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McQueen & Associates, Inc. <br />Engineers - Planners - Land Surveyors <br />March 28, 1989 <br />Mr. Robert M. Keating <br />Planning and Development Director <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Re: Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club <br />Jungle Trail Management Plan <br />Dear Bob: <br />Darrell E McQueen, RE <br />David S'Knight <br />Stephen R Melchiori <br />Scott B. McGuire. RE <br />Stuart A. Houston, RLS. <br />I would like to take this opportunity to acquaint you with <br />the management plan that has been prepared for the Orchid <br />Island Golf and Beach Club for that portion of Jungle Trail <br />that traverses the Town of Orchid. <br />The developers of the Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club <br />recognize that Jungle Trail North represents a viable asset <br />for the county as well as for the town, and that the road <br />should be treated as an historic and scenic resource <br />protected from development impacts, wherever possible. <br />The professionals involved with the project have expended <br />considerable effort to formulate a plan that would <br />incorporate the existing location of the trail into a plan <br />for an exclusive, residential community, while <br />simultaneously providing adequate areas for mutual buffering <br />of public and private uses. With this goal in mind, a <br />master plan has been prepared which accommodates both <br />objectives. However, during the design process it became <br />obvious that re -alignment of a one-half mile section of the <br />trail would be necessary if adaptive re -use of the roadway <br />was to be realized. As shown on the attached plan, this <br />portion of the trail is located within ',the town where title <br />to adjacent properties are held by a single entity. <br />This minor re -alignment would not only enhance the scenic <br />value of the trail and the adjacent residential development, <br />it would result in increased design flexibility that could <br />ultimately benefit the town and the general public. <br />Specifically, since the area of re -location supports a <br />primarily undisturbed coastal oak hammock, the trail would <br />be re -constructed to selectively travel through the native <br />vegetation approximately 750' east of its -present location <br />while maintaining its physical and scenic continuity. This <br />adjustment would result in a connected land parcel for the <br />residential portion of the Orchid Island Golf and Beach <br />Club, lying west of SR A -1-A, as opposed to two separate <br />tracts divided by Jungle Trail. The public benefit that <br />could be derived by the re -location is the creation of a <br />tract that is no longer suited to residential development, <br />due to its proximity to SR A -1-A, that also supports <br />pristine, native vegetation worthy of conservation measures. <br />UR IN 49 �r� <br />