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Indian River County, Florida Department of Utility Services Board Memorandum Date: November 17, 2020 To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator From: Vincent Burke, PE, Director of Utility Services Prepared By: John Boyer, PE, Utility Engineer Subject:. Shadow Brook Subdivision Water Assessment Project Resolution III: Public Hearing and Utility Easement Background On October 20, 2020, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved the adoption of Resolution 1 (2020-091) and Resolution II (2020-092) for a special assessment in connection with a water main extension from 58th Avenue to 34th Street, including 58th Court and 34th Lane within Shadow Brook Subdivision and certain properties abutting 34th Street, 58th Court and 34th Lane, located within unincorporated Indian River County. Analysis Shadow Brook Subdivision has twenty-four (24) residential lots per Plat Book 09 Page 17, although lots 1-7, 18 and 21 have been removed from the water assessment byway of not benefitting from the proposed water main extension or already being connected to the County water distribution system off of 58th Avenue or 33rd Street (Attachment 1—Assessment Area Map)..Therefore, the total number of parcels in the assessment area is fifteen (15) with two (2) of the lots having signed a temporary water service agreement. which requires them to participate in a water assessment if one occurs. Since the adoption of Resolutions I and II, staff mailed out letters to the fifteen (15) benefitting parcels notifying them of the preliminary assessment roll and the subject public hearing. The total project cost is estimated at $126,000.00, which includes construction, surveying, engineering, administration. and inspection. Therefore, an equal per parcel cost of $8,400.00 will be levied against all fifteen (15) benefitting parcels. The design is now complete, and a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permit is forthcoming. The BCC, in its capacity to oversee the assessment process, shall meet as the equalizing board to hear and consider any and all support for, or complaints against, proposed special assessments, and it shall adjust and equalize the special assessments on the basis of justice and right according to Chapter 206 (Special Assessments) of the Indian River County (Attachment 2 — Resolution III and Assessment Roll). The Certificate of Dedication within the plat of Shadow Brook Subdivision states that all streets and easements are dedicated for the use of the property owners in the subdivision with the full knowledge that 83