Subject:
Title
Approval Re: Donation of Drainage Easement from Carlos and Sandra Springfield to Support the Scottsmoor Denitrification Bioreactor Project- Wheeler Road - District 1.
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Public Works Department / Land Acquisition / Natural Resources Management Department.
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners approve and accept the Drainage Easement.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The subject property is located in Section 01, Township 20 South, Range 35 East, on the north side of Wheeler Road in Scottsmoor.
The Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department, Stormwater Program, is planning to construct a Denitrification Bioreactor Project to improve water quality on the Florida Inland Navigation District’s (F.I.N.D.) property immediately south of Wheeler Road. The engineering design for the project includes diverting water from the drainage ditch that extends parallel to Wheeler Road into the new stormwater treatment system designed to enhance the water quality prior to its ultimate discharge to the Indian River Lagoon. The upstream portion of the project includes the installation of a small diversion weir. This easement will provide construction and maintenance access, in addition to long term drainage. The owner agreed to donate the necessary easement.
The User Department is in agreeance with this request.
This acquisition follows the policies and procedures as set forth in Administrative Order 37.
Clerk to the Board Instructions: