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Dylan Reingold., County Attorney <br />William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney <br />Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorney <br />Office of 41torng'S Alallei-s r II IS114 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />ATTORNEY <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Chris Mora, Public Works Director �N <br />pa <br />FROM: William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney Il <br />DATE: October 29, 2014 <br />SUBJECT: Extension of the License Agreement for Jones Pier <br />The Jones Pier property is a 16.5 acre tract of land adjacent to the Indian River Lagoon off <br />of Jungle Trail. The property is improved with a single family home, out buildings and <br />docks along the Lagoon. The County purchased the property in 2008 from the Jones <br />family and allowed Mr. and Mrs. Jones to remain on the property for the remainder of their <br />lives. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones passed away a few years ago. <br />In January 2012, the County entered into a License Agreement with Brad Fojtik of the <br />Indian River County Sheriff's Department for Sergeant Fojtik to reside in the home in <br />exchange for providing law enforcement presence, mowing the lawn and maintaining the <br />property. The License Agreement has been a mutual benefit to the parties and the <br />attached License Renewal and Extension will extend the License Agreement until January <br />2017. Staff has no objection to the extension of the License Agreement. As the Jones <br />Pier parcel was purchased in part with funds from the Florida Communities Trust, the trust <br />must agree to the Extension. There is a provision for the Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection to sign off on the Extension since docks over Sovereign <br />Submerged lands are involved. <br />Funding. There is no direct funding impacted by this License Renewal and Extension <br />agreement. <br />Recommendation. Staff recommends that the Board authorize the Chairman to sign the <br />attached License Renewal and Extension between Indian River County and Brad Fojtik to <br />provide for the extension of the Agreement until January 2017. <br />Please contact me should you have any questions concerning this matter. <br />284 <br />