HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/6/1969FRIDAY, JUNE 6, r969
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida met in special session on Friday,June 6, 1969 at the
Courthouse, Vero Beach, Florida at 10:00 o'clock A.°M. Present
were Jack U. Dritenbas, Chairman; Richard P. Bogosian, Vice Chair-
man; D. B.'McCullers, Jr.; Alma Lee Loy and Edward J. Massey.
Also present were Jack G. Jennings, County Administrator; Sherman
N. Smith, Jr., County Attorney; and Alfred H. Webber and Janet N.
Turpan, Deputy Clerks.
Also present were Ney Landrum, Executive Director of the
°Florida Outdoor Recreational Development Council; N. E. Miller,
Executive Director of the Florida. Board of Parks; and Harry Goode,
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and other members of the
Sebastian Inlet District.
The Chairman called the meeting to order and explained that
the purpose of the meeting was to discuss State acquisition of the
Sebastian Inlet Park. A tentative plan for the park was presented
by the State.
After considerable discussion a Motion was made by Commissioner
Bogosian, seconded by Commissioner Loy and unanimously carried that '
as a result of the discussions had at this meeting between this Board,.
representatives of the Sebastian Inlet District, the Florida Outdoor
Recreational Council, and the State Park Board, it has been tentatively
determined, subject to development of final plans and the adoption of a
formal agreement, that this Board looks with favor on the over-all
general tentative plan for development by the State of the Sebastian
State Park. This Board makes the following suggestions with respect
to the proposed plan of development, to -wit:
1. By reference to an agreement of July 10, 1964, later
supplemented and recorded respectively in Official Record Book 219,
page 769; and Official Record Book 219, page 781, in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, it will be
noted that there is a 145 foot•strip of land adjacent to Se -s an
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Inlet and shown on a map of a survey prepared by B. H. Mashburn
dated June 16, 1964. The agreement specifically details the uses
and purposes to which this 145 -foot strip can be used, which is in
general the right of the Inlet District to use the 75 -feet adjacent
to the Inlet for Inlet purposes, and the remaining 70 feet for use
by the County as a public road. These uses should be preserved for
these purposes.
2. The westernmost part of the area shown on the.Mashburn survey
which is commonly referred to as the sandspit area, is owhed by the
County to be used by the public for park and recreational purposes
and by \the Inlet District for Inlet purposes. This area should be held,
retained and used for those purposes as a part of the over-all plan of
the State Park,'but it should not be within a confined and restricted
campground or other area, but rather, it and the 145 foot strip mentioned
above should be primarily for public access to the Inlet, with boat
launching sites on the south side of the area, picnic tables and general
public°recreational purposes. Consideration should be given to
establishing public camping grounds under controlled conditions in other
areas.
3. In the event the State acquired the property commonly known
as the Proux property located to the east of the 145 -foot strip mentioned
above, then the State should dedicate an extension of the 145 -foot strip
to the Atlantic Ocean to be used for the same purposes as the 145 -foot
strip now existing. In the event this is done, then in exchange for
that, the County would abandon its right to an 80 -foot right-of-way for
public road access to the Inlet which was to be located within a 400 -foot
strip shown on the. Mashburn survey, so that thereafter public access
would be via A -1-A right-of-way to the 145 -foot strip... This would mean
that the Inlet District and the State could negotiate the location of
the easement to the Inlet District for location of a pipeline extending
from the Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean to permit discharge of spoil
through the pipeline to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. The County, the Inlet District and the State Park Board would
enter into a management agreement placing general control and management
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of the entire area under the supervision of the State Park Board,
with the understanding that the 145 -foot strip and the sandspit
area would be available to the general public continously without
charge, and subject only to reasonable regulations relating to
public health, welfare and police regulations.
It is contemplated that all of this would be formalized in an
agreement between all of the parties, and after completion of the
contemplated facilities by the State, the County would discontinue
its maintenance of the public park facilities and camping facilities,
and agree to the maintenance and management of all of the area by
the State.
There being no further business, on Motion made, seconded and
carried the Board then adjourned at 10:20 o'clock A. M.
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