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File #: 25-1859   
Type: Consent Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/6/2025 In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action:
Title: Approve Land Purchase Agreement in conjunction with the purchase of conservation preservation properties located in the Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Project - Crooked Lake West Area, Musech Estate parcels. ($8,000 one-time expense)
Attachments: 1. Land Purchase Agmt - Crooked Lake West - Musech Est Pcl - Backup
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SUBJECT

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Approve Land Purchase Agreement in conjunction with the purchase of conservation preservation properties located in the Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Project - Crooked Lake West Area, Musech Estate parcels. ($8,000 one-time expense)

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DESCRIPTION

The County through its Environmental Lands Acquisition program routinely acquires title to properties for conservation preservation purposes.  Through this acquisition program the County has accumulated a large land holding within the Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem known as the Crooked Lake West Area; however, many of the parcels are scattered and non-contiguous making land management activities very difficult.  The County’s Natural Resources section has identified numerous parcels which if acquired would infill and add to the overall conservation area while aiding in future land management activities.  The County is in the process of contacting the property owners of the identified parcels, many of whom are out of state, with an offer to purchase the specific parcels. Several property owners are still reviewing the offer and others, such as the one referenced below, have decided to accept the County’s offer, and have executed an agreement for the sale of their properties. 

Approving the following agreement will allow the County to purchase and take ownership of the subject properties.  It will also allow the parcels to be incorporated into the existing Crooked Lake West conservation preservation area and aid in the overall land management of the area:

1.                     Land Purchase Agreement between James Maras Musech, Marjorie Kay Musech and Roberta Joy Dolinich, as the sole heirs at law of the Estate of Joseph G. Musech, deceased and Polk County for the purchase of Parcel ID Numbers 273027-000000-021200 and 273121-000000-044160 for the amount of $8,000. Both properties are vacant, rectangular-shaped parcels containing approximately 1.25 acres apiece lying in Section 27, Township 30 South, Range 27 East and in Section 21, Township 31 South, Range 27 East, respectively.

RECOMMENDATION

Request Board approve the afore-mentioned Land Purchase Agreement and authorize the issuance of a check to James Maras Musech in the amount of $8,000 for the purchase.

FISCAL IMPACT

Funds are available for the purchase of the properties in the Environmental Lands Acquisition Fund.

CONTACT INFORMATION

R. Wade Allen, Director

Real Estate Services

863-534-2577