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Date: February 29, 2000 <br />To: Honorable Board of County Commissioners <br />Through: James E Chandler, County Administrator <br />Through: Tom Frame, Director, Department of General Services A4d -r�-. <br />From: Terry L. Smith, Telecommunications Manager -rip— <br />Department of General Services <br />Subject: Easement Exchange for the Expansion of Joint Fiber Optic Network <br />EXHIBITS: <br />1. Site Location Map <br />2. Copy of the Advertisement <br />3. Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Exchange of Easements <br />4. Department Head and City of Sebastian Correspondence <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In November of 1998, the Board authorized $160,000 as Indian River County's portion of the <br />cost of the expansion of the fiber optic cable network being developed in cooperation with the <br />City of Vero Beach and the School District of Indian River County. For the expansion in the <br />North County, an easement was required to establish the most economical route from the North <br />Tower to the conduit system on CR 512. There were alternative routes, but they would have <br />been longer runs and would have increased the cost of the fiber project. <br />The solution was to obtain an easement through property owned by the Davis Land Trust 1992. <br />The subject property owned by the Trust is land -locked, and it has been a problem for the owner <br />to obtain adequate access to maintain the grove currently located on the property. <br />A solution to the problem was to grant the Trust an access easement through property currently <br />owned by the County in exchange for a utility easement within which to place the fiber optic <br />cable. The County's property was previously a sewer plant site operated by the City of <br />Sebastian. <br />Staff has worked with the Trustees of the Davis Land Trust 1992 and has come to an agreement <br />on an exchange of easements, and the mortgagees of the Davis Land Trust 1992 property have <br />consented to the granting of the easement. The Davis Land Trust 1992 will grant Indian River <br />County a 20 -foot utility easement across approximately 1800 feet of the subject property. In <br />exchange, Indian River County will grant an ingress -egress easement across the parcel of land <br />near the west end of Bailey Drive in Sebastian (see drawing attached to Resolution and easement <br />documents) <br />March 14, 2000 <br />_I <br />