HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-271 RESOLUTION NO. 09-271
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF LAND
BETWEEN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THE CITY
OF FORT PIERCE OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN ST. LUCIE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR $1.00; AUTHORIZING THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO EXECUTE
DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE SAID
SALE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Pierce is the owner of property located ad jacent to South
Jetty Park and more commonly described as the "Days Inn parcels"; and
WHEREAS, St. Lucie County is the owner of a three foot (3') strip of property more
particularly described in PART A below, which is not needed for County purposes; and
WHEREAS, St. Lucie has clear title to the property described below in PART A and
has agreed to convey said property by County Deed, to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Pierce wishes to purchase the County-owned parcel as
described in PART A below, for recreation purposes to assist in the City's proposed
development of South Jetty Park; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County has determined
that a sale of the property described below in PART A to the City of Fort Pierce serves a
valid public purpose for the citizens of St. Lucie County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 125.38, Florida Statutes, the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County is authorized and empowered to sell property described
below in PART A to the City of Fort Pierce; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County deems the above
described sale of property to be in the best interest of the citizens of St. Lucie County; and
WHEREAS, the Board caused the above described sale of property to be agendaed
for Board discussion at the Board's regular meeting held on September 15, 2009.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida:
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Section 1: Findin s
The findings set out above are hereby adopted as f findings of the Board.
Section 2: Sale Authorized
The property described below in PART A shall be sold to the
City of Fort Pierce for $1.00.
PART A
East 3 feet of Lot 1 in Block 4 of Fort Pierce Beach Subdivision
in the City of Ft. Pierce, according to the plat thereof on file in
Plat book 4, Page 58, Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida,
ALSO, commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 1, Block
4, and run thence West along the North line of said Lot 1, a
distance of 3 feet; thence run North paralleling an extension of
the East line of Lot 1 to the lands of the United States of
America, being the South right of way line of Fort Pierce inlet;
thence run Easterly along said South line of the lands of the
United States of America, a distance of 3 feet more or less to
a point due North of the Point of Beginning; thence run south to
the Point of Beginning.
The sale is subject to:
1. A reverter clause in the deed from the County and the City requiring that the
property in PART A must be used for a public purpose or the property will revert to the
prospective Grantor.
Section 3: AuthoritX of Chairman of Board of County Commissioners
The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County is hereby
authorized to execute any and all deeds or other instruments necessary to effectuate the
sale authorized by this Resolution.
Section 4: Severability
In the event a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold or determine that any part
of this resolution is invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the resolution shall not be
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affected and it shall be presumed that the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners
did not intend to enact such invalid or unconstitutional provision. Tt shall further be assumed
that the Board of County Commissioners would have enacted the remainder of this resolution
without said invalid or unconstitutional provision, thereby causing said remainder to remain
in full force and effect.
Section 5. Effective Date
This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption by the Board of County Commissioners
for St. Lucie County.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Chair Paula A. Lewis AYE
Vice Chair Charles Grande AYE
Commissioner Chris Craft AYE
Commissioner Doug Coward AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 15th day of September 2009.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST• ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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