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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: September 2, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: John Hofstad
SUBJECT: Public Hearing - To vacate a portion of Gibson Road in Baker Fl.
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
BCC DISTRICT: 3
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: David and Janet Price, as agent on behalf of land owners adjacent to
Gibson Road is petitioning the Board of County Commissioners to vacate a portion of Gibson
Road, which is a dirt road that is maintained by Okaloosa County Road Department and owned
through use and maintenance.
BACKGROUND: Mr. David Price is petitioning the Board of County Commissioners to vacate
a portion of Gibson Road adjacent to property owned by him and the parties he represents.
The vacation request is for the prescriptive right-of-way and more particularly that portion of
Gibson Road lying in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 25,
Township 4 North, Range 25 West, also that portion lying in the West 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the
East 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 36, Township 4 North, Range 25 West, of Okaloosa County,
Florida. The requested area for vacation is the southerly 3/4 of a mile of Gibson Road. The
majority of the land adjacent to the county road is agriculture land and owned primarily by Mr.
Dale Gibson who farms both sides of the roadway vacation request.
The petitioner requests that all stipulations be removed except the stipulation that the county
reserve for itself and any and all licensed utility companies a full width utility easement in the
entire portion of the right-of-way vacated. See attached aerial photo for reference.
OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove a request to vacate right-of-way.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve as requested by Mr. David and Janet Price to vacate that
portion of Gibson Road (South .75 mile).
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator