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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />Assistant County Administrator / <br />Department of General Services <br />Date: February 3, 2017 <br />To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />INFORMATIONAL ITEM <br />7-A- <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 />