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('O\tiI•:N'I' k(:I:NI).‘ INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA Si MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director THROUGH: Phil Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Director r(v) FROM: Andy Sobczak; Senior Transportation Planner DATE: April 23, 2015 SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Requesting an Easement from the State of Florida for Construction of the Trans-Central Florida Rail Trail through the St. Sebastian Preserve State Park It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of May 5, 2015. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS The Trans-Central Florida Railroad Trail is the centerpiece of the North Indian River County Greenways Plan and is the highest ranked transportation enhancement priority of the Indian River County MPO. Recently, FDOT began the process of designing and constructing all unbuilt portions of the Trans-Central Florida Railroad Trail east of I-95, including an overpass at I-95, linking the trail to the Fellsmere area. In order to enable FDOT to proceed with construction of the trail, Indian River County must obtain an easement from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida for construction and maintenance of a segment of the trail passing through property (St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park) owned by the state of Florida. According to the Board of Trustees, in order to obtain the easement the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) must adopt a resolution requesting the easement. ANALYSIS To meet the Board of Trustees requirement, staff has drafted a resolution for the BCC's approval. As structured, the attached resolution recites the need and purpose of the easement and constitutes the formal request required by the Board of Trustees. F:\Community Development\Users\MP0\Meetings\BCC\2015\easement.docx 1 71