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Public Ileariiia <br /> Legislative <br /> (W lop-L <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br /> DYPQTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE <br /> Robert M. Keating,AI P; Com pity Development Director <br /> FROM: Sasan Rohani,AICP; Chief,Long-Range Planning <br /> DATE: August 4,2013 <br /> RE: County Initiated Request to Redesignate±70 Acres from C-2,Conservation-2 <br /> (up to lunit/40 acres),and L-2,Low-Density Residential-2 (up to 6 units/acre), <br /> to C-1, Conservation-1 (zero density), and Rezone those±70 Acres from RS-6 <br /> (W Single-Family Residential District(up to 6 units/acre),and RS-1,Single-Family <br /> Residential District(up to lunit/acre),to Con-1,Conservation-1 District(zero <br /> density) (LUDA 2013040074-70780). <br /> It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 20, 2013. <br /> DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br /> This is a county initiated request to change the land use designation of a property acquired by the <br /> county for conservation purposes under the County's Environmental Lands Program.In this case,the <br /> subject property is the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area(ORCA)Diamond Tract,a property which <br /> consists of four contiguous parcels totaling±70 acres. <br /> In 2005,Indian River County acquired the ORCA Diamond Tract as an addition to the overall+440 <br /> acre Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Subsequently,the County was awarded an after-purchase <br /> 50%cost-share reimbursement grant from the Florida Communities Trust(FCT)for acquisition of <br /> the tract.As a condition of the FCT grant,a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants was recorded in the <br /> public records,restricting use of the property to conservation and passive recreational use.Another <br /> condition of the grant compels the County to change the future land use and zoning designations of <br /> L 1 <br /> 497 <br />