PLACEMENT: Consent
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ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING SW EARL AVENUE INTO COUNTY ROAD INVENTORY FOR OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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The Board of County Commissioners is requested to adopt the Resolution for acceptance of SW Earl Avenue into the County Road Inventory to allow a roadway improvement project within the plat of Henderson's Addition in Palm City.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: George Dzama, P.E.
Title: Public Works Deputy Director
REQUESTED BY: Henderson's Addition Property Owners
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The Public Works Department has a history of requests for roadway improvements on SW Earl Avenue from SW Ulmus Place to SW Sunset Trail lying within the plat of Henderson's Addition in Palm City. The roadway was dedicated as a 50-foot-wide Public Right-of-Way (ROW) easement within the plat of Henderson's Addition in 1925. The roadway was not accepted into the County Road Inventory for operation and maintenance at the time of construction, even though all other roadways on the plat were accepted. SW Earl Avenue is the only way to access the publicly maintained SW Ulmus Place. It appears that many property owners along the publicly maintained SW Thelma St also utilize SW Earl Avenue as a means of ingress/egress to their community.
Roadways that were not accepted by the County prior to 1972 are typically conveyed to the adjacent frontage properties for operation and maintenance, including roadway and drainage maintenance for the safety and welfare of the public. Since the road is not in the County Road Inventory, the County currently has no legal obligation to maintain it and the adjacent property owners are required to maintain it.
The current roadway condition exhibits evidence of little to no maintenance performance for an extended period of time, leading to a deteriorated condition with structural failure. The Coun...
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