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CONSENT <br />BCC Meeting October 12, 2021 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />Parks & Recreation — Conservation Resources / <br />Department of General Services <br />Date: September 24, 2021 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Thru: Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator <br />Kevin Kirwin, Director Parks & Recreation <br />From: Beth Powell, Asst. Director Parks & Conservation Resources <br />Subject: Approval of a State Submerged Lands Lease Renewal on Boat Club Island <br />(aka Spoil Island IR25) — BOT File No. 310345813 <br />DESRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS <br />Boat Club Island, also known as Spoil Island IR25, is located in the Indian River Lagoon west of <br />the Intracoastal Waterway Channel, approximately one-half mile north of Grand Harbor Marina. <br />The island is owned by the State Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund <br />(BTIITF). Indian River County entered into a 10 -year Management Agreement in 1996 for the <br />purpose of provided boating recreation activities on the island. This agreement eventually <br />transitioned to a Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease Fee Waived Lease with the <br />construction/repairs of the docks. <br />On February 17, 2015, the Board approved a renewal of the five-year Sovereignty Submerged <br />Lands Fee Waived Lease with the State for use and maintenance of the southern portion of the <br />island. The lease renewal ran through January 25, 2020, and has since expired. The renewal notice <br />from BTIITF was sent to Roland Deblois (retired Community Development) on January 4, 2021, <br />however that lease agreement was not received by staff and did not get renewed. A notice was <br />received in August 2021 by Parks/Conservation staff and is now being brought to the Board for <br />consideration. <br />This renewal will be effective retroactively from January 20, 2020, and run through for a period of <br />five years to January 20, 2025. The lease allows the County to maintain the two public access docks <br />for the purpose of temporary mooring of recreational vessels in conjunction with an upland picnic <br />area. Grand Harbor Community Association, Inc. (GHCA) has a Maintenance Agreement for <br />volunteer work associated with the public use facilities which expires January 25, 2025. GHCA <br />has indicated that they would like to be released from the Maintenance Agreement. The Vero Beach <br />Yacht Club (VBYC) has expressed an interest in entering into a maintenance agreement with the <br />County in order to provide regular volunteer work days to maintain the leased area. The VBYC <br />42 <br />