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<br />Washington County, MN . TPD - PDR Document <br /> <br />Page 7 of 12 <br /> <br />prioritize parcels among the applications. The application and selection <br />process is illustrated in the Selection Round Flow Chart, Attachment <br />3. <br /> <br />Acceptance of Applications. <br />County staff will accept applications during a set period within a Selection <br />Round. Applications are intended to indicate an interest in participating in <br />the Program, and do not represent a binding commitment or offer to sell a <br />conservation easement. <br /> <br />Screening and Phase 1 Ranking of Applications. <br />County staff will screen applications for eligibility and rank the eligible <br />parcels using the criteria in Section 5, Eligibility and Priorities. This Phase <br />1 ranking will result in a list of "Candidate Parcels" that are ranked in <br />order of relative priority. County staff will solicit comments on all <br />"Candidate Parcels" from the applicable local units of government and <br />water management organizations. <br /> <br />Site Visits and Phase 2 Ranking of Candidate Parcels. <br />County staff will coordinate site visits by the PDR Advisory Committee for <br />all "Candidate Parcels". The PDR Advisory Committee will rerank the <br />"Candidate Parcels" using the Phase 2 - Site Visit Criteria listed in Section <br />5 and the local unit of government comments. This Phase 2 Ranking will <br />result in a list of "Recommended Parcels" that will be submitted to the <br />County Board for review and approval to pursue conservation easement <br />valuations. <br /> <br />Real Estate Acquisition Committee Review. <br />The Washington County Real Restate Acquisition Committee reviews <br />parcels of land that the County is considering for purchase. It screens for <br />such things as unpaid takes, survey problems, pollution concerns, <br />abandoned wells, and title problems. This Committee will review each <br />parcel on the "Recommended Purchases" list prior to purchase offers <br />being made to landowners. Major problems that are uncovered will be <br />brought to the attention of the County Board prior to making an offer to <br />purchase development rights. <br /> <br />Conservation Easement Valuations and Negotiation. <br /> <br />(1) Conservation Easement valuations will be conducted as described in <br />Section 7. An agent of the County will negotiate price and conservation <br />easement terms with landowners. Landowners may make offers to sell at <br />a price lower than the conservation easement value (bargain sale) during <br />this period. <br />(2) Based on conservation easement values, bargain sale offers, <br />availability of additional funding for specific purchases, comments from <br />local government units, and other factors, the PDR Advisory Committee <br />will prepare a prioritized list of "Recommended Purchases" for approval by <br />the County Board. <br />(3) The County Board may accept the list of "Recommended Purchases" <br />modify the list by removing sites or adding any sites from the list of <br />"Candidate Parcels." The County Board will approve the purchase of <br />conservation easements based upon available funding. Those not funded <br />will be placed on a waiting list. <br /> <br />http://www.co.washington.mn.us/your _county ...Eovernmentladministrationlpurchase _ oC dev<... 917/2004 <br />