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CONSENT <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />7", <br />' <br />Stan Boling, AICP LJ <br />Community Development Director <br />THROUGH: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement <br />FROM: Kelly Buck <br />Code Enforcement Officer <br />DATE: 2/24/2014 <br />RE: <br />Serenoa Homeowners Association, Inc. Request for Release and Replacement of <br />a Conservation Easement in Serenoa Subdivision in accordance with a Recently <br />Approved Preliminary Plat for Serenoa Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at the Board's regular meeting on March 4, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The County has been petitioned by the Serenoa Homeowners Association, Inc., owner of a conservation <br />easement ("Tract C-5") in Serenoa Phase 1 Subdivision, for release of the Tract C-5 conservation <br />easement. Serenoa Subdivision is located at the 1100 block of 5th Street SW (east of 20th Avenue SW). <br />The purpose of the easement release request is to facilitate development of a recently approved <br />preliminary plat for Phases 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Serenoa. Concurrent with the requested easement release, a <br />new, comparable replacement conservation easement is to be dedicated to Indian River County (see <br />Attachment 4). <br />ANALYSIS <br />As a part of the preliminary plat review process for the newly configured Serenoa Phases 2, 3, 4, and 5, <br />staff evaluated the condition and location of upland conservation Tract C-5 and the proposed <br />replacement easement, which has been executed by the petitioner. Staffs finding was that the <br />replacement easement was comparable to Tract C-5 in upland conservation value and size, while <br />allowing for a reconfigured development of future phases of the Serenoa plat. Release of the current <br />Tract C-5 easement and acceptance of the replacement easement will allow development of Phases 2, 3, <br />4, and 5 to move forward. <br />This request has been reviewed by County planning staff, County attorney staff, and the County <br />surveyor. None of the reviewing staff expressed an objection to the requested easement release and <br />replacement. Therefore, it is staff's position that the requested easement release (and replacement) will <br />satisfy County requirements and have no adverse impacts to the subject subdivision or to adjacent <br />properties. <br />QA <br />