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Fellsmere moving forward to annex 8,800 acres - VeroNews: Fellsmere Government <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Fellsmere moving forward to annex 8,800 acres <br />Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:23 pm <br />FELLSMERE — The Fellsmere City Council <br />heard no opposition Thursday night to a request <br />from private property owners seeking to have their <br />more than 8,800 acres of land annexed into the <br />city. <br />Though several people were in the audience, <br />including a couple from Sebastian who were <br />merely curious about the proposal, no one <br />addressed the Corrigan family's request. <br />The family has 8,845 acres of land on the southeast <br />side of Fellsmere, abutting the Sand Lakes <br />Restoration Area, managed by the St. Johns River <br />Water Management District, and straddling <br />Interstate 95 south to 26th Street. The eastern edge of the property is essentially 90th Avenue. <br />'sin,. "This is an exciting opportunity we've been working on for the last couple weeks," City Manager <br />Jason Nunemaker said. Annexing the land would give Fellsmere more opportunities for long- <br />range transportation development as well as more economic development potential. <br />At most, the property could have 12 million square feet of non-residential development consisting <br />of "regional employment activity centers" and industrial uses. Residential development is capped <br />at 1.6 dwellings per acre. <br />r,?â€Ēr. SI <br />Z6tn S: <br />SR & <br />Fellsmere moving forward to <br />annex 8,800 acres <br />The Corrigan family is seeking to have a <br />little more than 8,800 acres annexed into <br />the City of Fellsmere. <br />A representative for the Corrigans told the Council that the family is "very enthusiastic" about the <br />annexation of the "big, enormous piece of land." <br />Mayor Susan Adams asked the representative if what she had heard of the family's current plans <br />were correct – that the lands would be kept for cattle into the foreseeable future. <br />"The ranch is not for sale," he said, adding that development would only occur on a small portion <br />of the property. <br />Under the terms of the annexation agreement, the Corrigans would be required to provide rights of <br />way for extensions of 90th Avenue and 53rd Street – in the event that 53rd Street is extended to <br />90th Avenue. <br />http://www.veronews.com/news/fellsmere/government/fellsmere-moving-forward-to-anne... 9/19/2014 <br />