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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />Date: January 24, 2018 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services <br />Prepared By: John M. Boyer, P.E., Utilities Engineer <br />Subject: Water Main Extension along 103rd Court from 88th Street to S. 89th Street within a <br />portion of Blocks E and H, Vero Lake Estates Subdivision, Unit H-3, located in Indian <br />River County, Public Hearing and the Adoption of Resolution No. III (Legislative) <br />BACKGROUND <br />On January 9, 2018, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved the adoption <br />of Resolution 1 (2018-010) and Resolution II (2018-011) forthe Water Main Extension along 103rd Court from <br />88th Street to S. 89th Street, in the Vero Lake Estates Subdivision. Since the adoption of Resolution I and II, <br />staff mailed out letters to the nine (9) property owners notifying them of the preliminary assessment roll <br />and the subject public hearing. Included in the letter was an invitation to an informal meeting held on <br />January 23, 2018, in the Utilities Department Conference Room, 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, <br />where project details and financing options were discussed with two (2) attending property owners. <br />In recent assessment projects, the water main was constructed and cleared for service; however, Resolution <br />IV was delayed while staff awaited the contractor's final pay request, and the customers were not allowed to <br />connect. Our process may look to be modified to allow customers to connect once a water main has been <br />cleared for service, prior to Resolution IV. <br />ANALYSIS <br />A total of 9 residential parcels will benefit from the water main extension along 103rd Court from 88th Street <br />to S. 89th Street. Staff received signed petitions from 7 owners of the 9 parcels, or 77.8% of the property <br />owners, in favor of the project. All 9 parcels are developed single-family residential. <br />The BCC, in its capacity to oversee the assessment process, shall meet as the equalizing board to hear and <br />consider any and all support for, or complaints against, the proposed special assessments, and it shall <br />adjust and equalize the special assessments on the basis of justice and right according to Indian River <br />County Ordinance Chapter 206 (Special Assessments). <br />Upon the adoption of Resolution III, staff will apply for the Florida Department of Environmental <br />Protection (FDEP) water system construction permit and Indian River County Right -of -Way permit. Staff <br />anticipates the following schedule (please note that these dates are estimations and could be subject to <br />change): <br />164 <br />C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCLTechnologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@A40D6CBF\@BCL@A40D6CBF.docx <br />