• Priority sites with the county are ranked on environmental criteria, including connectivity, water quality, habitat rarity, land quality and manageability.
• Acquired lands are being protected and managed, and most preserves will have public access for nature-based recreation.

Sarasota County Parks and Recreation has world-class beaches, parks, recreational facilities and programs that build strong, healthy communities and provide an opportunity for quality leisure of life. Real Property acquires fee-simple, easement and license agreements for approved Capital Improvement Program projects and Non-Capital Improvement Program projects through donation, voluntary settlement and if necessary, eminent domain.

	2006 ESLPP Status Report, Part 1
	2006 ESLPP Status Report, Part 2
	2006 ESLPP Status Report, Part 3
	Land Acquisition Form
	Land Acquisition Form

Public encouraged to nominate sites for land acquisitions
Sarasota County’s Land Acquisition Program is seeking nominations for sites to be considered for acquisition as parkland. Citizens who wish to nominate land for this program may fill out a nomination form, available here in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats.

In November 2005 voters approved a referendum authorizing the extension of the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program and the expansion of the county’s Land Acquisition Program to include parkland acquisition.

Among the criteria for considering parkland acquisitions are location, broad community access, proximity and connectedness, natural features, cultural features, compatible community needs and water access; the nomination form includes more details. To be considered under this program a property must have a willing seller.

The Environmentally Sensitive Lands Oversight Committee and the Parks Advisory and Recreation Council are the two citizen’s advisory committees authorized by the Sarasota County Commission to review nominated properties.

To submit a nomination form by e-mail, send the completed nomination form (form is listed above) as an attachment (Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word) to: LandNominations@scgov.net.

To submit by facsimile, fax the completed nomination form to: 941-861-9855.

To submit by mail, send the completed nomination form to:
Sarasota County Government
Parks and Recreation
6700 Clark Road
Sarasota, FL 34241

For more information contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 and ask about parkland nominations for the Land Acquisition Program.