Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 19-R103, Motion to Approve Resolution Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property located at 1040 SE Floresta Drive in Port St. Lucie for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project.
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Submitted By: Frank Knott, Project Manager
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
SUMMARY BRIEF (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Frank Knott, Project Manager.
2. Parties: City of Port Lucie and Beacon Baptist Tabernacle, Inc.
3. Purpose: To acquire real property located at 1040 SE Floresta Drive, Port St. Lucie, FL, for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New
5. Duration: N/A
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): $26,095.01 plus cost of the appraisal.
Presentation Information: Staff will be available to answer any questions.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve of the acquisition of real property located at 1040 SE Floresta Drive for the Floresta Drive Improvement Project.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the acquisition.
2. Move that the Council not approve the acquisition and provide staff direction.
Background: Improvements to the Floresta Drive corridor are a priority for the City Council and at the 2017 Summer Retreat, Council directed staff to model the corridor from a traffic standpoint for both a 2-lane and 4-lane roadway section. The new modeling was performed, and it included the new Crosstown Parkway Extension Project connection to U.S. Highway 1 at Village Drive, for the projected traffic volumes in the year 2037. The results/recommendations were presented to City Council on October 30, 2017, for consideration. The City Council unanimously passed the motion for the approval of the 2-lane conceptual improvement roadway plan for Floresta Drive.
Public Information workshops were conducted in January and March of 2018 and were well attended. The Master Plans were revised pursuant to public comment and input received. The final decision on the Floresta Drive Corridor Master Plan layout and amenities were approved by the City Council on May 14, 2018.
Issues/Analysis: The subject property is in Phase 2 of the Floresta Drive Improvement Project and a portion of the property will be utilized for a turn around area for a U-turn. The area required for the turn around area makes the property unbuildable, therefore the entire parcel is being purchased.
Financial Information: On November 6, 2018, the one-half cent sales tax voter referendum was approved and one of the projects included by the City Council on the list of projects to be funded by the new sales tax is the design and construction of the Floresta Drive Corridor from Southbend to Prima Vista Boulevard. This acquisition will cost $26,095.01 plus cost of the appraisal.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The real property to be acquired by the City is located at 1040 SE Floresta Drive.
Attachments:
• Resolution
• Exhibit “A” to Resolution - Vacant Land Contract with Addendum
• Location Map
• Appraisal
• City Manager Approval Memo
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
Reviewed by Margaret Carland, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by James D. Stokes, City Attorney.