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Martin County

File #: 26-0282   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 12/9/2025 Final action:
Title: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING UTILITY EASEMENTS AND/OR SIDEWALK EASEMENTS FROM OWNERS OF APPROXIMATELY 48 PARCELS FOR THE GOMEZ/PETTWAY POTABLE WATER MAINS INSTALLATION PROJECT IN HOBE SOUND
Attachments: 1. Location Map.pdf, 2. REVISED EXPANDED PETTWAY WATERMAIN.pdf, 3. Draft UE Resolution.pdf, 4. Draft SE.pdf, 5. Draft MC & SMRU UE.pdf

PLACEMENT: Consent

TITLE:

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ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING UTILITY EASEMENTS AND/OR SIDEWALK EASEMENTS FROM OWNERS OF APPROXIMATELY 48 PARCELS FOR THE GOMEZ/PETTWAY POTABLE WATER MAINS INSTALLATION Project IN HOBE SOUND

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

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This is a request for the adoption of a Resolution accepting and approving Utility Easements and/or Sidewalk Easements from owners of approximately 48 parcels, west of and along Dixie Highway, to allow for utility related services and equipment for the Gomez/Pettway Potable Water Mains Installation Project in Hobe Sound.

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DEPARTMENT: Public Works                     

PREPARED BY:                      Name: Carla T. Segura, FRP                     

                     Title:                     Real Property Manager                     

REQUESTED BY: South Martin Regional Utility, Matthew Hammond                                          

 

PRESET:     

PROCEDURES: None                     

 

BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:

 

1.                     Easements prepared by:                     

Martin County

 

2.                     Parties to the Easements:                     

Utility Easements:

Property Owner(s) - Grantor(s)

Martin County and/or Town of Jupiter Island, FL d/b/a South Martin Regional Utility (SMRU) - Grantees

 

Sidewalk Easements:

Property Owner(s) - Grantor(s)

Martin County - Grantee 

 

3.        Purpose of the Easements:                     

To allow for utility related services and equipment, west of Dixie Hwy. between SE Washington Street and SE Page Street, along with public sidewalk easements, along Dixie Highway

 

4.                     New/Renewal/Modification:  

New                     

 

5.                     Duration: 

Perpetual                                          

 

6.                     Benefits to Martin County:                     

Addition of new easements to the utility network and missing public sidewalk easements along Dixie Hwy. 

  

7.                     Cost to Martin County:                     

Minimal title and recording fees

 

The Dixie Highway/Pettway neighborhood is currently served by well water. The Potable Water Main Extension Project (project), located in Hobe Sound, is being funded by a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  Martin County has agreed to construct the necessary infrastructure to provide potable water, which will be transferred to SMRU upon completion.

Phase 2 and Phase 3 portions of the project require Utility Easements and Sidewalk Easements from property owners of approximately forty-eight (48) parcels identified in Exhibit “A” of the Resolution.

The Real Property Division will continue to obtain the necessary easements from the property owners, will confirm ownership of each of the easement areas upon receipt and prior to recordation, and obtain the necessary Consents of Mortgagee, where applicable, and for any encumbrances on the property.

Sec. 139.31 and 139.32, General Ordinances, Martin County Code, require that any conveyance of an interest in land to Martin County for any public purpose shall be accepted and approved by Resolution from the Board of County Commissioners of Martin County.

 

ISSUES:

 

None

 

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

 

This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency to determine whether it is consistent with applicable law, and staff have identified and addressed legal risks and developed strategies for legal defensibility, as applicable.

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

 

RECOMMENDATION

Move that the Board adopt a Resolution accepting and approving Utility Easements and Sidewalk Easements conveyed by approximately 48 property owners as identified in Exhibit “A” of the Resolution and authorize the Chair to execute all documents associated with this transaction.

 

ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Pull this item from the Consent Agenda and provide staff with alternative direction.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

RECOMMENDATION

Minimal title and recording fees.

                     

ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS

None

 

DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:

Budget Transfer / Amendment                      Chair Letter                                                               Contract / Agreement

Grant / Application                                          Notice          Ordinance                     Resolution

Other:     

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