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COMMUNITY <br /> DEVELOPMENT <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,FLORIDA <br /> d �t <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br /> FROM: <br /> Robert M. Keating, ICP; C mmuni evelopment Director <br /> DATE: January 16, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Go-Line Bus Hub Status Update <br /> It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners at its regular meeting of January 22, 2013. <br /> DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br /> Recently,County staff informed the Board of County Commissioners(BCC)that staff from the County and the <br /> City of Vero Beach had reached an impasse in attempting to negotiate a lease for City owned property on 17`'' <br /> w.. Street where the Go-Line Bus Hub was proposed to be located. Although the County had secured a $1.1 <br /> million Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant to construct the new bus hub,the BCC,at its December <br /> 18,2012 meeting,approved staff's recommendation to reject a draft lease agreement for the 17'hStreet hub site <br /> because the City was unwilling to accept landscape maintenance responsibility for the proposed hub. <br /> Currently, the Go-Line Bus Hub is located in the parking lot south of the County Administration complex. <br /> While that location works well for the Go-Line, the hub has generated complaints from residents of the <br /> adjacent neighborhood. Also, the City has indicated that the existing hub location does not have the <br /> appropriate zoning for a bus hub use. In fact, those are reasons that county staff has spent considerable time <br /> attempting to find a suitable alternative location for the hub and why the City owned 17th Street site was <br /> considered for the new hub. <br /> Subsequent to the BCC's decision to reject the proposed lease with the City for the 17"'Street hub site,the City <br /> sent the County a code enforcement citation, warning the County that the current bus hub use of the county <br /> administration south parking lot is a violation of the City zoning code and ordering the County to correct the <br /> violation. To correct the violation, the County must cease use of the site for a bus hub. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> As indicated in staff's report for the December 18,2012 BCC meeting,staff proposes to relocate the Go-Line <br /> bus hub to the County Administration Building campus north of 26"'Street. Not only does that site have the <br /> correct zoning for a bus hub,it is also adequately separated from the Original Town neighborhood in the City <br /> of Vero Beach. <br /> FACommunity Development\Users\CDADMIN\AGENDA\2013\Go-Line Bus Hub Status Update 012213.doc 1 115 <br />