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M <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />THROUGH: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />FROM: Kelly Buck <br />Code Enforcement Officer <br />DATE: December 6, 2018 <br />RE: Lawnwood Medical Center Inc.'s Request for Release of a Marginal Access Easement <br />at 660 South U.S. Highway 1 <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at its <br />regular meeting of December 18, 2018. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The County has been petitioned by George Huddleston of S&ME, Inc., representing Lawnwood Medical <br />Center, Inc. which owns property at 660 South U.S. Highway 1, for release of a 22 -foot wide marginal <br />access easement on the property. The purpose of the easement release request is to allow for construction <br />of a freestanding emergency room and associated improvements (see attached maps). <br />ANALYSIS <br />The subject easement was established in 1988 to ensure a future access interconnection between <br />commercial properties fronting US Highway 1. Such an access interconnection is being provided <br />through the site plan approval process at a location more advantageous than the marginal access easement <br />location proposed for release. <br />The request has been reviewed by AT&T; Florida Power & Light Corporation; Comcast Cable Services; <br />the Indian River County Utilities Department; the County Road & Bridge and Engineering Divisions; the <br />County Planning Division, and the County Surveyor. None of the utility providers or reviewing agencies <br />expressed an objection to the requested release of easement. Therefore, it is staff's position that the <br />requested marginal access easement release would have no adverse impact to vehicular access, or to <br />drainage or utilities relating to the subject property or to other properties. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that .the Board, through adoption of the attached resolution, approve release of the <br />22 -foot wide marginal access easement described in the resolution. <br />73 <br />