To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Michelle Halstead, Acting Director, Facilities and Fleet Management
Prepared By:
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Ken Morris, Division Manager - Project Operations, Facilities and Fleet Management
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Subject:
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Federal Warehouse Shared Access Easements
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Purpose and Request:
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Adoption of a resolution approving the vacation of an existing reciprocal easement at the Federal Warehouse parcel and authorization to execute a new shared entrance drive reciprocal easement with the owner of the parcel to the north.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Sustainable Growth and Infrastructure - Maximize use of County facilities and assets.
Background and Discussion: A reciprocal easement agreement was executed on September 12, 1985 between the previous owner of County's Federal Warehouse property and the owner of the property to the north as the respective properties were developed in a manner that caused them to appear as a single retail shopping facility. The reciprocal easement allowed for shared ingress, egress, cross-parking, and access over, upon, and across the parking areas of each property.
In 2023, the County was approached by a developer planning to purchase and redevelop the property to the north of County's property as a 55+ apartment community. That developer and County staff agreed that the intent of the reciprocal easement is no longer valid, and both parties agree that vacation of this reciprocal easement was appropriate. Approximately half of the width of the County's access drive from Federal Boulevard is on property owned by the developer to the north. The developer and County staff agreed that a new easement agreement for a shared entrance drive is necessary and appropriate to maintain ingress and egress for both properties.
On February 27, 2024, the Board authorized the Chair to sign the termination of reciprocal easement and the new shared access easement. Subsequently, the developer f...
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