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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director James W. Ennis, P.E., Assistant Public Works Director Kirstin Leiendecker, P.E., Roadway Production Manager FROM: Jim Mann, MPA, Infrastructure Project Manager SUBJECT: Amendment to Easement Number 32851 - Trans -Florida Central Railroad Trail (IRC -2115) DATE: October 5, 2022 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The Public Works Department, alongwith the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida are requesting an amendmentto Easement Number 32851, which would allow for a 1.4 -mile section of paved trail to be built within the St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park and be a direct benefit to the Park. This is the next section of the Trans -Florida Railroad Trail due west of the recently completed pedestrian overpass, that spans Interstate 95. The trail will consist of a 12 -foot -wide asphalt shared -use path that seconds as a natural fire line suitable for heavy safety equipment, three culvert installations that will provide hydrologic connections between surrounding wetlands severed by the construction of the original railroad berm, and installation of collapsible bollards at each end of the easement. The original easement was executed in 2015 and allows for a 50 -year term use unless terminated pursuant to the provisions therein. It allowed for the construction trail west of the North County Park to the city limits of Fellsmere east of Interstate 95. This amendment will include the next trail portion to be constructed west of Interstate 95 in the next section of the St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park. FUNDING The trail will be built within abandoned Trans -Florida Central Railroad Right -of -Way as part of the Rails to Trails Program awarded by the Florida Department of Transportation to Indian River County. Indian River County will enter into a Local Agency Program (LAP) agreement for construction funding of this project. Estimated funding of $174,979 is programmed into the 2022 Capital Improvement Plan in account #31521441-066510-21035, Optional Sales Tax/Trans-Florida Rail Trail Greenway Phase II and FDOT funding of $920,210. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Board approve Amendment One to Easement Number 32851 with the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and authorize the Chairman to execute the same. 25