Okaloosa County BOCC — June 17, 2014 — Action Item Printout

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: June 17, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: John Hofstad SUBJECT: Public Hearing:Exchange of Property/Vacating County R/W DEPARTMENT: Public Works BCC DISTRICT: 2 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The County has paved dedicated right-of-way in the Bayview Subdivision being adjacent to Lots 6 and 7, Block 10 and a portion of Lot 9, Block 10 Bayview Subdivision. (Plat Book 1, Page 26 Official Records of Okaloosa County) BACKGROUND: Timothy W. And Sharon L. Smith own Lots 6 and 7, Block 10 and a portion of Lot 9, Block 10 which front on opposite sides of the alleyway through Block 10 of said subdivision, a right-of-way dedicated to Okaloosa County. Property owners, through their agent John S. Mead of the Mead Law Firm, is petitioning the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida, to deed a portion of Lot 9, Block 10 of Bayview Subdivision (described in Attachment A as "Parcel B") to the County in exchange for a portion of the County's right-of-way adjacent to Lots 6 and 7, Block 10 Bayview Subdivision (described in Attachment A as "Parcel A"). Subject properties are equal in square footage, more or less, and are depicted on the attached boundary survey of the Smith's parcels. The paved portion of the alley that exists outside the right-of-way has been in place for many years. The proposed exchange will place the entire pavement surface within the right of way and cure an encroachment on to the Smith's property. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove the vacation and exchange of right-of-way. RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the request to vacate right-of-way and exchange equal square footage to remove encroachment of paved right-of-way from the Smith's property. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator