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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Phillip J. Matson, AICP; Community Development Director <br />FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; MPO Staff Director <br />DATE: October 1, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: Request for Approval to Enter into a Bus Shelter License Agreement with West <br />Vero Crossings, LLC for Construction of a Bus Shelter <br />It is requested.that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of <br />County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 12, 2021. <br />DESCRIPTION, CONDITIONS, AND ANALYSIS <br />GoLine is Indian River County's fixed route public transportation system and is operated by the <br />Senior Resource Association (SRA). In recent years, the County and SRA have implemented a <br />program to construct bus shelters at the busier bus stop locations. To date, over fifty bus shelters <br />have been constructed at various locations throughout Indian River County using a standardized <br />shelter design. <br />West Vero Crossings is a proposed Publix shopping center to be located at the southwest corner <br />of SR 60 and 82nd Avenue. The proposed shopping center is located along .GoLine Route 13, <br />which provides service between Indian River Mall and the Vero Beach Outlets. As part of the <br />required site improvements, the developer will construct a bus shelter pad and sidewalk along the <br />shopping center's 82nd Avenue frontage. This bus stop location also serves the Tax Collector, <br />Career Source, and other offices located on the east side of 82nd Avenue across from the proposed <br />shopping center. There is an existing bus shelter on the east side of 82nd Avenue at this location. <br />The proposed bus shelter will :be located on the west side of 82nd Avenue on a concrete pad to be <br />constructed by West Vero Crossings, LLC. The attached license agreement will allow the County <br />to construct a bus .shelter and operate a bus stop on the shopping center property. This agreement <br />covers a five-year period and can be renewed upon its expiration. <br />FUNDING <br />The bus shelter will be constructed using funds from the County's annual Federal Transit <br />Administration (FTA) grant,. General Fund/Community Transportation Coordinator/SRA Bus <br />Shelters, Acct# 00111041-0665.10-54001. Cost of the shelter and installation will be $8,000. For <br />32 <br />