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ri ►Yil=I �IQ;?_\►1Bill �1I TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney DATE: October 13, 2021 SUBJECT: Acceptance of Right -of -Way donation from the Indian River Farms Water Control District BACKGROUND. In 1921, the Indian River Farms Company deeded strips of right-of-way to the Indian River Farms Drainage District to be used as future drainage ditches. These strips are located along what are now 8tH 12' and 16tH Streets west of 1-95. A survey depicting the strips is attached to this memorandum. The Indian River Farms Drainage District, now known as the Indian River Farms Water Control District, (the Farms) never constructed the drainage ditches and has no future plans to do so. The 12th Street strip is 60 feet wide and runs between 94th and 98th Avenues but also has a 100' Murphy Reservation on either side of the centerline of 12th Street between 94th Avenue and what would be 96th Avenue, however, at this time, 96th Avenue does not exist. The 16th Avenue strip is also 60 feet wide and runs between 94th Avenue and what would be 96th Avenue and is also accompanied by a 200' Murphy Reservation. The 8th Street strip is 60 feet wide and runs between 94th and 98th Avenues but has no Murphy Reservation. The area between these strips is in a residential zoning category and is near the Verona Trace development. The proposed Venetian Grove residential development is within the area encompassed by the strips and will rely on parts of the strips to construct streets for their proposed development. As stated earlier in this memorandum, the Farms has no use for these strips and has declared them to be surplus. The Farms has offered to convey these strips to the County at no cost to the County via quit claim deed. The County Attorney's Office has reviewed the title work on these strips and found the title report acceptable. The strips would be used for road rights-of-way for 8tH 12tH and 16th Streets when the area adjacent to the strips is developed. Currently, the strips are not maintained by the Farms or the County and the County has no intention of developing or ma ntain these strips of land once the County obtains ownership via quit claim deed. The cost to construct the streets would be born by the developer of the projects adjacent to the strips and the streets would be public roadways. FUNDING. There is no impact to County funds by accepting the conveyance of these strips from the Farms 69