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Z. Same as Alternative No. 1, except the dirt piles would be disposed of even if they <br />were found to contain hazardous materials. With this alternative, the County <br />would be liable for environmental clean up of the entire site, including <br />underground soil contamination. The cost to the county could be several hundred <br />thousand dollars if it is found liable. <br />3. The county could opt to have the entire site and affected off-site areas cleaned up <br />and apply for reimbursement from the state. The cost would be several hundred <br />thousand dollars, and prospects for reimbursement are slight. <br />4. The cornty could board up/secure the building, but not remove any structures. <br />5. No action. <br />RECONMUMATION: <br />Staff recommends Alternative No. 1. <br />Staff further recommends that the Board of County Commissioners declare said structure a <br />nuisance, and order the.building demolished with related debris removed from the property by <br />the County Road and Bridge Department. <br />Staff also recommends that the Board adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the Building <br />Official to report the county's demolition and debris removal cost for the structure to the <br />County Attorney for the preparation and recording of a lien to be placed on the real property <br />of the owner for the purpose of recovering the county's costs. <br />Deputy County Attorney Will Collins explained that at the last <br />meeting the Board had been presented with some alternatives on how <br />to proceed with the problem and had delayed a decision on this <br />issue to investigate whether there was money available for testing <br />the dirt piles and explore whether the mortgage holders would be <br />willing to come in and clean up the property, so the County would <br />not have to get involved. <br />Attorney Collins advised they had determined that the first <br />mortgage holder, First Citizens Savings & Loan Association, was <br />taken over by the Resolution Trust Company (RTC) in 1991. The <br />mortgage had been auctioned, bundled with others, to different <br />investor groups, but he had no personal knowledge who they were. <br />He did know that local people were contacting the mortgagee to see <br />whether or not they would be interested in assigning their mortgage <br />rights and perhaps local investor groups could do something about <br />getting the property back on the underground tank list and getting <br />some cleanup of the site. <br />Attorney Collins continued to say that the second mortgage was <br />held by First American of Indian River County. They would be <br />interested in assigning their mortgage rights, according to their <br />attorney, and willing to work with anyone that came forward. <br />Then Attorney Collins explained that while there were several <br />alternatives for action, the Board should be warned as to the <br />difficulty of proceeding with the recommendation of staff, as it is <br />highly unlikely that the County would ever recover any costs due to <br />29 Boa 95 PAGE 7$6,? <br />July 18, 1995 <br />