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William G. Collins H. County Attorney (� _ z -1
Marian E . Fell, Assistant County Attorney
William K. DeBraal, Assistant County Attorney
INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO : Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners
FROM : William K . DeBraal , Assistant County Attorney
DATE : October 29 , 2004
RE : Transcript of Attorney- Client Session Proposed Settlement of S K
Vero LLC vs . Indian River County and Petrus Verus LLC vs . Indian
River County
Attached please find an original transcript of the attorney-client session that took
place with the Board of County Commissioners on June 15 , 2004 , concerning the
above two captioned law suits . Pursuant to § 286 . 011 Fla . Stat . (2004 ) upon the
conclusion of the law suit , a transcription of the attorney- client sessior must be
filed with the Clerk to the Board . Kindly make this transcript part of the public
record as the litigation has been concluded .
Should you have any questions , please do not hesitate to contact me .
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RECEIVED
NOV 0 1 2004
U RK TO TRB BOARD
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY , FLORIDA
ATTORNEY / CLIENT SESSION CLOSED SESSION
IN RE : PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF SK VERO , LLC . v .
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY , CASE NO . 2004 - 027 - CA - 20 and
PETRUS VERUS , LLC V . INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ,
CASE NO . 2004 - 026 - CA - 20
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JUNE 15 , 2004
11 : 30 a . m .
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NOV 0 1 2004
-r3 COUNTY COMMISSION CHAMBER
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CLER , TO THE BOAR,
1840 25th Street
Vero Beach , Florida 32960
IN ATTENDANCE : Caroline D . Ginn , Chairman
Arthur R . Neuberger , Vice - Chairman
Kenneth R . Macht , Commissioner
Thomas S . Lowther , Commissioner
William K . DeBraal , Assistant County Attorney
Marian E . Fell , Assistant Count Attorney
Joseph A . Baird , County Administrator
P . J . Jones , Clerk to the Board
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1 VERO BEACH , FLORIDA : JUNE 15 , 2004
NW 2 AND THEREUPON :
3 MR . DeBRAAL : Morning , Commissioners . Bi 1
4 DeBraal on behalf of the attorney ' s office . A you
5 know , this is a " shade " meeting held pursuant to the
6 Sunshine Law .
7 The court reporter here is going to be taking
8 down everything that is said so be , be aware of that
9 we ' re still on the record ; that , after the litigation
10 is completed one way or another , this meeting will be
11 transcribed and placed on the record . So all of the
12 things that will be going on here will become part of
13 the record .
'*Mw 14 We have a written offer that has been submitted
15 concerning the Petrus Verus , LLC issue . If yo
16 recall , this was the lawsuit where they applied for
17 rezoning . I think it was set for - - they asked for
18 RM - 8 . ( Hands document . ) You , initially , denied their
19 request then reconsidered and gave them RM - 3 .
20 COMMISSIONER MACHT : I think they asked for 6 .
21 MR . DeBRAAL : I ' m sorry . They asked for M - 6 .
22 And , initially , denied that and then went aheac with
23 RM - 3 . There will be no voting at the " Shade " Meeting
24 today .
25 What we ' re going to do after we reconvene , I will
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1 be asking you for direction on this offer of
2 settlement . And I would like a very generic m tion to
3 either satisfy the terms of the settlement , modify
4 them as discussed , or deny and proceed .
5 So as you can see , if you take a look at the
6 letter from Petrus Verus , LLC ' s attorneys , the ' re
7 basically splitting the difference . They are
8 proposing that the property would be rezoned RM - 6 .
9 The reason that they ' re going to the RM - 6 is
10 quite simple : We don ' t have a classification that
11 wouldn ' t be somewhere between RM - 3 and RM - 6 . o it ' s
12 got to be the higher of the two levels .
13 And what they propose is recording restrictive
14 covenants that would limit the density to 4 . 5 units
15 per acre . And they are also proposing that those
16 covenants would contain restrictions on lot si es ;
17 that , if they want to go a small lot subdivision
18 route , the lot would be no smaller than 60 feet wide ,
19 6 , 000 square feet .
20 If you recall , there were two different , two
21 different projects here . I don ' t know if I will be
22 able to move this down so that you would be able to
23 take a look at it ( Indicating ) .
24 COMMISSIONER MACHT : There ' s a zoom lens on
25 there .
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1 MR . DeBRAAL : I ' m trying to get it as wide as
2 possible . And I don ' t think it ' s going to get wider .
3 I can stand here and hold it . I like not to be able
4 to be - - this is a rendition of what they are
5 interested in doing ( Indicating ) .
6 It ' s not anything set in concrete . But you can
7 get a little bit of a flavor for what they wan to try
8 and do . This is the larger section ( Indicating ) . I
9 think this is - -
10 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : 98th here and 1 th here
11 ( Indicating ) .
12 MR . DeBRAAL : 98h is up at the top .
13 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Well , you have to do - -
14 north is north .
15 COMMISSIONER MACHT : You are going the wrong way .
16 MR . DeBRAAL : Uh - uh .
17 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : 98th is over here
18 ( Indicating ) .
19 MR , DeBRAAL : 98th is over here to my right
20 ( Indicating ) . 12th is on the top .
21 CHAIRMAN GINN : 12th doesn ' t exist out there .
22 12th and 6990 - -
23 MR . DeBRAAL : And if you recall , I don ' t think we
24 have right of way - -
25 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : They said they are
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1 going to pave here .
2 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD . No , it didn ' say
3 pave . That ' s another thing it didn ' t say . It didn ' t
4 say : Pave . Construct . They didn ' t say pave .
5 COMMISSIONER MACHT : - - for rejection is because
6 of the lack of transportation .
7 MR . DeBRAAL : Correct .
8 CHAIRMAN GINN : Is that exi . ing onto 12th Park ,
9 park - - no , that ' s a park area .
10 MR , DeBRAAL : For one of the - -
11 CHAIRMAN GINN : This is it : 100 onto 98t
12 Avenue .
13 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes . This is just a mockup . It ' s
14 a proposal , nothing concrete .
15 CHAIRMAN GINN : No , no , no . That ' s open .
16 MR . DeBRAAL : Where ?
17 CHAIRMAN GINN : Drainage .
18 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Drainage ditch there .
19 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes , storm water retention .
20 CHAIRMAN GINN : So all of it will exit onto 98th
21 Avenue .
22 MR , DeBRAAL : Yes .
23 CHAIRMAN GINN : And so north to 60 to go
24 anywhere .
25 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes . They are proposing that they
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1 would contribute - - And you can pass this around
vftr 2 ( Indicating ) . ( Hands document . ) And they are
3 proposing that they can contribute to any fund
4 established for paving 98th to the south to 4th . I
5 think that was one of your issues that you had as
6 well - -
7 CHAIRMAN GINN : Yeah .
8 MR . DeBRAAL : - - to whether this would be
9 something they would be able to do .
10 CHAIRMAN GINN : We ought to be doing that as a
11 county , and paving 4th Street alp the way through to
12 98th or even - - well , going beyond that . Because
13 then , it ' s on 2nd , urban service area . But that would
14 give us an alternative route all the way out tc the
15 mall . On the south side we have 26th from the north .
16 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : Are they paving
17 98th ? I can ' t tell . If it ' s two - lane already - -
18 MR . DeBRAAL : They would pave 98th .
19 CHAIRMAN GINN : It ' s dirt now .
20 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : It doesn ' t say that .
21 It ' s the next drop .
22 MR . DeBRAAL : I ' m sorry . Constructing atwo - lane
23 section of 98th and 12th Street . They would have to
24 pave to their entrance .
25 CHAIRMAN GINN : And that ' s probably all they
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1 would be required to do .
,, ftop , 2 MR . DeBRAAL : That ' s all they are requirei to do .
3 Now , 98th Avenue there , I think it goes to dir after
4 16th , somewhere in there .
5 CHAIRMAN GINN : It goes to dirt after you have
6 the four manufacturing plants .
7 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : Darren Clark both
8 on paved roads .
9 CHAIRMAN GINN : Ford Wire . What ' s the on
10 that - - the southern most one ? Anyway , there are four
11 there . Float - on trailers is closest to 1500 . And
12 there are three others as well . This is , these are
13 awfully small lots : 6 , 000 square feet .
14 COMMISSIONER MACHT : But the density is capped
15 off and that provides a lot of green space .
16 MR . DeBRAAL : Essentially , what they are coing is
17 splitting the difference . You said no to 6 . They are
18 saying no to 3 . They are saying , We will meet you in
19 the middle at 4 . 5 .
20 Now , where do we go from here and what ca
21 happen ? If you accept the terms of the settlement ,
22 obviously , the things are , you know , recorded as far
23 as the restrictive covenants and matter is conclude .
24 You will have to have a public hearing to go ahead and
25 amend the zoning to the 6 with the deed restrictions
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1 at 4 . 5 .
*MW2 Would they be - - would the petitioners be
3 agreeable to some horse trading as far as different
4 amenities are concerned ? We had initially discussed
5 the possibility of coming in as a PD or something like
6 that and they were resistant to that . So this is the
7 offer that they have made us .
8 CHAIRMAN GINN : Well , I would like to see it come
9 in as a PD because of these small lots . They Eire
10 going to have to show us how they are going to use the
11 free space .
12 But as far as the 4 . 5 units per acre , I think
13 that ' s acceptable because across the street is
14 multifamily and - -
15 COMMISSIONER MACHT : Four has a better ring to
16 it .
17 CHAIRMAN GINN : I ' m concerned more with the
18 design . And I think if it ' s a PD , everything Else I
19 think would be agreeable to me .
20 COMMISSIONER MACHT : They won ' t do a PD .
21 CHAIRMAN GINN : Take it back as this . This is a
22 negotiation time limit .
23 COMMISSIONER MACHT : No . But they said they
24 didn ' t want to do it .
25 MR . DeBRAAL : They have not offered .
NOW
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1 COMMISSIONER MACHT : Oh .
1r 2 MR . DeBRAAL : I , I - - will they do a PD if we
3 make that part of the - - It ' s possible . It ' s quite
4 possible . But what the part of me thinks : That , they
5 don ' t want to go the PD route . Because then , they
6 lock this parcel of property up into a PD , into a
7 certain plan that you approve , that may make i less
8 appealable for sale to someone else down the line .
9 If they want to take this project and flip it , PD
10 might not be the way to go .
11 CHAIRMAN GINN : There is an awful lot of
12 background green .
13 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes .
*0W 14 CHAIRMAN GINN : But I think with those small lots
15 we almost need to require it . Otherwise , we are going
16 to have a small lot subdivision . And it looks like
17 single family homes . This is actually zoned multi .
18 MR . DeBRAAL : They are keeping their options
19 open .
20 COMMISSIONER MACHT : What if we offered them 4 . 5
21 as a PD or 4 as the counter here .
22 MR . DeBRAAL : That would be something that you
23 could do .
24 COMMISSIONER MACHT : It gives them a range of
25 options .
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1 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Sounds like a g100d
2 idea . I would go along with that .
3 MR . DeBRAAL : We would have more control Dver
4 buffering and - -
5 CHAIRMAN GINN : Yes . Which is going to b
6 necessary .
7 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : What was that , Ken
8 COMMISSIONER MACHT : 4 . 5 with a PD or 4 as a - -
9 as they are proposing here .
10 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : I don ' t have a problem
11 with that either .
12 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : For a 70 - foot lot size .
13 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : What did , what ' s his
14 place ? Waterford Lakes off of 12th Street . I that a
15 small lot subdivision right off 12th Street where they
16 have a - - I ' m trying to get - - Is that the right name ?
17 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes , that ' s the right name .
18 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : Is that a PD or - -
19 COMMISSIONER MACHT : No , I think that was a small
20 lot subdivision .
21 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : Those are 60 - foot ?
22 MR . DeBRAAL : It ' s affordable housing , if there
23 is such a thing .
24 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Mcstly affordabl .
25 CHAIRMAN GINN : Well , even , even - - doesn ' t
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1 matter which type of housing . The PD produces a
2 better product . And I think that ' s what we need to
3 aim for here . As a matter of fact , I would like to
4 see all small lot subdivisions gone , if they are not
5 PD . So . . .
6 MR . DeBRAAL : If I might suggest , that , We might
7 go through the six stages that we have here , the six
8 different offers , to see if everybody is , basically ,
9 in agreement with this : Reduce the requested censity
10 from 6 units per acre to 4 . 5 units per acre . Is
11 everyone - -
12 CHAIRMAN GINN : Acceptable if , if - -
13 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : As a PD .
'%W 14 CHAIRMAN GINN : - - as a PD .
15 MR , DeBRAAL : Okay .
16 CHAIRMAN GINN : And you are going to want these
17 back , aren ' t you ?
18 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes , I am . You can mark on them .
19 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Arid 4 is a subdivision .
20 CHAIRMAN GINN : Yes .
21 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : I would like to change
22 Item 2 to say instead of a 60 - foot minimum lot ize to
23 70 . That sounds small . Might be on both of th m .
24 MR . DeBRAAL : 70 - foot minimum . As far as ,
25 anything else as far as the square footage ? Leave it
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1 as 6 , 000 ?
*44W 2 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : No . That would be
3 7 , 000 .
4 MR . DeBRAAL : Okay . It will have to go to 7 .
5 Constructing a two - lane section of 98th Avenue and
6 12th Street to the project entrance .
7 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Power point
8 construction . Does that mean pa -Jing or not paving ?
9 CHAIRMAN GINN : A two - lane paved section . Just
10 put paved in there . And that has to come up tc the
11 County ' s standards . I mean , I . I assume - - I tean ,
12 when they come in for a permit that that would be - -
13 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : Where is the project
14 entrance on 12th ?
15 MR . DeBRAAL : It ' s not there .
16 CHAIRMAN GINN : There is no - -
17 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : So how do we know
18 how far they are going to go ?
19 CHAIRMAN GINN : Well , this is 12th ( Indicating ) .
20 I ' m sorry . I am - -
21 MR . DeBRAAL : That ' s okay .
22 CHAIRMAN GINN : - - I ' m thinking of 98th Avenue .
23 MR . DeBRAAL : Which is fine . They are going to
24 have to go ahead and pave 98th to their project
25 entrance on 12th .
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1 CHAIRMAN GINN : Well , they may end up with an
2 entrance on 12th , 12th Street as well .
3 MR , DeBRAAL : Yes ,
4 CHAIRMAN GINN : And if that ' s the case , they will
5 have to pave to that entrance .
6 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes ,
7 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : Do they need any
8 right of way on 12th , do you know ?
9 MR . DeBRAAL : There is none on the offer .
10 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD . There ' s no right of
11 way if we need it on 12th ?
12 MR . DeBRAAL : From my understanding and from what
13 the record reveals , there is no right of way purchase .
vftw 14 It ' s not even a - - I don ' t even know if you can call
15 it a " paper " street . Because I think a " paper " street
16 would indicate there is some right of way that ' s been
17 purchased . Here , it ' s just block and lane .
18 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Then , what are they
19 going to pave ?
20 MR . DeBRAAL : It would be private , as it stands
21 now . Because there ' s no agreement as far as
22 dedication - -
23 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : You said it was a
24 " paper " street .
25 MR , DeBRAAL : I don ' t even think it ' s that . It ' s
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1 simply where 12th Street would line up if it w re
`ftpe 2 extended , that ' s all .
3 COMMISSIONER MACHT : Well , this agreement puts
4 the onus on them for providing the right of way out of
5 their own resources .
6 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : Uh - huh .
7 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Looks like if you pave
8 it you own the right of way .
9 MR . DeBRAAL : Very well .
10 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : No . 3 is saying that .
11 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : It doesn ' t say they
12 are going to give us the right of way .
13 MR . DeBRAAL : But we can make sure that they do
14 that ,
15 CHAIRMAN GINN : Put right of way in there ,
16 contribution will be necessary to the County for right
17 of way . Have you ever done , like , No . 5 on a pro rata
18 basis ?
19 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAIRD : Yes .
20 CHAIRMAN GINN : We have , Joe ?
21 MR . DeBRAAL : Any special assessment for
22 east / west , that would be the - -
23 COMMISSIONER LOWTHER : Actually , for the r cord
24 there are only five categories . We missed No . 4 .
25 MR . DeBRAAL : Yes . I just saw that .
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1 CHAIRMAN GINN : Oh , okay .
*MW 2 MR . DeBRAAL : Just for the record , the court
3 reporter ' s benefit , and for the record , there is
4 Item 1 2 , 3 . We have discussed those . Then , No , 4 is
5 skipped . And so now we are talking about No . .
6 ( Reading ) The Applicant will agree to
7 participate on a pro rata basis on any
8 special assessments for the construction of
9 an alternative east / west road at 4th Street ,
10 based upon the anticipated traffic on 4th
11 Street from the Applicant ' s development .
12 Now , my concern with this language is the last
13 part of that sentence : Based upon the anticipated
14 traffic on 4th from the Applicant ' s development .
15 Because it is , now it ' s dirt . I don ' t know ho much
16 traffic will be generated on a dirt road . I think the
17 first part of the sentence is fine .
18 CHAIRMAN GINN : But it does say anticipated , so
19 we can assume - -
20 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : The engineers can tell
21 us .
22 CHAIRMAN GINN : Yeah . If it were built , you
23 know , we will know how many trips per day are a signed
24 based on the number of single family homes and
25 multifamily . We can figure that one out .
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1 But that is quite a ways from their development
*, 2 down to 4th Street . And , boy , I want to get that
3 paved in the worse way . Anyway . . .
4 MR . DeBRAAL : And No . 6 would be just the
5 establishment of the declaration as to covenan s . If
6 you would go PD , obviously , with the 4 . 5 density on
7 it , you would not need any restrictive covenants , You
8 would be , in effect , making that a zoning
9 classification .
10 If they go the 4 . 0 , we would have the den ity as
11 a subdivision . We would have to record the covenants
12 and restrictions .
13 COMMISSIONER MACHT : Covenants . And that becomes
14 very much a civil matter , doesn ' t it , when the
15 violation occurs ? Are they - - who are the cov pants
16 with , I guess ?
17 MR . DeBRAAL : They would be structured to run
18 with us , us being the County . That way if they would
19 need to be changed at any point , that would be at the
20 discretion of the Board .
21 CHAIRMAN GINN : Well , I think it should go with
22 the land and the homeowners . In the final when it ' s
23 built out , they have a homeowners ' association and so
24 forth and if it goes with the land , then , it ' s binding
25 on any subsequent buyer . And I would rather ta4ce us
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1 out of the equation .
2 MR . DeBRAAL : My , my - - I agree with your
3 statement . My point being , I think that it would
4 benefit us , in being the County , benefit the County or
5 give the County the ability to change it at some point
6 in time for whatever purposes : Rezoning to commercial
7 or something like that . Who knows what events might
8 occur fifty years down the road . We don ' t want it to
9 lock this piece of property up forever and ever .
10 COMMISSIONER MACHT : You know , all that i
11 avoidable if they accepted the PD offer . And think
12 half a unit an acre would be of considerable value to
13 them . And maybe they will , maybe that will get them
1%W 14 to accept the PD ; and we won ' t have to fool around
15 this , with this .
16 CHAIRMAN GINN : Yes .
17 MR , DeBRAAL : Very well .
18 CHAIRMAN GINN : Have we all come to some
19 consensus on this ?
20 MR . DeBRAAL : Just so that you understand the
21 progression of the lawsuit , they have requested an
22 oral argument on both of the cases , usually tak s
23 about a year before the case would be resolved .
24 The earliest that I would see this winding its
25 way through the courts and being completed with a
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1 written opinion from the three circuit judges would be
2 early part of next year .
3 Do we have a good chance at winning this ? Good
4 chance ? No . No chance at all ? No . I feel c nfident
5 in making the arguments . But I can ' t really g ' ve you
6 50 / 50 or less chances . So I think this would be a
7 good settlement .
8 CHAIRMAN GINN : I do too .
9 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : We approved something
10 similar just right next - door almost .
11 CHAIRMAN GINN : Across the street .
12 MR . DeBRAAL : So if you will go ahead and give me
13 the papers back . I feel like a . eacher collecting
"r✓ 14 here .
15 ( Board Members hand documents . )
16 CHAIRMAN GINN : We can ' t take a motion here ?
17 MR . DeBRAAL : No . We will reconvene . And I
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20 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : Right .
21 MR . DeBRAAL : Very well .
22 COMMISSIONER MACHT : Without saying what those
23 lines are ?
24 MR . DeBRAAL : Correct .
25 VICE - CHAIRMAN NEUBERGER : We have to call eople
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6 I , GREGORY CAMPBELL , Notary Public of the State
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