HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-311,~v~)L~l. ¥~r7 ~ RESOLUT/ON NO. 0Z-311
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMNLT. SSTONERS OF ST. LUCJ:E COUNTY, FLORIDA,
PROVIDING FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LENNARD ROAD
PHASE II CORRIDOR AS A MULT3:-USE TRANSPORTAT]:ON
CORRIDOR TO RELTEVE CONGESTION ON U. S. HIGHWAY
ONE WHILE ACHIEVING CERTAIN REGIONAL
RECREATIONAL NEEDS; PROVIDING FOR A REQUEST TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEci.ON,
DIVISION OF STATE LANDS FOR AN EASEMENT ALONG
THE PERIPHERY OF THE SAVANNAHS PRESERVE IN
LUCIE COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT THE LENNARD ROAD
PHASE II PRO~ECT; PROVIDING ;TUSTIFICATION FOR THE
EASEMENT OVER STATE-OWNED LANDS; PROVIDING AN
EFFEc I -VE DATE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made
the following determinations:
1. The Lennard Road Phase Ti project is an integral part of St. Lucie/Martin County
planning to relieve congestion on U. 5. Highway Z.
Alternative analyses are being performed for Lennard Road Phase ];]:by the
County's consulting engineers to confirm that the alternative selected for Lennard Road
minimizes all environmental and socioeconomic impacts to the maximum extent practicable.
3. The alternative selected will require a permanent right-of-way of approximotely
0.90 +/- acres of 5tare-owned land along the periphery of the State's Savannahs Preserve in
St. Lucie County.
4. In the opinion of the Board, the transportation benefits of the Lennard Road
Phase I]; project constitute a public purpose that justifies utilization of the preserved land
for the project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE ZT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucia County, Florida:
1. The Lennard Road Phase TZ project is in the public interest.
2. The alternative selected for the Lennard Road Phase ];Z project minimizes
environmental impacts of the project to the maximum extent possible.
3. This Board respectfully requests the Department of Environmental Protection,
Division of State Lands, grant an easement as identified in Attachment A over its property
for the use of the project.
After motion and second the vote on this resolution wc~ os follows:
Chairman Cliff Barnes
Vice Chairman Paula A. Lewis
Commissioner Doug Coward
Commission Frannie Hutchinson
Commissioner ,Tohn D. Bruhn
AVE
AYE
AVE
AYE
AYE
ADOPTED this Z7*h day of December, 2002.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMM~.SSI'ONER$
ST.
LUC~E~A
BY:
CHATRMAN
APPROVEI:~$ TO LE&AL FORM ANb
O~NEY