HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/9/1976WEDNESDAY,. JUNE 9, 1976
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA,
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1976, AT 8:38 O'CLOCK A. M. PRESENT WERE WI�LARD
W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN; WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR., VICE—CHAIRMAN;
..' ALMA LEE Loy, AND EDWARD J. MASSEY, ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS,
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR, GEORGE
G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; JACK
HOCKMAN, FINANCE OFFICER, AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK.- THE
CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT COMMISSIONER ED14IN S. SCHMUCKER, WHO HAS BEEN
ILL, 14ILL BE PRESENT LATER IN THE MORNING.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
_ COMMISSIONER LOY LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG,
'! AND THE REVEREND 0. R. FOSTER OF THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE
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THE INVOCATION.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT DUE TO ILLNESS IN THE
i PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND SOME LAST MINUTE CORRESPONDENCE THAT REQUIRES
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, HE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD'S CONCURRENCE THAT THE
` FOLLOWING ITEMS BE ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA:
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1. POLICIES CONCERNING BUDGET OF PROPERTY APPRAISER
koUN Q2. oSl6p$IANDN76gZPPER ST. JOHNS RIVER PROJECTS
DUES
RSSESSMENT FROMRtAST LENTRALNUING t'LORIDASIRICT EGIONALDPLANNING
COUNCIL.
'e 4. APPROVAL OF BILL FROM ADII EY ASSOCIATES FOR CON ULTING
FEES RE APPLICATION FOR t�OMMUNIIY DEVELOFME:NT rROGRAM
i5. APPROVA OF CONTRACT WITH ADLEY ASSOCIATES FOR ENVIRON—
MENTAL WUALITY ANALYSIS
6. CANCELLATION OF INSURANCE FOR GIFFORD JAYCEE BUILDING
THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT IN ADDITION TO THESE ITEMS, HE
FEELS IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY
RECEIVE A REPORT OF THE FEELINGS OF THE COMMISSION IN REGARD TO THE
PROGRESS BEING MADE ON A SECOND BRIDGE FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy,'SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE VOTED IN FAVOR, THE
BOARD APPROVED THE ITEMS JUST OUTLINED BY THE CHAIRMAN BEING ADDED
TO THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF .TUNE 9, 1976♦
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED THAT ITEM 3 (A REQUEST BY THE
STATE ATTORNEY FOR RENOVATION OF HIS OFFICE IN THE COURTHOUSE) HAS BEEN
WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF ROBERT STONE, STATE ATTORNEY, CHAIRMAN
SIEBERT ALSO WITHDREW ITEM (A) UNDER HIS MATTERS RE RECOMMENDING AN
APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT,
THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS
TO THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 191 1976,
COMMISSIONER WODTKE REQUESTED THAT ON PAGE 211, THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, "COMMISSIONER
WODTKE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD COPIES OF THE MINUTES OF THE FIRE
STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN INDIAN RIVER SHORES ON MAY 12TH," ,
COMMISSIONER LOY REQUESTED THAT THE DATE IN THE PARAGRAPH ON
PAGE 26 BE CORRECTED TO READ "DECEMBER 3, 1975" INSTEAD OF DECEMBER 131
1975,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT ON PAGE 1, THE PHRASE "THESE
CORRECTIONS HAVING BEEN MADE" BE INSERTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST
PARAGRAPH, a
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT ON PAGE 22, LAST PARAGRAPH,
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE ADDED AS THE SECOND SENTENCE: "NEITHER THE
COMMISSIONERS NOR THE ATTORNEY HAVE POSSESSION OF THE DOCUMENTS IN
QUESTION,
THESE CORRECTIONS HAVING BEEN MADE, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER
WODTIfE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER
Loy VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
MEETING OF MAY 19, 1976, AS WRITTEN,
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THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS
` TO THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 19, 1976.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER Loy VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD
APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING-OF MAY 19, 1976, AS WRITTEN.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REPORTED ON THE MEETING WITH THE D.U.T. IN
REGARD TO A SECOND BRIDGE FOR THE COUNTY WHICH HE ATTENDED IN FORT LAUD-
ERDALE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AND ATTORNEY COLLINS$ HE STATED THAT THE D.U.T. MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT
IF THIS PROJECT DID NOT HAVE TOTAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE D.U.T. WAS
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READY-TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR THE 17TH STREET BRIDGE TO SOME OTHER
PROJECT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. FROM THE LEGAL STANDPOINT, THE ATTORNEYS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT FELT QUITE CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNTY WAS NOT LEGALLY
OBLIGATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE RELOCATION OF THE
UTILITIES ON OR OFF THE PROPOSED BRIDGE SITE. HOWEVER, FROM A PRACTICAL
STANDPOINT, INDETERMINATE DELAYS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF THESE FUNDS,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT VERO BEACH CITY OFFICIALS
WERE CONVINCING IN THEIR ARGUMENT THAT, WITH THEIR CURRENT OBLIGATIONS.
THEY WOULD BE UNABLE AT THIS TIME TO COPE WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RE-
LOCATION THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE REQUIRED ON THE THREE PENDING PROJECTS
)THE BRIDGE, INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD, AND THE TWIN PAIRS) WHICH THEY
ESTIMATED COULD EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THE CITY PROPOSED THAT IN
RETURN FOR THE DEEDING OF THE.PROPERTY AT 17TH STREET THE COUNTY AGREE
TO PICK UP THE COSTS OF THE RELQCATIOM'OF ALL UTILITY AND POWER PLANT
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RELATED FUNCTIONS ON THE 17TH STREET SITE AND THE RELOCATION OF OTHER
UTILITIES, AND, IN PARTICULAR, AT THE INTERSECTION OF 17TH STREET AND
:i U..S. HIGHWAY 1, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE AREA THE COUNTY WOULD NORMALLY
HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR. THEIR ORIGINAL. PROPOSAL INCLUDED A REQUEST.
THAT THE COUNTY REIMBURSE THE.CITY FOR THE MARKETABLE VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY. THE COUNTY CAME BACK WITH A COUNTER-PROPOSAL
THAT THE RELOCATION COSTS FOR THE WATER AND SEWER IN THE AMOUNT OF
$200,000 AND THE ELECTRICAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $160,000 BE PAID FOR OUT
OF THE COUNTY'S SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN
THE DESIGN WORK COMES BACK FROM THE D.O.T. AND THE CONTRACTS ARE LET
THAT THIS FIGURE NOT EXCEED THE GENERAL AREA OF $390,000.00.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FIRMLY BELIEVES THE ONLY WAY
i WE ARE EVER GOING TO HAVE THE BRIDGE AT 17TH STREET IS THROUGH COOPERATION
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BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT REACH SOME AGREEMENT,
WE ARE FACED WITH SOME KIND OF COURT ACTION, AND EVERYONE WILL BE THE
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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ENTERED THE MEETING AT 8:55 O'CLOCK A.M.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT THE CITY SUGGESTED WE ESTABLISH
PRIORITIES ON THE THREE PROJECTS, AND WE AFFIRMED'THAT THE BRIDGE IS THE
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FIRST PRIORITY, INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD IS SECOND, AND IF IT BECOMES
NECESSARY TO DEFER SOMETHING, WE WOULD DEFER THE TWIN—PAIRS, BUT ONLY
IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY,
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE CONCURRED WITH THE
CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS 100%.
THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT THERE WERE SOME POTENTIAL LEGAL PROB—
LEMS INVOLVED IN THE PICKING UP OF RELOCATION COSTS OF ANY AREAS OTHER
�. THAN 'THOSE OWNED BY THE CITY AND ASKED FOR ATTORNEY COLLIN'S COMMENTS.
ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT WAS THE CONSENSUS
! OF THE D.O.T. COUNSEL, CITY ATTORNEY CORDISCO AND HIMSELF THAT THE MAJOR
;y HURDLE COULD BE OVERCOME. HE STATED 'HE WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASISE THAT THE
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THREE PROJECTS WERE VERY DISTINCTLY SEPARATED AT THE MEETING SO THAT THE
=_I REQUIREMENT THAT THE COUNTY PARTICIPATE IN ALL THREE PROJECTS IS NO LONGER
IN QUESTION.
'i THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RISK INHERENT IN GAMBLING
WITH THE TWIN—PAIRS, BUT IT WAS AGREED THAT THE BRIDGE IS AND HAS BEEN
FOR A LONG TIME THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE OVERALL GOOD OF THE
COMMUNITY.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT IT SHOULD BE FULLY UNDER—
STOOD THAT VIE ARE .ASSUMING MORE THAN THE D.O.T FELT WAS OUR LEGAL RE—
SPONSIBILITY.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY
AND NOTED THAT THE CITY ORIGINALLY PLACED THE POWER PLANT IN THIS
LOCATION AGAINST THEIR ADVISERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND WITH THE FULL
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BRIDGE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE BUILT THERE AND KNEW
THE COSTS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. HE CONTINUED THAT HE FEELS IT IS
A SHAME THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO STEP IN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A TEN
MILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE, AND IT SEEMS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL EVER
GET IT. HE NOTED THAT THE D.O.T.WILL BE DOING THE DESIGN FOR THE RE—
LOCATION OF THE UTILITIES AND ASKED IF THEY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON THIS RELOCATION BASED UPON ACCEPTANCE BY THE -CITY AS,
HE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WE ARE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO
TURN DOWN ANY "CADILLAC" FIGURES AND ALSO NOTED IT WILL BE PUT UP FOR
BIDS. IF THE DESIGN IS TOO ELABORATE OR THE BID IS UNACCEPTABLE,
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RECONSIDER THE COUNTY IS PARTICIPATION.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED HOW SPENDING THE AMOUNT OF $390,000
ON THIS RELOCATION WOULD AFFECT OUR SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS,
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ANSWERED THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY APPROXI—
MATELY-$900,000
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MATELY5900,000 IN A SECONDARY ROAD FUND TRUST ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS SET UP
IN ANTICIPATION OF THESE PROJECTS COMING UP. WE ALSO WILL HAVE ANOTHER
$400,000 OR BETTER COMING TO US IN THE NEXT BUDGET. IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT
IF YOU TAKE THIS MONEY AND USE IT, SOME PROJECT DOWN THE LINE WILL HAVE TO
.BE HELD UP. HE COMPLIMENTED THE BOARD`SAYING THAT IT IS DUE TO THEIR
CONSERVATIVE AND PRACTICAL APPROACH OVER THE YEARS THAT THIS MONEY IS NOW
AVAILABLE TO BE USED. HE CONTINUED THAT IT WILL NOT STOP ROAD PROGRESS,
BUT THERE WILL BE THAT MUCH LESS MONEY TO USE_ON OTHER PROJECTS.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM THE JOINT MEETING
OF JUNE 4TH BETWEEN THE D.O.T. AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY OFFICIALS I.E., THAT THE RELOCATION COSTS FOR THE WATER
AND SEWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 AND THE ELECTRICAL IN THE AMOUNT OF
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY
AND NOTED THAT THE CITY ORIGINALLY PLACED THE POWER PLANT IN THIS
LOCATION AGAINST THEIR ADVISERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND WITH THE FULL
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BRIDGE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE BUILT THERE AND KNEW
THE COSTS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. HE CONTINUED THAT HE FEELS IT IS
A SHAME THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO STEP IN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT A TEN
MILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE, AND IT SEEMS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL EVER
GET IT. HE NOTED THAT THE D.O.T.WILL BE DOING THE DESIGN FOR THE RE—
LOCATION OF THE UTILITIES AND ASKED IF THEY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON THIS RELOCATION BASED UPON ACCEPTANCE BY THE -CITY AS,
HE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WE ARE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO
TURN DOWN ANY "CADILLAC" FIGURES AND ALSO NOTED IT WILL BE PUT UP FOR
BIDS. IF THE DESIGN IS TOO ELABORATE OR THE BID IS UNACCEPTABLE,
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RECONSIDER THE COUNTY IS PARTICIPATION.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED HOW SPENDING THE AMOUNT OF $390,000
ON THIS RELOCATION WOULD AFFECT OUR SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS,
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ANSWERED THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY APPROXI—
MATELY-$900,000
PPROXI—
MATELY5900,000 IN A SECONDARY ROAD FUND TRUST ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS SET UP
IN ANTICIPATION OF THESE PROJECTS COMING UP. WE ALSO WILL HAVE ANOTHER
$400,000 OR BETTER COMING TO US IN THE NEXT BUDGET. IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT
IF YOU TAKE THIS MONEY AND USE IT, SOME PROJECT DOWN THE LINE WILL HAVE TO
.BE HELD UP. HE COMPLIMENTED THE BOARD`SAYING THAT IT IS DUE TO THEIR
CONSERVATIVE AND PRACTICAL APPROACH OVER THE YEARS THAT THIS MONEY IS NOW
AVAILABLE TO BE USED. HE CONTINUED THAT IT WILL NOT STOP ROAD PROGRESS,
BUT THERE WILL BE THAT MUCH LESS MONEY TO USE_ON OTHER PROJECTS.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM THE JOINT MEETING
OF JUNE 4TH BETWEEN THE D.O.T. AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY OFFICIALS I.E., THAT THE RELOCATION COSTS FOR THE WATER
AND SEWER IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 AND THE ELECTRICAL IN THE AMOUNT OF
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$160,000 BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE COUNTY SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS, PROVIDED
THAT WHEN THE DESIGN WORK -COMES BACK FROM THE D.O.T. AND THE CONTRACTS
ARE LET, THIS FIGURETNOT EXCEED THE GENERAL AREA OF $390,000) AND TO
AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR WORKING WITH ATTORNEY COLLINS, TO NOTIFY THE
D.O.T. THAT THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE APPROACH.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS THERE IS SOME LIABILITY
FOR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO SHARE AT LEAST PART OF THE COST, ESPECIALLY
SINCE THE UTILITIES ARE A PROFIT-MAKING VENTURE, HE CONTINUED THAT HE
-CANNOT FEEL IT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY 100% OF THE COST
OF THE RELOCATION, ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE BRIDGE.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT HE AGREED, BUT FELT WE WANT
TO SEE.THIS MATTER SETTLED. -
COMMISSIONER MASSEY POINTED OUT THAT FOR YEARS THE CITY OF
VERO BEACH HAS BEEN CHARGING EXCESS FEES FOR UTILITIES OUTSIDE CITY
LIMITS AND NOW THEY WANT THESE SAME PEOPLE TO PAY FOR MOVING THEIR LINES,
ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT LEGALLY THE CITY'S STAND IS THAT
THEY NEED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE CORRIDOR, AND THEY ARE NOW GIVING UP
ON THAT POSITION TO FURTHER ALONG THE BRIDGE SO'THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME
GIVE AND TAKE ON EACH SIDE.
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COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT THIS BOARD HAS ALWAYS DONE EVERY-
THING THEY CAN TO FURTHER THE BRIDGE. WE MUST HAVE A BRIDGE, AND SHE
FEELS THAT THE CHAIRMAN, ADMINISTRATOR AND ATTORNEY COLLINS HAVE COME
BACK WITH AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT IT IS A BREAKTHROUGH, BUT
STATED HE WILL VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION BECAUSE HE CANNOT AGREE ABOUT
ASSUMING 100% OF THE COST EVEN -'THOUGH HE AGREES WE MUST HAVE A BRIDGE.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY SYMPATHIZED
WITH COMMISSIONER WODTKE'S VIEWS, BUT WHEN YOU REFLECT THAT A TEN MILLION
DOLLAR BRIDGE IS AT STAKE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE DISCUSSING BOILS
i'.{ DOWN TO A SMALLER CONSIDERATION.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DISLIKES EVER TRYING TO
CHANGE A COMMISSIONER`S MIND, BUT HE FEELS IN THIS INSTANCE IF THERE IS
NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE, HE IS AFRAID THE D.O.T. WILL WONDER HOW UNITED WE
ARE IN OUR CONCERN,
COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WILL GO WITH THE MAJORITY
VOTE, AND IF THE MOTION CARRIES, HE WILL WITHDRAW HIS NEGATIVE VOTE,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS Loy,
MASSEY, SCHMUCKER AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE VOTED IN OPPOSITION. THE MOTION CARRIED.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE:ASKED THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT HE
WISHES TO CHANGE HIS VOTE TO THE AFFIRMATIVE TO SHOW THAT THE COMMISSION
IS TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AT THIS TIME,
HE STATED THAT HIS NEGATIVE VOTE HAD BEEN MADE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HIS
CONCERN ABOUT THE COUNTY PAYING THE TOTAL COST OF THE RELOCATION.
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MR. AND MRS. CLIFF CORRELL APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IN
REGARD TO PROVIDING A NON -EMERGENCY AMBULANCE TRANSFER SERVICE IN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.
MR. CORRELL STATED THAT THEY OWN AND OPERATE THE C & J
AMBULANCE TRANSFER SERVICE, IND., WHICH AT PRESENT SERVES ST, LUCIE
AND MARTIN COUNTIES, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
FOR OUT -OF -COUNTY TRANSPORT. HE STATED THEY COULD NOT SERVE INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY ON A LOCAL BASIS BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BASE
LOCATED 'THERE WHICH THEY CANNOT FINANCIALLY AFFORD AT THIS TIME. MR.
CORRELL STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR A SUBSIDY AND NOTED THAT
THE ONLY THING MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES ARE PICKING UP ARE THE
INDIGENT BILLS,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED THAT THEY CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
"INDIGENT" AND ItUNCOLLECTABLE."
MRS. CORRELL ANSWERED THAT SHE RELYS ON THE COUNTY TO HELP HER
PROVE A PERSON IS INDIGENT. IT TAKES A LOT OF INVESTIGATING, AND IF
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THEY FIND NO MEDICAID, NO WELFARE, ETC., AND THEY FIND ONE THEY FEEL
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MR. CORRELL STATED THAT WHEN MEDICAID WON'T PAY, THEY TRY TO
COLLECT FROM THE FAMILY, EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES, AND EVEN GO DOOR—KNOCKING,
HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE MANY TRIPS TO LANTANA, AND THESE ARE TRUE
INDIGENTS, BUT HE CONTINUED THAT THE TRULY UNCOLLECTABLES ARE THEIR
PROBLEM.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED WHO IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVING
THE PATIENT INDIGENT?
MR, CORRELL REPLIED THAT THE COUNTY DOES THIS UPON RECOMMEND—
ATION OF THE WELFARE OFFICE.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE CORRELL°S HANDLED ONLY NON'
EMERGENCIES,
MR. CORRELL INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE STATE REQUIRES THEIR
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HAVE TRAINED PERSONNEL AND ARE LICENSED TO PICK UP LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES
BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO CARRY EMERGENCIES EXCEPT ON A PICK-UP BASIS WHERE
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THEY TRANSPORT THEM FROM A HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER FACILITY OUT OF THE COUNTY,
HE REITERATED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO INTERFERE IN THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
SERVICE AS THEIR WHOLE SERVICE IS MEANT TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR LOCAL
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EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GO OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE DISTRICT.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE CORRELLS FELT THEY COULD
COLLECT 75% OF THEIR RECEIVABLES.
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MRS. CORRELL STATED THAT THEY COULD AND NOTED THAT THE
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PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INDIGENT RUNS WAS NOT VERY HIGH,
COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED IF THEIR FEES WERE THE SAME FOR
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ALL, INCLUDING THE INDIGENTS.
MRS. CORRELL SAID THEY WERE, EXCEPT FOR MEDICAID WHICH HAS
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. SHE STATED THAT A RUN FROM FORT PIERCE TO LANTANA
WAS A FLAT FEE OF $75.00 AND TO MELBOURNE FROM FORT PIERCE $100.00.
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THEIR FEES ARE $1.50 PER MILE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, PLUS A $35.00 BASE.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF THEY OPERATE IN THIS
COUNTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER A FRANCHISE AND THE RATES
WOULD BE SPELLED OUT IN THE FRANCHISE.
MR. CORRELL STATED THAT ALL THEY HAVE WITH MARTIN AND ST.
LUCIE COUNTIES IS A CERTIFICATE OF NEED.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON WHETHER THIS WOULD BE AN EXCLUSIVE
OR NON—EXCLUSIVE SET UP, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT WHEN A CERTIFICATE
OF NEED IS ISSUED, THEN YOU HAVE TO PROVE A NEED BEFORE ANOTHER ONE CAN
BE ISSUED.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED MR. & MRS. CORRELL TO PROVIDE
ATTORNEY COLLINS WITH THEIR RATE SCHEDULE SO HE CAN DRAFT AN APPROPRIATE
FRANCHISE AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE CORRELLS TO REVIEW IT.
THE HOUR OF lO:OO O'CLOCK A. M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY
CLERK -READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED,TO—WIT:
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VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL
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Published Weekly t
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr, who on oath
says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Beach Press -Journal, a weekly newspaper published
at Vero Beach in Indian River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
a
In the Court, was pub-
lished in said newspaper in the issues of 'e
Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press -Journal is a newspaper published at
Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore
been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered
as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida
for a period of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver-
tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
tisement for publication in the said newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
(Business Manager)
(Clerk of th ircuit Court, Indian River County, Florida)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board
of County Commissioners of Indian River
county, Florida, velli hold a public hearing on
June 9,1976, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. at the Indian
River County Courthouse, Vero Beach,
Florida, to consider the adoption of an
Ordinance of Indian River County, Florida,
designating and establishing the Indian
River County Zoninq Commission as Its
Local Planning Agency pursuant to the
Local Government Comprehensive
Planning Act of 197s, setting forth said
Agency's organization, rules and
procedures; requiring that all meetings be
public and providing for the keeping of
public records; providing for financial
support; providing for severabilitY of any _
portion declared Invalid; repealing all
Ordinances in, conflict therewith; and
providing for an effective date thereof. 1
Board of county Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida
By:-s•Willard W Siebert Jr
Chairman
May, 16, 1976.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD.
ATTORNEY .JERRY KRAMER APPEARED REPRESENTING THE VERO BEACH
CIVIC ASSOCIATION,, AND NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE THE
COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION AS ITS LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY IS MERELY A
MECHANICAL ORDINANCE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT. HE
INVITED THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SECTION 8 OF THE ACT
CALLS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESSES
AND DUE PUBLIC NOTICE. HE NOTED IT SAYS THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL DO
THIS, BUT BASICALLY THE COUNTY IS, IN EFFECT, DELEGATING THE REQUIREMENTS
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OF THAT SECTION TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. MR. KRAMER SUGGESTED THAT
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A SECTION BE INSERTED BETWEEN SECTIONS 6 AND % OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE
PROVIDING' THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION S OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING ACT BE DELEGATED TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE
WORDS "GOVERNING BODY" BE CHANGED TO READ "ZONING COMMISSION.`
ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTE RESTS WITH THE DIRECTORS OF THE DELEGATED BODY.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS PREPARED ACCORDING TO RECOM—
MENDED GUIDELINES BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND IT PROVIDES THAT THERE
SHALL BE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS, AND HE, THEREFORE, DOES
NOT FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES SUGGESTED BY MR, KRAMER.
ATTORNEY KRAMER CONTINUED THAT IF YOU DON'T MAKE SURE THAT THE
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LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY COMPLIES WITH SECTION S, YOU`ARE LEAVING YOURSELF
.OPEN TO AN ARGUMENT WHEN THEY COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND SOME
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FEELS THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS REITERATED THAT
HE FELT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE COVERS THIS EVENTUALITY,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO
HAVING THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT IT BE 'UNDERSTOOD BY THE INDIAN DIVER
ZONING COMMISSION THAT THEY ARE GOVERNED BY THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING ACT OF 1975 INCLUDING SECTION S THEREOF.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE
WISHED TO BE HEARD, NO ONE DID,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY: ADOPTED ORDINANCE N0. 76-10, AS
DRAWN BY ATTORNEY COLLINS, PURSUANT TO.THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT
OF 1975.
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ORDINANCE NO. 76-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER, FLORIDA,
DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
ZONING COMMISSION AS ITS LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY PURSUANT
TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT OF
1975 (Chapters 163.3161 - 163.3211, Florida Statutes);
SETTING FORTH SAID AGENCY'S ORGANIZATION, RULES AND
PROCEDURES; REQUIRING THAT ALL MEETINGS BE PUBLIC AND
PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF PUBLIC RECORDS; PROVIDING
FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF
ANY PORTION DECLARED INVALID; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE HEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN
i. RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to and
in accordance with, provisions of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes
(Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975).
Section 2. DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHME14T OF LOCAL LAND PLANNING
AGENCY. Pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 163.3174, of
Florida Statutes, (the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act
of 1975), the INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION is hereby
designated and established as the local planning agency for the
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER, FLORIDA.
Section 3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY.
The local planning agency, in accordance with the Local Government
Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975, Section 163.3161-3211, Florida
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a(a) Conduct the comprehensive planning program and prepare
the comprehensive plan or elements or portions thereof for
i the COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER.
:`. (b) Coordinate said comprehensive plan or elements or portions
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j local governments and the State of Florida;
(c) Recommend said comprehensive plan or elements or portions
thereof to the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for adoption;
and
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(d) Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the
comprehensive plan as may be required from time to time.
Section 4. ORGANIZATION, RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE AGENCY.
Members of the local planning agency shall continue to be appointed
and follow such rules of procedure, methods of choosing officers,
setting of public meetings, providing of financial support, and
° accomplishing its duties as provided in exising INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
Ordinances.
Section 5. PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RECORDS: All meetings of the local
planning agency shall be public meetings and all agency records-!
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Section 6. The COUNTY COMMISSION shall appropriate funds at its,
discretion to the local planning agency for expenses necessary in
the conduct of its work. The local planning agency may, in order
to accomplish the purposes and activities required by the Local
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Government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975, expend all sums
so appropriated and other sums made available for use from fees,`
gifts, state or federal grants, state or federal loans, and other
sources, provided acceptance of loans or grants must be approved by
the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 7. SEVERABILITY. If any word, sentence, phrase, clause`
section or portion of this ordinance shall be held invalid or un-
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.constitutional any court of competent jurisdiction, such portions
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such holding shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions
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Section 8. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.`
All ordinances and resolutions of the governing body in conflict'
herewith are hereby repealed.
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READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO—WIT:
VERO BEACH PRESS—JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Vero E ach, Indian River County, Florida
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
k ,! Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J• Schumann, Jr. who oath
E says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Beach Press -Journal, a weekly newspaper pubbll ished
at Vero Beach in Indian River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
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Bshed in said newspaper in the issues of
Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach
Pres the nal Is a new p p hased heretoforeat
Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and said
been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered
as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida
for a period of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver-
tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver.
tisement for publication in the said newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of A.D. I
(Kus64 Manager)
(Cerk o" thWeircuit CoA, Indian River County, Florida)
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NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board
'Of County _Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, will hold a public hearing on
June9, 1976, at 10:15 o'clock A.M. at the InQlan
River County Courthouse, Vern Beach,
Florida, to consider the adoption of an
Amendment to Indian River County Or.
dinance 73.1, Section 25.1, as Amended by
Indian River County Ordinance 744 an.
titled Walls and Fences, by providing a
maximum height on front yard, side yard
and rear yard fences, prohibiting con.
struction of fences on dedicated pObiic
drainage or utility easement or public
rights-of-way, and providing for a review
by the County Zoning Commission.
Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida
BY:•s-Willard W. Siebert Jr., Chairman
May 16, 1976.
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ROBERT BERG, ASSISTANT COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, MADE A
PRESENTATION. HE NOTED THAT INSTANCES HAVE ARISEN WHERE NEIGHBORS ARE
NOT FAIR WITH EACH OTHER AND SOMETIMES ERECT SPITE FENCES. HE THEN
PRESENTED A DIAGRAM SETTING OUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED: NO FENCES IN
A UTILITY EASEMENT; REAR YARD FENCES NOT TO EXCEED 6" IN HEIGHT; SIDE
YARD FENCES NOT TO EXCEED 5' IN HEIGHT; AND IN THE FRONT YARD NOT TO
EXCEED 3` IN HEIGHT. THEY ARE SUGGESTING TWO—RAIL TYPE FENCES BE USED
IN FRONT YARDS.
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF ANY CONSIDERATION WERE GIVEN TO
A CHAIN—LINK TYPE OF FENCE,
MR, BERG STATED THE FENCE CAN BE ANYTHING EXCEPT BARB WIRE,
WHICH HAS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION,
DISCUSSION AROSE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FENCES INTERFER—
ING WITH FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND PERHAPS CAUSING EROSION OF DRAINAGE
EASEMENTS,
ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT THERE ALWAYS ARE ISOLATED
PROBLEMS, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING WIDER EASEMENTS NOW THAN WE DID IN THE
PAST AND HE FEELS THE MAIN THING IS JUST NOT TO LET ANYTHING BE BUILT
ON THE EASEMENTS,
ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED THAT, AS SUGGESTED BY MR, BERG,.THE
WORD "TO" UNDER SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS BE CHANGED TO READ " BEYOND, °
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD,
THERE WERE NONE t
ON MOTION BY COMMI'SSIONER'WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER'
MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE H0, 76-11 WITH THE
CORRECTION AS SET OUT BY ATTORNEY COLLINS.
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 76-11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
ORDINANCE 73-1, SECTION 25-I, AS AMENDED BY
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE 74-21 ENTITLED
WALLS AND FENCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF IND:TAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that Indian River County
Ordinance 73-1, Section 25-I, as further amended by Indian River
County Ordinance 74-21, is hereby amended as follows:
WALLS AND FENCES
In all districts, except agricultural districts, fences
and walls shall.be as follows:.
FRONT YARD. _
Fences not exceeding 3' in height may be erected
in the front yard. Where the house or part of a
building is erected with a front yard greater than
is required by the Zoning Ordinance, then the 3'
maximum is extended to include all of the area in
front of the house or building.
SIDE YARD
Fences not exceeding 5' in height may be erected
in the required side yard, provided they do not
extend beyond the front of the house or building.
REAR YARD
Fences not exceeding 6' in height may be erected
in the required rear yard, provided that no fence
shall be erected in a utility easement.
Higher fences than listed above, and all barb wire fences,
may be authorized by the Zoning Commission, who shall first deter-
mine that they will be visually compatible in the area where they
are to be located. Fences and walls may not be constructed on or
! over dedicated public drainage or utility easements or public
rights-of-way except in agricultural zoned areas and then only
with the written consent of the public authority holding the ease-
ment or right-of-way.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE'EFFECT ON June 14 , 1976.
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READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO—WIT:
VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr. who on oath
says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Beach Press -Journal, a weekly newspaper published
at Vero Beach in Indidia�n River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
in the matter of
' in the Court was pub -
(fished In said newspaper in the issues of
Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press -Journal is a newspaper published at
Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore
been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered
as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida
for a period of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver-
tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
tisement for publication in the said newspaper. s���
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of _4K_
A.D..-l—��/�.�
(Bus ss Manager)
(SEAL) ( lerk ot4e Circuit Court, Indian River County, Florida)
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board
of County, Floriida, wCommissioners
Indian River
hold a publichearingon
June9,1976, at 10:30 o'clock A.M. at the Indian
River County Courthouse, Vero 'Beach,
Florida, to consider the adoption of an
Amendment to Indian River County Or.
dinance 71.3, Section 18-F by providing an
exception to the 75 foot setback after site
plan approval by the Indian River County
Zoning Commission upon property that
does not abut on a highway or a state road.
Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida
By: -s -Willard W. Siebert Jr.
Chairman
May 16, 1976.
ASSISTANT COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR BERG EXPLAINED THAT THIS
75` SETBACK WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO KEEP BUILDINGS BACK OFF OF PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAD RECENTLY HAD A REQUEST TO PUT A
HOME -TYPE BUSINESS ON A 50r LOT IN A SUBDIVISION, AND WITH A 75` SET-
BACK, THE APPLICANT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD ANYTHING. IN RETROSPECT,
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FEELS WHEN THIS SETBACK WAS ADOPTED, IT WAS ONLY
MEANT TO APPLY TO HIGHWAYS AND ARTERIAL THOROUGHFARES.:
IN DISCUSSION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
75` SETBACK UNDER DISCUSSION TODAY APPLIES ONLY IN B-1 ZONES.
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TO CREATING SPECIAL CATEGORIES WITHIN A CERTAIN ZONE.
MR. BERG NOTED THATINEVERY ZONING YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SETBACKS.
AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TAKES INTO
CONSIDERATION PERMITTING A COMMERCIAL USE IN AN AREA THAT MIGHT NOT
NORMALLY ALLOW COMMERCIAL USES. HE CONTINUED THAT HE COULD SEE NOTHING
WRONG WITH REQUIRING A GREATER SETBACK TO PROTECT HIGHWAY TRAFFIC,
ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM HERE IS
THAT SOME B-1 AREAS FRONT ON HIGHWAYS AND SOME DON'T.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE B-1 PROPERTY DOES NOT FRONT
ON A STATE ROAD, WHAT SETBACK IS REQUIRED?
MR, BERG WAS NOT SUM
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF GETTING A VARIANCE
IN THIS SITUATION OR PERHAPS SETTING UP A B-2 ZONE WITH DIFFERENT SETBACKS.
IT WAS GENERALLY -AGREED THE MATTER NEEDED MORE STUDY.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF -ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO
SPEAK. NO ONE DID.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO ORDI
NANCE 71-3, SECTION 18-F PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION TO THE 75' SETBACK UPON
PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT ABUT ON A HIGHWAY OR A STATE ROAD AND RECOMMENDED
THIS MATTER BE RESUBMITTED TO THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY.
THE HOUR OF 11:00 O'CLOCK A. M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY
CLERK -READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH. PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED,
TO -WIT:
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VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL
Published Weekly
jVero Beach, Indian River County, Florida
I COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr. who on oath
says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Bebch'Press-Journal, a weekly newspaper published
i at Vero Beach
/inIndia?n River
County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
in the , a atter of ✓ /�
in the Court, was pub-
lished in said newspaper in the issues of
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Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press -Journal is a newspaper published at
Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore
been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered
{I as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida
for a period,of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver-
tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
tisement for publication in the said newspaper. /—
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 day
Manager)
Clerk gf-ihe Circuit Court, Indian River County, Florida)
(SEAL)
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Christopher
Ekonomou and Kathryn C. Ekonomou, his
wife, have petitioned the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, requesting said Board to adopt a I
Resolution to vacate, abandon, discontinue and i
close said public street and road described as
follows, to -wit:
That portion of the West 35 feet of 7th
Avenue, according to the plat of SOUTH -
SIDE PARK, recorded in Plat Book 3, page
96, Public Records of Indian River County,
Florida, described as follows:
Beginning a1 a point 662.60 feet West of the
Southeast corner of Lot 6, VERO LAND
COMPANY SUBDIVISION, Plat Book 3,
page 19, Public Records of St. Lucie County
4now, Indian River County) Florida; thence
run South 69 degrees 44' Do,, West 35 feet;
thence run North 0 degrees 06' 00" West
14ces feet; thence run East parallel to the
South line a distance of 35 feet to a point
Which Is 144.68 feet north of the Point of
Beginning; thence run South 0 degrees 06'
00" East, 144.68 feet to .the Point of
Beginning.
and all express or Implied dedications thereon
and resulting therefrom and dIS.IAming any
right of Indian River County and of the public
In and to any land In connection therewith.
Said Board will hold a public hearing thereon
at 11;00 o'clock A.M. on June 9th, 1976, in the
Officeofsald Board In the Courthouse in Indian
River County at Vero Beach, Florida. Persons
Interested may appear and be heard at said
time and place.
Board of County Commissioners
of Indian River County, Florida
By:-s•Willard W. Siebert Jr., Chairman'
May 13, 1976. c�
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STATE. OF F14111DA .
COUM'V OF YIIDIAIJ RIVER
Before rye, the undersigned authority, per::onally appeared
Edwin S. Schmucker, of 610 Nall Street, Hero Beach, Florida, who says:
1. This affidavit is given pursuant to Florida Statues Chapter 112.313
which provides standards of conduct for officers and employees of state
agencies, counties, cities and other political subdivision, legislators and
legislative employees.
2. That I am a duly elected County Commissioner of Indian River County,
Florida, and that in addition to my duties as -County Commissioner, I am a ;
licensed professional engineer in Florida and engage in private practice as° j
"s a consulting engineer.
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the plans for this proposed building project. Christopher Ekonomou is applying
for an abandonment of 35' of right of way on 7th Avenue as related to South
Side Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 36, Indian River County.
4° The decision for this abandonment will be referred to the Board
of County Commissioners for final action on said abandonment at which time
the affiant proposes to abstain from voting because of the above conflict of
interest. ,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 day of , 1976.
EDWIN S. SCJ ;UCKL•'R NOTARY I''iIBLIC, STI�r= of FLORIDA at I.M.G:E
tV commission expires:
Rotary Public, Slate of Florida at Largo
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT THIS ABANDON-
MENT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING OF MAY 5, 1976, AND
MR. EKONOMOU HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ADVERTISE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING,
HAVE THE LEGAL NOTICE PREPARED AND A RESOLUTION PREPARED, ALL OF WHICH
HE HAS DONE,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE MATTER OF BACK TAXES HAD BLEN
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DISCUSSED, AND MR. EKONOMOU HAD AGREED TO PAY THEM.
THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD.
NO ONE DID.
CN'':MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER L.OY VOTED IN FAVOR, THE
BOARD CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER Loy VOTED IN FAVOR, THE
BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 76-38, ABANDONING A PORTION OF 7TH AVENUE
AS REQUESTED BY CHRISTOPHER EKONOMOU.
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WHEREAS, Christopher Ekonomou and Kathryn C. Ekonomou,
his wife, did petition the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, requesting said Board to adopt a Resolution
to vacate, abandon, discontinue and close certain public streets Y
and roads as hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly held by said Board
on June 9, 1976 pursuant to Notice thereof duly published
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in the Vero Beach Press Journal, a newspaper of general circula-
tion in Indian River County, which said publication was had
two weeks prior to the public hearing as required by law; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has duly con-
sidered the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board does find
and determine the following:
1. That this Board has published a Notice of the hearing
on the petition of Christopher Ekonomou and Kathryn C. Ekonomou,
his wife, one time in the Vero Beach Press Journal, a news- }
paper of general circulation in Indian River County, Florida,
said publication being published at least two weeks prior to i.
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2• That the land hereinbelow described is not a part
of the public road and street required by the State of Florida,
by the Federal Government as part.of the State or Federal
Highway system and said portion of the right-of-way as described
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners
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That portion of the West 35 feet of 7th Avenue, accor-
ding to the plat of SOUTH -SIDE PARK, recorded in Plat
Book 3, page 96, Public Records of Indian River County,
Florida, described as follows:
Beginning at a point 662.60 feet West of the Southeast
corner of Lot 6, VERO LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION, Plat
Book 3, page 19, Public Records of St. Lucie County
(now Indian River County) Florida; thence run South 89°
44' 00" West 35 feet; thence run North 0° 06' 00" West
144.88 feet; thence run East parallel to the South line
a distance of 35 feet to a point which is 144.88 feet
north of the Point of Beginning; thence run South 0°
06' 00" East, 144.88 feet to the Point of Beginning.
and that the same be and is hereby vacated, abandoned, discontinued
and closed and that all express or implied dedications thereon
and resulting therefrom are hereby vacated, abandoned, dis-
continued and closed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Notice of the adoption of this
Resolution shall be published once in the Vero Beach Press Journal,
a newspaper of general circulation in Indian River County, Florida,
and proof of publication of the Notice of public hearing, a
certified copy of this Resolution as adopted and proof of the
publication of the Notice of adoption of such Resolution shall.
be recorded in the deed records of Indian River County, Florida,
as required by law.
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I do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution
was duly adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County at its regular meeting on June 9, 1976
RALPH HARRIS
By.
As Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners and Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Indian River
County, Florida.
LAW OFFICES _ PHN A SIMURLAND
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO NOTIFY HOMER
FLETCHER, PROPERTY APPRAISER, THAT MR. EKONOMOU HAS AGREED TO PAY THE
BACK TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN RESOLUTION No. 76-38 AND TO
ASK MR. FLETCHER'S COOPERATION IN PREPARING A BILL FOR THE PROPER AMOUNT,
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER RETURNED TO THE MEETING.
ON MOTION BY'COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE APPLICATION OF ROLAND B. MILLER
FOR A PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE APPLICATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING FOR
RENEWAL PERMITS TO CARRY ACONCEALED FIREARM:
ARL F. DAMEROWo D.D.S.
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BERT G. BURTON
WRENCE FUTCH
REDERIcK KENDALL, JR.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED RETRO -ACTIVE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION
OF ROBERT JAMES PARKER FOR ADMISSION TO THE A.G. HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED RETRO -ACTIVE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION
OF OTIS V. TRAMBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE A.G. HOLLEY STATE HOSPITAL.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL TO JUDITH A. WAKEFIELD,
EXTENSION HOME ECONOMICS AGENT TO ATTEND THE FOLLOWING:
JUNE 2 DELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING
POSTPONED FROM MAY 19
JUNE 12 DELAND 4-H JUNIOR DISTRICT EVENTS
JUII GAINESVILLE 4E 28- JULY -H TEEN LEADERSHIP FORUM
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LOY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A REQUEST FROM JUDITH A. WAKEFIELD, Ex -
TENSION HOME ECONOMICS AGENT, TO USE THE COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR'S
AUTOMOBILE TO TRANSPORT 4 -HERS TO THE TEEN LEADERSHIP FORUM IN GAINESVILLE
JUNE 28 -JULY 1ST.
REPORT OF.CONVICTIONS, CIRCUIT COURT, MAY 1976, WAS RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM CITY MANAGER JOHN LITTLE IN REGARD TO THE COUNTY COOPERATING
WITH THE CITY ON A DUAL TAXATION STUDY, WHICH.LETTER IS MADE PART OF THE
MINUTES AS FOLLOWS:
OFFICE OF THE
CITY MANAGER
City of Vero Beach
P, 0. BOX 1389 - 1033 -20th PLACE
• VERO BEACH, FLORIDA - 32960
Telephome 367.5131
The Honorable W. W. Siebert, Jr.
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Indian River County Courthouse
Vero Beach, Florida 32960
Dear Chairman Siebert:
Re: Dual Taxation Study
May 19, 1976
As you know the City of Vero Beach is currently engaged in
a comprehensive study of the entire concept of dual tax-
ation as it affects the City of Vero Beach and Indian River
County. The study is being conducted by the Indian River
Community College as a fact finding study with no pre-
conceived notions or instructions.
The City of Vero Beach feels that the County should be
involved in, assist in and provide input for this study.
This is particularly true in light of the recent Supreme
Court decision relative to the matter of dual taxation.
The City Council by motion duly passed at their meeting
of May 18, 1976 asked me to officially invite your parti-
cipation in this study and specificallyto ask the County
Commission to assist the college in their staffing needs
by releasing CETA funds and/or suitably qualified CETA
employees to the City of Vero Beach for use by the college
in this important undertaking.
We please ask that you give this matter favorable consider-
ation at your early convenience and advise us of your
decision.
Respectfull
J. V. Little
City Manager
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cc: Mayor Jay Smith
D. Gregg.
L. Solin
City Clerk
"City ,f BeatI ifid Beadel"
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COUNTY COORDINATOR, L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS STATED THAT WE HAVE
NOT BEEN REFUNDED ENOUGH BY CETA FOR ALL OF THE ON—GOING*PROGRAMS, HE
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NOTED THAT THERE IS LEGISLATION PENDING ON A LARGE TITLE VI PROGRAM,.
BUT ACCORDING TO HIS UNDERSTANDING, IT IS GEARED VERY CLOSELY TO THE
DISADVANTAGED, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WOULD BE OF MUCH HELP TO US IN
THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT A RECENT FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
E-.
RULING FAILS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES DOUBLE TAXATION,
AND INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WILL STILL HAVE TO WORK THE
PROBLEM OUT AMONG' THEMSELVES,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ASSUREDCITY
OF VERO BEACH OFFICIALS SOME TIME AGO THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PARTICIPATE
TO THE -EXTENT THAT IT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH THE EVERY DAY OPERATION
OF THE COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE PERSONALLY DOES NOT FEEL A GREAT
DEAL CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SUCH A STUDY AS, REGARDLESS OF THE STUDY, IT
WILL STILL BE LEFT UP TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES INVOLVED AND THERE IS
ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME TYPE OF LEGAL ACTION BEING REQUIRED. HE
STATED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WASTING THE TAXPAYER S MONEY. a
THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT.OUR
PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS OVERLOADED ALREADY AND WHILE WE COULD MAKE IN—
FORMATION AVAILABLE, WE COULD NOT TAKE OUR STAFF °S TIME TO PREPARE IT,
HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT
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THE RESULTS OF A DUAL TAXATION STUDY WOULD BIND THE COUNTY TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE.
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT WHERE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
IS REQUIRED, SUCH REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS WHO
WOULD THEN CONFER WITH THE PROPER DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY
CAN TAKE THE TIME TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, AS SOME OF THESE REQUESTS
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COULD ENTAIL A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, HE POINTED OUT THAT ALL THIS IN—
FORMATION IS PUBLIC INFORMATION$
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT A DUAL TAXATION STUDY
TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHARTER STUDY COULD VERY WELL CLOUD
THE TRUE ISSUE OF THE CHARTER,
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ATTORNEY COLLINS BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF COMMISSIONS DUE THE
PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR 1973, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY
THE STATE AUDITORS. HE NOTED THAT 1974 WAS A CHAOTIC YEAR WITH THE COUNTY
REASSESSMENT. TAX ROLLS WERE LATE AND SUBSTANTIAL COMMISSIONS DUE THE
PROPERTY APPRAISER FROM 1973 WERE NEVER COLLECTED. HE STATED THAT
HOMER FLETCHER, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER,.WROTE THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THESE COMMISSIONS SHOULD NOW BE COLLECTED
+ AND RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER,
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January 28, 1976
`Honorable Homer C. Fletcher
';• Property Appraiser
Indian River County
° Post Office Box 580 _
Vero -Beach, Florida 32960
Re: Proper adjustment or disposition of
commission balances receivable as of
December 31, 2973. §§192.091(4)r
3) p X145.12 (4) r
218.36 (2) , F.S. (197
F.S.•(1971).
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ar r. Fletcher:
e you have asked my opinion on substantially the' ;
following questions:
1. Should the property appraiser bill
the respective taxing districts for the
commissions outstanding after appropriate
adjustments have been made, if necessary, at .•
• • • • December 31, 1973? _ °• . .
• .2. if Question 1 is answered in the
-affirmative, under which statute should
these funds be distributed? 3
Question one is answered in the affirmative and
Question two is answered in the following discussion. =�
Question One
^_ in the case of Saint Lucie County v. Nobles, 5
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So.2d 855 (Florida 1942 (1942), the Florida.
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Honorable Homer C. Fletcher ,
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Supreme Court affirmed the lower court order which read in
pertinent parts .
. [Tlhe Court is of the
opinion that the Tax Collector's
commission for.taxes collected by him
1936, but Which commissions
+ in the year
• were not actually received by said Tax
Collector from the various bodies for -
which he collected said taxes until '
sometime during 1937, should be charged
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against said Tax Collector's income for
said than year 1936 rath
: 1937.
Tax Collector's income for
The tax collector's 1936 income was accordingly
but �recei-vea..
•charged
against the commissions earned that year
it would seem reasonable to conclude, in
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the following year.
the absence of specific contrary legislative provision in the .-
p resent case, that monies received at a later time after
"earned" fiscal period should be
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being during a previous
treated according to the law and related facts existent as
of the time earned.
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Therefore, in my opinion, commissions based on 1973
takes should be considered 1973 income to the property appraiser's
office.
Question Two
Section 218.36 (2) , F. 5. , was enact ed in 52, Clive `�4.-�
349, Lasts of Florida 1973, with an effective date of July,.
AGO 073--415 (as to tax assessors) -.-
1973.' However, as noted in
ch. 73-172, Laws of Florida, expressly'
provides for the implementation of ,the new
October 1 -September 30 fiscal -year requirement
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insofar as tax assessors are concerned. Section'
17 of that act provides that
• 1) For the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1973, and ending September 30,
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be.required to submit a budget by July 1,
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but rather they shall submit a budget by
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November 1, 1973, for the nine months
beginning January 1, 1974, and ending.
September 30, 1974. ' For 'the' period
g`r,tor to January, 1; 1974,' theJ�r7of ice
shall'be operated 'on'the it.
existing
budget or, if no budget 'has been
approved for sucks period,' 'on 'a budget
adopted -and ap Dr'oved for -thatperiod
of time. (Emphasis supplied)
It was said also that the'current
'budgets of tax assessors which were Y
submitted to the Department of Revenue _
pursuant to 5195.011, F.S. 1971, 'axe
effective through December. 31, 1973,
" at which time they will be succeeded
by the nine-month changeover budget .
provided for in S17 of Ch. 73.172,
supra.' It necessarily follows that
:the 1973 "fiscal year" of tax assessors
for the purpose of reporting -receipts j
and disbursements and paying over excess.'
e .fees is the year ending December.31, 1973. t
Therefore, distribution of these funds should be made tE
in accordance with §145.12(4), F.S. (1971), the law in effect at �
the time the commissions were earned.
This is an informal opinion which. has been prepared•
by-the legal staff of the Department of Legal Affairs and.
should not be considered a formal Attorney General's Opin!1on•..
Sincerely,
ROBERT L. SHEVZN
ATT RNEX GEN F h
jlie M. Maynar Jr.
ssistant Attorn General
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ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED BILLING FIGURES FROM THE 1973 TAX
ROLL PREPARED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. HE NOTED THAT THE TOTAL EXCESS
FEES AMOUNT TO $146,078.71, OF WHICH THE COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
$143,124.56 AND THE SCHOOL BOARD $2,954.15, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS
AMOUNT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MUST FIRST PAY IN COMMISSIONS
AMOUNTING TO $94,920.15. ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT AT THE PRESENT
TIME THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE THE
ONLY TAILING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT PAID IN THE COMMISSIONS THAT ARE DUE.
AND POINTED OUT THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT OWES A COMMISSION BUT IS NOT
ENTITLED TO ANY REFUND. HE RAISED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ANY OF THE
MONEY PAID IN MIGHT BE USED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER FOR HIS OWN
OFFICE.AND EQUIPMENT, ETC,
COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED A MOTION BE MADE TO PAY THE
COMMISSION DUE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE THE
EXCESS FEES BASED UPON THE SUMMARY SHEET AS PRESENTED BY THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO SETTING A TIME RESTRICTION,
AND IT WAS DECIDED -TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION .AFTER RECESSING FOR LUNCH
AND TO ASK THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO APPEAR.
THE BOARD THEN RECESSED AT 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON AND RECONVENED
AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P. M.
' HOMER FLETCHER, PROPERTY APPRAISER, APPEARED AND INFORMED THE
BOARD THAT THE COMMISSIONS UNDER DISCUSSION ARE DUE TO BE COLLECTED,
AND UNDER THE STATUTE THE EXCESS IS RETURNABLE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. HE STATED THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, HE IS MERELY
= ACTING AS AN ESCROW AGENT BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE
OPERATION OF HIS OFFICE AND SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE BOARD WOULD BE
DILATORY IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IF THEY DID NOT INSIST UPON COLLECTING
THE EXCESS FEES, MR. FLETCHER POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT HE COULD NOT
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PAY BACK THESE EXCESS FEES UNTIL HE HAS COLLECTED THE COMMISSIONS DUE FROM
THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND THUS FELT THE PROPOSED MOTION WOULD BE UNWISE.
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DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED HOLDING OFF
MAKING THE PAYMENT FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL HE 'CAN CONTACT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT
TO SEE WHAT CAN BE ARRANGED,
ON MOTION BY*COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED PAYING THE COMMISSIONS DUE THE PROPER'T'Y
APPRAISER JULY IST, UNLESS A COUNTER -RECOMMENDATION COMES BACK FROM THE
COUNTY ATTORNEY, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE THE
EXCESS FEES BASED UPON THE SUMMARY SHEET AS PRESENTED BY THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER, WHICH IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES.
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OUTSTANDING COMMISSIONS BILLED - 1973 TAX ROLL
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Public Instruction
Indian River County Hospital District
Indian River Mosquito Control District
Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Di
Rockridge Street Lighting District
4, TOTAL OUTSTANDING COMMISSIONS BILLED AND DUE
a, COMMISSIONS OVERPAID - 1973
Board of Public Instruction
4 Sebastian Inlet District
TOTAL COMMISSIONS OVERPAID -1973
r TOTAL COMMISSIONS OVERPAID TO BE REFUNDED
. TOTAL AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING COMMISSIONS -EXCESS COMMISSIONS.
_.TOTAL COMMISSIONS EARNED - BOARD
j TOTAL OTHER COMMISSIONS EARNED
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
S 5,942.50
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-, TOTAL COMMISSIONS EARNED
287 905.52
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848.02
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Percentage of Board of Public Instruction's•1'rQ Rata Share.(Section 145.12 (3) (4) F.S.) .020223
Percentage of Board of County Commission's Pto:Rata•Share,..(SBe-tion'145.12'(3);�(4),:riS.)
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979777_
$94,92.0.15
TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXCESS FEES
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1,467.79
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;PRO RATA SHARE OF BOARD OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION (.020223) '
46,200.02
$ 46
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1 78.71
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PRO RATA SHARE OF BOARD OF COUNTY
635.80
strict .. 3,783.67....ti
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146,018:71
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j TOTAL OTHER COMMISSIONS EARNED
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
S 5,942.50
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-, TOTAL COMMISSIONS EARNED
287 905.52
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848.02
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Percentage of Board of Public Instruction's•1'rQ Rata Share.(Section 145.12 (3) (4) F.S.) .020223
Percentage of Board of County Commission's Pto:Rata•Share,..(SBe-tion'145.12'(3);�(4),:riS.)
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979777_
TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXCESS FEES
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;PRO RATA SHARE OF BOARD OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION (.020223) '
$ 46
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1 78.71
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PRO RATA SHARE OF BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSION (:979777)•
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21954.25
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REFERRED THE BOARD TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE
ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA - POLICIES CONCERNING THE BUDGET OF THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER- AND STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE STATE DE-
PARTMENT OF REVENUE REQUIRING THAT ANY POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY
REGARDING SALARIES, INCREASES OR OTHER BUDGETARY MATTERS MUST BE FOR,
WARDED BEFORE .JULY 1, 1976.
THE CHAIRMAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ASKED THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER IF THE COUNTY ESTABLISHES A POLICY OF MERIT INCREASES FOR
EMPLOYEES, WOULD THAT BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS REFLECTED IN HIS PRO-
POSED BUDGET? HE STATED THAT MR. FLETCHER REPLIED.THAT IT WOULD NOT AS
ALL THE INCREASES SHOWN ARE MERIT INCREASES, AND HE, THEREFORE, DOES NOT
HAVE ANY SALARY INCREASES EXCEEDING 6%. CHAIRMAN'SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT
IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WISH TO DISCUSS ANY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER°S BUDGET FURTHER, THEY NOTIFY MRS. FORLANI BEFORE THE NEXT
MEETING.
COUNTY COORDINATOR THOMAS DISCUSSED A RESOLUTION PREPARED BY
ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR A SEVEN-
TEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FOR THE PROPOSED OSLO BOAT RAMP, HE PRESENTED
A TENTATIVE SITE PLAN AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD FAILED TO GIVE
ATTORNEY COLLINS COMPLETE INFORMATION, AND THIS FIGURE SHOULD ACTUALLY
BY $11,729.50 INSTEAD OF $17,000.00. THIS AMOUNT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
SEVERAL PLACES, AND IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO BRING THIS MATTER BACK
BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE THE MOSQUITO CONTROL MAY BE INVOLVED.
COMMISSIONER MASSEY'ASKED IF A SURVEY HAD BEEN DONE, AND MR.
THOMAS STATED THAT IT WAS IN.PROCESS NOW. HE ALSO NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER
WODTKE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS OSLO SITE.
j ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY,
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THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 76-39 AS CORRECTED IN THE
AMOUNT OF $11,729.50
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RESOLUTION No. 76-39
WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, has applied to the State of Florida, Department
of Natural Resources, for a grant in the approximate amount of
ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE.and 50/100 ($11,729.50)
DOLLARS under the Florida.Boating Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the grant would be to develop a boat
ramp located on the West Bank of the Indian River at Oslo Road;
and
WHEREAS, Indian River County is in favor of the project moving
forward without delay;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS -
SIGNERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, That the Board hereby
approves the development of a boat ramp located on the West Bank
-of the Indian River at Oslo Road and requests the various Govern-
mental Agencies involved to proceed with the approval of the
Application, granting to Indian River County an amount of approxi-.
mately ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE and 50/100
($11,729.50) DOLLARS,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that L. S. THOMAS is hereby named the
Liason Officer for the Program and authorized to execute the appro-
priate documents and contracts as are forwarded to Indian River
County for signature in order to effectuate completion of the
-project according to the Application submitted.
This Resolution shall become effective as of the 9th day of
June, 1976. ,
BOARD OF COUNTY.COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
Willard WA Siebere,- Jr., Cha,136han
Attest:
Rat 1i rris Clbrk
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COMMISSIONER Loy MADE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
APPOINTMENTS TO THE RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
DON DEESON NORTH COUNTY AREA
RALPH LUNDY GIFFORD AREA
DR. CHARLES B. "BOB" .JOHNSON SOUTH COUNTY AREA
SCOTT CHISHOLM VERO BEACH AREA
MRS. ANN ROBINSON URBAN VERO BEACH AREA
LAURENT SMITH WEST COUNTY AREA (NORTH & SOUTH)
ALMA LEE LOY° COUNTY COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALL BEEN CONTACTED AND
HAVE ALL INDICATED BOTH AN INTEREST AND A DESIRE TO SERVE ON THIS COM-
MITTEE,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED THE ABOVE NAMED CITIZENS AS
MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CITIZENS RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONGRATULATED COMMISSIONER Loy ON GETTING
TOGETHER SUCH A GOOD GROUP AND APPOINTED HER CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE,
THE HOUR OF 2:00 O'CLOCK P. M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY CLERK
READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO -WIT:
VERO BEACH PRESS -JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER:
STATE OF FLORIDA
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr. who on oath
says that he is Business Manager of the Vero Beach Press -Journal, a weekly newspaper published
at Vero Beach in Indian River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
in the matter of
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in the Court, was pub-
Bshed in said newspaper in the issues of &,
i Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press -Journal is a newspaper published at
Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore
been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, w3ekly and has been entered
as second class mail matter at the post office in Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida
for a period of one year next preceeding the first publication of the attached copy of adver-
tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver-
tisement for publication in the said newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this j.L day of� A.D:_`�"
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(SEAL) (C erk of ttur2ircuit Court, Indian River County, Florida)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Boards
of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, will hold a public hearing on
June 9, 1976, at 2:00 o'clock P.M. at the Indian
River County Courthouse, Vero Beach,.,
Florida, to consider the adoption of an
Ordinance creating the Indian River
County Comprehensive Planning Or-
dinance of 1976, setting forth the Or-
dinance's intents and purposes; adopting
the Comprehensive Master Plan for the
unincorporated areas of Indian River
County,_ Florida, as a guide; providing for 7
Inclusion of various reports and documents
as a basis for arriving at the Com-
prehensive Land Use Map; providing for a
i. legal effect; providing for a means for
revision and amendment; providing for
Intergovernmental cooperation; providing
density definitions; providing for
severability of any portion declared In-
valid; providing for the repeal of all Or-
dinances In conflict therewith; and
providing for an effective date thereof.
Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida
By:-s•Willard W. Siebert Jr., Chairman:
May 16, 1976..
MMre,
ROBERT BERG, ASSISTANT COUNTY PLANNER, PRESENTED A REPORT
ON A PLANNERS' MEETING HE ATTENDED IN TAMPA WHERE A WHOLE DAY WAS SPENT
REVLEWING THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACTe HE STATED THAT HE HAS
READ THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PREPARED BY ATTORNEY COLLINS AND FEELS IT
FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH'THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT.
ATTORNEY COLLINS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
ORDINANCE AND NOTED THAT IT IS BASICALLY THE SAME DOCUMENT THE BOARD
HAS GONE OVER AND HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON IN THE PAST, HE STATED IT IS
MEANT TO INCORPORATE THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF ADLEY & ASSOCIATE'S WORK AND
TO MAKE USE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN MAP.WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED
OUT. IT GIVES FLEXIBILITY FOR CARRYING ON THE LAND USE PLAN IN THE COUNTY.
HE CONTINUED THAT IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE A RIGID DOCUMENT, BUT BELIEVES
IT IS DEFINITELY A STEPPING STONE IN REACHING TOWARDS THE COMPLETE
COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY 1979,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO
BE HEARD,
JERRY KRAMER APPEARED AS COUNSEL FOR THE VERO BEACH CIVIC
ASSOCIATION. HE NOTED THAT ON MAY 29, 1975, THE BOARD ADOPTED A COM—
PREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FOR UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND NOW
BOTH MR. BERG AND ATTORNEY COLLINS HAVE INDICATED THE PLAN CAN BE USED
AS A.GUIDE AND NOT A CONTROL, WHICH WOULD PERMITZONING INCONSISTENT
WITH THE PLAN UNTIL 1979. THEREFORE, WHAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED?
ATTORNEY KRAMER CONTINUED THAT YOU HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED YOUR PLAN, YOU
HAVE ADOPTED IT ONLY AS A GRAPHIC, AND WE FEEL YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO IM—
PLEMENT IT BEFORE 1979 IN THE MANNER SET OUT IN THE STATE ACT, WHICH
CALLS FOR CONFORMING YOUR ZONING REGULATIONS AND MAKING THEM CONSISTENT
WITH THE PLAN. ATTORNEY KRAMER SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD KEEP IN MIND THE
TARGET DATE WHEN THE ZONING MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND
NOT ADOPT*AN ORDINANCE WHERE YOU TELL YOUR ZONING BOARD AND YOURSELF THAT
YOU ARE FREE UNTIL JULY. OF 1979 TO REZONE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
HE POINTED OUT THAT SECTION 2 OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE STATES THE PURPOSE
OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO "GUIDE AND CONTROL" WHILE IN SECTION 5 IT STATES
IT "SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REGULATE OR CONTROL," WHICH HE FELT IS
INCONSISTENT.
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ATTORNEY KRAMER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ALTERNATE ORDINANCE
THEY ARE SUGGESTING IS DIFFERENT ONLY IN SECTION 5, IN THIS SECTION
THEY ARE BASICALLY SUGGESTING FIRST THAT WITHIN A FIXED TIME THE ZONING
ORDINANCE BE REVIEWED AND REDRAFTED TO CONFORM WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE
MASTER PLAN, SUCH AS MEDIUM OR HIGH DENSITY, ETC, THEN NEXT THEY ARE
SUGGESTING TAKING THE COUNTY ON A SECTION BY SECTION BASIS AND SCHED-
ULING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EACH. HE STATED THAT IN THIS WAY YOU WILL BE
ADJUSTING YOUR PLAN AS YOU GO ALONG, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THEIR SAY, AND
YOU WILL HAVE ZONING THAT IS CONSISTENT. HE NOTED THAT IF YOU CONTINUE
TO ALLOW ZONING INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT MORE
AND MORE PROBLEM AREAS,
COMMISSIONER MASSEY ASKED IF "CONSISTENT" WAS INTENDED TO
MEAN IN A GENERAL AREA OR A SET PIECE OF LAND, AS HE FELT IF YOU ARE
TOO SPECIFIC, YOU COULD AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE LAND,
ATTORNEY KRAMER STATED THAT THE "BLOBS" ON THE MASTER LAND
USE MAP WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFINITELY'BOUNDED, WHICH WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
BY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON EACH SECTION. B'
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WONDERED WHETHER BY SQUARING OFF THESE
BOUNDARIES, WE MIGHT LOSE SOME OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL OVER WHAT ZONING CAN
OR CANNOT BE GRANTED$
ATTORNEY KRAMER AGREED THIS WAS POSSIBLE, BUT FELT IT COULD k
BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND IN THE ORDINANCE TO SOME EXTENT.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT THE ZONING BOARD IS
AND HAS BEEN ZONING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN
EVER SINCE IT WAS APPROVED. HE STATED THAT THEY LOOK AT THE LAND USE
MAP EVERY TIME THEY REZONE AND EVEN NOW ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REZONING
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WHEN WE DID ADOPT THE MASTER
PLAN,.HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE DISREGARDED, BUT FOR THE RECORD,
HE HAS KEPT TRACK AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REZONING IN THE COUNTY IN- E
CONSISTENT WITH THE GRAPHICS OF THE LAND USE IAP.
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ATTORNEY KRAMER NOTED THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT THE POINT;
THERE IS STILL THE FREEDOM TO DISREGARD IT, AND HE REQUESTED THAT THE
BOARD RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE OR POSSIBLY INSTRUCT THE
ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THEIR PROPOSED ALTERNATE ORDINANCE,
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IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS ALTERNATE ORDINANCE
HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REVIEWED BOTH BY THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE
BOARD AND THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS HAS PREPARED THE ORDINANCE UNDER DIS-
CUSSION TODAY AS INSTRUCTED BY THE BOARD.
ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG STATED THAT HE FELT ATTORNEY KRAMER
IS CONFUSING PLANNING AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WITH ZONING. HE NOTED
THAT MR. KRAMER WANTS TO REZONE THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE -PLAN BY 1979. HE AGREED THAT WE WILL GET TO THE POINT OVER A PERIOD u j
OF TIME, DEPENDING ON GROWTH, BUT IN THE INTERIM THERE ARE GOING TO BE l
CHANGES IN THE PLAN. MR. BERG POINTED OUT THAT IF YOU WERE TO REZONE
THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, HE FELT THE COUNTY
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WOULD BE. OBLIGATING ITSELF TO PUT IN ROADS AND SUPPLY SERVICES IN ANY
R-1 AREA EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE 1
CONTINUED THAT THE PLANNERS HAVE INCLUDED IN THEIR PLAN, WHICH IS GEARED
TO THE YEAR 1900, A GROWTH POLICY AND ALLOWED FOR A GROWTH ELEMENT. MR.
BERG NOTED THAT ANY PLAN MUST CHANGE AND FELT IF YOU WERE TO REZONE
SECTION BY SECTION, BY THE TIME YOU GOT TO THE LAST SECTION, THE FIRST
SECTION WOULD BE OUT OF DATE. HEyALSO STATED HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE ACT
ACTUALLY STATES THAT YOU HAVE TO REZONE,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT BUILDING PERMITS COULD NOT BE ISSUED*
UNLESS THE PROJECT IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
ATTORNEY KRAMER POINTED OUT THAT THE MASTER PLAN WILL BE RE-
VIEWED ON A YEARLY BASIS UNDER EITHER ORDINANCE AND NOTED THAT THE
STATE ACT REQUIRES THAT "ALL DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKEN IN REGARD TO LAND
COVERED BY SUCH PLAN OR ELEMENT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PLAN OR
ELEMENT AS ADOPTED."
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
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SCHMUCKER, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 76-12 - THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMPREHEN-
SIVE PLANNING ORDINANCE OF 1976.
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CAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED THAT UNDER SECTION S: DENSITY
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DEFINITIONS, PARAGRAPH (C) THE WORDS "MORE THAN BE STRUCK OUT SO THAT
IT WILL READ: NIGH DENSITY SHALL MEAN 12 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT NOT MORE
THAN 15 UNITS PER ACRE. t.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT WE•ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING'i-TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT HE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE PERSON WHO OWNS THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, HE CONTINUED THAT
WITH THE GROWTH WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY, WE WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT PROBLEM
AND HE FEELS STRONGLY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TO
HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT RIGHT UP UNTIL
1979.
COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER WODTKE AND STATED
THAT SHE HAS ALWAYS FELT OUR!ORIGINAL ATTEMPT AT A MASTER PLAN AND AN
IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE MUST BE OF A GUIDE NATURE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN
THE PLAN HAS BEEN PREDICATED ON POPULATION AND WHAT THIS COUNTY WILL BE
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LIKE IN 1990, SHE CONTINUEDITHAT SHE DID FEEL SOMETHING IN THE NATURE
OF THE SECTION BY SECTION REZONING SUGGESTED BY MR. KRAMER SHOULD BE
DONE, BUT THIS WILL TAKE A LONG TIME AND IN THE INTERIM WE NEED A GUIDE.
SHE WOULD, THEREFORE, SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE PREPARED BY
ATTORNEY COLLINS. €
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE GUIDE
FORM IS THE PROPER WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE
ACT STATES ALL DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKEN SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PLAN s
OR ELEMENT AS ADOPTED AND ASKED DID WE ADOPT OUR MASTER PLAN IN CONFORMITY
"'- WITH THIS ACT OR DID WE NOT. HE CONTINUED THAT HE COULD NOT READ INTO
THE ALTERNATE ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION
WHERE IT WOULD DEPRIVE ANY PROPERTYOWNERS OF THE USE OF THEIR PROPERTY
AS THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEIR REQUESTED REZONING IS COM—
PATIBLE TO THE MASTER PLAN.
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COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED HE FELT IF YOU ELIMINATE THE FLEX-
IBILITY, YOU ARE SETTING UP A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH COULD PENALIZE '
THE PEOPLE.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS Loy,
W.ODTKE, MASSEY AND SCHMUCKER VOTED IN ;AVOR; CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN
OPPOSITION. THE MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 76-12 CARRIED.
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 76 - 12
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Short Title:
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ORDINANCE OF 1976
SECTION 2: Intent and Purpose:
A. It is the purpose of this Ordinance to utilize and
strengthen the existing role, processes, and powers of local
government in the establishment and implementation of compre-
hensive planning programs and to guide and control future
development.
B. it is the intent of this Ordinance that its adoption is
necessary so that this County Government can preserve and enhance
present advantages; encourage the most appropriate use of land,
water, and resources consistent with the public interest; overcome
present handicaps; and deal effectively with future problems that
may result from the use and development of land with the County's
jurisdiction. Through the process of comprehensive planning, it
is intended that the County can preserve, promote, and improve
the public health, safety, comfort, good order, appearance, con-
venience, law enforcement and fire prevention, and general welfare;
I prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid undue concentration of
population; facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of
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transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks recreational
i facilities, housing and other requirements of services; and
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conserve, develop,.utilize and protect natural resources within
' the County's jurisdiction.
C. it is the intent.of this Ordinance to improve the
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physical environment of this County as a setting for human
'H { activities - to make it more functional, beautiful, decent,
healthful, interesting and efficient.
(1) To facilitate the democratic determination and
implementation of County policies on physical development.
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(2) To effect political and technical coordination
in County development.
(3) To inject long-range considerations into the
determination of short-range actions.
(4) To bring professional and technical knowledge to
bear on the making of political decisions concerning the physical
development of the County.
(5) To promote public interest, while maintaining, if
possible, a balance between the interest of the County at large,
and the interests of individuals or special groups within the
County.
D. It is the intent of this Ordinance to encourage and assure
cooperation between and among municipalities and.counties and to
encourage and assure coordination of planning and development
activities of units of local government with the planning
activities of regional agencies and the state government in accord
with applicable provisions of law.
E. It is the intent of this -ordinance that the adopted
comprehensive plan (s) shall have the legal status set out in
this Ordinance. As part of the rezoning process each county
board or commission shall be guided by this Ordinance prior to
approving any rezoning request.
F. It is the intent of this Ordinance that the Comprehensive
Land Use Plan for Indian River County which is incorporated into
this Ordinance, is not a constitution but is a guide only to the
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most compatible, least disruptive, uses of land on a broad,
general basis without in some cases considering the present use of
lands included therein. A broad brush approach was used with the
intent that lines between land uses not be interpreted as being
permanently fixed or located. The Plan is not ultimately
definitive. It is simply a gauge for determining the optimum
desirable development under presently known resources.
G. it is further the intent of this Ordinance to encourage
and assure cooperation and coordination between and among
municipalities and the County, and to encourage and assure
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coordination of planning and development activities of units of
local government with the planning activities of regional
agencies and state government in accord with applicable provisions
of law.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be intended or interpreted to
mean that the planning, zoning or other.tools to control growth or.
the Comprehensive Master Plans of Municipalities in Indian River
County or the appointed Boards of Municipalities whose duty it is
to develop or effectuate these functions shall be superceded or
override local government plans, ordinances, functions or decisions.
Only when a local unit of government by ordinance may transfer
specific planning functions to the County may the County take
over those functions, only then by mutual consent of both
governing bodies.
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SECTION 3: Adoption:_
The Comprehensive Plan for Indian River County, Florida as
originally prepared by Adley and Associates, Inc. and thereafter .
amended is hereby adopted as the Comprehensive Plan for Indian
River County, Florida.
SECTION 4: Contents:
The Comprehensive Plan for Indian River County, Florida
consists of the.following:
(1) Goals and Objectives:
a. Living Objectives.
b. Ecomomic Objectives
(c) Basic Elements
a. Population Analysis & Projections
b. Economics Study
c. Existing Land use
d. Environmental Study
e. Initial Housing Element
f. Neighorbood Analysis I &.II
g. Public Facilities & Recreation
h. Public Improvement Programs
i. Central Business District & Commercial Area
- -; Analysis
j. Major Thoroughfare Plan
k. Annexation Study & Program
1. Potential Reuse of Defunct Subdivisions
(3) Plan Elements
a. Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Indian River County
b. Composite Land Use & Transportation Plan
c. Conceptual Land Use Sketch Plan
d. Low & Moderate Cost Housing
e. Impact Zoning Procedures
f. Management Systems Report
g. Zoning Review
h. Summary Report
i. Growth Policy
The Official Comprehensive Plan for Indian River County,
including Map, goals and objectives, Basic elements and Plan
elements as above outlined are incorporated herein by specific
reference. The official copy of the Comprehensive Land Use
Plan and these reports and documents have been filed with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, and
are part of the official records of the Indian River County
Board of County Commissioners.
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SECTION 5: Legal Effect:
The Indian River County Comprehensive Plan shall provide an
official guide and be an advisory planning tool only, and in and
of itself shall not be construed to regulate or control the use
of private property in any way, except as to such part thereof as
has been duly enacted by a zoning; plat or other specific
ordinance.
Itis intended that this Ordinance and its incorporated parts
shall be used as an interim stepping stone to complete compliance
with the Local Government Comprehensive Act of 1975. `
SECTION 6: Revision and Amendments:
A. At least once each year prior to the lst,day of March,
the Land Use Plan element of the Indian River Comprehensive
Hi Plan shall be reviewed by the Indian River County Zoning
Commission to determine whether changes in the amount, kind or
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direction of development in the County, or other factors make it
beneficial to make additions or amendments to the Plan.
11; B. In making additions or amendments, the Zoning Commission
i shall seek an equitable fusion of economics, political considerations
1 and preservation of essential natural qualities recognizing that
growth in itself is neither destructive nor undesirable; however,
its desirability is to be measured by its quality, its cost -
both direct and indirect - to the public, and its impact on the
environment. The Commission shall seek a balance between public
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concern and private interests and harmony between man and nature.
Other elements may be reviewed as needed.
C. Any person may submit a petition to the Indian River
County Zoning Commission at any time to amend the Comprehensive
Plan. All such petitions shall be reviewed and considered by the
Zoning Commission at its annual review of the Comprehensive Plan.
D. Should the Zoning Commission determine that revisions or
1 amendments -are needed, a public hearing, duly noticed by publication
once in a newspaper of county -wide circulation at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the hearing, shall be held prior to approval
by the Zoning Commission.
E. Should the Zoning Commission approve revisions or amend-
ments, the Commission shall forward the same to the Board of
County Commissioners of Indian River County, which Board may amend
or revise this Ordinance after holding a public hearing pursuant to
law.
SECTION 7: Intergovernmental Cooperation:
In the exercise of the powers covered by this Ordinance, planning
and zoning commissions, governmental or administrative bodies of
this County and cities within the County, may cooperate, coordinate
or integrate any activity, for the purpose of coordinating and
integrating the planning and zoning of the county and cities.
SECTION 8: Density Definitions:
Wherever density is mentioned in the Comprehensive Land Use
Plan or in any element of the overall plan, the following density
shall apply:
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'~ (a) Low density shall mean 0 through 4 units per acre.
(b) Medium density shall mean more than 4 units per
acre, but less than 12 units per acre.
(c) High density shall mean 12 units per acre, but
not more than 15 units per acre.
SECTION 9: Effective Date:
This ordinance shall become effective on the 14th day of
June, 1976.
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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER LEFT THE MEETING AT 3:40 O'CLOCK P.M.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A REPORT OF THE
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
JAMES BEINDORF, COUNTY CONSULTING ENGINEER AND MEMBER OF THIS
COMMITTEE, EXPLAINED THAT CERTAIN AREAS WITH CERTAIN POPULATION ARE BEING
DESIGNATED TO COME UP WITH A RESOURCE RECOVERY PLAN BY 1978. HE STATED
THAT THE COMMITTEE, AFTER REVIEWING THE REPORT OF THE STATE, RECOMMENDS
THAT THE COMMISSION WRITE A LETTER TO THE STATE ASKING THAT INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAM. HE NOTED THAT
ST. LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS A JOINT
AREA AND THEY BARELY FALL WITHIN THE CRITERIA SET UP BY THE STATE, MR.
BEINDORF STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE FEELS SUCH A DESIGNATION"WOULD.BE
AN UNDUE BURDEN FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY AND NOTED THAT ST. LUCIE
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COUNTY HAS ALREADY WRITTEN A LETTER ASKING TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS PROGRAM.
ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS COMMENTED THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINIS-
TRATOR WELDON LEWIS, IN ADDITION TO WRITING A LETTER ASKING TO BE -RE-
LIEVED OF THIS DESIGNATION, HAS ADVISED THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESOURCE
RECOVERY COUNCIL THAT ST, LUCIE COUNTY, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND THE
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FORT PIERCE UTILITY AUTHORITY, HAVE ALL AGREED THAT THEY REQUEST TO
BE EXEMPTED FROM THIS PROGRAM,
PROFESSOR LUCAS, OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT THE PYROLYTI'C METHOD OF WASTE
.RECOVERY SUGGESTED BY THE STATE IS NOT'ONLY EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BUT IS
STILL STRICTLY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD AUTH-
ORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO WRITE A LETTER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE;
APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ATTEND A PUBLIC
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HEARING IN REGARD TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SARASOTA .JUNE 17, 1976; AND
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INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH
ASKING THEM TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN REGARD TO THE RESOURCE RECOVERY
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COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT CUSTOMERS OF TREASURE
COAST UTILITIES, INC., (WHICH COMPANY RECENTLY RECEIVED AN ASSIGNMENT
OF THE SOUTHERN GULF UTILITIES WATER AND SEWER FRANCHISE) HAVE RAISED A
QUESTION IN REGARD TO DEPOSITS BEING REQUIRED OF THEM BY TREASURE COAST
ON BOTH THEIR WATER AND SEWER HOOK—UPS, AND SHE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM MATTHEW A. GOOD AS FOLLOWS
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RE3 Treasure Coast Utilities,Inc.
Dear Miss Loys
At the first hearing of the transfer of the water & sever franchise to:
Treasure Coast Utilities, Mr. Lohman was ask by Mr. Star if the old customers
would have to put up a deposit or pay hook-up charges, and Mr. Loman stated
the old customers would not have to pay one cent.
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Now us property owners are advised that we will have to put up a deposit of
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$35.00 and the Co. is charging a $5.00 turn on fee.
I would like to know if Mr. Lohtaan has the right to do this? I know that I am
-NOT a W%V CUSTOMCR, I have been using this water and sewer for the past 14 years.
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i.:. Mr -Lohman may be the now owners but this is not a now sewer and water Co.
I fsel that I can not be classed as a new customer on this matter. This letter
is wrote at the request of the 162
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Deposita Water $15.00, Sewer $20.00, Turn on fee $5.00.
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COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT IN REGARD TO STATEMENTS BEING
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MADE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO DEPOSITS, BOTH MRS. FORLANI,
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD, AND MRS, HARGREAVESA RECORDING SECRETARY, HAVE
GONE THROUGH THE TAPES AND THEIR NOTES AT LENGTH AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT
THE QUESTION OF DEPOSITS WAS NEVER RAISED. COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED
THAT SHE DID BELIEVE IT IS USUAL TO HAVE DEPOSITS WHEN YOU ARE DEALING
WITH A UTILITY COMPANY, OUT APPARENTLY THIS MATTER WAS NOT HANDLED AT
THE PUBLIC HEARING. AcCORDING.TO THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY COMMISSIONER
Loy, THE CUSTOMERS OF TREASURE COAST UTILITIES HAVE RECEIVED CREDIT ON
THEIR BILLS FOR THEIR ORIGINAL DEPOSITS, MOSTLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,0011
WAND ARE NOW BEING CHARGED A NEW DEPOSIT FEE OF $15*400 ON WATER AND $20.00
ON SEWER.
ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE DID NOT ISSUE A
NEW FRANCHISE BUT JUST TRANSFERRED THE ORIGINAL ONE AND ONLY AMENDED
THE RATES. HE STATED THAT THE FRANCHISE DOES REQUIRE A DEPOSIT OF $10,00
-ON A 3/4" HOOK-UP FOR WATER AND $15.00 ON A 1" WATER HOOK-UP, BUT NO
DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT IS SET UP FOR SEWERS,
MATTHEW GOOD APPEARED AND STATED THAT ON THEIR NEW BILLING
NO METER READJ*NG IS SHOWN WHATSOEVER.- WHICH HE DOES NOT FEEL IS PROPER
AS IT IS STANDARD PRACTICE AMONG UTILITY COMPANIES TO SHOW THE METER
READING. HE PRESENTED HIS BILL FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO STUDY, AND NOTED
THAT THEY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED BILLS THAT WERE IN ERROR AND HAD TO BE'
REVISED.
ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE COUNTY CAN SET THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THE FRANCHISE, AND HE FELT REQUIRING THE METER READING TO BE
SHOWN ON THE BILLS WOULD BE A REASONABLE REQUIREMENT.
AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy,
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY TO CONTACT
TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, CALLING THEIR ATTENTION SPECIFICALLY TO THE
FACT THAT THE AUTHORIZED DEPOSIT FOR THE TWO SIZE WATER LINES IS THE
ONLY DEPOSIT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO CHARGE; AND REQUESTING THAT THEY
CONFER WITH THE ATTORNEY IN REGARD TO THE BILLING OPERATION THEY INTEND
TO USE AS IT IS THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE THAT THE METER READINGS BE PUT ON
THE BILL,, AND IF IT IS NOT THEIR INTENTION TO DO Soo THEY WILL HAVE TO
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COME BEFORE THE BOARD AGAIN.
A GENTLEMAN FROM THIS FRANCHISE,' AREA SHOWED THE COMMISSIONERS
HIS BILL, WHICH HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEVERAL RESIDENTS ASKED IF
THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR BILLS WHICH THEY THOUGHT WERE INCORRECT.
ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED T1 THOSE PRESENT THAT THE BOARD
CANNOT TELL THEM WHETHER OR NOT TO PAY THEIR BILLS. HE COULD ONLY
STATE THAT THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED THE UTILITY COMPANY TO COLLECT
A $10.00 DEPOSIT ON A 3/4" WATER HOOK—UP AND $15.00 ON A 1" WATER AND
NOTHING ON A SEWER HOOK—UP AND ALSO TO COLLECT THE AMENDED FRANCHISE RATES, o
WHICH HE READ TO THEM, AND IF TREASURE COAST CHARGES ANYTHING MORE THAN
THIS, THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT,
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS WODTKE,
Loy, MASSEY AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIED.
IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD UP SIGNING THE RESOLUTION.
ON THE FRANCHISE TRANSFER AND RATE INCREASE UNTIL THIS MATTER IS CLEARED
UP,
PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, ROBERT DONLON, PRESENTED A REPORT ON GROUP
INSURANCE AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AT PRESENT THE COUNTY HAS TWO
SEPARATE GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAMS, ONE COVERING ROAD AND BRIDGE AND
ZONING EMPLOYEES, AND THE OTHER INCLUDING EMPLOYEES UNDER THE JURISDICTION
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PLUS EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY CLERK
AND THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. HE NOTED THAT THE EMPLOYEES IN THE
•FIRST GROUP DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE PREMIUMS WHILE THOSE IN THE
SECOND GROUP PAY $$.00 PER MONTH FOR THE FAMILY PLAN AND $2.00 PER MONTH
FOR LIFE INSURANCE. HE CONTINUED THAT MR. WRIGHT OF BLUE CROSS—BLUE
SHIELD HAS MADE HIM A PROPOSAL IN REGARD TO COMBINING THESE SEPARATE
PROGRAMS AND HE PRESENTED A SUMMARY SHOWING THE EXACT COST INVOLVED WHEN
NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES OF EITHER GROUP CONTRIBUTED TO THE PREMIUMS.
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COME BEFORE THE BOARD AGAIN.
A GENTLEMAN FROM THIS FRANCHISE,' AREA SHOWED THE COMMISSIONERS
HIS BILL, WHICH HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEVERAL RESIDENTS ASKED IF
THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR BILLS WHICH THEY THOUGHT WERE INCORRECT.
ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED T1 THOSE PRESENT THAT THE BOARD
CANNOT TELL THEM WHETHER OR NOT TO PAY THEIR BILLS. HE COULD ONLY
STATE THAT THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED THE UTILITY COMPANY TO COLLECT
A $10.00 DEPOSIT ON A 3/4" WATER HOOK—UP AND $15.00 ON A 1" WATER AND
NOTHING ON A SEWER HOOK—UP AND ALSO TO COLLECT THE AMENDED FRANCHISE RATES, o
WHICH HE READ TO THEM, AND IF TREASURE COAST CHARGES ANYTHING MORE THAN
THIS, THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT,
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS WODTKE,
Loy, MASSEY AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIED.
IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD UP SIGNING THE RESOLUTION.
ON THE FRANCHISE TRANSFER AND RATE INCREASE UNTIL THIS MATTER IS CLEARED
UP,
PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, ROBERT DONLON, PRESENTED A REPORT ON GROUP
INSURANCE AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AT PRESENT THE COUNTY HAS TWO
SEPARATE GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAMS, ONE COVERING ROAD AND BRIDGE AND
ZONING EMPLOYEES, AND THE OTHER INCLUDING EMPLOYEES UNDER THE JURISDICTION
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PLUS EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY CLERK
AND THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. HE NOTED THAT THE EMPLOYEES IN THE
•FIRST GROUP DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE PREMIUMS WHILE THOSE IN THE
SECOND GROUP PAY $$.00 PER MONTH FOR THE FAMILY PLAN AND $2.00 PER MONTH
FOR LIFE INSURANCE. HE CONTINUED THAT MR. WRIGHT OF BLUE CROSS—BLUE
SHIELD HAS MADE HIM A PROPOSAL IN REGARD TO COMBINING THESE SEPARATE
PROGRAMS AND HE PRESENTED A SUMMARY SHOWING THE EXACT COST INVOLVED WHEN
NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES OF EITHER GROUP CONTRIBUTED TO THE PREMIUMS.
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISCUSSED THE FIGURES AND SUGGESTED THAT
POSSIBLY WE SHOULD PAY ONLY FOR THE SINGLE. PLAN AND NOT THE FAMILY PLAN.
COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED
POLICIES IN THIS REGARD AND THIS WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN BENEFITS TO THE
EMPLOYEE. HE NOTED THAT HE FELT THAT THE BENEFITS AND THE COST SHOULD
BE THE SAME TO ALL EMPLOYEES,
COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT ALL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE TREATED
IN THE SAME MANNER,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO
SO AND IS GLAD THAT THE INCREASE IS NOT AN EXCEEDINGLY LARGE AM()t1NT, BUT
CONTINUED THAT BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD HAS BECOME AN EXTREMELY EXPEN-
SIVE MEDICAL POLICY AND HE FEELS IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE SURE
THAT WE ARE PAYING COMPETITIVE RATES FOR COMPARABLE MEDICAL SERVICES.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
COMMISSIONER MASSEY AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD AP-
PROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING GROUP INSURANCE AS PRESENTED IN
MR. DONLONIS MEMORANDUM OF MAY 28, 1976 AND ASKED THIS MEMORANDUM BE MADE
A PART OF THE MINUTES.
THE BOARD FURTHER INSTRUCTED MR. DONLON, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
TO CONSULT WITH OTHER COMPANIES PROVIDING THIS TYPE OF INSURANCE IN ORDER
THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE THE BEST WE CAN.FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
MR, DONLON`S MEMORANDUM OF MAY 28, 1976, IS HEREBY MADE A PART
=0F THE MINUTES. `
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ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT
May 28, 1976
. TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Robert Donlon, Personnel Manager
SUBJECT: Review of Group Insurance
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It has been brought to our attention by the auditors that
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there is a difference in fringe benefits for employees under
the County Administrator's office. They have questioned the
necessity and fairness of two separate group insurance contracts.
We now have two major policy groups, one covering Road and
Bridge and Zoning employees, and the other includes employees
1 under the Board of County Commission jurisdiction plus '12 employees
under the County Clerk and three in Rosemary Richey's office.
Our Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Policy and Life Insurance
have a renewal date of May 15. We may make any changes found to
f be'desirable up until June 15, 1976.
'i It proposed that these two policy groups be combined into
one with uniform employee benefits and insurance premiums. The
County now pays $2.16 per month per employee in the first group
for live insurance and $3.50 per month for the second group. If
combined, the cost will be $2.16 for all employees.
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j maximum for Major Medical. It is now $250,000 for the first group
and $100,000 for the second group. The new amount will be $250,000
i for all employees at no additional cost to the County.
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Cross and Blue Shield and life insurance at no cost to them. In
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the-second group, employees pay $8.00 per month for family B.C./
B.s. coverage and $2.00 per month for life insurance.
itis recommended that all employees in the second group
receive these benefits at no cost to them.
The cost to the County for these changes is shown on the
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attached summary. it amounts to $248.42 per month, or $2,981.04
per year.
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No. of
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Present
Proposed
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Plan
Plan
B.C.
& $.S. Single Policy
Holder. 17
$ 429.76
$ 430.10
B.C.
& B. S'.. Family °`
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1,485.80
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56.16
$1,723.64
$1,972.06
Proposed Cost $1,972.06
Present.Cost 1,723.64
Additional Cost $
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$2,981.04 per
yr.
COUNTY COMMISSION EMPLOYEES ONLY
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B.C.
& B.S. Single Policy
Holder 5
$ 126.40
$ 126.50
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& B.S. Family
10
545.60
646.00
Group Life Insurance
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15.00
21.60
687.00
$ 794.10
Proposed Cost $
794.10
Present Cost
687.00
Additional Cost $
107.10 per mo.
-$1,285.20 per
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.ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER Loy VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD
AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF ADLEY ASSOCIATES, INC., BILL FOR SERVICES RENDERED
IN CONNECTION WITH REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $300.00.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED NEW PLANNING DISTRICT
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE INDIAN RIVER, ST. LUCIE, PALM BEACH AND MARTIN
COUNTIES. HE NOTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DECISION SO FAR ON WHETHER
OR NOT WE WILL HAVE SUCH A NEW DISTRICT, AND IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE
BEEN ASSESSED DUES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE COMING YEAR BY THE.EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. HE STATED THAT WE COULD
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER_COUNTIES AND WRITE LIEUT. GOV..WILLIAMS FOR
INFORMATION, BUT IT WILL CONFUSE OUR BUDGET PLANS.,
COMMISSIONER Loy SAID SHE FELT WE WILL JUST HAVE TO USE WHAT
FIGURES WE HAVE- TO PUT IN THE BUDGET, AND IF THE NEW DISTRICT IS
DIFFERENT, WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO CONTINGENCY.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHEN HE ATTENDED THE
PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS REGARD ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, HE DID NOT
TOTALLY COMMIT US TO CHANGING TO THE NEW DISTRICT, HE DID SAY THAT
WE THOUGHT THE PRINCIPLE WAS CORRECT, BUT THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH
REPRESENTATION AND COSTS,
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT WE STAY WHERE WE
ARE UNTIL THE NEW DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT READ TO THE BOARD A LETTER HE HAD RECEIVED
FROM HUGH RUSSELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE COASTAL" ZONE MANAGEMENT CITIZENS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IN REGARD TO THEIR CONTRACT WITH ADLEY ASSOCIATES,
INC., WHICH IS HEREBY MADE.A PART OF THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS:
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June 9, 1976
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Mr. Willard W. Siebert, Jr., Chairman
Indian River County Board of County
Commissioners
Dear Mr. Siebert:
Accompanying this letter is a copy of a letter from Adley Associates,
Inc. bearing date of June 1, 1976, which constitutes their executed
proposed contract on the subject matter, "Work Program, Indian River
County, Coastal Zone Management Study".
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The Coastal Zone Management Citizens Advisory Committee of Indian
River County wishes to recommend this to the County Commission for
their favorable attention and for their approval.
It is the Committee's understanding that the $5,200.00 fee will be
paid to Indian River County by East Central Florida Regional Planning
Council, so that no County funds, as such, are involved in this trans-
action.
With all best wishes.
Sincerely,
Hugh E. Russe 1
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SAID HE FELT THE BOARD SHOULD SIGN THIS
- CONTRACT RATHER THAN THE PLANNER.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER MASSEY VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD AGREED
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ADLEY ASSOCIATES, INC., AS OUTLINED IN
'l THEIR LETTER OF .JUNE 1, 1976, TO VAL BRENNAN, COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR,
FOR THE WORK NEEDED FOR THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,2OO.00, AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN,
SAID CONTRACT IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES.
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Mr. Valentine Brennan, Director •.
Indian River County Planning Commission y
2121 14th Avenue -
Vero Beach, Florida 32960 --
Dear Val:
# My Understanding from our conversations is that you wish to retain us to pro-
vide services in the preparation of the Environmental Quality Analysis and
° Identification of Geographic Areas of Particular Concern elements of the .'
Indian River County contribution to the East Central Florida Regional Planning
Council Coastal Zone Study. The work program for our services will be as
outlined under the title "Work Program, Indian River County, Coastal Zone
Management Study", (copy attached) as amended by the May 18, 1976 letter to
you from Mr. Richard Wells, ECFRPC (copy -attached).
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The work shall be completed by 1 September, 1976.
Our fee.for this service will be $5,200.00 to be paid monthly on the basis
of percentage of work completed in the previous month.
If this proposal is correct and complete, this letter will serve as a binding
contract upon signing of an authorized official in the space provided below. -
Y urs truly, Incorporated and made a part of
this Agreement are Exhibits "A" and "B"
Harry C. Adle .T°P°
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Chairman
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REAL ESTATE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS • PUBLIC MANAGEMENT STUDIES • •
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WORK PROGRAM
IND%AN RIVER COUNTY
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT STUDY
CONTRACT DATED 14 APRIL 1976
A. b»vixonmental Quality Analysis:
Asswn tions: j
p- (I) the data and base mans exist for the identification
mapping and assessment of major environment system and environmental
• problem areas, (2) ."major environmental areas" refers to areas of
multi-county
concern; (3) the "Environmental Quality Analysis" section of the ,
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work VUZ conform to the following out.7ine:
v Bio-physical overview.
-.Overview of factors researched. '
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Findings.
—Implications for Future Research.
.. Recommendations for:
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.research �
management
Tasks: a
2. Interview South Central Florida Regional Planning Council officials
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conc+dxning the existance of reports and data on Indian River County
e environmental system, especially that which deals with their geo-
°•graphic extent, -general characteristics, values, interrelationships, ,
and present functional conditions.
_...2. Interview the Indian River Planning Department officials concerning
�• the subjects enumerated in •paragraph Al above.
3. Interview selected scientists, professional environmentalists,
etc,, Anown to the Regional or County planning officials as having
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•information on the matters enume_ated in paragraph Al above.
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Q. Identify from interviews and existing reports and data any: j
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Jigy or estuarine systems including their wetland areas
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a River systems and their attendant flood plains.
S. Identify-from interviews and existing reports and data problem
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areas, areas of severe alteration and high pollution, as well as
problem source,scope and magnitude.
6. Review and analyze all available reports and data and develop
xecammendations for management and research of problem areas.
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brief memorandum containing assesshient of the analysis and recom-
mendations for environmental systems.
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8. Publish maps and memorandum in 20 copies•.
B. Identification of Geographic Area of Particular Concern:
Assumptions: The data and base maps exist for the identification of
geographic areas of particular concern; (2) there are no present ports
or future ports planned; (2) there is one existing power plant site and
a future need for an additional site; (3) the question of fresh water recharge
areas, not mentioned in the contract between the Region and the Commission,
is not included in this work.
' 'Tasks : •
1. interview City of Vero Reach Municipal Power Plant officials
concerning existing and potential power plant sites and obtain
what data may exist on the folio; ng subjects:
« Areas of unique, scarce, fragile or vulnerable natural
habitat, physical feature, historical significance, cultural
value and scenic importance.
Areas of high natural productivity or essential habitat for
living resources, including fish, wildlife and the various
trophic levels in the flood web critical to their well-being.
Areas of substantial recreational value and/or opportunity.
Areas where developments and facilities are dependant upon°
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the utilization of, or access to, coastal waters (water-
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• dependant activities) .
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« Areas of unique geologic or topographic significance to in -
dustrial or commercial development.
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and. water uses are highly competitive.
« Areas of significant hazard if developed, due to storms,
slides, floods, erosion, settlement, etc.
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a Areas needed to protect, maintain or replenish coastal lands
°and resources, including coastal :flood plains, aquifer recharge
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..'areas, sand dunes, coral and other reefs, beaches, off shore.
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Intgrview South Central Florida Regional Planning Council concerning
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".`exlsti and poEential powQx plant sites and obtui» what data may
axist on thv subjects enumerated In paragraph R1 above.
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.interview water quality mangement (201) consultants concerning
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existing and potential power plan: sites and obtain what data may
exist on the subjects enumerated in paragraph 131 above.
S.
Interview various special interest groups including the Sierra
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Club, Chambers of Commerce, Audubon Society, etc., cpncerning•
existing and potential power plant sites.
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data obtained in tasks BZ through B4 and develope impli-
cations and recommendations specific to existing and potential
power sites including overview and impact assessment, management
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alternatives and mechanisms.
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Prepare-4propriate 8 212 inches by 11 inches free-hand maps and
brief verbal memorandum containing overview, impact assessment,
and management alternatives and mechanisms.
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Publish maps and'memorandum in 20 copies.
C. Outer' Continental Shelf Onshore Impact Planning and Project Coordination:
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Assumption: there are no known continental shelf projects in the Indian
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• TELEPHONE (305) 645.3339
May 18, 1976
Mr. .Val Breraian, Director
Tndian.River Cuinty Planning Department
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Vero Beach, Florida 32960
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• TELEPHONE (305) 645.3339
May 18, 1976
Mr. .Val Breraian, Director
Tndian.River Cuinty Planning Department
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Vero Beach, Florida 32960
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Attn: Mr. Robert M. Berg
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Dear Val:
° In talking with Clif, we agree' that yo.n proposed work program,
with a fear changes, as.noted below, will be sufficient to fulfill the
-1 scope of services as outlined in the contract between the Past Cenral
�^ Florida Regional Flsrniais Counci.I and the Board o£ Coua_ty Ccrtwdssiuners .
of Indian River County.
The changes ulAch should be incolporated in the work program to
_ make it accurately conform to the'expected output areas follo:rs;
A. • F.nvirmimental (raality Analysis
Asa .tions
7. Delete "Im",ications for Future Research"
2. Delete Meco:l-nendations fox rc -earth and lnanzgcm, nt" and
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chansle to "Reco.rMendat:;.cns for p> ctecti are or restorative
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measures that should be take:.!. to allieviat. problam ."
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► 1° ' /old Fast Cent.. al Florida P.cgie,':al Pl:u�ni;:g Cou:t•�il to
agencies to be conta-cted forreports, d:: aa, etc. (5u(;gestion)
2° ilndcr 11411, delete the four types of systemus inentioncJ and
substitt,te: est: oxine systems, drainage basins, bar- ler
. islan?, open marine xNraters, gro;uxlwato, systom, and
overly.ilt; air mass. 'These systcan, are identified in Treater
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detail in an outline lvhich I have just had. approved by
BCZP to guide the organization and output of this element.
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The outline is enclosed for your reference and should be
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used,•in conjunction with the guidelines from BCZP
° which I have previously sent you, to complete this element.
3. Under 11711, maps should be prepared on l" to 2 mi: base
maps, which I will send you under separate cover. heat
and legible free-hand workwith colored pencils is acceptable.
4. Under 11811, twenty copies of the completed work is not
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necessary. Ile require only one copy for our otn use.
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'2e Under 11711, two different sets.of maps are to be.used to
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com Tete this section. First, 1" to 2•mi. base maps are to
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be used for power plant location, including transportation
links, transmission line right-of-ways, and underground
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cable routes. Second, 1:24,000 base maps are to be
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used for power plant facility identification. This
includes the same three topics mentioned above in
addition to facility boundaries and characteristics
of immediately surrc coding areas. Please refer to the
guidelines prepared by BCZP for power plant analysis
(enclosed).
3. Under "E", twenty copies are not necessary.
Generally speaking, if the enclosed and pnreviozsly.scut guidelines
are followed, and the work progrm is modified to include the above
changes, then carrying out the tasks in your proposed work program will'
satisfy the requirements of scope of services outlined in the previously
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If you have any further corme,;ts, please contact me as SIM as
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ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED
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FROM THE D.O.T. AN AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO THE INSTALLATION OF FLASHING
LIGHTS AND BELLS AT OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY AND FLORIDA EAST CENTRAL RAILROAD
(KNOWN AS OLD BUTTERMILK CROSSING), PROJECT N0. 88505-6902. HE NOTED
THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 10% OF THE TOTAL COST OF $27,022.00
AND UPON COMPLETION, ASSUMES IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy,
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER MASSEY VOTED IN FAVOR, THE BOARD
ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0, 76-40 AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN
TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE D.O.T. RE PROJECT 88505-6902.
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RUOIXTION No 76-40
ON MOTION C-:,-.Comni:-sior&cr Wodi-ke seconded I'v
CommUsioncr LOY_ the following I' LSOLUTION was adopted:
WHEREAS, Elie. State of Florida DcpartmenE of Transporintion ss consUbetnig, reconstructing, or
�cihermise changing a portion of the State I HZI-WaY SY.Zteni, between State Road 5
nd which shall cell for ilia installation and in.aintenance of railroad
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rade crossing Protective devices for railroad grade cro2c.ings over or near said higliway
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NOW, Tlll:.I' 1EFOPIE, BE IT PIESOLVE11.13Y THE COU,\ COM-MISS1bN!OF -Indian River
COUN'TY, FLORIDA:
That Indian RiverD 'AGIII-M.
County enter into a IIAITUIOAD I.r1'%IBUR.SI:' IENT
BIENT uith the ;ate of Florida Depnrinicut of Transportation and . ll,,Florida East Coast Railway
,rade crossing protective devices designiatcd
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any- for the installation and maintenance of ccrianin g
as jolt No. 88505-6902 on an unamed paved road —which croSces
the right of 1v2V and travk!z of Elie CoMpatIV at a paint 20 fee, south
from the collipally's216
Mile 110-t — ,at or near Sebastian Florida; and,
.That the County agrees to participate in the cost of installation as enumerate,
Paragraph 14 and assume it's share in the cost of future:maintenanceand adiust-
-ment of said -grade crossing protect -Ave devices as designated in Paraqraph 10 of the
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7'=RAILROAD REIMSURSE!1ENT AGREEIIE'IT; and,
I'llat flic Ch.irnill, and Clerk of Elie Board
of Cninity Coniniissioncrs beauillorized to enter inial
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ortation and Elie Florida East- Coast Railway
such .tgrecnients with ilia State. of Florida Department of Tritivp
Company as herein deserilied;and,
That psis usoix,rio.N eiliall take effcci ininicdiatcly ullurt adoption.
Conlinissiuners 07f Indian River
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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TPANSPORTATION
• DIVISION OF ROAD OPERATIONS
RAILROAD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
GRADE.CROSSING PROTECTIVE DEVICES AND FUTURE RESPONSIBILITY
THIS AGREE7:1ENT, made and entered into this dad of
197_, by and between the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a
component agency of the State of Florida, hereinafter called the DEPARTMENT, and
Florida East Coast Railway Company ,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Florida
with its principal place of business in the City of
St. Augustine �
County of St. Johns ,State of
Florida , hereinafter called
the COMPANY; and Indian Ri Ver County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida,
acting by and through its Board of County Commissioners, hereinafter called the COUNTY.
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WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT is constructing, reconstructing or otherwise changing a #
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-Portion of the State Highway System, desi� gated by the DEPARTi•IENT as Job No.
between State Road 5 and State Road 512. which crosses at bade the right of way and
track(s) of the COMPANY at a point 20 feet south from the COMPANY'S Mile Post
216 , at or near Sebastian , Florida as shown on DEPAR.TNIENT'S Plan Sheet No.
1 _ attached hereto as a part hereof, -
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings as herein set forth, the parties
hereto agree as foLows:
1. The COMPANY shalt furnish the necessary materials and install automatic grade crossing
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agrees to install and/or adjust the necessary arts of its facilities
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THIS AGREE7:1ENT, made and entered into this dad of
197_, by and between the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a
component agency of the State of Florida, hereinafter called the DEPARTMENT, and
Florida East Coast Railway Company ,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Florida
with its principal place of business in the City of
St. Augustine �
County of St. Johns ,State of
Florida , hereinafter called
the COMPANY; and Indian Ri Ver County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida,
acting by and through its Board of County Commissioners, hereinafter called the COUNTY.
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WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT is constructing, reconstructing or otherwise changing a #
r'^ 88505-6902
-Portion of the State Highway System, desi� gated by the DEPARTi•IENT as Job No.
between State Road 5 and State Road 512. which crosses at bade the right of way and
track(s) of the COMPANY at a point 20 feet south from the COMPANY'S Mile Post
216 , at or near Sebastian , Florida as shown on DEPAR.TNIENT'S Plan Sheet No.
1 _ attached hereto as a part hereof, -
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings as herein set forth, the parties
hereto agree as foLows:
1. The COMPANY shalt furnish the necessary materials and install automatic grade crossing
_-•sigr►als and/or other protective devices at said location on an actual cost basis, and in accordance with
the DEPARTMENT'S Plans and Standard Index Number 1467 attached hereto and by reference made
apart hereof.
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agrees to install and/or adjust the necessary arts of its facilities
2. The COMPANY hereby aD ,) P
alone said road in accordance with the provisions set forth in the:
_—(a) DEPARTMENT Procedure No. 132-046 "Reimbursement for Utility and Railroad
Relocation," dated October '1, 1973, and Rule 01.1-46.02 "Respon-sMity for the Cost
of Railroad/High�tiay Crossings," Florida Administrative Code, dated February 3, 2
1971, '
-.-(b) Federal liighway Administration "Policy and Procedure Memorandum 30-3,"
Transmittal 218, dated October 26. 1971, and Federal llighway Administration "Policy
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and any supplements thereto or revisions thereof, which, by reference hereto, are made a part hereof.
The COMPANY further agrees to do all of such work with its own forces or by a contractor paid
under a contract let by the COMPANY, all under the supervision and approval of the DEPARTMENT
and the Federal Highway Administration, when applicable.
• . • 3. The DEPARTMENT hereby agrees to reimburse the COMPANY for all costs incurred by it
in the installation and/or adjustment of said facilities, in accordance with the provisions of the above
indicated Reimbursement Policy, and any Fupplemenis thereto or revisions thereof. It is understood
and agreed by and between the parties hereto that preliminary engineering costs not incorporated
within this agreement shall not be subject to payment by the DEPARTMENT.
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4. Attached hereto, and by this reference made a part hereof, are plins and specifications of
the work to be performed by the COMPANY pursuant to the terms hereof, and an estimate of the cost
thereof in the amount of .S 27 -Q99 O0 . Alt work performed by the COMPANY pursuant hereto,
=shall be performed according to these plans and specifications as approved by the DEPARTMENT; the
Federal Highway Administration, if federal aid participating; and all subsequent plan changes shall
likewise be approved by the DEPARTMENT and, when applicable, the Federal Highway
• -Administration.
-5. The installation -and/or adjustment of the COMPANY'S facility as planned OeDwill not)
-involve additional work over and above the minimum reimbursable requirements of the
-DEPARTMENT. (If upgrading and/or noureimllursable work is involved at the option of the
COMPANY, then credit against the cost of the project is required and }vill be governed by the method
checked and described hereafter):
<—(a) % will be applied to the final billuig of work actually accomplished to
.determine required credit for (betterment) and/or (extended service life) and/or
-(nonreimbursable stjments)-
(b) All work involving noureimbursable segments will be performed by special COMPANY
.work or job order number apart and separate from the reimbursable portion of the
work; such work or job order number to be . The COMPANY further
agrees to clearly identify such additional work areas in the COMPANY'S plans and
estimates for the total work covered by this Agreement. °
. 6. All labor, semces, materials and equipment furnished by the COMPANY in carrying out
the work to be performed hereunder shall be billed by the COMPANY direct to the DEPART\LENT.
Separate records as to the costs of contract bid items and force account items perfomed for the
COMPANY shall also lie furnished by the COMPANY to
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DEPARTMENT shall receive fair and adequate credit for any salvage which shall accrue to the
COMPANY as a result of the above installation and/or adjustment work.
8. It is further agreed that the cost of all installations and/or adjustments made during this
installation work shall be borne by the COMPANY, subject only to the DEPARTMENT bearing such
.portion of this cost as represents the cost of installation and/or adjustment of the previously existing
facility, less salvage credit as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph.
9. Upon completion of the work the COMPANY shall, %within one hundred twenty (120)
=days, furnish the DEPARTMENT with two (2) copies of its final and complete billing of all costs
-incurred in connection with the work performed hereunder, such statement to follow as closely as
possible the order of the items contained in the estimate attached liereto.- The totals for labor,
:overhead, travel expense, transportation, equipment, material and supplies, handling costs and other
services shall be shown in such a manner as will permit ready comparison with the approved plans and
estimates. Materials shall be itemized where they represent major components of cost in the relocation
following the pattern set out in the approved estimate as closely as is possible. Salvage credits from
"recovered and replaced permanent and recovered temporary materials shall be reported in said bills in
relative position with the charge for the replacement or the original charge for temporary use.
'The final billing shall show the description and site of the Project; the date on which the first
-work was performed, or, if preliminary engineering or right -o€ --way items are involved, the date on
which the earliest item of billed expense was incurred; the date on which the last work was performed
or the last item of billed expense was incurred; and the location where the records and accounts billed
can be audited. Adequate reference shall be made in the billing to the COMPANY'S records, accounts
and other relevant documents. All cost records and accounts shall be subject to audit by a
-representative of the DEPARTMENT. Upon receipt of invoices, prepared in accordance with the
-provisions of the above indicated Reimbursement Policy, the DEPARTMENT agrees to reimburse the i
COMPANY, in the amount of such actual costs as approved by the DEPARTMENT'S auditor. The
DEPARTMENT shall retain ten per cent from any progress payment.
10. Upori installation of said protective devices, the expense thereof in keeping same in a
good and safe condition will: #
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fifty per cent (50%) of the cost enumerated by the Schedule of Annual Cost of
Automatic Highway Grade Crossing Protective Devices attached hereto and by this
reference made a part hereof. At the conclusion of said time period, such maintenance
of the protective devices and expense thereof will be transferred to and assumed by the
COUNTY and the COUNTY joins herein for the purpose hereof. The COUNTY agrees
to notify the COMPANY in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of
maintenance by the DEPARTMENT.
IT BEING EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED that the COMPANY may, at its option
and upon proper notificatiozi, perform such periodic maintenance work as required and bill either the
DEPARTMENT or the COUNTY, whichever is applicable under the foregoing paragraph, for costs
thus incurred.
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and/or adjusted and found to be in satisfactory working order by the parties hereto, the same shall be
immediately put into service, operated and maintained by the COMPANY so long as said COMPANY
or their successors or assigns shall operate the automatic grade crossing signals and/or other protecti ,
devices, or until it is agreed between the parties hereto that the signals are no longer necessary at said
grade crossing, or until the said crossing is abandoned, or other legal requirements made which shall
cease operation' and maintenance of signals thereat. The COMPANY agrees that any future relocation
or adjustment of said protective devices shall be performed by the COMPANY with the DEPARTMENT
or the COUNTY, whichever is applicable at the time as governed in Paragraph 10 above, responsible
for such cost as specified at that future date. The COMPANY further agrees to assume full responsibility
for the continued operation and maintenance of such devices once they are placed in service.
12. The COMPANY expressly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the DEPARTMENT
against each and every claim, demand or cause of action that may be made or come against the
DEPARTMENT by reason of or any way arising out of any defect, imperfection, failure to repair, or
failure to maintain, done, suffered, or permitted in or about such protective devices, and also every
claim, demand or cause of action against said DEPARTMENT by reason of any liability that is or may
be imposed on the DEPARTMENT under the laws of this State because of its participation in the cost
of such maintenance governed in Paragraph 10 (b) above, on account of any such defect, imperfection,
or failure to repair or maintain, done, suffered, or permitted in or about said crossing or crossing
protective devices, or on account of any action or omission on the part of the COMPANY in or about
the -same.
13. The COMPANY covenants to indemnify, defend, save harmless and exonerate the
DEPARTMENT of and from all liability, claims and demands arising out of work undertaken by the
COMPANY pursuatit to this agreement, due to the negligent actions, delay or omissions done or
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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTIENT OF, TPLUISPORTATIO3
BY: • . .
Director of Administration
ATTEST: (SEAL)
tote D PA.T1ERT xecutive Secretary
(COMPANY)- Florida East Coast Railway Company
President
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coirm-.Iitted by the COMPANY. its subcontractors, emolovees, agents or represen-
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tatives; exceDtiag ho::ever, any loss, damage or injury arising out of or
done or committed the
caused by the.negligent actions, delays or omissions
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DEPART'.ENT,its subcontractors, e:lployees, agents or representatives, trhich
loss, damage or injury shall be borne by the DEPART'tE%T except as otheretise
covered by bands or insurance.
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14. It is agreed between the parties hereto that the cost of installing
autocratic protective devices at said crossing be t:orne jointly between the
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the actual cost. The COMTY upon execution of this agreeTsnt shall furnish
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to the DEPARTENT as advance payment a negotiable voucher made payable to the
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DEPARTMIENT for ten per cent (10:x) of the esti^ated cost contained in para-
to the CO 'I Y
graph 4 above. Should the final cost be less than esti rated cost, refund to
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the COt111T'r shall be r..adn. Should the final cost be greater than the amount
Apprownl a<to Form Le-gality and Fxeeution
previously Daid by the COUNTY, the COUNTY shall, upon receipt of billing, pay
to the DEPART:IEtIT the balance due pursuant to paragraph 9 hereof.
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Paragraph 14 added prior to execution 6y parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused these present to
be executed by their duly authorized officers, and their official seals
hereto affixed, the day and year first above written.
-WITNESSES:
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTIENT OF, TPLUISPORTATIO3
BY: • . .
Director of Administration
ATTEST: (SEAL)
tote D PA.T1ERT xecutive Secretary
(COMPANY)- Florida East Coast Railway Company
President
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ESTIMATED COST TO INSTALL FLASHING
.LIGHT SIGNALS AT CROSSING MP 216+20'
Flashing light signal assemblies ...................'.$ 1.,800.00
Factory wired relay case and changes to nearby
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4 circuits ......................................... 14,000.00
Foundations ......................>.................. 450.0t0f
f Electric service....... 4 ............................ 425.00
I Underground cable......................0............ 1,300.00
Underground PVC conduit ............................. .200.00
iBattery ............................................. 972.00
Battery box........... 150.00
Labor .... ............:............................. 2,750.00
Engineering & contingencies ......................... 525.00 h
Rental of trucks ......:............................. 300.00
'tt Itental of trencher .................................. 350.00
Gang expetises....................................... 1,140.00
r Supervision ......................................... 970.00
Freight & handling ................................... 1,300.00
Railroad retirement ................................. 390.00
Total $27,022.00
FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY
OFFICE OF SUPT. SIGNALS & COMMUN.='
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA 32084
February 12, 1976
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD -THAT A NOTICE OF CAN-
CELLATION OF INSURANCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON THE SILVER SLIPPER, A
COUNTY -OWNED BUILDING IN GIFFORD WHICH THE COUNTY IS SELLING TO THE
GIFFORD .JAYCEES. THE SALES AGREEMENT CALLS FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN
LIABILITY INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. THIS CANCELLATION IS
NOT FOR NON-PAYMENT, BUT FOR UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND LACK OF SECURITY.
FINANCE OFFICER HOCKMAN STATED THAT HE HAD TALKED WITH THE.
INSURANCE AGENT AND FOUND THAT THE JAYCEES CHANGED AGENTS RECENTLY,
AND THE NEW AGENT INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND REQUIRED CERTAIN THINGS
TO BE DONE. THESE WERE NOT DONE, AND THEY CANCELED THE POLICY. MR.
HOCKMAN NOTED THAT THE CORRECTIONS REQUIRED WERE VERY MINOR ITEMS,
AND HE FELT IF THE AMINISTRATOR COULD CONTACT THE GIFFORD .JAYCEES, THE
MATTER COULD BE CLEARED UP VERY QUICKLY AND THE INSURANCE REINSTATED,
ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINE
THAT THIS BUILDING IS COVERED UNDER -THE COUNTY'S GENERAL POLICY AS HE
FELT WE SHOULD HAVE LIABILITY COVERAGE ON IT AS LONG AS THERE IS ANY
OWNERSHIP INTEREST. HE ALSO STATED THAT IF AFTER THE ADMINISTRATOR
CONTACTED THE GIFFORD JAYCEES, THEY DID NOT -CORRECT THIS MATTER, WE
SHOULD WRITE THEM A LETTER OF DEFAULT,
THE BOARD THEN RECESSED AT 5:10 O'CLOCK P. M. AND RECONVENED
AT 8:30 O'CLOCK A. M., JUNE 10, 1976. `
PRESENT WERE WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., CHAIRMAN, WILLIAM C.
WODTKE, JR., VICE-CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy, EDWARD J. MASSEY, AND EDWIN
S. SCHMUCKER, ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR;
L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR, JACK HOCKMAN, FINANCE OFFICER, '
AND VIRGINIA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK. "ABSENT WAS GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR.,
ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT FINANCE OFFICER
HOCKMAN WOULD REVIEW WITH THEM THE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COMING
YEAR.
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MR. HOCKMAN PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH A TENTATIVE BUDGET
SCHEDULE AND NOTED THAT AN EXTRA COPY OF THE BUDGET BOOK WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS ON THE PRESS TABLE AND ONE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE OFFICE OF MRS. FORLANI, SECRETARY TO THE
BOARD. HE THEN WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET FOLDER PAGE BY PAGE EXPLAINING
THE NEW FORMS, HOW THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN, AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED '
FILLING THEM IN. HE STATED -THAT HE AND HIS ASSISTANT, RAY CORDER,
WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST ANY DEPARTMENT IN FILLING OUT THESE FORMS.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONGRATULATED MR, HOCKMAN ON HIS WORK,
THE CHAIRMAN NEXT DISCUSSED THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE COMMISSION
IN REGARD TO SALARY INCREASES FOR THE COMING YEAR AND SAID HE FELT WE
SHOULD DECIDE ON A PERCENTAGE TO SHOOT FOR EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT PROMISE
ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET DONE WITH THE BUDGET, AT WHICH TIME AN ADJUSTMENT
MAY HAVE TO HE MADE. HE SUGGESTED CONSIDERING A 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD
INCREASE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 47 MERIT INCREASE, OR A TOTAL OF 9%. HE
NOTED THAT WE HAVE TO PAY A LIVING WAGE AND MAKE SURE OUR SALARIES ARE
COMPETITIVE, AND HE FELT WITH THIS APPROACH YOU COULD REWARD AN EMPLOYEE
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WHO IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND AT THE SAME TIME TAKE CARE OF AN
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EMPLOYEE WHO IS DOING THEIR JOB ADEQUATELY. HE STATED THAT THE TOTAL
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PACKAGE WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $300,000.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS GENERALLY FELT THAT 9% WAS A
HIGH FIGURE; FRINGE BENEFITS WERE BROUGHT UP, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED
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THAT A FLYER BE PUT IN THE EMPLOYEES PAY ENVELOPES SETTING OUT FOR
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THEM EXACTLY WHAT THESE BENEFITS AMOUNT TO -IN DOLLARS AND CENTS PER YEAR.
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INCREASE AS OPPOSED TO A MERIT INCREASE, AND THE STEP INCREASE PROCEDURE
WAS REVIEWED,
VARIOUS PERCENTAGES WERE SUGGESTED, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT
STATED THP.T HE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THE DEPARTMENTAL INCREASE TO 6% BUT
ALLOW SOME LATITUDE IN THE MERIT INCREASES.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE SAID THAT HE COULD AGREE WITH THE 5%
AND 4% BUT COULD NOT GO ALONG WITH A TOTAL EXCEEDING MORE THAN 71021.
AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE,
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED RE
FOLLOWING TO BE USED AS A GUIDE AND NOT AS A COMMITMENT IN PREPARING
1976-77 BUDGETS:, AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD SALARY INCREASE OF 51'al, PLUS,
WHERE APPLICABLE, A MERIT INCREASE OF UP TO 47 FOR THOSE NOT HAVING
A STEP INCREASE PROGRAM; THE TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES FOR ANY AGENCY
OR DEPARTMENT NOT TO EXCEED 77. OVER LAST YEARS SALARIES AND WAGES.
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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED
FROM THE D.O.T. A NEW RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT IN REGARD TO INDIAN RIVER
BOULEVARD REPLACING RESOLUTION 72-28 AND THE CONTRACT EXECUTED IN 1972
AS THE FORMAT ON THEM WAS OUTDATED,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0, 76-41 AND
AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTRACT
IN REGARD TO INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD, SECTION 88501-2601.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION No. 76-41
On motion of Commissioner Loy
seconded by Commissioner Schmunkpr the following*
resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
has authorized and requested Indian River County
to furnish the necessary rights of way, borrow pits and easements
for that nortion of Section extending from a point in Section 30, Township
33 South, Range 40 East Northerly along Indian River Boulevard. to a point in Section
34, Township 31 South, Range 39 East.
which has been surveyed and located by the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPART-
MENT OF TRANSPORTATION as shown by a map on file in the Office of
the Officer designated by law as the recorder for said County, and•
in the office of the said Department at Tallahassee, and
WHEREAS, the.said.Department will not.begin construction
id portion
of said of said Section in said County until title to all
land necessary for said portion of said Section has been conveyed to
or vested in said State -by said County, and said lands are physically
cleared of all occupants, tenants,*fences, buildings, and/or other
structures and improvements upon or encroaching within the limits of
the land required for said portion of said Section; and
.WHEREAS, the said County is financially unable at this
time -to provide the necessary funds to acquire said rights of way,
borrow pits and easements; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
PORTATION be and itis hereby requested to pay for the rights of
way, borrow pits and easements for said road, including the removal
of buildings, fences and other structures .and improvements thereon,
utility relocations and.for other expenses of acquiring title to
said rights of way, borrow pits and easements by purchase or condem-
nation, from proceeds of State of Florida Department of General
Services bonds or secondary gasoline tax funds (Article XII, Section
9 (4), of Florida Constitution, and Section 335.041, Florida
Statutes, as amended), whichever is available, under conditions set
forth in the contract, of which this resolution forms a part;
and be,it further
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RESOLVED, that said County through its Board of County
Commissioners, comply with the request of said Department and pro-
cure, convey or vest in said State the free, clear and unencumbered
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title to all lands necessary for said portion of said Section, and
deliver to the STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION said
lands physically clear of all occupants tenants, fences, buildings
' and/or other structures and improvements situate upon or encroaching
within the limits of the lands required for said portion of said
Section and that the Chairman and the Clerk of the Board be and they
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver on behalf
of said County to said Department the Contract in the form hereto
attached;
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF InriianRaver )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is .a true and correct -
copy of resolution passed by the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida, at a meeting held the
t day of June , A. D., 1976 and recorded in
the Commissioners minutes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official
seal this 14th . day of June A. D. 19 76
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ClerK of the Board of County
Commissioners
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Commissioners
Rev. 11-75
RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACT
PROVIDING FOR USE OF SECONDARY GASOLINE TAX FUNDS
OR
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES BOND FUNDS
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of
19 , by and between the STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an agency of the State of Florida,
hereinafter called the "Department", and the COUNTY OF Indian River ,
a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, hereinafter called
the "County",
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W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Florida has designated and
un -numbered
established State Road No. , and the Department has located'
and surveyed a part of said Road designated as. Section SR501- .601
and has prepared a Map of Survey and Location covering that portion
of said Section extending from a no9nt in Sectinn 309 Township 33 South,
Range 40 East Northerly along Indian River Boulevard to a point in Section 34,
Township 31 South. Range 39 East.
in said County, as shown on a map, duly certified as provided by law,
on file in the office of the Department of Transportation, Tallahassee,
.Florida, and on file in the Office of the Official designated by law
as the recorder for said County, and in the judgment of the Depart-
ment said location and survey have been found to be practicable,
{ necessary and to the best interest of the State, and
WHEREAS, the Department has requested and authorized said
County to secure by donation or purchase, if possible, the lands and
j� property necessary for such right of way, borrow pits and drainage.
easements for said portion of said Section, and such as may here-
after be found necessary by the Department for said portion of said
{{ Section, and
1 WHEREAS, the County is financially unable at this time to
provide the necessary funds from local sources to acquire the right
of way, borrow pits and drainage easements, and
,WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of said County,
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at a meeting duly called and held on the 9th day of June
A. D., 19 76, adopted a resolution, a copy of which is attached here-
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to as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof, signifying its agreement
to comply with the Department's said request, requesting the Depart-
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went to pay for acquiring said lands for right of way, borrow pits
i. and drainage easements from funds which have been or may be remitted
to the Department under provisions of Article XII, Section 9 (4), of
the Florida Constitution, and Section 335.041, Florida Statutes, as
amended, for expenditure solely within the County, or from proceeds
of the State of Florida Department of General Services bonds issued
for the purpose of constructing this project, and authorizing its
Chairman and its Clerk, on its behalf, to execute this Contract;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises
and of the mutual undertakings hereinafter set forth, the parties
mutually covenant and agree as follows:
1. The County shall forthwith furnish the Department with
a title search made by a reliable Abstractor or Abstract Company
showing the present ownership and record description of each parcel
of land over which said right of way, borrow pits and/or easements
extend, together with all unsatisfied or outstanding recorded liens
or encumbrances, leases and tax deeds, tax liens and tax certificates,
or other interests, including possessive interests. Thereupon the
Department shall prepare and furnish to the County the descriptions
of said rights of way,* borrow pits and/or easements to be acquired for
each of the several parcels of land, or interests therein as shown
i by said title search. The furnishing of said descriptions shall be
solely for the assistance of the County and nothing in this paragraph
P shall be taken or construed as the Department's acceptance of the
title, or quality of the title, to the land or easements shown, and
shall not release or relieve the County of its agreement herein to
furnish the Department free,.clear and unencumbered title to the
land required for said right of way, borrow pits and easements, or
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from any of its covenants hereunder.
2. After the Department has furnished the County said descrip-
tion, the County shall proceed, out of the funds specified below,
to acquire either by donation or purchase the free, clear and unen-
cumbered title to the land so required as aforesaid for said portion
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of said Section by the Department for said rights of way, borrow
pits and easements, convey or vest the same to or in the State of
Florida. for the use of the State of Florida Department of Transpor-
tation, by good and sufficient deed or deeds,'and deliver to the
Department said land physically clear of all occupants, tenants,
fences, buildings and/or other structurr,s and improvements situate
upon or encroaching within the limits of the lands required for said
portion of said Section and shall have adjusted or'secure arrangements
for the adjustment of all sanitary and/or storm sewers, gas mains,
meter, water mains, fire hydrants, pipes, poles, wires, cables,
conduits, and other utilities and facilities situate or.encroaching
upon said land. Any land to which the County has heretofore acquired
free, -clear and unencumbered title, which may be necessary for said
rights of way, borrow pits and/or easements, shall be conveyed by
the County to the State for the said use under the provisions of
this section.
Upon completion, the County shall make a certificate to
the Department stating for each parcel and instruments vesting the
free, clear and unencumbered title thereto in the State and certify-
ing the removal of:all occupants, tenants, fences, buildings and/or
other structures and improvements and adjustment of all facilities
and certifying that the free, clear and unencumbered title thereto
is vested in the State and that all physical encumbrances are removed
and that said rights of way are ready for construction of said por-
tion of said Section.
3. In those instances where the County is unable to acquire,
either by'donation or purchase the lands and property necessary for
such right of way, borrow pits and drainage easements for said por-
tion of said Section, and such as may hereafter be found necessary by
the Department for said portion of said Section, the County shall
notify the Department of the necessity for condemnation proceedings.
The Department shall then; at its sole option, either condemn the
lands or authorize the County to do so. In those cases where the
Department authorizes the County to handle the condemnation proceed-
Ings, the County shall make acertificate to the Department stating
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or each parcel condemned the instruments vesting the free, clear and. �
unencumbered title thereto in the State and certifying the removal'of
ali.occupants, tenants, fences, buildings and/or other structures -and
improvements and adjustments of all facilitie"s and certifying that the
free, clear and unencumbered title thereto is vested in the State
and taz all physical encumbrances are removed and that said rights
of way are ready for construction of said portion of. said Section.
4. Commencing with the date when the Department shall
begin construction operations on said portion of said Section, and
at all times thereafter for so long as said portion of said Section
shall continue to be a part of the State System of Roads the County,
solely at its own expense, shall save, defend and keep the State of {
Florida, and the Department, its officers, employees and contractors
harmless from any and all damages, claims or.injuries, actions at
law or suits in equity arising from or growing out of any defect or
alleged defect affecting the title or right of possession of the
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State of Florida for the use of said road, to any portions of the
lands, borrow pits and easements acquired by the County and required
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by the Department for said portion of said Section as aforesaid, or
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because of the lack of .title or right of possession thereto or by
reason of encumbrances thereon, or failure to have removed occupants,
tenants, fences, buildings and/or other structures and improvements
!'! or made or caused to be made adjustments of utilities and facilities
thereon, and the County agrees to pay and discharge all lawful
claims, damages, judgments, decrees and any other expenses arising
from or growing out of such claims, injuries, actions or suits.
5. The Department agrees, at the direction of the County,
by resolution attached hereto and made a part hereof, to pay for
I items set forth in Paragraph 7 below; either from proceeds of State
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a of Florida Department of General Services bonds issued for the pur-
pose of construction this project, or from secondary gasoline tax
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funds (Article XII,. Section 9(4), of the Florida Constitution, and
Section 335.041, Florida Statutes, as amended).
6. The County agrees that its acquisition of said rights
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of way, borrow pits and easements shall be conducted under supervision
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of the Department. Upon receipt of the necessary and proper infor-
mation from the County, the Department shall prepare requisitions
for payment out of said funds directly to the proper persons for the
items set forth in Paragraph 7.
7. The purchase or condemnation.of the lands or interests
required for rights of way, borrow pits and/or drainage easements
for said portion of said Section as aforesaid shall be paid for in
the following manner:
An appraisal shall be prepared of costs and damages
required for the acquisition of the lands and ease-
ments and the clearing of the right of way of all
physical obstructions which shall be approved by
the Department. After the appraisal is thus approved,
expenditures of said funds will be approved for the
following purposes and in the following amounts:
1< Payment of the price for the parcels of land or
easements arrived at either by negotiation or
by awards in condemnation including relocation
assistance as applicable under Department policies
and regulations.
2. The costs of title search and other title infor-
mation up to such amount as may be approved by
the Department.
3. The costs of the appraisal up to such amount as t
may be approved by the Department, provided the
appraiser is approved by the Department before f,
he is employed.
4. The compensation to be paid to the County Attorney,
if applicable, handling the condemnation proceedings
shall be a reasonable fee, as determined by the
County Commissioners and approved by proper resolu-
tion, which.shall, in all cases, be subject to
approval by the State of Florida Department of
Transportation.
S. Payment into the Registry of the Court of amount
set out in Order of Taking, if proceedings are
instituted under Chapter 74, Florida Statutes.
The County agrees not to stipulate for or agree
to expenditure of funds from this deposit without
approval of same_by the Department, and further
agrees that money so deposited shall be used only
for the payment of awards of compensation to pro-
perty owners; and the County further agrees to '
reimburse the Department for any money expended
from said deposit for any other purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOFt the Department has caused this Agreement
to be executed in quadruplicate by its Director of Administration Ct
and Executive Secretary, and its official seal to be affixed; and K,
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of the Department. Upon receipt of the necessary and proper infor-
mation from the County, the Department shall prepare requisitions
for payment out of said funds directly to the proper persons for the
items set forth in Paragraph 7.
7. The purchase or condemnation.of the lands or interests
required for rights of way, borrow pits and/or drainage easements
for said portion of said Section as aforesaid shall be paid for in
the following manner:
An appraisal shall be prepared of costs and damages
required for the acquisition of the lands and ease-
ments and the clearing of the right of way of all
physical obstructions which shall be approved by
the Department. After the appraisal is thus approved,
expenditures of said funds will be approved for the
following purposes and in the following amounts:
1< Payment of the price for the parcels of land or
easements arrived at either by negotiation or
by awards in condemnation including relocation
assistance as applicable under Department policies
and regulations.
2. The costs of title search and other title infor-
mation up to such amount as may be approved by
the Department.
3. The costs of the appraisal up to such amount as t
may be approved by the Department, provided the
appraiser is approved by the Department before f,
he is employed.
4. The compensation to be paid to the County Attorney,
if applicable, handling the condemnation proceedings
shall be a reasonable fee, as determined by the
County Commissioners and approved by proper resolu-
tion, which.shall, in all cases, be subject to
approval by the State of Florida Department of
Transportation.
S. Payment into the Registry of the Court of amount
set out in Order of Taking, if proceedings are
instituted under Chapter 74, Florida Statutes.
The County agrees not to stipulate for or agree
to expenditure of funds from this deposit without
approval of same_by the Department, and further
agrees that money so deposited shall be used only
for the payment of awards of compensation to pro-
perty owners; and the County further agrees to '
reimburse the Department for any money expended
from said deposit for any other purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOFt the Department has caused this Agreement
to be executed in quadruplicate by its Director of Administration Ct
and Executive Secretary, and its official seal to be affixed; and K,
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the County has caused it to be executed by its Chairman and its
Clerk, and its official seal to be affixed, the da and
y year first
above written.
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Signed, sealed and delivered STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
►' in the presence of: TRANSPORTATION
BY:
Director of Administration
ATTEST: (SEAL)
As to the Department Executive Secretary
COUNTY OF IpIAN RIVER , FLORIDA
BY:
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ATTESTairman
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the'aourgy Clerk of thefBoard of County
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ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS GAVE A REPORT ON THE PROPOSED IM
PROVEMENTS AT KiwANiS—HOBART PARK AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT WOULD
BE NECESSARY TO REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CUBIC YARDS OF.SANDY SOIL
FOR THE CANOE TRAIL, WHICH IS BETWEEN 400-500' LONG, AND THE PARKING
AREA FOR 100 CARS WOULD CALL FOR CLEARING APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN ACRE
AND HAULING IN AND COMPACTING ABOUT 600 CUBIC YARDS OF MARL, HE
ESTIMATED THAT FOR BOTH PROJECTS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT; HAULING AND
LABOR, IT WOULD AMOUNT ROUGHLY TO $7,000 OR $8o000.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
WODTKEo THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO PROCEED
WITH THE PLANS AS HE OUTLINED AND DO THE WORK AT KiwANIS—HOBART PARK
BASED ON HIS ESTIMATE AND TO SUBMIT THE FINAL BILL TO THE BOARD FOR
APPROVAL TO BE TAKEN OUT OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DISPLAYED TO THE BOARD A PROFILE HE
HAD MADE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH COMPLAINED ABOUT BY JIM SOLESBEE AT
THE MEETING OF MAY 19TH AND EXPLAINED THAT FILLING THIS WILL NOT REALLY
SOLVE THE PROBLEM; THAT IT WOULD JUST ELIMINATE A LOW SPOT. HE NOTED
THAT THE DITCH HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT AND THE STAGNANT WATER IS NOW
MOVING BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS.
IT WAS AGREED TO DO NOTHING FURTHER IN THIS REGARD AT THE
PRESENT,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, THE BOARD
UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF DALE PATCHETT
AS URBAN FORESTER AND AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO DRAW UP A RESOLUTION
THANKING HIM FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE COUNTY.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD A BILL FROM
ATTORNEY COLLINS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,300.00 FOR EXTRA SERVICES WITH
REGARD TO THE PURCHASE OF THE PARK PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER
SHORES NEAR THE TRACKING STATION.
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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE BILL AS SUBMITTED BY
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN REGARD TO THE PARK
PURCHASE IN' THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND THAT THE FUNDS BE TAKEN
FROM FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING•FUNDS.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD A LETTER WRITTEN
BY CARL GOSLINE OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
TO VAL BRENNAN, COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, ENCLOSING FORMS TO BE FILLED
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OUT COMMENTING ON THE UPPER ST. .JOHNS RIVER PROJECT. THE CHAIRMAN
PARTICULARLY POINTED OUT TO THE BOARD THE DATE OF THE LETTER FORWARDING
THIS MATERIAL, MAY 18TH, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
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BE FORWARDED NO LATER THAN -MAY 25TH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US FIVE DAYS TO
EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THESE PROJECTS. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED
THAT WE ALLOWED THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE MAN, PAT LYONS, AND UPON RECEIPT OF A COPY
OF THIS LETTER HE IMMEDIATELY STATED THAT HE IS IN COMPLETE CONCURRENCE
WITH THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED•BY THE UPPER ST. .JOHNS RIVER I4ATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE INFORMED MR.
LYONS THAT HE IS CONCERNED THAT THIS IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH PREVIOUS
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ACTION BY THIS BOARD AND NOTED THERE IS IN ESSENCE A CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND THE WATER USERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
THE CHAIRMAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD WRITTEN MR.
GOSLINE INFORMING HIM THAT WE DID NOT,HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO COMMENT
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AND REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME TO STUDY THESE PROJECTS, HE N07ED
THAT BREVARD COUNTY HAS ALSO REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME. CHAIRMAN
SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MR. LYONS DID FORWARD HIS COMMENTS,
BUT UNDER HIS OWN SIGNATURE AND NOT AS"A MEMBER.OF THE PROJECT REVIEW
COMMITTEE.
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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN
GREATLY CHANGED AND WE HAVE HAD NO TIME TO STUDY IT, IT SHOULD BE
SCHEDULED AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING AND WE SHOULD INVITE A REPRE-
SENTATIVE FROM THE WATER USERS IN THE COUNTY, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS INTERESTS, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UPPER
ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO ATTEND, ASK THEM TO
SUBMIT INFORMATION TO US PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND ALLOW EACH OF THEM
10 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE,
COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BREVARD
COUNTY ALSO BE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED
A REQUEST FROM THE VERO HIGHLANDS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO IN-
VESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OFA 4 -WAY STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF
OLD DIXIE AND 20TH PLACE S. E. THE LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS
ASSOCIATION IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES,
Nero Highlands Property Owners Association
318 21 Street S.W.
i Vero Beeich' Florida 32960
_ W111iam Wodtk&;
County Commissioner
District 4 B;
We the membdrs of Vera Highlands Property Owners Ass 1z Ion
authorise you our county commissioner to submit w request for a 4
way stop at the intersecti.cn cif Old Dixie and 20th Place S.E. at
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the,next County Commissioner meeting June 29. 1976..
j We the residence of Vero Highlands feel that due to the previous
accident record of this intersection warrents a 4~WaY stope To this
da*e we have not had any fatalities; hoping thisy 4 way stop may
prevent one - in the near future.
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We would appreciate a written progress report on or before June 219
1976. This -date le the 3mext meeting of the Vero Highlands Property
Owners Association.
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE HAD INVESTIGATED THIS LOCA-
TION AND FELT SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC SIGN MIGHT BE WARRANTED AND REQUESTED
THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR CHECK THIS POSSIBILITY AND WRITE A REPLY TO THE
VERO HIGHLANDS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION BEFORE .TUNE 21ST.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO REQUEST
THE D.O.T. TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD DIXIE
AND 20TH PLACE S.E.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE NEXT DISCUSSED A LETTER RECEIVED FROM
k SHERIFF JOYCE IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC HAZARDS RESULTING FROM PEOPLE PARKING
THEIR CARS TO ATTEND THE FLEA MARKET NEAR VERO HIGHLANDS. SAID LETTER
IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES. ..
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PHONE $62-7911
SAM T. JOYCE . EVDIA-V RI['Eh CO[TVn'
MEMBER FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER OF NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION
VISRO BEACH, FLORIDA 39960
June 9, 1976
Mr. Willard W. Siebert, Jr.
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Chairman - Board of County Commissioners
Indian River County
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SUBJECT: Flea Market - ST -RD 5 and South
County Line = Traffic Hazard
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Dear Mr. Siebert:
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This is to advise you that due to the problems
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of traffic hazards which are resulting along the
right-of-way of State Road #5 and 20th Place SE -
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Vero Highlands of General Development Properties,
and East of the Railroad, we are requesting that
'No Parking' signs be erected.
'There have been many accidents in this area
and feel that the safety of persons travelling
this route should be taken into consideration.
Cordl4ly,
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SAM T. JOYCE, RI
Indi River County
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COMMISSIONER WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO RUN THIS FLEA MARKET DO A GOOD JOB AND HAVE A THREE OR FIVE
YEAR CONTRACT,
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
$CHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHIPIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO
CONTACT THE D.O.T. AND REQUEST "NO PARKING" SIGNS BE ERECTED AS
REQUESTED BY SHERIFF JOYCE.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE REPORTED THAT HE HAS FORMS TO BE FILLED
OUT TO APPLY FOR FUNDS THROUGH TITLE IV FOR THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY
AND THE FIRE UNITS. HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT LAST YEAR THE FUNDS
RECEIVED AMOUNTED TO ONLY ABOUT $300.00. HE CONTINUED THAT DON DOCKINS
OF THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY WANTS TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS MAINLY TO
DOCUMENT THE NEED. LARGE ITEMS WILL NOT QUALIFY UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT HE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON A TOP
PRIORITY OUT OF THE FOUR FIRE GROUPS, AND HE WILL WORK ON THIS AND
PURSUE IT UNLESS THE COMMISSION FEELS IT IS NOT WORTH THE TIME.
CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE WAS NOT SURE THAT IT WAS SIGNIFY—
CANT ENOUGH TO BE WORTH THE EFFORT, BUT THE COMMISSION WILL BACK UP
COMMISSIONER WODTKE I00% AND GO WHATEVER WAY HE DESIRES.
COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE HAS HAD A
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REQUEST FROM RALPH LUNDY TO RESIGN FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SINCE HE HAS NOW BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE
'I.. ON THE CITIZENS RECREATION COMMITTEE, IN WHICH HE IS VERY INTERESTED.
SHE STATED THAT THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND
MR. WALTER JACKSON BE APPOINTED TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO
REPLACE MR. LUNDY.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
$CHMUCKER,. THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED WALTER JACKSON TO THE CITIZENS
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND INSTRUCTED THE ATTORNEY TO DRAW UP A RESOLUTION
THANKING RALPH LUNDY FOR HIS WORK ON THE CITIZENS'ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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THE SEVERAL BILLS AND ACCOUNTS AGAINST THE COUNTY, HAVING
BEEN AUDITED, WERE EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT WERE APPROVED AND
WARRANTS ISSUED IN SETTLEMENT OF SAME AS FOLLOWS: TREASURY FUND
NOS. 51865 - 52028 INCLUSIVE. SUCH BILLS AND ACCOUNTS BEING ON FILE
IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, THE WARRANTS SO ISSUED
FROM THE RESPECTIVE FUNDS BEING LISTED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MINUTE BOOK
AS PROVIDED BY THE RULES OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, REFERENCE TO SUCH
RECORD AND LIST SO RECORDED BEING MADE A PART OF THESE MINUTES.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 11:10 O'CLOCK A. M.
ATTEST,:
CLERK CHAIRMAN
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