This is a concise summary of the formal motions and outcomes recorded at the Volusia Forever Advisory Committee meeting.
Summary of outcomes
- Botts Landing (fee simple): found eligible (staff score 10/21). Vote tally: not specified in transcript; motion and second recorded and committee announced property "will be found eligible." Staff to proceed to ranking.
- Wiregrass Inn Holdings (fee simple, ~10 acres): found eligible (staff score 12/21). Vote tally: not specified in transcript.
- Lemon Bluff Road (fee simple, ~50 acres): found ineligible (staff score 5/21; minimum 10 required). Vote tally: not specified; outcome recorded as "found as ineligible."
- Crude Ag LLC (fee simple, ~261 acres): found eligible (staff score 11/21). Vote tally: not specified in transcript.
- Turnbull Bay (conservation easement, ~23 acres): placed on B priority list (site ranking score 6/21; threshold 7 needed). Vote recorded with multiple opposing votes; committee recorded "3 in opposition" during the final count and the motion to place it on the B list carried.
- DeBerry Point (fee simple, ~95 acres): placed on B priority list after discussion about access and potential city management; staff previously scored fee simple at 11/21. Motion to place it on the B list carried; vote tallies not individually recorded.
- Meeting schedule: the committee approved the 2026 meeting schedule with the exception that staff will look for alternative dates for the August 14 meeting; formal motion to accept the schedule with that caveat passed.
- Advisory policy statement on conservation goal: the committee approved an amended motion directing staff to include a statement in the work plan that the Volusia Forever program should not be limited to a specific percentage of land preserved; passed with one opposed.
Notes on procedure and tallying: The transcript records oral "ayes" and some counts (for example, speakers noted three opposed votes on Turnbull Bay and one opposed vote on the conservation-goal motion), but did not provide a full roll-call tally for most motions. Where the transcript did not include named roll-call votes or exact tallies, this summary lists the outcome and notes that the detailed roll-call was not specified in the recorded transcript.
Next steps: For eligible properties, staff will proceed to the ranking phase and investigate potential funding partners and management plans. Properties placed on the B list will be retained as lower-priority candidates; staff will bring recommended rankings and any potential matching-funds options to future committee meetings for further action.