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2. Allowing as a community dock If the Board is to consider allowing the dock to remain as a community dock for Riverside Estates residents, a number of items will need to be addressed. Those items include: • Establishing a lease with a community entity. Currently, there is no Riverside Estates homeowner's association. Consequently, a community organization would need to be created before the County could consider leasing the property for community dock purposes. • Managing access and use: any established association would need to manage subdivision -wide demands for a small-scale facility. Under this scenario, only subdivision residents would benefit from the river access and structures. • Liability insurance: any County lease for exclusive use of county property for a community dock would require a certificate of insurance from the leasing entity, naming Indian River County as an insured under the certificate. • After -the -fact permitting and responsibility for permitting: the currently unpermitted structures would need to be modified and brought into compliance with the Florida Building Code. Any established association would be responsible for managing, designing, permitting, and completing required structural modifications. 3. Allowing as a dock'open to thee�public If the County chooses to allow the dock to remain for non-exclusive use ,by the general public, the following items would need to be addressed: • Managing access and use: under this scenario, the County would need to manage public demand for use of a small-scale facility. • Modifications to the dock structures: the County would need to modify the structures to meet Florida Building Code requirements, including accessibility modifications to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. ADA compliance would likely involve removal and re -building of most of the improvements. • After -the -fact permitting and responsibility for permitting: the County would need to obtain exemption verification from the FDEP; assume responsibility for managing, designing, permitting, and completing required modifications, including accessibility requirements. • Accommodation of parking. There is no opportunity for public parking or for vehicle drop-off of canoes/kayaks at the dock, which is located at the "T" intersection of Morningside Drive and Jungle Trail. Any general public use of the dock for canoe/kayak launch would entail portaging from any vehicle parking accommodated on the north portion of the Jones's Pier property +500 feet to the north. Portage activity for that distance along Jungle Trail could present a traffic safety hazard. After considering the three alternatives summarized herein, staff's position is that the dock and associated unpermitted structures should be removed. Removal of the dock and associated structures will 65