Rural Lands Subcommittee Home

Next Meeting:
Thursday, September 15

Time:
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (NOTE: Please reserve 9:00-3:00 in case we need that much time to complete the Rural Lands Subcommittee discussion of its report to CSTC and next steps.)

Location:
University of Florida/IFAS, Indian River Research and Education Center
2199 South Rock Road, Ft. Pierce, FL 34945-3138
772-468-3922

Program:
The majority of the meeting will focus on reviewing and refining the subcommittee's report to CSTC.

Related Materials:
Meeting Summary for Sept. 2 Meeting
 

* most files are in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format  - download latest version

From the Septmeber 2, 2005 Meeting

• Meeting Summary
• Agenda
• Revised Working Document

From the July 6, 2005 Meeting:

• Meeting Summary
• Agenda
• Working document - July 1 Revision
• Working document - tools
• Rural Lands in Urbanizing Areas: Options and Outcomes (4 mb)
  and The Farmland Protection Package (2.4 mb)
  Powerpoint Presentation by Proof. Tom Daniels, Dept. of City and Regional Planning University of Pennsylvania
• Bermuda Agriculture: Summary of a Report by Peter Spyke

From the June 1 Meeting:

Draft Meeting Summary  (7/1/05)

Meeting Agenda

Rural Lands Subcommittee Summary of Principles - Draft 5-4-05

Background Materials from CSTC

Outline of Report of the Social Systems Subcommittee

Meeting Package for May 5-6 Full Committee meeting

Development Principles Outline for the Treasure Coast’s Built Environment

Economic Principles from Economic Prosperity and Diversity Group

Natural Systems Drafting Group - Report Draft Working Document

From the May 4, 2005 Meeting

• Final Meeting Summary
• Summary of Principles
• Agenda
• Draft Working document
• Powerpoint Presentations
  • The Future of the Treasure Coast
  • Valuing Agriculture Beyond the Commodity (includes notes) - Fritz M. Roka
  • Valuing environmental benefits of silvopasture practice: by Shrestha and Alavalapati (large pdf - 5 mb)
  • Collier County TDR Program - Jim Nicholas
  • TDR: How To Protect the Economic Value of How To Protect the Economic Value of Property While Preserving Important Property While Preserving Important Natural Natural Resource - Jim Nicholas
  • Presentation by Bob Keating

From the April 6, 2005 Meeting

• Draft Meeting Summary of April Meeting
• Agenda
• An Overview of Rural Lands Stewardship
• Common Ground Common Ground Council for Agricultural Science and Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
• Background Information
  • Common Ground Summary
  • Volusia Smart Growth Rural Lands Stewardship (3.5mb)
  • Link to Collier County Rural Lands Stewardship Area on the Wilson Miller website
  • FAPA article on the Rural Lands Stewardship Area

From the March 16, 2005 Meeting

• Meeting Summary
• Agenda
• PowerPoint Presentation on the Sonoran Institute
• Background Information on Community Stewardship Organizations (CSO)
  • What is a CSO?
  • About CSO Network
  • Profiles of CSOs
  • Q & A for Developer

From the March 7, 2005 Meeting

• Meeting Summary
• Agenda
• Presentation by Maggy Hurchalla
• Sarasota 2050 Presentation, by Tim Jackson
• Implications of Large Lot Zoning in the Countryside, PowerPoint by Reid Ewing
• Very Low Density Development Issues (Text only)

From the February 4 Meeting

• Meeting Summary
• Agenda
• Draft Workplan

Public Statement by Indian River Citrus League
On behalf of the Indian River Citrus League’s Rural Lands Committee, we are issuing the following statement in regards to the Rural Lands in Indian River, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Martin.