Subject:
Title
Approval, Re: Resolution Authorizing the County Manager to Execute All Necessary Documents to Request the Release of Right-of-Entry for Exploration of Phosphate, Minerals, Metals, and Petroleum Reservation and Rights from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida Related to County-Owned Parcel Identified as Tax Parcel Identification Number 25-36-12-00-1 in District 2.
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Fiscal Impact:
$300 application fee - Mosquito Control Department
Dept/Office:
Public Works Department / Land Acquisition Office / Mosquito Control Department / Natural Resources Management Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners approve and authorize the Chair to execute the attached Resolution authorizing the County Manager to Execute All Necessary Documents to Request the Release of Right-of-Entry for Exploration of Phosphate, Minerals, Metals, and Petroleum Reservation and Rights from the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida Related to County-Owned Parcel Identified as Tax Parcel Identification Number 25-36-12-00-1 in District 2.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The subject property is located in Section 12, Township 25 South, Range 36 East, on the east and west sides of South Courtenay Parkway in Merritt Island.
The Board of County Commissioners, in regular session on July 22, 2025, approved the purchase of Tax Parcel Identification Number 25-36-12-00-1, which consists of over 72 acres of wetlands located within the Jefferson Marsh mosquito impoundment in Merritt Island by the Mosquito Control Department in partnership with the Natural Resources Management Department. The parcel contains an exception from coverage on the Owner's Title Insurance Policy for Phosphate, Minerals, Metals, and Petroleum Reservations and Rights in favor of the State of Florida. The departments are requesting the release of the Right-of-Entry for purposes of exploration for phosphate, minerals, metals, and petroleum reserved and set forth in that certain Deed No. 1090, from the State of Florida through the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, Grantor, dated May 7, 1946.
The User Department approves this request.
County procedures have been followed for this request.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Upon execution by the Chair, the Public Works Department will contact the Clerk’s office to make arrangements to pick up the original executed Resolution.