2022-066 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ATRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE J.R. SMITH, CLERK Page 5 2.0.2 Site and Vicinity Characteristics According to the USGS Topographic Map of the Vero Beach, Florida Quadrangle, included as Appendix VI of this report, the relative elevation for the subject property is approximately 24 -feet NGVD. Other properties surrounding the subject parcel was occupied and functioning as an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting airport -related building. The City of Vero Beach Fire Station 3 is located at 2950 Airport West Drive, Vero Beach, Florida, with two, large Liquid Propane (LP) Above Ground Storage Tanks (ASTs) at the northeast side of the site. A propane tank and an emergency back-up generator is situated next to the rear of the main building, south of the fire truck bays. 2.0.3 Structures, Roads, Other Site Improvements Site improvements in the area consist of paved parking lot areas, sidewalks, and Above -Ground Fuel Storage Tanks (AST) at the northeast corner of the concrete block building, and electrical service poles. Power service transformers and the ground surfaces were checked for indication of leaked electrolytes that may have contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). No indications of leaks or spills were found at the bases of the poles. Overhead power utilities were observed along the north side of the property. Water and sewer utility service is available for connection to the subject site. 2.0.4 Environmental Liens on the Property A Chain -of -Title was not provided to Advantage Consulting LLC for review. No readily available information was provided to indicate that there were any environmental liens or activities and/or land limitations recorded against the property. 2.0.5 Current Uses of the Property Currently, the subject property is currently occupied by Florida Power and Light (FPL). No hazardous or toxic items appeared to have been stored on the property. No problem areas were obvious during the site inspection. There were no obvious conditions that indicated that reportable quantities of hazardous or toxic materials had ever been generated, transported, or stored on the subject property. 2.0.6 Past Uses of the Property According to the aerial photographs reviewed for the years 1943-2020 (see Historic Aerial Photographs), other than the structures apparent in the historic aerials from the time the U.S. Naval Air Station was in operation, however recent site development has occurred on the property. Many other industrial features and airport lands have changed over the years in this region of the Vero Beach Regional Airport. There were no pits, ponds, lagoons, or other surface water bodies situated directly on the property, however a small, drainage ditch crosses from south to north just east of the site, and a triangular-shaped stormwater retention pond lie to the north of the subject parcel across Airport West Drive. The drainage ditch collects stormwater and drains to the south where it connects with a major drainage flowway south of the airport. The airport maintenance program apparently includes periodic mowing of the healthy ground cover vegetation. No evidence of any contamination was obvious anywhere on the subject parcel. No evidence of dumping, land filling, or other uncontrolled activities, which could have posed Recognized Environmental Concerns (RECs) with regard to the subject parcel were identified during the course of the site inspection, or in the aerial photographs and database reviews.