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BOOK 108 �-AGE 238 1 ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board unanimously granted final plat approval for Sea Mist Court, as recommended by staff. 7. F. PELICAN ISLAND NATIONAL. WILDLIFE REFUGE - ACCEPTANCE OF EASEMENTS FROM U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE -JUNGLE TRAIL The Board reviewed a Memorandum of January 27, 1999: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator FROM: Robert M. Keating, AICPA - Community Development Director DATE: January 27, 1999 SUBJECT: Acceptance of Easements from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of February 2, 1999. In 1994, Indian River County's Jungle Trail enhancement project application was approved by FDOT. Funded at approximately $3.2 million, the project involved various improvements to Jungle Trail. During the program development and preliminary design phase of the Jungle Trail project, it was determined that the project could not be undertaken as initially proposed. Consequently, the Jungle Trail project was significantly downsized and unneeded Jungle Trail funds were allocated to other enhancement projects in the County. As revised, the Jungle Trail enhancement project now involves construction of parking lots, restrooms, and related improvements on three sites along Jungle Trail. Two of these sites are located in the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Because U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service owns two of the sites on which enhancement funded improvements will be constructed, FDOT requires that Indian River County, the enhancement project applicant, obtain easements from USFWS. The easements will document that the County, as the enhancement applicant, will have control of the enhancement funded improvements for the life of the improvements. As ofthis time, an easement document has been prepared and executed by USFWS. It is now necessary for the Board of County Commissioners to formally accept the easements. For the past year, County and MPO staff coordinated with FDOT staff and USFWS staff to obtain easements on the subject sites. In so doing, county and MPO staff, in coordination with FDOT and USFWS, developed conceptual designs for the improvements, identified construction project limits on each site, surveyed the sites, prepared legal descriptions and survey sketches for each site, and developed a draft easement document. FEBRUARY 2, 1999 is 0