in any year to make full payments to all qualifying counties and local governments, such counties and local governments shall receive a pro rata share of the moneys available. (d) The payment amount shalt be based on the average amount of actual taxes paid on the property for the 3 years preceding acquisition. Applications for payment in lieu of taxes shalt be made no later than January 31 of the year following acquisition. No payment in lieu of taxes shalt be made for properties which were exempt from ad valorem taxation for the year immediately preceding acquisition. (e) If property which was subject to ad valorem taxation was acquired by a tax-exempt entity for ultimate conveyance to the state under this chapter, payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for such property based upon the average amount of taxes paid on the property for the 3 years before its being removed from the tax rolls. The department shalt certify to the Department of Revenue those properties that may be eligible under this provision. Once eligibility has been established, that county or local government shalt receive annual payments for each tax toss until the qualifying county or local government exceeds the population threshold pursuant to this section. (f) Payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to this subsection shalt be made annually to qualifying counties and local governments after certification by the Department of Revenue that the amounts applied for are reasonably appropriate, based on the amount of actual taxes paid on the eligible property. With the assistance of the local government requesting payment in lieu of taxes, the state agency that acquired the land is responsible for preparing and submitting application requests for payment to the Department of Revenue for certification. (g) If the board of trustees conveys to a local government title to any land owned by the board, any payments in lieu of taxes on the land made to the local government shalt be discontinued as of the date of the conveyance. For the purposes of this subsection, "local government" includes municipalities, the county school board, mosquito control districts, and any other local government entity which levies ad valorem taxes, with the exception of a water management district. (11) Within 90 days after receiving a certified letter from the owner of a property on the priority list established pursuant to s. 259.105 objecting to the property being included in an acquisition project, where such property is a project or part of a project which has not been tisted for purchase in the current year's land acquisition work plan, the board of trustees shall delete the property from the list or from the boundary of an acquisition project on the list. 413 of 2461 AAA nF 1ACQ History. s. 8, ch. 79-255; s. 16, ch. 80-356; S. 5, ch. 81.35; $. 1, ch. 81 210: S. 165, ch. 81.259: s. 1, ch. 82-152: s. 2, ch. 83.80; s. 1. ch 83-114: s. 10, ch. 84-330; s, 13. ch. 86.178; S. 6. ch. 86-294: s. 1, ch. 87 %: s. 1, ch. 88 387: s. 13, ch. 89-116: s. 1, ch- 99.276. s. 2, ch. 90-1; s. 8, ch. 90-217: s. 1, ch. 91.62: s- 5, ch. 91.420; s. 2, ch. 92.288, s. 45. ch. 93.206: S. a, ch. 94 197. s. 1, ch. 94.212; s. i, ch. 94.240; S. 65, ch. 94-356: s. 5, ch. 95-349: ss. 19, 20, ch. 95.430; s. 3, ch. %-389: s. 19, ch. %-420: s. 23. ch. 97-94; ss. 27, 29. ch. 97- 153; s. 6, ch. 97-164: ss. 26, 38. ch. 98.46: s. 10. ch. 99.4: s. 34, ch. 99.13; ss. 28. 33, 53, ch. 99.228; s. 13, ch. 99-247: s. 20, ch. 99-292; s. 7, ch. 2000-170; s. 61, ch. 2000-171: S. 45. ch. 2001.61; s. 7, ch. 2002-2; s. 28, ch. 2002-402; s. 15, ch. 2003-6; s. 280, ch. 2003-261; s. 6, ch. 2003-394; s. 18, ch. 2004-5; ss. 42, 75, ch. 2004.269: s. 41, ch. 2005-71: ss. 31, 42, ch. 2006-26; s. 4, ch. 2006.231: s. 5, ch. 2008-5; s. 9. ch. 2008.229: s. 21. ch. 2009.21: s. '.:. rh. 2013-15: s. 37, ch. 2014 5�: s. 20, ch. 2015-229: s. 1, ch '716-1: s. 28, ch. 2016-10: s. 17. ch. 2016-233; s. S. ch. 2020-4; s. 3, ch. 2023.169: s. 6. ch. 2025-76; s. 3, ch. Z025-201. Note. Former s. 253.023. ICopyright c 1995-2025 The Florida Legislature • Privacy Statement • Contact Us 414 of 2461 1ner, r%f aecQ Select Year: 2025 v Go The 2025 Florida Statutes Title XVIII Chapter 259 View Entire PUBLIC LANDS AND LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR CONSERVATION OR Chapter PROPERTY RECREATION 259.032 Conservation and recreation lands.— (1) It is the policy of the state that the citizens of this state shall be assured public ownership of natural areas for purposes of maintaining this state's unique natural resources; protecting air, land, and water quality; promoting water resource development to meet the needs of natural systems and citizens of this state; promoting restoration activities on public lands; and providing lands for natural resource -based recreation. In recognition of this policy, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide such public lands for the people residing in urban and metropolitan areas of the state, as well as those residing in less populated, rural areas. It is the further intent of the Legislature, with regard to the lands described in paragraph (2)(c), that a high priority be given to the acquisition, restoration, and management of such lands in or near counties exhibiting the greatest concentration of population and, with regard to the lands described in subsection (2), that a high priority be given to acquiring lands or rights or interests in lands that advance the goals and objectives of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's approved species or habitat recovery plans, or lands within any area designated as an area of critical state concern under s. 380.05 which, in the judgment of the advisory council established pursuant to s. 259,035, or its successor, cannot be adequately protected by application of land development regulations adopted pursuant to s. 380,05. Finally, it is the Legislature's intent that lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes be managed in such a way as to protect or restore their natural resource values, and provide the greatest benefit, including public access, to the citizens of this state. (2) The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, may expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in lands for any of the following public purposes: (a) To conserve and protect environmentally unique and irreplaceable lands that contain native, relatively unaltered flora and fauna representing a natural area unique to, or scarce within, a region of this state or a larger geographic area; (b) To conserve and protect lands within designated areas of critical state concern, if the proposed acquisition relates to the natural resource protection purposes of the designation; (c) To conserve and protect native species habitat or endangered or threatened species, emphasizing long-term protection for endangered or threatened species designated G-1 or G-2 by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, and especially those areas that are special locations for breeding and reproduction; (d) To conserve, protect, manage, or restore important ecosystems, landscapes, and forests, if the protection and conservation of such lands is necessary to enhance or protect significant surface water, groundwater, coastal, recreational, timber, or fish or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be accomplished through local and state regulatory programs; (e) To promote water resource development that benefits natural systems and citizens of the state; (f) To facilitate the restoration and subsequent health and vitality of the Florida Everglades; (g) To provide areas, including recreational trails, for natural resource -based recreation and other outdoor recreation on any part of any site compatible with conservation purposes; (h) To preserve significant archaeological or historic sites; 415 of 2461 (i) To conserve urban open spaces suitable for greenways or outdoor recreation which are compatible with conservation purposes; (j) To preserve agricultural lands under threat of conversion to development through less -than -fee acquisitions; or (k) To complete critical linkages through fee or less -than -fee acquisitions that will help preserve and protect the green and blue infrastructure and vital habitat for wide-ranging wildlife, such as the Florida panther, within the Florida wildlife corridor as defined in s. 259.1055(4). (3) Lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes shall be for use as state -designated parks, recreation areas, preserves, reserves, historic or archaeological sites, geologic or botanical sites, recreational trails, forests, wilderness areas, wildlife management areas, urban open space, or other state -designated recreation or conservation lands; or they shall qualify for such state designation and use if they are to be managed by other governmental agencies or nonstate entities as provided for in this section. (4) The board of trustees may expend funds appropriated by the Legislature for the initiation and maintenance of a natural areas inventory to aid in the identification of areas to be acquired for conservation and recreation purposes. (5) The board of trustees may enter into any contract necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The lead land managing agencies designated by the board of trustees also are directed by the Legislature to enter into contracts or interagency agreements with other governmental entities, including local soil and water conservation districts, or private land managers who have the expertise to perform specific management activities which a lead agency lacks, or which would cost more to provide in-house. Such activities shall include, but not be limited to, controlled burning, road and ditch maintenance, mowing, and wildlife assessments. (6) Conservation and recreation lands are subject to the selection procedures of s. 259.035 and related rules and shall be acquired in accordance with acquisition procedures for state lands provided for in s. 253.025, except as otherwise provided by the Legislature. An inholding or an addition to conservation and recreation lands is not subject to the selection procedures of s. 259,035 if the estimated value of such inholding or addition does not exceed $500,000. When at least 90 percent of the acreage of a project has been purchased for conservation and recreation purposes, the project may be removed from the list and the remaining acreage may continue to be purchased. Funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used for title work, appraisal fees, environmental audits, and survey costs related to acquisition expenses for lands to be acquired, donated, or exchanged which qualify under the categories of this section, at the discretion of the board. When the Legislature has authorized the department to condemn a specific parcel of land and such parcel has already been approved for acquisition, the land may be acquired in accordance with chapter 73 or chapter 74, and the funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used to pay the condemnation award and all, costs, including reasonable attorney fees, associated with condemnation. (7)(a) All lands managed under this chapter and s. 253.034 must be: 1. Managed in a manner that will provide the greatest combination of benefits to the public and to the resources. 2. Managed for public outdoor recreation which is compatible with the conservation and protection of public lands. Such management may include, but not be limited to, the following public recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping, bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing, horseback riding, diving, model hobbyist activities, birding, sailing, jogging, and other related outdoor activities. (b) Concurrent with its adoption of the annual list of acquisition projects pursuant to s. 259.035, the board shalt adopt a management prospectus for each project. The management prospectus shall delineate: 1. The management goals for the property; 2. The conditions that will affect the intensity of management; 3. An estimate of the revenue -generating potential of the property, if appropriate; 4. A timetable for implementing the various stages of management and for providing access to the public, if applicable; 5. A description of potential multiple -use activities as described in this section and s. 253,034; 416 of 2461 6. Provisions for protecting existing infrastructure and for ensuring the security of the project upon acquisition; 7. The anticipated costs of management and projected sources of revenue, including legislative appropriations, to fund management needs; and 8. Recommendations as to how many employees will be needed to manage the property, and recommendations as to whether local governments, volunteer groups, the former landowner, or other interested parties can be involved in the management. (c) Concurrent with the approval of the acquisition contract pursuant to s. 253.025(4) for any interest in lands except those lands acquired pursuant to s. 259,1052, the board shall designate an agency or agencies to manage such lands. The board shall evaluate and amend, as appropriate, the management policy statement for the project as provided by s. 259,035 to ensure that the policy statement is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. For any fee simple acquisition of a parcel which is or will be leased back for agricultural purposes, or any acquisition of a less than fee interest in land that is or will be used for agricultural purposes, the board shalt first consider having a soil and water conservation district, created pursuant to chapter 582, manage and monitor such interests. (d) State agencies designated to manage lands acquired under this chapter or with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, except those lands acquired under s. 259,1052, may contract with local governments, water control districts designated pursuant to chapter 298, and soil and water conservation districts to assist in management activities, including the responsibility of being the lead land manager. Such land management contracts must include a provision for the transfer of management funding to the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district of the lead land managing agency in an amount adequate for the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district to perform its land management responsibilities or which otherwise would have been expended by the state agency to manage the property. (e) Immediately following the acquisition of any interest in conservation and recreation lands, the department, acting on behalf of the board, may issue to the lead managing entity an interim assignment letter to be effective until the execution of a format lease. (8)(a) State, regional, or local governmental agencies or private entities designated to manage lands under this section shall develop and adopt, with the approval of the board, an individual management plan for each project designed to conserve and protect such lands and their associated natural resources. Private sector involvement in management plan development may be used to expedite the planning process. (b) Individual management plans required by s. 253.034(5) for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory group. 1. Members of the advisory group shall include, at a minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency, comanaging entities, local private property owners, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a Local conservation organization, and a local elected official. If habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species is located on state lands, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must be included on any advisory group required under chapter 253, and the short-term and long-term management goals required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and objectives of imperiled species management without restricting other uses identified in the management plan. 2. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the county in which the parcel or project is located. For those parcels or projects within more than one county, at least one areawide public hearing is acceptable and the lead managing agency shall invite a local elected official from each county. The areawide public hearing must be held in the county in which the core parcels are located. At least 30 days before the public hearing, notice of the hearing must be posted on the parcel or project designated for management, advertised in a paper of general circulation, and announced at a scheduled meeting of the local governing body. 3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph (7)(b) must be available to the public for a period of 30 days before the public hearing. (c) Once a plan is adopted, the managing agency or entity shall update the plan at least every 10 years in a form and manner adopted by rule of the board. Such updates for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory group. Such plans may include transfers of 417 of 2461 leasehold interests to appropriate conservation organizations or governmental entities designated by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation, restoration, and proper management of the lands and their resources. Volunteer management assistance is encouraged, including, but not limited to, assistance by youths participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies, by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations, and by individuals participating in programs for committed delinquents and adults. (d) For each project for which lands are acquired after July 1, 1995, an individual management plan shall be adopted and in place no later than 1 year after the essential parcel or parcels identified in the priority list developed pursuant to s. 259.105 have been acquired. The department shall distribute only 75 percent of the acquisition funds to which a budget entity or water management district would otherwise be entitled to any budget entity or any water management district that has more than one-third of its management plans overdue. (e) Individual management plans shall conform to the appropriate policies and guidelines of the state land management plan and shall include, but not be limited to: 1. A statement of the purpose for which the lands were acquired, the projected use or uses as defined in s. 253,034, and the statutory authority for such use or uses. 2. Key management activities necessary to achieve the desired outcomes, including, but not limited to, providing public access, preserving and protecting natural resources, protecting cultural and historical resources, restoring habitat, protecting threatened and endangered species, controlling the spread of nonnative plants and animals, performing prescribed fire activities, and other appropriate resource management. 3. A specific description of how the managing agency plans to identify, locate, protect, and preserve, or otherwise use fragile, nonrenewable natural and cultural resources. 4. A priority schedule for conducting management activities. 5. A cost estimate for conducting priority management activities, to include recommendations for cost- effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 6. A cost estimate for conducting other management activities which would enhance the natural resource value or public recreation value. The cost estimate shall include recommendations for cost-effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 7. A determination of the public uses and public access that would be compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. (f) The Division of State Lands shall submit a copy of each individual management plan for parcels which exceed 160 acres in size to each member of the council, which shall: 1. Within 60 days after receiving a plan from the Division of State Lands, review each plan for compliance with the requirements of this subsection and with the requirements of the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subsection. 2. Consider the propriety of the recommendations of the managing agency with regard to the future use or protection of the property. 3. After its review, submit the plan, along with its recommendations and comments, to the board, with recommendations as to whether to approve the plan as submitted, approve the plan with modifications, or reject the plan. (g) The board shall consider the individual management plan submitted by each state agency and the recommendations of the council and the department and shalt approve the plan with or without modification or reject such plan. The use or possession of any lands owned by the board which is not in accordance with an approved individual management plan is subject to termination by the board. By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for which the agency or entity is responsible. (9)(a) The Legislature recognizes that acquiring lands pursuant to this chapter serves the public interest by protecting land, air, and water resources which contribute to the public health and welfare, providing areas for 418 of 2461 natural resource -based recreation, and ensuring the survival of unique and irreplaceable plant and animal species. The Legislature intends for these lands to be managed and maintained in a manner that is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both, consistent with the land management plan and for the public to have access to and use of these lands if public access would not harm the resources the state is seeking to protect on the public's behalf. (b) An amount of not less than 1.5 percent of the cumulative total of funds ever deposited into the former Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund and the Florida Forever Trust Fund shall be made available for the purposes of management, maintenance, and capital improvements, and for associated contractual services, for conservation and recreation lands acquired with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to s. 28(a), Art. X of the State Constitution or pursuant to former s. 259,032, Florida Statutes 2014, former s. 259,101, Florida Statutes 2014, s. 259.105, s. 259,1052, or previous programs for the acquisition of lands for conservation and recreation, including state forests, to which title is vested in the board of trustees and other conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. Each agency with management responsibilities shall annually request from the Legislature funds sufficient to fulfill such responsibilities to implement individual management plans. For the purposes of this paragraph, capital improvements shall include, but need not be limited to, perimeter fencing, signs, firelanes, access roads and trails, and minimal public accommodations, such as primitive campsites, garbage receptacles, and toilets. Any equipment purchased with funds provided pursuant to this paragraph may be used for the purposes described in this paragraph on any conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. The funding requirement created in this paragraph is subject to an annual evaluation by the Legislature to ensure that such requirement does not impact the respective trust fund in a manner that would prevent the trust fund from meeting other minimum requirements. (c) All revenues generated through multiple -use management or compatible secondary -use management shall be returned to the lead agency responsible for such management and shall be used to pay for management activities on all conservation, preservation, and recreation lands under the agency's jurisdiction. In addition, such revenues shall be segregated in an agency trust fund used for land management activities, other than a land acquisition trust fund, and such revenues shall remain available to the agency in subsequent fiscal years to support land management appropriations. For the purposes of this paragraph, compatible secondary -use management shall be those activities described in subsection (7) undertaken on parcels designated as single use pursuant to s. 253.034(2)(b). (d) Up to one -fifth of the funds appropriated for the purposes identified in paragraph (b) shall be reserved by the board for interim management of acquisitions and for associated contractual services, to ensure the conservation and protection of natural resources on project sites and to allow limited public recreational use of lands. Interim management activities may include, but not be limited to, resource assessments, control of invasive, nonnative species, habitat restoration, fencing, law enforcement, controlled burning, and public access consistent with preliminary determinations made pursuant to paragraph (7)(e). The board shall make these interim funds available immediately upon purchase. (e) The department shalt set long-range and annual goals for the control and removal of nonnative, invasive plant species on public lands. Such goals shall differentiate between aquatic plant species and upland plant species. In setting such goals, the department may rank, in order of adverse impact, species that impede or destroy the functioning of natural systems. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), up to one-fourth of the funds provided for in paragraph (b) may be used by the agencies receiving those funds for control and removal of nonnative, invasive species on public lands. (f) To ensure that the public has knowledge of and access to conservation lands, as defined in s. 253.034(2)(c), the department shall publish, update, and maintain a database of such lands where public access is compatible with conservation and recreation purposes. 1. By July 1, 2017, the database must be available to the public online and must include, at a minimum, the location, types of allowable recreational opportunities, points of public access, facilities or other amenities, restrictions, and any other information the department deems appropriate to increase public awareness of 419 of 2461 recreational opportunities on conservation lands. Such data must be electronically accessible, searchable, and downloadable in a generally acceptable format. 2. The department, through its own efforts or through partnership with a third -party entity, shall create an application downloadable on mobile devices to be used to locate state lands available for public access using the user's locational information or based upon an activity of interest. 3. The database and application must include information for all state conservation lands to which the public has a right of access for recreational purposes. Beginning January 1, 2018, to the greatest extent practicable, the database shall include similar information for lands owned by federal and local governmental entities that allow access for recreational purposes. 4. By January 1 of each year, the department shall provide a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives describing the percentage of public lands acquired under this chapter to which the public has access and the efforts undertaken by the department to increase public access to such lands. (10)(a) Beginning July 1, 1999, the Legislature may appropriate funds annually to the department for payment in lieu of taxes to qualifying counties and local governments as defined in paragraph (b) for all actual tax losses incurred as a result of board of trustees acquisitions for state agencies under the Florida Forever program or the former Florida Preservation 2000 program. (b) Payment in lieu of taxes shall be available: 1. To all counties that have a population of 150,000 or fewer. Population levels shall be determined pursuant to s. 11.031. 2. To all local governments located in eligible counties. (c) If insufficient funds are available in any year to make full payments to all qualifying counties and local governments, such counties and local governments shall receive a pro rata share of the moneys available. (d) The payment amount shall be based on the average amount of actual taxes paid on the property for the 3 years preceding acquisition. Applications for payment in lieu of taxes shall be made no later than January 31 of the year following acquisition. No payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for properties which were exempt from ad valorem taxation for the year immediately preceding acquisition. (e) If property which was subject to ad valorem taxation was acquired by a tax-exempt entity for ultimate conveyance to the state under this chapter, payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for such property based upon the average amount of taxes paid on the property for the 3 years before its being removed from the tax rolls. The department shall certify to the Department of Revenue those properties that may be eligible under this provision. Once eligibility has been established, that county or local government shall receive annual payments for each tax loss until the qualifying county or local government exceeds the population threshold pursuant to this section. (f) Payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to this subsection shalt be made annually to qualifying counties and local governments after certification by the Department of Revenue that the amounts applied for are reasonably appropriate, based on the amount of actual taxes paid on the eligible property. With the assistance of the local government requesting payment in lieu of taxes, the state agency that acquired the land is responsible for preparing and submitting application requests for payment to the Department of Revenue for certification. (g) If the board of trustees conveys to a local government title to any land owned by the board, any payments in lieu of taxes on the land made to the local government shall be discontinued as of the date of the conveyance. For the purposes of this subsection, "local government" includes municipalities, the county school board, mosquito control districts, and any other local government entity which levies ad valorem taxes, with the exception of a water management district. (11) Within 90 days after receiving a certified letter from the owner of a property on the priority list established pursuant to s. 259,105 objecting to the property being included in an acquisition project, where such property is a project or part of a project which has not been listed for purchase in the current year's land acquisition work plan, the board of trustees shall delete the property from the list or from the boundary of an acquisition project on the list. 420 of 2461 History.-s. 8, ch. 79-255; s. 16, ch. 80-356; s. 5, ch. 81-35; s. 1, ch. 81-210; s. 165, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 82-152; s. 2, ch. 83-80; s. 1, ch. 83-114; s. 10, ch. 84-330; s. 13, ch. 86-178; s. 6, ch. 86-294; s. 1, ch. 87-96; s. 1, ch. 88-387; s. 13, ch. 89-116; s. 1, ch. 89-276; s. 2, ch. 90-1; s. 8, ch. 90-217; s. 1, ch. 91-62; s. 5, ch. 91-420; s. 2, ch. 92-288; s. 45, ch. 93-206; s. 4, ch. 94-197; s. 1, ch. 94-212; s. 1, ch. 94-240; s. 65, ch. 94-356; s. 5, ch. 95.349; ss. 19, 20, ch. 95-430; s. 3, ch. 96-389; s. 19, ch. 96-420; s. 23, ch. 97-94; ss. 27, 29, ch. 97- 153; s. 6, ch. 97-164; ss. 26, 38, ch. 98-46; s. 10, ch. 99-4; s. 34, ch. 99-13; ss. 28, 33, 53, ch. 99-228; s. 13, ch. 99-247; s. 20, ch. 99-292; s. 7, ch. 2000-170; s. 61, ch. 2000-171; s. 45, ch. 2001-61; s. 7, ch. 2002-2; s. 28, ch. 2002-402; s. 15, ch. 2003-6; s. 280, ch. 2003.261; s. 6, ch. 2003-394; s. 18, ch. 2004-5; ss. 42, 75, ch. 2004-269; s. 41, ch. 2005-71; ss. 31, 42, ch. 2006-26; s. 4, ch. 2006-231; s. 5, ch. 2008-5; s. 9, ch. 2008-229; s. 21, ch. 2009-21; s. 36, ch. 2013-15; s. 37, ch. 2014-53; s. 20, ch. 2015-229; s. 1, ch. 2016-1; s. 28, ch. 2016-10; s. 17, ch. 2016-233; s. 8, ch. 2020-4; s. 3, ch. 2023-169; s. 6, ch. 2025-76; S. 3, ch. 2025-201. Note. -Former s. 253.023. Copyright © 1995-2025 The Florida Legislature • Privacy Statement • Contact Us 421 of 2461 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-34125 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33977, WHICH CREATED THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 259.032, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN; PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY GROUP'S MEMBERS; AND MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE ADVISORY GROUP. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach ("City") leases the property seaward of the erosion control line ("ECL") from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida (the "State"); and WHEREAS, this lease agreement requires the City to submit an updated Beachfront Management Plan ("BMP") outlining the uses, management activities, and projects planned for the leased property every 10 years for the State's approval; and WHEREAS, the BMP must first be reviewed and commented on by a Beachfront Management Plan Advisory Group composed of representatives of the lead land managing agency; comanaging entities; local private property owners; local soil and water conservation district; a local conservation organization; and a local elected official; and WHEREAS, at the February 5, 2026 City Commission meeting, the Mayor and City Commission created the Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group ("Group") pursuant to Resolution No. 2025-33977, in satisfaction of this requirement; and WHEREAS, the Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission amend and restate Resolution No. 2025-33977 to modify the composition of the Group; and WHEREAS, the Administration recommends that the following individuals be appointed to the Group, (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; (2) Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; b. Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach; c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach; 422 of 2461 (3) Co -managing entities designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces, or designee; b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; c. David Kieckbusch, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner; (5) Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, Ph.D., P.E., Division Director, Flood Control and Water Supply Planning, South Florida Water Management District, or designee; (6) David Kieckbusch, Environmental Specialist II, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (7) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, a local conservation organization, or designee; (8) Samantha Baysinger, Land Use Planning Program Supervisor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or designee; (9) Michelle Danielson, Senior Forester, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or designee. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby amend and restate Resolution No. 2025-33977 and Exhibit "'I" thereto, which created the "Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group" (the "Group"), in accordance with Section 259.032, Florida Statutes, with all powers, duties, and purposes as set forth herein; and accept the recommendation of the City Administration to appoint to the Group the persons more particularly described in Section 2 hereof and Exhibit "1 ", which is attached and incorporated herein. SECTION 1. The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission), to review the updated BMP prior to transmittal to the State. SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby appoint the following individuals to the Group: (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; (2) Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; 423 of 2461 b. Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach; c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach; (3) Co -managing entities designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces, or designee; b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; c. David Kieckbusch, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner; (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, a local conservation organization, or designee; (6) Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, Ph.D., P.E., Division Director, Flood Control and Water Supply Planning, South Florida Water Management District, or designee; (7) David Kieckbusch, Environmental Specialist II, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (8) Samantha Baysinger, Land Use Planning Program Supervisor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or designee; and (9) Michelle Danielson, Senior Forester, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or designee. PASSED AND ADOPTED this aK day of ��� 'r , 2026. ATTEST: MAR 0 3 2026 /�� Steven Meiner, Mayor Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk (Sponsored by Commissioner Alex J. Fernandez) M(ORPI0 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LANGUAGE 77UTION L.z1 zo z� City A orney Date 424 of 2461 Exhibit 1 Ad -hoc Beachfront Management Advisory Group Powers, Duties and Composition A. Purpose. 1. The purpose of the Ad -hoc Beachfront Management Advisory Group (the "Group") is to review and provide input on the City of Miami Beach's updated Beachfront Management Plan in accordance with Chapter 259.032 of the Florida Statutes. 2. The Group shall review the draft Beachfront Management Plan and provide comments at a minimum of one public meeting. 3. The Group shall ensure that the Plan outlines the property's uses, management activities, and planned projects, including concession operation rules and regulations, special event permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities. 4. The Group will meet one time to make recommendations. The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission). 5. The Group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the City of Miami Beach to review the draft Plan. B. Membership Composition. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the following entities, as required by Chapter 259.032(10) of the Florida Statutes.- (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; (2) Lead managing agency's designees: a. Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department; b. Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach; c. Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach; d. Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach; (3) Co -managing entities designees: a. Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces, or designee; b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee; c. David Kieckbusch, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner; 425 of 2461 (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, a local conservation organization, or designee; (6) Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, Ph.D., P.E., Division Director, Flood Control and Water Supply Planning, South Florida Water Management District, or designee; (7) David Kieckbusch, Environmental Specialist II, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or designee; (8) Samantha Baysinger, Land Use Planning Program Supervisor, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or designee; and (9) Michelle Danielson, Senior Forester, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or designee. C. Administrative Liaisons. The support department for the Group shall be the Environment and Sustainability Department. The City Attorney's Office shall provide counsel to the Group. 426 of 2461 Resolutions - C7 C MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FROM Eric Carpenter City Manager DATE February 25 2026 TITLE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO 2025- 33977. WHICH CREATED THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 259 032, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN. PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY GROUP'S MEMBERS AND MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE ADVISORY GROUP RECOMMENDATION The Administration recommends the Mayor and City Commission adopt the resolution amending and restating Resolution No 2025 - 33977 establishing, in accordance with section 259 032(8) (Attachment A) of the Florida Statutes, the Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group for one year to review and provide input on the City' s updated beachfront management plan prior to transmittal to the State, and prescribing the duties appointment, and terms of the advisory group' s members BACKGROUND/HISTORY At the May 6, 2015 City Commission meeting, Resolution No 2015-29009 was adopted which approved and authorized the creation of a Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group in accordance with Chapter 259 032 of the Florida Statutes. to review and provide input on the City's updated Beachfront Management Plan At the February 10, 2016 City Commission meeting. Resolution No 2016-29296 was adopted. which approved and authorized the Administration to submit the draft 2016 Beachfront Management Plan. excluding Exhibit 'D' entitled 'Concession Operations Rules and Regulations' which was under review by the NeighborhoodiCommurnty Affairs Committee to the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands " (https -wvvw miamibeachfl gov,,wp-con ten t/uploadsi2017r081Final- Beachfront -Management- Plan-August-2016.pdf ) At the December 17. 2025 City Commission meeting Resolution No 2025-33977 (Attachment B) was adopted, which approved and authorized the creation of a Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Committee serving as an advisory group, in accordance with Chapter 259 032 of the Florida Statutes, to review and provide input on the City updated Beachfront Management Plan At the February 5. 2026 City Commission meeting Reports and Informational Items No 2 was heard announcing the upcoming public hearing during a publicly noticed meeting of the City of Miami Beach governing body The Beachfront Management Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on March loth from 2 00 PM to 5 00 PM at City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive. City Managers Conference Room on the 4th floor room to review the plan This meeting can also be attended virtually by the public via Zoom at https. %us06web zoom usiji84500927624 ANALYSIS The City of Miami Beach leases the property eastward of the erosion control line (ECL) from the State of Florida As part of this lease agreement the City is required to submit a land management plan every 10 years for the State' s approval The City's land management plan, also known as the Beachfront Management Plan, must outline the property's uses management activities and planned projects As such the plan details the concession operation rules and regulations special event permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities The administration is in the process of preparing the latest update to the plan in accordance with Chapter 259 032 of the Florida Statutes. the City must create an advisory group of community stakeholders to review the draft plan and provide comments at a minimum of one public meeting Flonda Statute requires specific representation of organizations which is included below The proposed advisory group includes, at a minimum, representatives of A local elected official Commissioner Alex Fernandez • The lead land managing agency Jason Casanova, Amy Knowles, Lissette Garcia Arrogante. Elizabeth Miro, City of Miami Beach • Co -managing entities Rashid Istambouli. or Designee, Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management. Christopher Bumpus, or Designee Miami -Dade County Parks Recreation and Open Spaces Department David Kieckbusch or Designee Florida Department of Environmental Protection • Local private property owner Susan Askew • The appropriate sod and water conservation district Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, or Designee South Florida Water Management District • A local conservation organization Janet Bowman, The Nature Conservancy, or Designee • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Samantha Baysinger or Designee • Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Michelle Danielson or Designee FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT Does this Ordinance require a Business Impact Estimate? (FOR ORDINANCES ONLY, If applicable, the Business Impact Estimate (BIE) was published on: See BIE at: https 'twww miamibeachfl clovfcity-hall/city-clerk/meetino-notices! FINANCIAL INFORMATION N. A CONCLUSION The City of Miami Beach is updating the Beachfront Management Plan as required by its lease with the State of Florida To meet State requirements. the City is required to form an advisory group of community stakeholders to review the draft plan and provide feedback at a public meeting Applicable Area Citywide Is this a "Residents Riaht to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-177 Is this item related to a G.O. Bond Proiect? No Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which. as defined in Code Sec. 2481. includes a principal engaged in lobbying? No If so. specify the name of lobbyist(s) and pnncipal(s) De; nt Environment and Sustamability Sponsor(s) Commissioner Alex Fernandez Co-sponsor(sl Condensed Title Amend/Restate Reso 2025-33977, Establishing Beachfront Mgmt Plan Advisory Group (AF) EN Previous Action (For City Clerk Use Onlyl a9§ If A92 Select Year: 2025 - Go The 2025 Florida Statutes Title XVIII Chapter 9 View Entire PUBLIC LANDS AND LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR CONSERVATION OR Chapter PROPERTY RECREATION 259.032 Conservation and recreation lands.— , t t It is the policy of the state that the citizens of this state shall be assured public ownership of natural areas for purposes of maintaining this state's unique natural resources; protecting air, land, and water quality; promoting water resource development to meet the needs of natural systems and citizens of this state; promoting restoration activities on public lands; and providing lands for natural resource -based recreation. in recognition of this policy, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide such public lands for the people residing in urban and metropolitan areas of the state, as well as those residing in less populated, rural areas. It is the further intent of the Legislature, with regard to the lands described in paragraph (2 )(c), that a high priority be given to the acquisition, restoration, and management of such lands in or near counties exhibiting the greatest concentration of population and, with regard to the lands described in subsection (2). that a high priority be given to acquiring lands or rights or interests in lands that advance the goals and objectives of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's approved species or habitat recovery plans, or lands within any area designated as an area of critical state concern under s. 380.05 which, in the judgment of the advisory council established pursuant to s. 259,035, or its successor, cannot be adequately protected by application of land development regulations adopted pursuant to s. 380,05. Finally, it is the Legislature's intent that lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes be managed in such a way as to protect or restore their natural resource values, and provide the greatest benefit, including public access, to the citizens of this state. ill The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. may expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in lands for any of the following public purposes: la) To conserve and protect environmentally unique and irreplaceable lands that contain native, relatively unaltered flora and fauna representing a natural area unique to, or scarce within. a region of this state or a larger geographic area: ib► To conserve and protect lands within designated areas of critical state concern, if the proposed acquisition relates to the natural resource protection purposes of the designation; icl To conserve and protect native species habitat or endangered or threatened species, emphasizing long-term protection for endangered or threatened species designated G•t or G-2 by the Florida Natural Areas inventory, and especially those areas that are special locations for breeding and reproduction; (d) To conserve, protect, manage, or restore important ecosystems, landscapes, and forests, if the protection and conservation of such lands is necessary to enhance or protect significant surface water, groundwater, coastal, recreational, timber, or fish or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be accomplished through local and state regulatory programs; lei To promote water resource development that benefits natural systems and citizens of the state; (f ► To facilitate the restoration and subsequent health and vitality of the Florida Everglades: (gI To provide areas, including recreational traits, for natural resource based recreation and other outdoor recreation on any part of any site compatible with conservation purposes; (hi To preserve significant archaeological or historic sites; fi $@1 lii To conserve urban open spaces suitable for greenways or outdoor recreation which are compatible with conservation purposes; (j) To preserve agricultural lands under threat of conversion to development through less -than -fee acquisitions; or (k) To complete critical linkages through fee or less -than -fee acquisitions that will help preserve and protect the green and blue infrastructure and vital habitat for wide-ranging wildlife, such as the Florida panther, within the Florida wildlife corridor as defined in s. 259,105514). 13► Lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes shalt be for use as state -designated parks, recreation areas, preserves, reserves, historic or archaeological sites, geologic or botanical sites, recreational trails, forests, wilderness areas, wildlife management areas, urban open space, or other state -designated recreation or conservation lands; or they shall qualify for such state designation and use if they are to be managed by other governmental agencies or nonstate entities as provided for in this section. 141 The board of trustees may expend funds appropriated by the Legislature for the initiation and maintenance of a natural areas inventory to aid in the identification of areas to be acquired for conservation and recreation purposes. i51 The board of trustees may enter into any contract necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The lead land managing agencies designated by the board of trustees also are directed by the Legislature to enter into contracts or interagency agreements with other governmental entities, including local soil and water conservation districts, or private land managers who have the expertise to perform specific management activities which a lead agency lacks, or which would cost more to provide in-house. Such activities shall include, but not be limited to, controlled burning, road and ditch maintenance, mowing, and wildlife assessments. (61 Conservation and recreation lands are subject to the selection procedures of s. 259.035 and related rules and shall be acquired in accordance with acquisition procedures for state lands provided for in s. 253,025, except as otherwise provided by the Legislature. An inho(ding or an addition to conservation and recreation lands is not subject to the selection procedures of s. 259,035 if the estimated value of such inholding or addition does not exceed $500,000. When at least 90 percent of the acreage of a project has been purchased for conservation and recreation purposes, the project may be removed from the list and the remaining acreage may continue to be purchased. Funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used for title work, appraisal fees, environmental audits, and survey costs related to acquisition expenses for lands to be acquired, donated, or exchanged which qualify under the categories of this section, at the discretion of the board. When the Legislature has authorized the department to condemn a specific parcel of land and such parcel has already been approved for acquisition, the land may be acquired in accordance with chapter 73 or chapter 74, and the funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used to pay the condemnation award and all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, associated with condemnation. i1)1a) All lands managed under this chapter and s. 253,034 must be: 1. Managed in a manner that wilt provide the greatest combination of benefits to the public and to the resources. 2. Managed for public outdoor recreation which is compatible with the conservation and protection of public lands. Such management may include, but not be limited to, the following public recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping, bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing, horseback riding, diving, model hobbyist activities, birding, sailing, jogging, and other related outdoor activities. Ib► Concurrent with its adoption of the annual list of acquisition projects pursuant to s. 259,035, the board shall adopt a management prospectus for each project. The management prospectus shall delineate: 1. The management goals for the property; 2. The conditions that will affect the intensity of management: 3. An estimate of the revenue -generating potential of the property, if appropriate; 4. A timetable for implementing the various stages of management and for providing access to the public, if applicable; 5. A description of potential multipte-use activities as dewnbed in this section and s. 253.034; �mof2461 6. Provisions for protecting existing infrastructure and for ensuring the security of the project upon acquisition: 7. The anticipated costs of management and projected sources of revenue, including legislative appropriations, to fund management needs: and 8. Recommendations as to how, many employees will be needed to manage the property, and recommendations as to whether local governments, volunteer groups, the former landowner, or other interested parties can be involved in the management. (c► Concurrent with the approval of the acquisition contract pursuant to s. 253,025(41 for any interest in lands except those lands acquired pursuant to s. 259,1052, the board shall designate an agency or agencies to manage such lands. The board shalt evaluate and amend, as appropriate, the management policy statement for the project as provided by s. 259.035 to ensure that the policy statement is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. For any fee simple acquisition of a parcel which is or will be leased back for agricultural purposes, or any acquisition of a less than fee interest in land that is or will be used for agricultural purposes, the board shall first consider having a soil and water conservation district, created pursuant to chapter 582, manage and monitor such interests. (d) State agencies designated to manage lands acquired under this chapter or with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. except those lands acquired under s. 259,1052, may contract with local governments, water control districts designated pursuant to chapter 298, and soil and water conservation districts to assist in management activities, including the responsibility of being the lead land manager. Such land management contracts must include a provision for the transfer of management funding to the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district of the lead land managing agency in an amount adequate for the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district to perform its land management responsibilities or which otherwise would have been expended by the state agency to manage the property. (e) Immediately following the acquisition of any interest in conservation and recreation lands, the department, acting on behalf of the board, may issue to the lead managing entity an interim assignment letter to be effective until the execution of a formal lease. (8)1al State, regional, or local governmental agencies or private entities designated to manage lands under this section shalt develop and adopt, with the approval of the board, an individual management plan for each project designed to conserve and protect such lands and their associated natural resources. Private sector involvement in management plan development may be used to expedite the planning process. (bi Individual management plans required by s. 253,034(51 for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory group. 1. Members of the advisory group shall include, at a minimum, representatives of the lead (and managing agency, comanaging entities, total private property owners, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local conservation organization, and a local elected official. if habitat or potentially restorable habitat for imperiled species is located on state lands. the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services must be included on any advisory group required under chapter 253, and the short-term and tang -term management goals required under chapter 253 must advance the goals and objectives of imperiled species management without restricting other uses identified in the management plan. 2. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the county in which the parcel or project is located. For those parcels or projects within more than one county, at least one areawide public hearing is acceptable and the lead managing agency shall invite a local elected official from each county. The areawide public hearing must by held in the county in which the core parcels are located. At least 30 days before the public hearing, notice of the hearing must be posted on the parcel or project designated for management, advertised in a paper of general circulation, and announced at a scheduled meeting of the local governing body. 3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph (7)(b( must be available to the public for a period of 30 days before the public hearing. (c ) Once a plan is adopted, the managing agency or entity shalt update the plan at least every 10 years in a form and manner adopted by rule of the board. Such updates for parcels over 160 acres and for parcels located within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory group. Such plans may include transfers of 3R§24� W i leasehold interests to appropriate conservation organizations or governmental entities designated by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation, restoration, and proper management of the lands and their resources. Volunteer management assistance is encouraged, including, but not limited to, assistance by youths participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies, by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations, and by individuals participating in programs for committed delinquents and adults. (d) For each project for which lands are acquired after July 1, 1995, an individual management plan shall be adopted and in place no later than 1 year after the essential parcel or parcels identified in the priority list developed pursuant to s. 259.105 have been acquired. The department shall distribute only 75 percent of the acquisition funds to which a budget entity or water management district would otherwise be entitled to any budget entity or any water management district that has more than one-third of its management plans overdue. (e) Individual management plans shall conform to the appropriate policies and guidelines of the state land management plan and shall include, but not be limited to: 1. A statement of the purpose for which the lands were acquired, the projected use or uses as defined in s. 253,034, and the statutory authority for such use or uses. 2. Key management activities necessary to achieve the desired outcomes, including, but not limited to, providing public access, preserving and protecting natural resources, protecting cultural and historical resources, restoring habitat, protecting threatened and endangered species, controlling the spread of nonnative plants and animals, performing prescribed fire activities, and other appropriate resource management. 3. A specific description of how the managing agency plans to identify, locate, protect, and preserve, or otherwise use fragile, nonrenewable natural and cultural resources. 4. A priority schedule for conducting management activities. 5. A cost estimate for conducting priority management activities, to include recommendations for cost- effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 6. A cost estimate for conducting other management activities which would enhance the natural resource value or public recreation value. The cost estimate shall include recommendations for cost-effective methods of accomplishing those activities. 7. A determination of the public uses and public access that would be compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. if) The Division of State Lands shall submit a copy of each individual management plan for parcels which exceed 160 acres in size to each member of the council, which shall: 1. Within 60 days after receiving a plan from the Division of State Lands, review each plan for compliance with the requirements of this subsection and with the requirements of the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subsection. 2. Consider the propriety of the recommendations of the managing agency with regard to the future use or protection of the property. 3. After its review, submit the plan, along with its recommendations and comments, to the board, with recommendations as to whether to approve the plan as submitted, approve the plan with modifications, or reject the plan. (g) The board shall consider the individual management plan submitted by each state agency and the recommendations of the council and the department and shall approve the plan with or without modification or reject such plan. The use or possession of any lands owned by the board which is not in accordance with an approved individual management plan is subject to termination by the board. By July 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the Secretary of Environmental Protection on the progress of funding, staffing, and resource management of every project for which the agency or entity is responsible. Oila) The Legislature recognizes that acquiring lands pursuant to this chapter serves the public interest by protecting land, air, and water resources which contribute to the public health and welfare, providing areas for 3'd�2 natural resource -based recreation, and ensuring the survival of unique and irreplaceable plant and animal species. The Legislature intends for these lands to be managed and maintained in a manner that is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both, consistent with the land management plan and for the public to have access to and use of these lands if public access would not harm the resources the state is seeking to protect on the public's behalf. (b) An amount of not less than 1.5 per -cent of the cumulative total of funds ever deposited into the former Florida Preservation 2000 Trust Fund and the Florida Forever Trust Fund shalt be made available for the purposes of management, maintenance, and capital improvements, and for associated contractual services, for conservation and recreation lands acquired with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to s. 28(a1, Art. X of the State Constitution or pursuant to former s. 259.032, Florida Statutes 2014, former s. 259,101, Florida Statutes 2014, s. 259.105, s. 259,1052, or previous programs for the acquisition of lands for conservation and recreation, including state forests, to which title is vested in the board of trustees and other conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. Each agency with management responsibilities shalt annually request from the Legislature funds sufficient to fulfill such responsibilities to implement individual management plans. For the purposes of this paragraph, capital improvements shalt include, but need not be limited to, perimeter fencing, signs, firelanes, access roads and traits, and minimal public accommodations, such as primitive campsites, garbage receptacles, and toilets. Any equipment purchased with funds provided pursuant to this paragraph may be used for the purposes described in this paragraph on any conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. The funding requirement created in this paragraph is subject to an annual evaluation by the Legislature to ensure that such requirement does not impact the respective trust fund in a manner that would prevent the trust fund from meeting other minimum requirements. (c) All revenues generated through multiple -use management or compatible secondary -use management shall be returned to the lead agency responsible for such management and shalt be used to pay for management activities on all conservation, preservation, and recreation lands under the agency's jurisdiction. In addition, such revenues shalt be segregated in an agency trust fund used for land management activities, other than a land acquisition trust fund, and such revenues shall remain available to the agency in subsequent fiscal years to support land management appropriations. For the purposes of this paragraph, compatible secondary -use management shall be those activities described in subsection (71 undertaken on parcels designated as single use pursuant to s. 253.034(20). td) Up to one -fifth of the funds appropriated for the purposes identified in paragraph (b) shalt be reserved by the board for interim management of acquisitions and for associated contractual services, to ensure the conservation and protection of natural resources on project sites and to allow limited public recreational use of lands. Interim management activities may include, but not be limited to, resource assessments, control of invasive, nonnative species, habitat restoration, fencing, taw enforcement, controlled burning, and public access consistent with preliminary determinations made pursuant to paragraph (7)(e). The board shall make these interim funds available immediately upon purchase. (e) The department shall set tong -range and annual goals for the control and removal of nonnative, invasive plant species on public lands. Such goals shalt differentiate between aquatic plant species and upland plant species. In setting such goals, the department may rank, in order of adverse impact, species that impede or destroy the functioning of natural systems. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), up to one-fourth of the funds provided for in paragraph ib) may be used by the agencies receiOng those funds for control and removal of nonnative, invasive species on public lands. (f) To ensure that the public has knowledge of and access to conservation lands, as defined in s. jQ341211cr, the department shall publish. update, and maintain a database of such lands where public access is compatible with conservation and recreation purposes. 1. By July 1, 2017, the database must be available to the public online and must include, at a minimum, the location, types of allowable recreational opportunities, points of public access, facilities or other amenities, restrictions, and any other information the department deems appropriate to increase public awareness of recreational opportunities on conservation lands. Such data must be electronically accessible, searchable, and downloadable in a generally acceptable format. 2. The department, through its own efforts or through partnership with a third -party entity, shall create an application downloadable on mobile devices to be used to locate state lands available for public access using the user's tocational information or based upon an activity of interest. 3. The database and application must include information for all state conservation lands to which the public has a right of access for recreational purposes. Beginning January 1. 2018, to the greatest extent practicable, the database shalt include similar information for lands owned by federal and local governmental entities that allow access for recreational purposes. 4. By January 1 of each year, the department shall provide a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives describing the percentage of public lands acquired under this chapter to which the public has access and the efforts undertaken by the department to increase public access to such lands. (10)(a) Beginning July 1, 1999, the Legislature may appropriate funds annually to the department for payment in lieu of taxes to qualifying counties and local governments as defined in paragraph (b) for all actual tax tosses incurred as a result of board of trustees acquisitions for state agencies under the Florida Forever program or the former Florida Preservation 2000 program. (b) Payment in lieu of taxes shalt be available: 1. To all counties that have a population of 150.000 or fewer. Population levels shall be determined pursuant to s. 11,031. 2. To all local governments located in eligible counties. (c) If insufficient funds are available in any year to make full payments to all qualifying counties and local governments, such counties and local governments shall receive a pro rata share of the moneys available. (d) The payment amount shall be based on the average amount of actual taxes paid on the property for the 3 years preceding acquisition. Applications for payment in lieu of taxes shall be made no later than January 31 of the year following acquisition. No payment in lieu of taxes shalt be made for properties which were exempt from ad valorem taxation for the year immediately preceding acquisition. (e) If property which was subject to ad valorem taxation was acquired by a tax-exempt entity for ultimate conveyance to the state under this chapter, payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for such property based upon the average amount of taxes paid on the property for the 3 years before its being removed from the tax rolls. The department shalt certify to the department of Revenue those properties that may be eligible under this provision. Once eligibility has been established, that county or local government shall receive annual payments for each tax toss until the qualifying county or local government exceeds the population threshold pursuant to this section. if I Payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to this subsection shalt be made annually to qualifying counties and local governments after certification by the Department of Revenue that the amounts applied for are reasonably appropriate, based on the amount of actual taxes paid on the eligible property. With the assistance of the local government requesting payment in lieu of taxes, the state agency that acquired the land is responsible for preparing and submitting application requests for payment to the department of Revenue for certification. Ig1 If the board of trustees conveys to a local government title to any land owned by the board, any payments in lieu of taxes on the land made to the local government shall be discontinued as of the date of the conveyance. For the purposes of this subsection, "local government" includes municipalities, the county school board, mosquito control districts, and any other local government entity which levies ad valorem taxes, with the exception of a water management district. i 11► Within 90 days after receiving a certified letter from the owner of a property on the priority list established pursuant to s. Z59,_105 objecting to the property being included in an acquisition project, where such property is a project or part of a project which has not been listed for purchase in the current year's land acquisition work plan, the board of trustees shall delete the property from the list or from the boundary of an acquisition protect on the list. 479 0 History.—s. 6, ch. 79.255; s. 16, ch. 80.356: s. 5, ch. 81-35: S. 1, ch, 81,210, s. 165, ch. 81.259; S. 1, ch. 82.152: s. 2, ch. 83-80; S. 1. ch. 83-114; s. 10, ch. 84 330; S. 13, ch, 86 178: s. 6, ch. 86 294; s. 1, ch. 87 %: s. 1, ch. 88 387; s. 13, ch. 89 116; s. 1, ch. 89.276: s. Z, ch. 90-1; s. 8, ch. 90-217: s. i, ch. 91-62: s 5, ch. 91.420; s. 2, ch- 92-288; S. 45, ch. 93.206; s. 4, ch. 94.197; s. 1, ch. 94.212; s. 1, ch. 94.240; s. 65, ch. 94-356; s. 5, ch. 95-349; ss. 19. 20, ch. 95.430: s. 3, ch, %-389: s. 19, ch. %-420; s. 23. ch. 97-94; Ss. 27, 29. ch. 97- 153: s. 6, ch. 97 164; Ss. 26. 38, Ch. 96.46: S. 10, ch. 99-4; s. 34, ch. 99-13; ss. 28. 33. 53, ch. 99-2M S. 13, ch. 94 247; s. 20, Ch. 99.29L s. 7, ch. 2000-170: S. 61, ch. 2000-171; S. 45, ch 2001 61: s. 7. Ch. 2002-2: s 29. ch. 2002-402; s. 15, ch. 2003-6: s- 280, ch. 2003 261: s. 6, ch. 2003 394; s. 18, ch. 2004.5: ss. 42, 75, ch. 2004 269; s. 41, ch 2005-71; ss. 31, 42. ch. 2006-26: s. 4, ch. 2006-231: s. 5. Ch. Z008-5; s. 9, ch. Z008-229; s. 21, ch. 2009.21: s. 36, ch. 2013-15; s. 37, ch. 201+53, s. 20, ch. 2015-229: s. 1, ch. 2016 1; s. 23. ch. 2016-10; S. 17, Ch. 2016-233; s. 8, ch. 2020 4; s. 3. ch. 2023.169; s. 6. ch. 2025-76: s. 3. ch. 2025 201. Rote. Forma s. 253.023. Copyright 1995 2025 The Florida Legislature • Privacy Statement • Contact Us 14ius i W, 2025-33977 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION Of THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 259.032(8) OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP FOR ONE YEAR TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN PRIOR TO TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE, AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES, APPOINTMENT, AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY GROUP'S MEMBERS. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") leases the property seaward of the erosion control line ('ECL') from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida (the 'State'), and WHEREAS, this lease agreement requires the City to submit an updated Beachfront Management Plan ('BMP") outlining the uses, management activities, and propcts planned for the leased property every to years for the State's approval; and WHEREAS, an updated BMP is scheduled to be submitted to the State for review in 2026, and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 259 032 of the Florida Statutes, the City must establish the `Beachkont Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group- (the 'Group') to review the updated BMP and to provide comments on the proposed BMP; and WHEREAS, the Group shall include representatives of the lead land managing agency, comanaging entities, local pnvata property owners, the appropriate soil and water conservation district, a local conservation organization, and a local elected official, and WHEREAS, the Administration has recommended that the following persons be appointed to the Group (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; (2) Lead managing agency's designees. a Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department. b Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience officer, Environment and Sustainability Department, City of Miami Beach, c Lissette Garcia-Anogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Department, City of Miami Beach, d Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach, (3) Co -managing entities designees. a Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of the Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, or designee, ZW if YP@T b. Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee. (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner, (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, Of designee, (6) Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation Dmtnct, (7) Designee of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, (8) Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and WHEREAS, the Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1. 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earner or later sunset by the City Commission). to review the updated BMP prior to transmittal to the State NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMSSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby establish the 'Beachfront Management Plan Ad -hoc Advisory Group' (the 'Group'), in accordance with Section 259 032, Florida Statutes, as set forth heron, accept the recommendation of the City Administration to appoint to the Group the persons named herein, and charge the Group with the powers, duties, and purpose more particularty described in "Exhibit 1' attached and incorporated hereto. SECT*" 1. The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1. 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by the City Commission), to review the updated BMP prior to transmittal to the State SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby appoint the following persons to the Group (1) Commissioner Alex Fernandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach, (2) Lewd managing agency's designees a Jason Casanova, Chief, Ocean Rescue Division. City of Miami Beach Fire Department, b Amy Knowies, Chief Resilience Officer, Environment and Sustainabil+ty Department, City of Miami Beach. c Lissette Garcia-Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture Ospertment, Gty of Miami vQQld 1, d Elizabeth MIro, Interim Director, Faalibes and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach. (3) Co -managing entities' designees a Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Conservation of the Miami -Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, or des►gnee, b Rashid Istambouli. Assistant Di edor of the Mtam�-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, or designee (4) Susan Askew, a local private property owner. (5) Janet Bowman, representative of The Nature Conservancy, or designee, (6) Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation Distnct: (7) Designee of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, (8) Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1-7 ___ day of beu r4t- ATTEST Steven Heiner, Mayor AfaelIran—ado. City Clerk,, -; (Sponsored by Commissioner Alex J Fernandez) APPROVED AS TO FORM a LANGUAGE i FOR EXECUTION as I111010111" o.. 43M if 9@2 Exhibit 1 Act -hoc Beachfront ManaQerTwnt Advisor Group er Pows Duties and Composition A. Pu • 1 The purpose of the Ad -hoc Beachfront Management Advisory Group (the 'Group') is to review and provide input on the City of Miami Beach's updated Beachfront Management Plan in accordance with Chapter 259.032 of the Ficinda Statutes. 2 The Group shall review the draft Beachfront Management Plan and provide comments at a minimum of one public meeting. 3 The Group shell ensure that the Ptan outlines the property's uses, management acbvibes, and planned propels wx*X ing oonoession operation rules and regulAIAW%, spacial wont permit requirements, dune management strategy, and other key beach management activities 4 The Group will meet one time to make recommendations The Group shall be established for one (1) year commencing on January 1. 2026 and expiring on January 1, 2027 (subject to earlier or later sunset by file City Commission) vinthin the City of Miami Beach to 5 The Group shah conduct at least one publicn9 review the draft Plan B. The Group shalt be composed of representatives of the fo4owing entities, as required by Chapter 259 032(10) of the Florida Statutes: 1 Commissioner Ilex Femandez, as a local elected official of the City of Miami Beach; 2 Lead managing agency's designees: a Jason Casanova. Chief, Ocean Rescue Division, City of Miami Beach Fire Department Officer. Environment and Sustamability b Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Department. City of Miami Beach City of c Lisaette Garcia-Arrogante. Director, Tourism and Culture Department,tY Miami Beach; d Elizabeth Miro, Interim Director, Facilities and Fleet Management, City of Miami Beach, 3 Co -managing entities designees Conservation of the Miami -Dade County a Christopher Bumpus, Chief of Department of Parks, Recreation and open Spaces, or designee, b Rashid Istambouli, Assistant Director of the Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management. or designee, 4 Susan Askew. a local pnvsts ProPwty owr>— 5 Janet Bowman. representative of The Nature Conservancy. g 6 Designee of the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District'. 7 Designee of the Flonda Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commiss'on. 8 Designee of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services C. Admni;jtM0Vj USiSons The support department for the Group shall be the Environment and Sustainabdo Department The City Attorneys Office shall provide counsel to the Group Resofutions - C7 N MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO Honorable Mayor and !vlernb3ers ,)f the C►ty Commrssron FROM Eno Carpenter City Manager DATE December 17 2025 TITLE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING. IN ACCORDANCE 14VITH SECTION 259 032(8) OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AD -HOC ADVISORY GROUP FOR ONE YEAR TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE CITY'S UPDATED BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN PRIOR TO TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF THE ADVISORY CROUP'S MEMBERS RECOtANKNQAT" The Adman►stratror+ recommends the creation ;0 an jdv►sory group and the appcHn ment Y its mer fibers ,n accordance with Chapter 259 032 tAnacnment A % of the Florida Statutes BACKGRQ41Np,H1 TQRY At the May 6 2015 CO Comrnms'or meeting Resokmon NC 2015,29009 was adopted which approved and authonzed the creation of a Beachfront Maragement Plan Ad Hoc Advisory Group ,n accovdance nrth Chapter 259 032 of the Fbr►ea Statutes '.o rev►ew and provide inpLt -yn the City s updated Bearhfrvnt Management Plan At 'he February 10 2016 City Commission meeting Resch ion No 2016-29296 was adupteQ which approved and authorized the Administration to !tom the draft 2016 Seachfront ManaWment Plan. exck,ding E xhibd 'D' entitled 'Con A-#-- toE't Opi�ons Rusts acid Regutations.' which was under review by the NeVhbon�Com� Ads Committee to the State of Florida Departrnent of Enwonmental ProtectiOn Dtvrsg.)n of State Lards (htips 'www iudmibeachfl 9ov'wp-t:s tentrupkkwsii'20t 7,O&F!nat-Beactikont-Menagwr4ent- Ptan-August 2016 pdf) ANALYSIS The City ol Moam► Beach bases the property eastward of the erQsron control *W (ECL) trot► Ue State of Fkxxla As part of this lease agreement, "* city ,s required b submit a lend snVW QV,Wrn plan evwy 10 years for the State' s approval The city's �ar-d management pier►, also blown as the B•r ch*oM h4wtagernent Ptar must 'wfkoe the prope+ty's Dees managerner,t ac*AM. and plar~1 prAis such. the plan details the city s concession operation rules and rsqulllboos special event permit regwremerft dune management strategy and mhef key teach mwagement actroties The won is in the process of pr epw'ng the laVW Update to die alai. =n ac uxdance mth CNept M.032 of the FkxWa Statutes Mx ,►ty must 008% an ,advisory 70"P of cornmun►ty b rsvwt the dMt A plan and provide comments at 3 rrnn►mum of " p4iblic meeting Flom SIdmia rOWOWs speGAC re ftt�enittion of orgenastions which �s �netude4_ bek7w T. he proposed group inch, at a frinilnurn. represen0loves of A loom Giected dMD* 4M mi 2MI? i"_,,vmmrssioner AIN Fenmvx*z The lead W4 M81141WA9 y dtsig Wes jaisor CSM@Mva Array Knowles Lissefte ,arc=a-Arr-A)arrte. Elizabeth Nino. CAY Of - Rated tom: _w Designee hham, Dade County panes Recreatior and open Spit Deportment rtt of Environmental Chas 8urn{. !� DrM M+am►-{sae County Qer Resources ManagOMent Loch► Pwivate P">Perty �Wner Susan Askew The appropr'ate sail and vater ornSE-vation district DesVn e A" ;Oriserv~ organization DesQ-ee The Nature Conservancy Fiord Fist, and 4#V40kfe COnservatw Commission 'Desigr to • Fk nda Departrnent of Agmulture and Consumer Services Desgnee FISCAL IIt+EACT STATEMENT NA (pool u ,# ":•+a.�"` s r9Wira a Bu'ji!wss impact Est1RWta? (FOR ORDINANCES ONLY, N ap,4,cjftW. tho Qu3iness ►"pact Estimate (ME) was pubhshed on' See 8a it: htI. ps ,h—w_mil.arnibeachft'1ov city.RalV�tt FINANCIAL INFMN tie CCU The City 01 Mii8rilr Beach is updating its Beachfront Management -Pitn Dt required by its 4NM with the Sot To meet state regiireriwtS. •he ;ity must fcwm 3n advIWV frouP of community stakehckiers to review tt�e Iraft plan and provide feedback at a public $ Applicable Arse Citywide to tfus a "ResidtM ROM to Know" item Pursuant to City Code Saeiio+t 2-1 T? Ns, 3 this its+ relaMd to s G.O. Bond put? Was this 69•�iri��;+r„��� riQufstld hu a IObbyKi which � defined M �t>'di SlC i�1 includes s t 'gd 21101"i0 .,*ng- If s0, specify the r%,ww of Iobbyisttsl and piincip As; 103 8 1 Env,ronment and Sustainab4lity Commissioner Alex Femandez Co-sQonsor(s) Condensed Title Cfeate Appuvnt hlemoer�> tca Beachhont Management Ptar• Advisory Group (Femandez) EN Previous Action (For City Clerk Use CMht) 4WOMM tnAA ni aasR Sete(t Year: 2025 .► Go The 2025 Florida Statutes Title XVIII t sZSer IS4 view Entire PUBLIC LANDS AND LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR CONSERVATION OR S. ►mxef PROPERTY RECREATION 259,032 Consorvation and rtcrtation lands. I I) it is the policy of the state that the citizens of this state shaft be assured public ownersh� 01 natural areas for imposes of maintaining this state's unique natural resources; protecting air, land, and water quality; proirnotirig water resource &.&*(opment to meet the needs of natural systems and citizens of this state; promoting restoration activities on public lands; and providing lands for natural resource -based recreation. in recognition of this Policy. it is the intent of the Legislature to provide such public lands for the people residing in urban and rnetropo(itan areas of the state, as well as those resxbrng in less populated, Waal areas. it is the further intent of the Legislature, with regard to the lands described in paragraph (2)(c), that a high priority be given to the acquisition, restoration, and management of such lands in or near counties exhibiting the greatest concentration of population and, with regard to the lands described in subsection 12). that a high priority be given to acquiring lands or rights or interests in lands that advance the goats and ob)ectives of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's approved species or habitat recovery plans, or lands within any area designated as an area of critical state concern under S. I" which, in the judgment of the advisory council established pursuant to s. 259.035. or its successor, cannot be adequately protected by application of tans development regulations adopted pursuant to s. 3W.O2• Finally, it is the Legislature's intent that lands acquired for conservation and recreation proposes be rnar►aged in such a way as to protect or restore their naturat resource values, and provide the greatest benefit, including public access, to the citI," of this Mate. l2) The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as tie Board of Trustees of the internal improvement Trust Fund, may expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in lands for any of the _following public purposes: (a) To conserve and protect environmentally unique and irreplaceable lands that contain native, re(ative(y unaltered ftaa and fauna representing a natural area unique to. or scarce within, a region of this state or a (after igographic area; (b) To conserve and protect lands within designated areas of critical state concern, if the proposed acquisition relates to the natural resource protection purposes of the designation; (c) To conserve and protect native species habitat or endangefed or threatened species, emphasizing long-term protection for endangered Of thieateried species designated G-t or G - 2 by the Florida Natural Areas inventory, and especialty those areas that are special locations for breeding and reproduction; (di To conserve, protect. manage, or restore important ecosystems, landscapes, and forests, if the protection and conservation of uxh lands is necessary to enhance or protect significant surface water. groundwater, coastal. recreational, timber. or fish or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be accomplished through local and state regulatory programs, lei To promote water resource deveaiuprnent that befie(its riatut systems and citizens of the state; 11) To facilitate the restoration and subsequent health and vitality of the Florida Everglades. le) To provide areas, including recreational trails, for natural resource based recreation and other outdoor recreation on any Part of any site compatible with conservation purposes; th) To preserve significant archaeological or historic siteS 103 of to To conserve urban open spaces 5APtable for greenways or outdoor recreation which are compatible with conservation purposes: ij{ To preserve agricultural lands LMder threat of conversion to development through less -than -fee acquisitions. or Ik► To complete critical linkages through fee or less -than -fee acquisitions that will help preserve and protect the green and blue infrastructure and vital habitat for wide-ranging wildlife, such as the Florida panther. within the Florida wildlife corridor as defined w s. 259.105 141. 131 Lands acquired for conservation and recreation purposes shall be for use as state -designated parks. recreation areas, preserves, reserves, historic or archaeological sites, geologic or botanical sites, recreational traits. forests. wilderness areas, wildlife management areas. urban open space, or other state -designated recreation or conservation lands; or they shall qualify for such state designation and use if they are to be managed by other governmental agencies or nonstate entities as provided for in this section. 14i The board of trustees may expend funds appropriated by the Legislature for the ►nitiation and maintenance of a natural areas inventory to aid in the identificatxxi of areas to be acquired for conservation and recreation Purposes. 15i The board of trustees may enter into any contract necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The lead land managing agencies designated by the board of trustees also are directed by the Legislature to enter into contracts or interagency agreements with other governmental entities, including local soil and water conservation districts, or private land managers who have the expertise to perform specific management activities which a lead agency lacks, or which would cost more to provide in-house. Such activities shall include, but not be limited to, controlled burning, road and ditch maintenance, mowing, and wildlife assessments. 16) Conservation and recreation lards are subject to the selection procedures of s. 2S9-01 and related rules and shall be acquired in accordance with acquisition procedures for state lands provided for in s. 2S3.02i. except as otherwise provided by the Legislature. An lnholding or an addition to conservation and recreation lands is not subject to the selection procedures of s. 259-035 if the estimated value of, such intotdrng or addit►on does not exceed SSOQOOO. When at least 90 percent of the acreage of a project has been purchased for conservation and rec reat ion purposes, the project may be removed from the list and the remaining acreage may continue to be purchased. Funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used for title work, appraisal fees, environmental audits, and survey costs related to acquisition expenses for lands to be acquired, donated, or exchanged which qualify under the categories of this section, at the discretion of the board. When the Legislature has authorized the department to condemn a specifk parcel of land and such parted has already been approved for acquisition, the land may be acquired in accordance with chapter 73 or chapter 74. and the funds appropriated to acquire conservation and recreation lands may be used to pay the condemnation award and all costs, including reasonable attorney fen. associated with condemnation. 171(a► All lands managed under this chapter and s. 251,014 must be. i. Managed in a manner that will provide the greatest combination of benefits to the public and to the resources. 2. Managed fa public outdoes recreation which is compatible with the conservation and protection of public lands. Such management may include, but not be limited to, the following public recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping, bicycling, hiking, nature study, swimming, boating, canoeing, horseback ncbnq. diving, mode( hobbyist activities, birding, sailing, )ogging, and other related outdoes activities. lb► Concurrent with its adoption of the annuat list of acquisition projects pursuant to s. 2S9.035, the board shall adopt a management prospectus for each project. The management prospectus shall delineate: 1. The management goals for the property: 2 The conditions that wilt affect the intensity of management: 3 An estimate of the revenue -generating potential of the property, if appropriate. 4. A timetable for implementing the various stages of management and for providing access to the public, if applicable; S. A description of potential multiple -use activrt- in this section and s. j53�Qi4: 10+W 6 provisions for protecting existing infrastructure and for ensuring the security of the project ipoti acqunsitvon: 7. The anticipated costs of management artiso d projected urces of revenue, including legislative appfopriations, to fund management needs; and S. Recommendations as to how many emp(oyees will be needed to manage the property, and recommendations as to whether local governments. volunteer groups. the lcxmef laridowrier, of other interested parties can be involved in the management. (c i Concurrent with the approval of the aegwsitvcx► contract pursuant to s.j]251�i for any 'nttrest in tangs except these lands acquired pursuant to s. 259,.1052• the board shall designate art agency of agencies to managr such lands. The board shalt evaluate and amend. as appropriate, the management policy statement for the project as provided by s. 259,035 to ensure that the policy statement is compatible with conservation, recreation, or both. For any fee simple acquisition of a parcel which IS or wilt be leased ba(k for agricultufal purposes. or any acquisition of a less than fee interest in Land that is or will be used fuse agricultural purposes, the board shall first consider having a soil and water conservation district, created pursuant to chapter 582, manage and monitor such interrsts. (d) State agencies designated to manage lands acquired uridef this chapter or with funds deposited into the Land Acquisitive Trust Fund, except thine lantlS acquired under s. 259,1-052. may contract with local gpvernrnents. water control districts designated pursuant to chapter 298, and soil and water conservation districts to assist in management activities, including the responsibility of being the iead land managef. Such land management contracts must include a provision for the transfer of management funding to the local government, watef control district, or sod and water conservation district of the lead land managing agency in an amocmt adequate for the local government, water control district, or soil and water conservation district to perform its land management responsibilitiesend Or which otherwise would have been expended by the state agency to manage the property. le) Immediately following the acquisition of any interest in conservation and recreation lands, the department, acting on behalf of the board, may issue to the lead managing entity an intefim assignment letter to be effective until the execution of a formal lease. 181(al State, regional, or local governmental agencies or private entities designated to manage lands under the section shall deveiop and adopt. with the approvat of the board, an individual management plan for each project den -tined to conserve and ixotect such tarots and their associated natural resources. Pnvate sector involvement in management plan development may be used to expedite the planning process. lbt individual management plans required by s. 2530 (51 for parcels over i6O acres and for parcels tocated within a state park must be developed with input from an advisory 9f0Up. i. members of the advisory group shall include, at a minimum, representatives of the lead land managing agency, cofnanag►ng entities, local private property owners, the apprcgxiate soil and water conservation distrxt. a local Conservation organization. and a local rircted official. if habitat of potentiaily restorable habitat for imperiled species is located on state lands. the Fish avid wildlife Conservation Commission and the prpartment of Agfxulture and Consumef Services must be included on any advisory group 'equired 'wider chaptef 253. and the short term and tong term managefent goals required undef chapter 253 must advance the goats and objectives of ,mpented species management without restricting other uses identified in the management plan. 2. The advisory group shall conduct at least one public hearing within the county in which the parcel or project IS located For those parcels of projects within more than one county, at least one areawide pub(vc hearing is acceptable and the lead managing agency shall invite a Imal elected official from each county_ The areawide public hearing must be held in the county in which the core parcels are located. At least 30 days before the public heanng, notice of the ►ieanng must be posted on the parcel Or protect designated for management, advertised in a pal,,E•r of general circulation. and announced at a scheduled ruing of the local governing body. 3. The management prospectus required pursuant to paragraph (i ►1bi roust be available to the pufbtic for a penod of 30 days before the public hearing is v Once a plan is adopted, the mup managing agency cx entity shall date the plan at least every it3 years in a form and risannef adopted by rule of the board Such updates for parcels over i60 acres and for parcels located may include transfers of within a state park mint be developed with input fr r �P Such plans 1041 of i4 teasehold interests to appropriate :onservation organizations or governmental entities designated by the council for uses consistent with the purposes of the organizations and the protection, preservation, conservation, restoration, and proper management of the lands and their resources. Volunteer managerent assistance is encouraged, including. but not limited to, assistance by youths participating in programs sponsored by state or local agencies, by volunteers sponsored by environmental or civic organizations. and by individuals participating in programs for committed delinquents and adults. Idi For each project for wohtch lands are acquired after July 1. 1995. an individual management plan shall be adopted and in place no later than 1 year after the essential parcel or parcels identified in the priority list developed pursuant to s. 259.1 have been acquired. The department shalt distribute only 75 percent of the acquisition funds to which a budget entity or water manager ant dist►►ct would otherwise be entitled to any budget entity or any water management district that has more than one third of its management plans overdue. (e) lndividiu►l management plans shall conform to the appropriate policies and guidelines of the state land management plan and shalt include, but not be limited to: 1. A statement of the purpose for which the lands were acquired, the projected use or uses as defined in s. 251, and the statutory authority for such use or uses. 2. Key management activities necessary to achieve the desired outcomes, including, but not limited to, providing public access, preserving and protecting natural resources, protecting cultural and historical resources. restoring habitat, protecting threatened and endangered species, controlling the spread of nonnative plants and animals, performing prescribed fire activities, and other appropriate resource management. 3. A specific description of how the managing agency plans to identify, locate, protect, and preserve, or otherwise use fragile, nonrenewable natural and cultural resources. 4. A priority schedule for conducting management activities. S. A cost estimate for conducting priority management activities, to include recommendations for cost effective methods of accomplishinig those activities. 6. A cost estimate fa conducting other management activities which would enhance the natural resource value or public recreation value. The cost estimate shall include recommendations for cost-effective methods of accomplishinig those activities. 7. A determiniation of the public uses and public access that would be compatible with t-onservat►on. recreation. or both. If I The Division of State Lands shalt submit a copy of each individual management plan for parcels which exceed 160 acres in size to each member of the council, which shall: 1. Within 60 days after receiving a plan from the Division of state Lands, review each plan for compliance with the requirements of this subsection and with the requirements of the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subsection. 2. Consider the propriety of the retomrnendations of the managing agency with regard to the future use or protection of the property. 3. After its review, submit the plan, along with its recomi riendatwns and comments, to the board, with ►ec.omrnendations as to whether to approve the plan as submitted, approve the plan with modihcat►ons, or reject the plan. Ig► The board shaft consider the individual management plan submitted by each state agency and the recommendations of the council and the department and shall approve the plan with or withart modification a reject such plan The use or possessicin of any lands owned by the board which is not in accordance with an approved individual managernerit plan is subject to termination by the board. By /uly 1 of each year, each governmental agency and each private entity designated to manage lands shall report to the Secretary of Envi►onmeritat Protection on the progress of funding. staffing, and resource management of every project for which the agency or entity is responsible. 1911a1 The Legislature recognizes that acquiring lands pursuant to this chapter serves the public interest by Alrprotecting land. air, and water resources which conitribuLe hyiblic health grid welfare, providing areas for 1042 of 3458 natural resource based recreation. and ensuring the ujrvival of unique and irreplaceable plant and animal species. The Legis(ature intends tot these lards to be managed and maintained in a manner that is compatible with conservation, recreation, on both, consistent with the land management plan and for the public to have access to atuf use of these lands if public access would not harm the resources the state is seeking to protect on the public's behalf. ibi An amount Of not less than 1.5 percent of the cumulative total Of furxh ever deposited into the framer Flor,Ja Ptesrrvatiuii 2000 Trus, rutd and the Ftorreta Forever Trust Fuf►d shall be made available for the purposes Of management, maintenance, and capita( impfovemetits, and for associated oOntractual services, for conservation and recreation lands acquired with funds deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to S. 281at. Art. X of the State Constitution or pursuant to former s. 259,032• Florida Statutes 2014. former S. 25910.1, Florida Statutes 2014, s. 259.1 , s 259,1052, of previous programs for the acquisition of lands for conservation and recreation, including state forests. to which title is vested in the board of trustees and other conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. Each agency with management responsibilities shall annually request from the Legislature funds sufficient to fulfill such responsibilities to implement individual management planis For the purposes of this paragraph. capital improvements shalt include, but need not be limited to, perimeter fencing, signs, fitetanes. access roads and trails, and minimal public accommodations, such as primitive campsites, garbage receptacles, and toilets. Any equipment purchased with funds provided pursuant to this paragraph may be used for the purposes described in this paragraph on any conservation and recreation lands managed by a state agency. The funding requirement created in this paragraph is sub^t to an annual evaluation by the Legislature to ensure that such requirement does not impact the respective trust fund it a manner that would prevent the trust fund from meeting other minimum requirements. Ic1 All revenues generated through multiple use management a compatible secondary use management Shall be returned to the lead agency responsible for such managemrent and shall be used to pay fa management activities on all conservation, prr-Wrvation, and recreation lairds under the agency's Jurisdictxxi in addition sue h revenues shall he segregated in an agency trust fund used for land management activities. other than a lard scquKit►on trust fund. and such revenues shah remain available to the agency in subsequent fiscal years to support land management appropriations- For the purposes of this paragraph, rompatibie secondary -use management shall be those activities described in subsection 171 undertaken on parcels designated as single use pursuant to s 253-03j(2)(b). id) Up to one fifth of the fumh appropriated for the purposes identified in paragraph (b) shall be reserved by the board for interim management of acquisitions and for associated contractual services, to ensure the conservation and protection of natural resources on protect sites and to allow limited pubtK recreational use of Lands. Interim rnan&jernent activities may include. but not be limited to. resource assessments, control of invasive. nonnative species, habitat reStoration, fencing• law enforcement. controlled burning. and public access consistent with preilminary determinations made Pursuant to paragraph 171tet. The board shall make these interim funds available inin-ediatrly upon purchase. le) The dlepartrnent shall set long-range and annual goals for the control and removal Of reonriative. invasive plant species on public (ands. Such goals shall differentiate between aquatK plant species and upland plant department may rank in older of adverse impact. species that :impede a destroy spF�cies. In sitting Soxh goals. the depa Y ra the functioning of natural systems. Notwithstanding paragraph W. up to one fourth of the funds provided fa in paragraph I b I may be used by the agencies rrrPlying theme funds for control and removal of nonnative, invasive species on public tands Of To ensure that the public has knowlydgr of and Aeons to i onser.ation lands, as drfinrci in S. i1211c i. the department shall publish, date, and maintain a database of such lands where public access rs compatibl ioe with conservation and recreation purpcews i . By July 1, 2017 the database must be available to the public online and must include. at minimum, the location, types of allowable recreational Opportunities. points of public access. faciltties or other amenities, restrictions, and any other informationde the partrnerit deems appropriate to increase public awareness Of g)644 491 1043 of A58 recceat ionat opportunities on conservation lands. Such data must be etectronKatty accessible. searchable. and downioadabie in a generally acceptable format. 2_ The department, through its own efforts cw through partnership with a third -party entity, shall create an apwlKation downloadable on mobile devices to be used to locate state lands available for public access using the user's location( information or based upon an activity of interest. 3. The database and application must include ►nformation for ate state conservation lands to which the public has a rng.,t of access for recreat.onal purposes. Beg►nninpj .enuary 1, 2018, to the greatest extent practKab(e, the database shall include similar informamn for lands owned by federal and local lover nrnental entities that allow access for recreational purposes. 4. By January 1 of each year, the department shall provide a report to the Governor, the Resident of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives describing the percentage of public (ands acquired under this chapter to which the public has access and the efforts undertaken by the department to increase pub{k access to such lands. (101(a l Beginning July 1. 19". the Legislature may appt alx iate funds annually to the department for payment in lieu of taxes to qualifying counties grid local governments as defined in paragraph (b) for all actual tax losses incurred as a result of board of trustees acquisitions for state agencies under the Florida Forever program or the former Florida Preservation 2000 program. lbi Payment in lieu of taxes shalt be available: 1. To all counties that have a population of 150,000 or fewer Population levels shall be determined pursuant to s. 11.031. 2. To all locai governments located in eligible counties (c) if insufficient funds are available in any year to make full payments to all qualifying counties and local governments, such counties and local governments shall receive a pro rate share of the moneys available. (d) The payment amount shall be based on the average amount of actual taxes paid on the property for the 3 years preceding acquisition. Appiicatxm for payment in Lieu of taxes shalt be made no later than January 31 of the year following acquisition No payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for properties which were exempt from ad valorem taxation for the year iawnediate(y preceding acquisition. le! if property which was subject to ad valorem taxation was acquired by a tax-exempt entity for ultimate conveyance to the state under this chapter, payment in lieu of taxes shall be made for such property based upon the average amount of taxes paid on the property for the 3 years before its being removed from the tax roils. The department shall certify to the Department of Revenue those properties that may be eligible under this provision. Once eligibility has been established, that county or local government shalt receive annual payments for each tax Loss until the qualifying county Of local government exceeds the popurtation threshold pursuant to this section. if Payment in lieu of taxes pursuant to this subsection shaft be made annually to qualifying counties and local governments after certification by the Department of Revenue that the amounts applied for are reasonably appropriate, based on the amount of actual taxes paid on the eligible property. With the assistance of the local government requesting payment in lieu of taxes, the state agency that acquired the land is responsible for preparing and submitting application requests for payment to the Department of Revenue for cMification. pg) if the board of trustees conveys to a (oral government title to any land owned by the board, any payments in lieu of taxes on the iand made to the local government shalt be discontinued as of the date of the conveyance. For the purposes of this subscc1w, "local govennfnernt" Includes municipiatities. the county uhool board. mosquito control districts, and any other tocat government entity wbv h levies ad vatorem taxes. with the exception of a watef management district. t t 11 Within 90 days after receiving a certified letter from the owner of a property on the priority list established pursuant to s. 25.9..M objecting to the property being included in an acquisition project. where such property is a project or part of a project which has not been ;fisted for purchase in the current year's land acquisition work plan, the board of trustees shalt delete the property from the list or from the bciundary of an acquisition project on the list. M 0942 1f1d4 nt 3QSA mstory. s 6. rh 70 255. s 16 ch SD 3S6, s 5 0- at 1S. s 1, ch at 210 s 165 Jt 81-259, + 1, ch 92 152 + 2, ch 91.90. s. t. ch S3 t14. s 10, ch 54 330, s. t3. ch 86 173. s. 6 ch 9b 294. s '. ch 6/ 96, +. I ch 86 337 s I ch /9 116, s. t, ch 89 276, + 2. ch 90 1 s S. r h 90-217 + I ch 91.62 + S- ch 91 420, s 2. rh 97 7M. + 45 rh 91 706, +. 4. rh 94 197, + I, Ch 94.117: s 1, rfs 94 240. s 6S. ch 94 3%. s 5. ch 95 )A sS 19. 20 ch 95.430 s 3 ch % 389 s 19. Ch 96-420 s 23. ch 97 94, ss 27 29 ch 97 151 + 6 ch 97 164 ss 26. 3a. ch 96-46. s 10 ch 99 4, $ 34 ch 99 13, $s 28 31. S3. ch 99 228 s 13. ch 99 247 s 20. c� 99 292. s 7, ch 20M '70. ► 61. ch 20M 171 s 45 ch 2001 61 s 7 ch 2002.2: s It ch 2002 402. s 15. ch 1003 6 s 2S0 2003 261. 1 6 ch 2003 194 s 16. ch 2004 5 -.s42 'S ch 2004 269 s. 41, ch 200° 71 ss 31 42. ch 2W6 26 s. 4. ch 2006 231 s. 5 ch 2006 5. s. 9 ch M :.9 s 21. ch 2009 21 It " .,, 1013 tS + 17 h 1014 `, % 20 ch MIS 229 s 1 ON 29 ^ 1016.10. + 1T ch 206.231 s 8 ch 2020 4 s 3 ch 2023 169 s 6 c" 2025 76. s l rh 2025 201 two, F(x nK s 251 921 Copyright c 1995 2025 The Flo►sda Lelmlat�xe • ftrfAXiL,i MWA • Sor'tact us 1045 of 3458