Sarah Heard
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 2
- Total speaking time
- 5:03
- Avg per meeting
- 2:32
- Segments
- 101
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Top issues during term (13)(Environment)
Conservation land acquisition in Hobe Sound
Yeiser's gifts total $8.5 million; the ranch easement is $17 million with $5 million from the county.
St. Lucie Inlet dredge material relocation
Keeping the sand in the impoundment basin saves the county mobilization costs of $1–2 million versus offshore disposal, but the county must fund the next inlet dredging itself with DEP grant help.
Newfield environmental parcel donation and conservation easement
No direct county cost; the land conveys from the developer for environmental use.
King tide flooding and coastal erosion
Solutions already in design; Dyer Point/Lighthouse Point project at 90% design.
Avonlia parcels — county declines to back city nomination
The parcels could cost a substantial share of the city's roughly $20–25 million sales tax allocation; appraisals haven't been done.
Environmental land acquisitions
Donations valued at approximately $5 million; county share of easements up to 50% using surtax funds.
Lake Okeechobee and regional water quality improvements
$10 billion in state water quality investments cited, benefiting regional estuaries and the Everglades.
Martin County Forever conservation lands
Funded by the voter-approved half-cent sales tax for conservation land acquisition.
Coastal and environmental grant projects
Grants bring in millions in state and federal funds but require multi-million-dollar local matches programmed in the FY26-28 CIP.
2026 conservation land nomination rankings
Purchases would come from the half-cent sales tax, with potential state and partner matches like Florida Forever, Ducks Unlimited, and Rural and Family Lands.
Ranking manual metric change
Pine School preserve area change
Half-cent sales tax conservation land program update
About $26 million collected so far, $21.2 million spent, and $1.5–1.8 million expected monthly through the end of the fiscal year.
Decisions during term (1)
Recorded while Heard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (0)(Environment)
No votes found matching Environment.