Subject:
Title
Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease with Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, Re: Griffis Landing
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Fiscal Impact:
No Fiscal Impact. This is a Fee-Waived Lease
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners consider approval and authorize the Chair to execute the Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease with the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida modified to add fueling as an amenity at Griffis Landing.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
In June 2010, Brevard County formally acquired the working waterfront parcel known as Griffis Landing. Included in the County’s acquisition of this working waterfront site was the right to the existing Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease. The existing Submerged Lands Lease was formally accepted by the Board and executed at the regular meeting on April 19, 2016. The amenities encompassed by the site’s existing Submerged Lands Lease include the waterfront docks, finger piers, boat ramp, twelve slips, and a boat pump-out facility.
The attached lease instrument modifies the existing land lease to reflect the pending installation of a waterfront fueling facility in support of commercial fishing and the general boating public. Execution of the attached Sovereignty Submerged Lands Lease will guarantee the County’s expanded interest along the site’s waterfront, ensuring the continued legal use of the submerged lands and its directly adjacent uplands by the on-site businesses and secure the County’s options for future waterside improvements.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Return One (1) Signed and Attested Lease Agreement to Natural Resources Management Department. A pdf original is included with the agenda package.