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TO: The Honorable Members DATE: July 23, 1984 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: RIGHT-OF-WAY ABANDONMENT 2ND STREET BETWEEN 16TH SUBJECT: AND 17TH AVENUES �-. Ro k M. Keati Ag, AYCP Planning & Development Director a� THROUGH: Mary Jane V. Goetzfried Chief, Current Development Section FROM: Karen M. Craver REFERENCES: ROW Aban Staff Planner �`, DIS:KAREN It is requested that the data herein presented.be given formal consideration by the Board of County -Commissioners at their regular meeting of August 1, 1984. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Throughout the past year, the County Attorney's Office and the Public Works Division have been working with the property owners along a portion of 2nd Street. The owners requested that the County initiate the abandonment of that portion of 2nd Street which curves northwesterly from the intersection of 2nd Street and 16th Avenue to 17th Avenue (see attachment #2). The petitioners cited -excessive traffic and speed as the _reasons for the request. On April 6,•1983, the County Commission approved a similar request to abandon the curved portion of 3rd Street, between 18th and 19th Avenues. In accordance with the administrative guidelines approved by the Board of County Commissioners -for the processing of right-of-way abandonment applications, the request -was reviewed by all County Divisions and utility providers having jurisdic- tion within the right-of-way. All County divisions approved the abandonment and Southern Be'll' and Florida Power and Light requested that easements be retained for their existing facilities. The attached resolution provides for the retention of said easements. The Planning staff concurs with the peti- tioners' belief that the roadway 'creates a hazardous traffic situation and, in light of the aforementioned abandonment of 3rd Street, feels that the request should be approved. Due to the curved nature of the street, a small triangular- shaped parcel, located at the northeast corner of 2nd Street and 17th Avenue, was created at the time of platting. The County has received.a Quit -Claim Deed from the developer to ensure that no question arises regarding ownership once the County discontinues its current policy of maintaining the parcel as a park. The 4 property owners and the County have agreed upon the final configuration of the lots following the abandonment of the right-of-way. The, County -owned parcel, together with a portion of the abandoned .right-of-way, will constitute a totally new lot. The 4 lots now abutting the right-of-way shall increase in varying degrees. The property owners and the County have all executed Quit -Claim Deeds to each other to eliminate any questions of who owns what after the abandonment. The deeds, currently being held in escrow, will be released following approval of the abandonment. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the petition to abandon that portion of 2nd Street which curves northwesterly from the intersection of 2nd Street and 16th Avenue to 17th Avenue. 35 1 BOOK. �7 AUG 1984