Acquisition Cycle Overview

The deadline for accepting applications for acquisition ended July 31, 2021.  Please check back in January 2022 for updates on the next Acquisition Cycle.

Background of Property Acquisition

Properties are selected in three ways to be ranked during a cycle:

1. Properties within the Target Protection Areas (TPA) that have been identified during that cycle and meet the Conservation Collier criteria.
2. By citizen nomination of a property.
3. By property owner application.

Please read further about the Acquisition Cycle 10 Process and Detailed Timeline.

Cycle 10 Acquisition Timeline summary

• February 23, 2021 - Started accepting applications from landowners after Board of County Commissioners approved Budget Policy which included tentative funding of Acquisition Cycle 10
• March 24, 2021 - Outreach Subcommittee: created the Target Protection Areas (TPA)
• April 12, 2021 - Advisory Committee reviewed and recommended the TPA mailing list be forwarded to BCC
• May 25, 2021 - TPA mailing list was approved by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC)
• June 2021 - Interest letters sent to property owners on the TPA mailing list
• July 31, 2021 - Deadline for application from property owners
• March-October 2021 -  Staff evaluates properties where an application has been received. As early as May and through November 2021, staff will bring properties to the Advisory Committee for their review as applications are received.
• December 9, 2021 (5 pm) - Advisory Committee ranks properties to create the Cycle Active Acquisition List

• January 25, 2022 - BCC reviews the ranking of the Cycle Active Acquisition List. During this meeting, the BCC will advise staff which properties to move forward on acquiring properties from the List.

Properties for Ranking in Acquisition Cycle 10

The following properties have been chosen to move forward for review by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) on January 25, 2022:

Gore Area Parcels -ICSR
Sanitation and Bethune Road - ICSR
Shell Island Parcels With Appendix - ICSR
Rivers Road -Popp, Erjavec, Eschuk ICSR
HHH Ranch - ICSR
Panther Walk Parcels - ICSR
Forrest G Amaranth Trust - ICSR
Pepper Ranch - ICSR
Marco Island Parcels with Table 13 - ICSR
Big Hammock - ICSR

To view upcoming properties that are currently being reviewed by the Advisory Committee, please check out the  Committee Agenda packet.