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INFORMATIONAL ITEM <br /> 7 .A- <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,FLORIDA <br /> AGENDA ITEM <br /> Assistant County Administrator/ <br /> Department of General Services <br /> �.dItT�D� <br /> Date: February 3,2017 <br /> To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br /> Thru: Jason E.Brown,County Administrator <br /> Thru: Michael C.Zito,Assistant County Administrator <br /> From: Beth Powell,Conservation Lands Manager <br /> Subject: Permit Application Submittal to the St.John's River Water Management <br /> District for a Stream Crossing Footbridge at the Ansin Riverfront Tract <br /> Conservation Area <br /> DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: <br /> The Ansin Riverfront Conservation Area, located at the northeast corner of CR 510 and <br /> CR 512, acquired under the County Environmental Lands Program with cost-share funds <br /> from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) is within the St. Sebastian River Greenway (per <br /> County Resolution 2006-039), and is adjacent to the Sebastian Canoe Launch Park and <br /> the St. Sebastian River State Park. <br /> Purchased by Indian River County in 2005, the acquisition achieved three inter-related <br /> goals. The primary conservation goal was to augment the buffer for water quality <br /> protection and wildlife corridors in the watershed of the St. Sebastian River and the State <br /> Aquatic Preserve. The acquisition also serves to provide a pedestrian connection and <br /> greenway between CR 512 and the Trans-Florida Central Railroad grade to the existing <br /> County canoe launch park, and the 23,000 acre St. Sebastian Preserve State Park. <br /> Conservation of this site also achieved a goal of protecting the South Prong of the St. <br /> Sebastian River from runoff from any future development. <br /> THE PROJECT: <br /> To improve access to the Ansin Tract in particular, the County is in the process of <br /> designing and permitting a footbridge that will cross a small stream on site (see attached <br /> location and trail maps). The footbridge will complete connector trails that have recently <br /> been established with assistance from the Florida Forest Service. This will connect the <br /> Sebastian Greenway Trail through the Ansin Tract to the Sebastian Canoe Launch where <br /> parking is available. Once completed, the Ansin Tract Conservation Area Agreement with <br /> FCT will be substantially complete and move into a 5-year reporting period with FCT. <br /> C:\Users\GRANIC—l\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 7\@BCL@7805CF7C\@BCL@7805CF7C.doc <br /> P2 <br />