HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-040RESOLUTION NO. 83- 40
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA DECLARING THE
ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF PROPERTY FOR
RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES FOR THE 16TH STREET ROADWAY
i+ IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, TO BE
• A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT
OF APPRAISERS, NEGOTIATION FOR ACQUISITION AND THE
FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.
WHEREAS, the County road known as 16th Street is an
important east -west secondary collector in the Indian River County
Thoroughfare Plan, and
WHEREAS, current traffic levels on the roadway necessi-
tate a program of improvements to accommodate increased vehicular
and pedestrian traffic flow, and
WHEREAS, the Board of. County Commissioners has previ-
ously through competitive negotiation hired an engineering firm to
provide professional engineering services with respect to the
project, and
WHEREAS, the consulting engineers have advised Indian
River County that to accomplish an effective improvement program
it will be necessary to expand the existing right-of-way, and
WHEREAS, the consulting engineers have identified the
parcels that are necessary to acquire which are attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" to this reso-
lution, and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of the additional right-of-way
is the most feasible means of solving the vehicular and pedestrian
transportation problem currently existing on 16th Street and is,
therefore, a public necessity and the acquisition of such land is
necessary and essential to the best interests of Indian River
County, and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish acquisition of this real
property it is necessary for the County Engineer and County
Attorney to take legal action, employ real estate appraisers,
negotiate for the purchase of said land, and to take any and all
other action necessary to acquire the property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
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fied.
1. The foregoing recitals are hereby adopted and rati-
2. The County Attorney is authorized and directed to
employ expert real estate appraisers for the purpose of securing
appraisals of the value of the property described in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto for the purpose of acquiring said needed real
property.
3. The County Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to proceed to take the necessary steps for Indian River
County to acquire in its own name by donation, purchase or eminent
domain proceedings, the real property described in Exhibit "A" and
to have prepared in the name of Indian River County all papers,
pleadings and other instruments required for those purposes and
to follow through and see that all eminent domain proceedings are
prosecuted to judgment.
4. The County Attorney and County Engineer are hereby
authorized and directed to take such further action as is reason-
ably required to fully accomplish the purposes set forth herein.
5. The property acquired pursuant to this resolution
shall be used for the public purpose of providing a vehicular and
pedestrian transportation system along the 16th Street corridor.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
Scurlock who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded
by Commissioner Bowman and, upon being put to a vote, the
vote was as follows:
Chairman Richard N. Bird Aye
Vice -Chairman Don C. Scurlock, Jr. Aye
Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman Aye
Commissioner Patrick B. Lyons Absent
Commissioner William C. Wodtke, Jr. Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly
passed and adopted this lst day of June , 1983.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIANIVER C49JJNTY, FLOIM�J,
Attbst`:��'�LLG�-�z_� LY -1 By •/
.RADA WRIGHT,—Cl6lik RICHARD N. BIRD
Chairman
APPROVED TO FORM
AND LEGA't SUFF CI NC$
By
OA Y . BRANDENBUR County Attorney
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