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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO:, Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AI <br />Community De opment Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICPVP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />DATE: May 16, 2016 <br />RE: Board Consideration of a Proposed Non-exclusive License Agreement with Friends of <br />the Morningside Drive Dock, Inc. to Use and Maintain a Dock on County -owned Land <br />off South Jungle Trail <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />its regular meeting of May 24, 2016. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />At the Board of County Commissioners' February 16, 2016 meeting, staff requested direction from the <br />Board concerning an unpermitted dock on county -owned land west of Morningside Drive on south Jungle <br />Trail. The issue was whether or not the County should remove the unauthorized dock or allow the dock <br />to remain, subject to after -the -fact permitting, for limited community use or for general public use. After <br />discussion, with input from residents of Morningside Drive (Riverside Estates), the Board voted to table <br />the matter for 90 days and directed staff to explore what would be entailed to allow the dock to remain as <br />a community dock or for non-exclusive use by the general public (see minutes, Attachment 1 to this <br />report). <br />Since'the February 16 meeting, the newly renovated Jones's Pier dock ±250 feet north of Morningside <br />Drive has been opened to the public. Staff has also met with Riverside Estates residents advocating <br />allowance of the Morningside dock for community use, and with their attorney, Bruce Barkett. Over the <br />past 90 days, Riverside Estates residents in favor of community use of the Morningside dock have: <br />Created a formal non-profit corporation (Friends of the Morningside Drive Dock, Inc.); <br />Submitted a boundary survey with the location of dock structures, showing compliance with <br />applicable setbacks (see Attachment 2); <br />Met on-site with the County Building Official to assess building code compliance issues; <br />186 <br />