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APR 7 1982 REQUEST BY CLYDE HOWARD TO DEED RIGHT-OF-WAY TO COUNTY Engineer Davis reviewed the memorandum dated March 24, 1982 as follows: TO: The Honorable Members of the DATE: March 24, 1982 FILE: Board of County Commissioners THRU: David L. Greene, SUBJECT: Request by Clyde Howard to Deed a 60' Assistant County Administrator Wide Canal Right -of -Way and a 40' Wide Road Right-of-ZUay to the County , 1) Chris Paull letter, March i0, 19 FROM: James IV. Davis,P.E. ,�+ REFERENCES. 2) Gene Morris' letter March 9, 19 Public Works Director 3) Robert Lloyd letter Feb, 19, 198 4) G. Hamilton, D. Gentile Memo Oct 1q, 1981 This is in response to a request from Clyde D. Howard. It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the County Commis- sion. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS Clyde Howard, Owner of land south of 12th Street west of 16th Avenue (south of the Vero Beach Elementary School) is requesting permission to deed to the Drainage District a 60' wide canal right of way and to the County a 40' wide road right of way by 500' length, south of the existing 16th Avenue right-of-way in Tract 10, Section'll, Township 33 South, Range 39 East. In return for deeding this land to the Drainage District and County, Mr. Howard requests he be paid $3000. as a cash purchase for the property. Mr. Howard - stated the purchase price would defray the expenses of back taxes he.has paid on the property as well as expenses for transfering title, and Federal taxes on the sale. Dir: Howard would like.a receipt for this transaction. ALTERNATIVES AND kNTALYSIS The Indian River Farms Drainage District has maintained the canal and has a record that this canal was a part of the 1920 modification to the Plan of Reclamation. If this is the case, Dir. Howard possibly should not have had to ,pay taxes on this land. Michael O'Haire, Attorney for the Indian River Farms Drainage District has stated via telephone conversation March 3, 1982 with the Public Works Department, that he has no objection to Mr. Howard deeding to the Drainage District the land with the 60' canal right-of-way and that the Drainage District would issue Mr. Howard a receipt for said land. The 40' wide x 500' long strip of land west of the canal is currently being used as a road and has been maintained by the County, at least the past 25 years. Mr. Howard has paid ad valorem taxes on this roadproperty since 1952. The road right of way would be a continuance of the present 16th Avenue road right-of-way and could be of future interest to the County and future use in conjimction with maintenance of the canal. Continuing South and joining Mr. Howard's property is a 64.58' wide part of Lot 19 Block 2 owned by Indian River County and is currently being used as a road connecting with 10th Place, which is a private road. To extend 16th Avenue south to 8th Street (Glendale Road.), land --lemnation would be necessary. This extension would be difficult.