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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