Item W3
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ADD ON
Meeting Date:
November 20,2002
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Report and direction for acquisition of Shrimp Road on Stock Island.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Safe Harbor Enterprises, Inc. owned by the Bernstein family, has agreed to quitclaim
to the County its right in the land under the portion of Shrimp Road not previously
conveyed in connection with Bernstein Park. A survey of Shrimp Road established that
part of the roadway (near the curve approaching Robbie's Marina) was not owned by
Safe Harbor, but by Edward Knight and David Wolkowsky. The County Attorney's
office has inquired of Mr. Knight (the majority owner) whether he would be willing to
quitclaim the strip of land needed to complete the acquisition of the road by Monroe
County. He responded with an inquiry whether the County would be willing to buy
that strip.
Legal staff is of the opinion that the public has already acquired a prescriptive
easement in the roadway, by long use (decades). Therefore, the value of the strip to
be acquired is minimal. Staff needs direction from the BOCC before proceeding
further toward acquisition of the remaining strip of roadway.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
~;COST:
c:(JSt TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes 0 No 0
.M'A'ROVED BY:
County Attorney. OMB/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
DIVISION DIRECTORAPPROVAL~~~
ES . HEND CK
DOCUMENTATION: Included 0 To Follow 0 Not Required 0
AGENDA ITEM #
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