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00 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Michael Zito <br />Interim County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Phillip J. Matson, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />Brian Freeman, AICP <br />MPO Staff Director <br />FROM: Jim Mann, MPA <br />MPO Senior Planner <br />DATE: March 17, 2023 <br />SUBJECT: Right -of -Way Consent Agreement for Construction of the Trans -Florida Railroad <br />Trail through FP&L Easement <br />It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board <br />of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of March 28, 2023. <br />DESCRIPTION, CONDITIONS, AND ANALYSIS <br />The Community Development Department, along with Florida Power and Light Company (FP&L) <br />is requesting a Right -of -Way Consent Agreement for the extension of the Trans -Florida Railroad <br />Trail (trail) through the St. Sebastian River Buffer Preserve (Preserve). This extension is a 1.4 -mile <br />section that is due west of the recently completed pedestrian overpass, that spans Interstate 95. <br />The trail will consist of a 12 -foot -wide asphalt shared -use path that seconds as a natural fire line <br />suitable for heavy safety equipment, three culvert installations that will provide hydrologic <br />connections between surrounding wetlands severed by the construction of the original railroad <br />berm, and installation of collapsible bollards at each end of the Preserve. <br />The trail will be built within abandoned Trans -Florida Central Railroad Right -of -Way as part of the <br />Rails to Trails Program awarded by the Florida Department of Transportation to Indian River <br />County. FP&L currently maintains a 170 -foot wide easement which intersects this trail corridor <br />west of 1-95. <br />On October 18, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) approved an amendment to <br />easement for construction of the proposed trail extension with the State through the Board of <br />Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust. Also, on December 20, 2022, the Board approved an <br />agreement with the St. Johns River Water Management District for an easement needed for <br />93 <br />C:\Granicus\Legistar5\L5\Temp\42156d35-6950-4abd-9022-5408d638de76.docx 1 <br />