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AI-26147 9.       
Meeting Date: 02/27/2018  
Director's Name: Thomas Hutka
Department: Public Works Division: Real Property

Information
Requested Action
MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2018-044 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 422 of the Governmental Center, 115 South Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to vacate an easement for "roads, utilities, and related purposes" lying within Parcel "B," Mulvey Plat No. 1, located at 3401 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs at no cost to the County; Petitioner: 144 Coral Springs LLC; Agent: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; Application for Vacation and Abandonment: 2016-V-03. (Commission District 3)

ACTION:  (T-10:50 AM)  Approved.

 
VOTE: 7-0.  Commissioner Holness appeared telephonically and voted in the affirmative.  Commissioners Geller and LaMarca appeared telephonically but were inaudible during the vote.
Why Action is Necessary
Board of County Commissioners' approval is required to vacate easements for "roads, utilities, and related purposes" pursuant to Broward County Administrative Code, Chapter 25.
What Action Accomplishes
Directs the County Administrator to publish a Notice of Public Hearing for the abandonment of an easement for "roads, utilities, and related purposes" in accordance with Broward County Administrative Code, Chapter 25.
Is this Action Goal Related
Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION/REAL PROPERTY SECTION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.

The 40-foot-wide easement intended for "roads, utilities, and related purposes" lies within Parcel "B", Mulvey Plat No. 1, as recorded in Plat Book 106, Page 15 of the Public Records of Broward County and is located at 3401 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs in Section 16, Township 48 South, Range 41 East. The Folio Number affected by this proposed vacation is 4841-16-12-0010.

Vacating this easement will provide clear and unencumbered title to the property owner, 144 Coral Springs LLC.

The City of Coral Springs approved this vacation by adopting Resolution 2015-044 on September 2, 2015. The Petitioner published a Notice of Intent to vacate on September 25, 2015 and October 2, 2015.

The vacation application and fee were received and the fee was deposited by the County's Real Property Section on November 4, 2015.

Review of this application by the County Attorney's Office, applicable Broward County agencies and utility companies was completed on November 21, 2017. Broward County Traffic Engineering Division approved the vacation of the easement intended for "roads, utilities, and related purposes" after a replacement utility easement was provided by the Petitioner. The replacement easement was recorded in the Public Records of Broward County on January 17, 2018, Instrument No. 114834345, resolving the issue. No other reviewing agency has indicated that the easement intended for roads, utilities, and related purposes is currently used, nor is there a plan for future use. There are no open objections to this vacation by any of the reviewing agencies.

This vacation application has been reviewed and approved as to form by the Office of the County Attorney.
Source of Additional Information
Purvi A. Bhogaita, Director, Real Property Section, (954) 357-7333
Thomas J. Hutka, P.E., Director, Public Works Department, (954) 357-6410

Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary:
Revenue was collected and deposited in the amount of $1,200 as a vacation application fee.

Vacating this easement will have little or no effect on ad valorem taxes.
Attachments
Exhibit 1 - Application
Exhibit 2 - Sketch and Legal Description and Location Sketch
Exhibit 3 - Review and Approval of Vacation Petition Application
Exhibit 4 - Resolution Authorizing Public Hearing
Exhibit 5 - Notice of Public Hearing
Exhibit 6 - Aerial Location Map


    

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