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Office of Attorney's Matters 04/16/2019 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ATTORNEY Dylan Reingold, County Attorney William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorney MEMORANDUM TO: The Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director FROM: William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney DATE: April 9, 2019 SUBJECT: Acquisition of Right -Of -Way for Phase II of 66th Avenue Improvements Central Groves Corp. - 66th Avenue and 61st Street Central Groves Corp. is the owner of a 56.23 acre parcel of unimproved property on the west side of 66th Avenue between 61st and 65th Streets and is depicted on the aerial photo attached to the Agreement to Purchase and Sell Real Estate (Agreement) as Exhibit "A". The Parcel is zoned A-1, Agricultural, up to one residential unit per five acres and lies outside of the Urban Services Boundary. This site is a former citrus grove and contains fencing and a flow well. Mr. Ben Bailey is the sole officer of Central Groves Corp. Construction plans call for the County to acquire 13.78 acres of right-of-way consisting of: • A 156 -foot wide strip along the length of the eastern border of the Central Grove property; • A 50 -foot wide strip along 61St Street on the southern property border; and • A corner clip at the southeast corner of the parcel. • A 1.50 acre parcel at the northern end and a 1.61 acre parcel at the southern end of the property for stormwater treatment ponds. The County originally planned to locate a 2.48 acre pond in the middle of the parcel but opted to use two smaller ponds to reduce the impact to the remainder parcel and to reduce severance damages. The total property needed is 13.78 acres or ±25% of the property, leaving a remainder of 42.45 acres. A sketch and legal description of the right- of-way, corner clip and pond sites are attached to the Agreement as Exhibit "B". The County's initial appraisal was performed by Armfield & Wagner and assigned a value