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Agenda 03/13/2012 Item #16K23/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recommendation to approve a Settlement Agreement and Joint Motion for Order Approving Same in the lawsuit styled William G. Lhota et al. v. The School District of Collier County, et al, Case No. 08- 8359 -CA Consolidated with Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Clotilde Perez and Zenaida Perez, et al., Case No. 10- 5560 -CA. (Fiscal Impact -None ) OBJECTIVE: That the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached Settlement Agreement and Joint Motion for Order Approving Same in the lawsuit styled William G. Lhota et al. v. The School District of Collier County, et al, Case No. 08- 8359 -CA Consolidated with Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Clotilde Perez and Zenaida Perez, et al., Case No. 10- 5560-CA. CONSIDERATIONS: This lawsuit began when BB &T Bank acquired a parcel south of the C- 1 Connector Canal along Frangipani Avenue. The bank's title work raised issues as to legal access to the foreclosed parcel. Collier County was brought into the lawsuit as a result of various pleadings and assertions by the School Board, which owns two large parcels in the area. For many years the County has issued building pen-nits on the south side of the C -1 Connector Canal. The access to these parcels has historically been along the canal maintenance easement of the South Florida Water Management District. On January 24, 2012, the Board of County Commissioners agreed to take over the canal maintenance area servicing the C -1 Connector Canal from the Water District. By this settlement agreement, the County is stating that it will not currently object to the public's continued travelling use of the easement area. The named Plaintiffs and Defendant Perez have agreed within themselves that a 15 foot wide Easement for each other's ingress and egress will be established parallel to the drainage easement in the event the County should ever terminate the public's ability to use the drainage easement area in the future. The agreement does not call for the County to make any changes to the existing situation along Frangipani Avenue. FISCAL IMPACT: None. GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This settlement maintains the current status quo as to access along Frangipani at no cost to the County. This Executive Summary has been drafted by the County Attorney's Office and is legally sufficient. A majority vote is required for approval. STW RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached Settlement Agreement and Joint Motion for Order Approving Same to be presented to the Court for entry. Prepared by: Steven T. Williams, Assistant County Attorney Packet Page -1S73- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 16.K.2. Item Summary: Recommendation to approve a Settlement Agreement and Joint Motion for Order Approving Same in the lawsuit styled William G. Lhota et al. v. The School District of Collier County, et al, Case No. 08- 8359 -CA Consolidated with Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Clotilde Perez and Zenaida Perez, et al., Case No. 10- 5560 -CA. (Fiscal Impact -None Meeting Date: 3/13/2012 Prepared By Name: CrotteauKathynell Title: Legal Secretary,County Attorney 3/7/2012 9:00:01 AM Approved By Name: KlatzkowJeff Title: County Attorney Date: 3/7/2012 9:13:43 AM Name: GreenwaldRandy Title: Management/Budget Analyst,Office of Management & B Date: 3/7/2012 9:35:21 AM Name: OchsLeo Title: County Manager Date: 3/7/2012 9:45:08 AM Packet Page -1574- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION WILLIAM G. LHOTA and KAREN L. LHOTA, husband and wife Plaintiffs, V. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA; CLOTILDE PEREZ and ZENAIDA PEREZ, husband and wife; TIMOTHY T. LAINHART a/k/a TODD LAINHART and ANTHONY I. LAINHART a/k/a TONY LAINHART; and BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Defendants. BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, V. CLOTILDE PEREZ and ZENAIDA PEREZ, et al. Defendants. FA CASE NO. 08-8359-CA CONSOLIDATED WITH CASE NO. 10- 05560 -CA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND JOINT MOTION FOR ORDER APPROVING SAME Plaintiffs, William and Karen Lhota ( "Lhota "), Plaintiff, Branch Banking and Trust Company ( "BB &T"), Defendant, Collier County, Florida ( "Collier ") and Defendants, Clotilda Perez and Zenaida Perez ( "Perez"), collectively ( "the Parties ") hereby agree to a full and final settlement on the following terms: I. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Lhota, BB &T and Perez own the following parcels of property: 16103452 Packet Page -1575- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. (i) Lhota owns: The East %2 of the Northeast 1/a of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast %a of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. (ii) BB &T owns: The West %2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. (iii) Perez owns: The East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. 2. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the northern boundary line of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels is the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East in Collier County, Florida. 3. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Golden Gate Estates Unit No. 51 Subdivision, recorded at Plat Book 5, Pages 84 and 85 of the Public Records of Collier County Florida, is located immediately north of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels and that the southern boundary line of the subdivision is the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East. 4. The Parties acknowledge and agree that in the Plat dedication for the Golden Gate Estates Unit No. 51 Subdivision, an easement was created for drainage purposes to the perpetual use of the public in the southern 60 feet of the subdivision which intersects with a 60 foot easement for ingress and egress dedicated to the perpetual use of the public along 22nd Street S.E. from Golden Gate Blvd. to the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East. 16103452 Packet Page -1576- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. 5. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the C -1 Connector Canal is located within the drainage easement area in the southern 60 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision, (ii) a dirt road named Frangipani Avenue which runs east and west is located immediately south of the C -1 Connector Canal, (iii) in the area immediately north of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels, Frangipani Avenue is located within the southernmost 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision and (iv) Gulf American Land Corporation, a dissolved Florida Corporation, retained title to the drainage easement area and has been defaulted in this case. 6. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) South Florida Water Management District ( "SFWMD ") and Collier County have entered into a Third Amendment to Cooperative Agreement (C- 11759), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, (ii) SFWMD has transferred all of its right, title, interest and control of the C -1 Connector Canal to Collier County, (iii) the C -1 Connector Canal is not a "work of the district" or a "work of the basin" and SFWMD no longer has jurisdictional authority over permitting or authorizing uses of the C -1 Connector Canal. 7. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) 22nd Street S.E. extends from Golden Gate Blvd. to the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East and this street is open for the use and benefit of the public, (ii) at the intersection of 22nd Street S.E. and the C -1 Connector Canal there is a privately maintained culvert bridge which is part of the public road open for the use and benefit of the public, (iii) Perez, Lhota and BB &T have a legal right of pedestrian and vehicular access and are entitled to ingress and egress to their parcels by driving over, across and upon 22nd Street S.E. and Frangipani Avenue, including across the bridge over the C -1 Connector Canal, and (iv) Perez, Lhota and BB &T have a right to utilities along Frangipani Avenue. 16103452 Packet Page -1577- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. 8. The Parties acknowledge and agree that if for any reason in the future the southern 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision is needed by Collier County for drainage purposes and Collier County provides written notice to the parties that it will no longer permit the use of Frangipani Avenue for access to 22nd Street or if for any other reason it should become impossible to use Frangipani Avenue in its current location, then (i) the Lhota parcel shall have a non - exclusive, perpetual easement for utilities and pedestrian and vehicular access over and across the northern 15 feet of the BB &T parcel and the northern 15 feet of the Perez parcel, subject to the easement rights of FPL in the northern 10 feet, commencing on the western boundary of the Lhota parcel and continuing to the western boundary of 22nd Street S.E. extended and (ii) the BB &T parcel shall have a non- exclusive, perpetual easement for utilities and pedestrian and vehicular access over and across the northern 15 feet of the Perez parcel, subject to the easement rights of FPL in the northern 10 feet, commencing on the western boundary of the BB &T parcel and continuing to the western boundary of 22nd Street S.E extended. In the event FPL objects to Lhota and/or BB &T's use of the access easement in the northern 15 feet of the Perez and BB &T parcels, then the easement shall extend an additional 10 feet south, so that the easement is comprised of the northern 25 feet of the Perez and BB &T parcels. The easements established and confirmed by the attached Order shall be appurtenant to the parcels owned by Perez, Lhota and BB &T, the benefits and burdens shall run with the land and apply to Perez, Lhota and BB &T and their heirs, successors in title and assigns. The owners of the subject easements (i.e. the dominant tenements) shall be responsible for any maintenance and/or improvements reasonably required for their use of the easements in a safe manner on the Perez and BB &T parcels. 9. Upon approval of this Settlement Agreement by the Court and by operation of the Order Approving Settlement Agreement, all claims in BB &T's Amended 16103452 Packet Page -1578- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Complaint and all claims in Lhota's Second Amended Complaint shall be dismissed with prejudice as to Perez and Collier with the parties to this agreement bearing their own attorney's fees and costs. The Parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, jointly move for entry of the Order Approving Settlement Agreement and Confirming Legal Right of Access and stipulate to the form of Order attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Parties further stipulate and agree that upon entry of the Order, Plaintiffs may record the Order in the Public Records of Collier County, Florida. 10. Within 20 days after approval of this agreement by the Circuit Court Judge assigned to these consolidated cases, Stewart Title Guaranty Company shall pay $3,750.00 to Perez and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company shall pay $1,250 to Perez by payment payable to "Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. Trust Account" and delivering payment to Adam J. Lamb, Esq., 2665 S. Bayshore Drive, Penthouse One, Miami, FL 33133. In the event that Perez is required to enforce this Agreement due to the failure of a party to timely make the payments required herein, Perez shall be entitled to reimbursement of his attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with said enforcement from the breaching party. 11. This Settlement Agreement is contingent upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County and approval by the Circuit Court Judge assigned to these consolidated cases. Collier County agrees to submit this Settlement Agreement to the Board of County Commissioners as soon as reasonably possible. Upon approval of this Settlement Agreement by the Board of County Commissioners, Plaintiff's counsel shall promptly set the Joint Motion for approval by the Court for hearing. 12. This settlement agreement shall not prejudice in any way any claims which BB &T and Lhota may wish to bring against their title insurers or each other and 16103452 Packet Page -1579- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. any and all such claims are hereby reserved. Perez will not be named a parry to any future actions between BB &T and/or Lhota and their respective title insurers. 13. This Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterparts any of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one agreement. A signature transmitted by fax or email shall be valid and binding as an original signature 14. Any notices under this Agreement related to the easements shall be provided to: 16103452 Clotilde Perez and Zenaida Perez 19811 N.W. 49th Avenue Miami Gardens, FL 33055 William and Karen Lhota 375 Goose Point Spring City, TN 37381 Branch Banking and Trust Co. C. Lane Martin BB &T Bank 360 Central Avenue Suite 1600 880- 70 -16 -00 MC St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Collier County 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Ste. 800 Naples, Florida 34112 Old Republic National Title Insurance Company 6545 Corporate Centre Blvd. Orlando, FL 32822 Stewart Title Guaranty Company 3402 West Cypress Street Tampa, FL 33607 Packet Page -1580- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Dated: February ,2012 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties and their counsel have executed this Agreement as of the day and year written above. ps � X� DAVID L. BOYETTE, ESQUIRE Attorney for W illimn and Karen Lhota and Branch Banking & Trast Co. ADAM Jr. LAMB, ESQUIRE Attorney for Clotilde & Zenaida Perez William Lhota nrancn By: Its: Clotilde Perez Old Republic National Title Insurance Company By: Its: 16103452 Karen Lhota Zenaida Perez Stewart Title Guaranty Company By: its: Packet Page -1581- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Dated: February — 2012 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties and their counsel have executed this Agreement as of the day and year written above. DAVID L. BOXETTE, ESQUIRE Attorney for William and Karen Lhota and Branch Banking & Trust Co. ADAM J. LAMB, ESQUIRE Attorney for Clotilde & Zenaida Perez William Lhota Branch Banking & Trust Co. By: Its: JVqJ .1 Old Republic National Title Insurance Company By: Its: 15103452 Karen Lhota da Perez Stewart Title Guaranty Company By: Its• Packet Page -1582- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Dated: February__, 2012 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties and their counsel have executed this Agreement as of the day and year written above. DAVID L. BOYETTE, ESQUIRE Attorney for William and Karen Lhota and Branch Banking & Trust Co. ADAM J. LAMB, ESQUIRE Attorney for Clotilde & Zenaida Perez William Lhota Branch Banking & Trust Co. By: Its: Clotilde Perez 1 lepublic NAtional Ti a Insurance Company By: i)pY1. W- iii . �- its: %/ ;Op 2 } d 16103452 Karen Lhota Zenaida Perez Stewart Title Guaranty Company By: Its: Packet Page -1583- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Dated: February 2012 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties and their counsel have executed this Agreement as of the day and year written above. DAVID L. BOYETFE, ESQUIRE Attorney for William and Karen Biota and Branch Banking & Trust Co. ADAM J. LAMB, ESQUIRE Attorney for Clotilde & Zenaida Perez William Lhota Branch Banking & Trust Co. By: Its: Clotilde Perez Old Republic National Title Insurance Company By: Its: 16103452 Karen Lhota Zenaida Perez 44-� Stewart Title Gi&mnty Company r n By.- Ai / Its: r -at u co. Packet Page -1584- 02/28/2012 01:51 2393531825 BILL LHOTA JR 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Collier County 3291 Tamiami Trail East, Ste. goo Naples, Florida 34112 Old Republic National Title Insurance Coml Pany 6545 Coxporate Centre Blvd Odando, FL 32822 Stewart Title Guaranty Company 3402 Nest Cypmss Street Tampa, FL 33607 Dated: February __, 2012 iN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties =d their counsel ha re executed this Agreement as of the day and year written above. DAVID L. BOXETTE, ESQUIRE Attorney for William and Kam Lhota and Branch Banking & Trust Co. ADAM J. LAMB, ESQUIRE Attorney for Clot�de & Zet da Perez Packet Page -1585- ATTEST: DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK , DEPUTY CLERK Approval for form and legal Sufficiency: Steven T. Williams Assistant County Attorney 16103452 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA MI- FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRMAN Dated: Packet Page -1586- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I BEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by U.S. Mail to counsel and parties of record listed on the attached Service List this day of , 2012. 16103452 Adams and Reese LLP 1515 Ringling Blvd., Suite 700 Post Office Box 49017 Sarasota, Florida 34230 -6017 (941) 316 -7600 By: David L. Boyette Florida Bar #0813140 Packet Page -1587- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. SERVICE LIST Steven J. Chase, Esquire Ronald L. Collier, Esquire Steven T. Williams, Esquire Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Collier County Attorney's Office 40 South Pineapple Avenue, Floor 9 3301 Tamiami Trail East, 8th Floor Sarasota, Florida 34236 Naples, Florida 34112 Co-Counsel for Branch Banking & Counsel for Collier County Trust Company obert G. Menzies, Esquire Edward Artau, Esquire Christopher D. Donovan, Esquire South Florida Water Management District oetzel & Andress Office of Counsel 50 Park Shore Drive 3301 Gun Club Road, MSC 1410 Trianon Centre, Third Floor West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 Naples, Florida 34103 Counselfor SFWMD Counsel or School District of Collier County Robert J. Elder III, Esquire Carlo F. Zampogna, Esquire Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. Beres, Elder & Williamson, Chartered 3200 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 200 759 Southwest Federal Highway, Suite 106 Naples, Florida 34103 Post Office Drawer 24 Counselfor James A. Brown Jr., Stuart, Florida 34995 -0024 Successor Trustee Counsel for 623 Partners Mark H. Shore, Esquire Jacob E. Colgrove, Esquire Law Offices of Glantz & Glantz, P.A. Jacob E. Colgrove, P.A. 951 Southwest Sixth Street, Suite 200 700 Eleventh Street South, Suite 101 Plantation, Florida 33324 Naples, Florida 34102 Counsel or Joel Fleischer & Etta Fleischer Counsel or Ma Freeman Loyd S. Yarnell, Esquire Raymond L. Bass Jr., Esquire Parrish, Lawhon & Yarnell, P.A. Bass Law Office 431 Pine Ridge Road, Suite 101 2335 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 409 Naples, Florida 34109 -3834 Naples, Florida 34103 Counsel for Andrew J. Freitas Counsel or lilliam & Karen Lhota Martin F. Klingenberg, Esquire Adam J. Lamb, Esquire 1455 Blue Point Ave Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A. Naples, Florida 34102 -0560 2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH One Counsel for MPBP .I Enterprises, LLC Miami, Florida 33133 Counsel for Defendants lotilde Perez & Zenaida Perez 16103452 Packet Page -1588- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Mark A. Slack, Esquire Harold N. Hume Jr., Esquire agen E. Kellam, Esquire Suzanne Boy, Esquire aulich, Slack & Wolff, P.A. Henderson, Franklin, et al. 5147 Castello Drive ost Office Box 280 Naples, Florida 34103 Fort Myers, Florida 33902 Counsel for Joseph Felix Trutwin Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs, Rose Ann Trutwin William Lhota & Karen Lhota Santosh Jacob, Shobba Jacob Daniel McMahon ccamma Jacob, and Chacko Jacob 23 11 Woodland Estates Road 801 Southwest 58th Court Naples, Florida 34117-6807 Cooper City, Florida 33328 -5734 Khali Persad and Sintra Persad Michael Paul Christensen 912 William Wallace Way 2170 Woodland Grace Road Austin, Texas 78754 Naples, Florida 34117 -8818 15103452 Packet Page -1589- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION O. 2012- A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO-AUTHORIZE ENTERING INTO A THIRD AMENDMENT TO A -COOPERATIVE.--AGREEMENT- (Coi1:1759) 'BETWEEN THE SOUTH --- FLORIDA :WATER MANAGEMENT :DISTRICT AND COLLIER QDUNTY FOR THE. PURPOSE OF EXTENOING THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE: AGREEMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 301 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND MODIFY(Nd: AND AMENDING THE AGREEMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE AMENDMENT; PROVIDING' AN EFFECTIVE DATE. :WHEREAS, the Governing Board of South !Florid&Water Management District deems it necessary, appropriate and In the:.Publ.ib.interest. to autbariz,e, entering Into a Third Amendment to a Cooperative Agreement ,(C-1 1150) between..1he South Florida Water` Mannement Distn.0t. and Collier: Cou:nt for.the purpose :of!extending th6..:tef,rrn,!.nafion..date.of;the aar6ernent:ftom, September 30, 2012 to:September 30, 2024, and modifying and amending the 'Agreefrient. as:sef.forth ;in.the amendment:, p-Mviditig an effective date. (Clarence Tears, ext. . 76011.and. NOW THER FORE, �BE .y :1T:RESOLVED.b 1he:Govern'fng Board of the South Florida. Water Management Distript,; .Section 1. The .GoveM...,ing.Bo4rdof .tbo: South ..Florida Watet Management District ;hereby authorizes the execution o.f Contract Number C- 1'1759 with Collier.-County. S-6eticin2. This ,resolution, shall take :effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED and ADOPTED , this 0, dayof Februe, 2 .1.2. FIR-11SIT 1k 24,JAN-2012 03.42:16 12004 Page I Packet Page -1590- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. THIRD AMENDMENT TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (C- 11759) BETWEEN THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (C- 11759) BETWEEN THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA (`Third Amendment', is entered into as of the day of 2012 by and between SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, a government entity created by Chapter 373, Florida Statutes (hereinafter referred to as "DISTRICT"), and COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, a political subdivision of the State of Florida (hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, DISTRICT and COUNTY entered into a certain Cooperative Agreement dated October 13, 2000, designated by the District as Contract C -11759 (the "Original Agreement "); WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain First Amendment to Cooperative Agreement (C- 11759) Between the South Florida Water Management District and Collier County Florida dated February 10, 2011 ( "First Amendment"), DISTRICT and COUNTY agreed - to prevent the Original Agreement from lapsing and terminating, in accordance: with paragraph 1 of the Agreement, by agreeing to an extension of the termination date set forth in the Original Agreement from February 28, 2011 to May 31, 2011; WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amendment to Cooperative Agreement (C- 11759) Between the South Florida Water Management District and Collier County Florida dated May 10th 2011 ( "Second Amendment "), DISTRICT and COUNTY further extended the termination date of the Agreement from May 31, 2011 to September 30, 2012 (the Original Agreement as modified, amended and extended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment is herein referred to as the "Agreement "); WHEREAS, DISTRICT and COUNTY desire to further extend the termination date of the Agreement from September 30, 2012 to September 30, 2024, and to modify the provisions relating to termination; WHEREA, DISTRICT and COUNTY desire to modify and amend the Agreement to provide specific special terms, conditions and provisions with respect to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way, portions of the Golden Gate Main Canal Right of Way and portions of the Miller Canal Right of Way; and WHEREAS, the defined terms in this Third Amendment shall have the same definitions as defined in the Agreement; Packet Page -1591- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, DISTRICT and COUNTY hereby agree to modify, amend and extend the Agreement as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein by reference. 2. Paragraph 1 of the Agreement is hereby modified, amended and replaced with the following: 1. Unless extended or earlier terminated, this AGREEMENT shall continue until September 30, 2024; and may be renewed upon mutual agreement of the parties. Each party shall provide notice of its intent to renew or not renew this AGREEMENT to the other party on or before September 1, 2023. In the event that the parties do not mutually agree to an extended renewal period, this AGREEMENT shall automatically lapse, terminate, and expire on September 30, 2024. Subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of this AGREEMENT the DISTRICT shall be the public agency. in Collier County, Florida generally responsible for the control, operation and maintenance of the watercourses listed in Exhibit: "A ", "and depicted on `Exhibit "B ",' both of which are attached hereto and. =made a part of this AGREEMENT,. (except as set forth in paragraph 3 of this Third Amendment). In the event either party decides not. to renew this AGREEMENT., DISTRICT agrees to assist COUNTY to transition into the operation and maintenance of the watercourses which are the subject of the AGREEMENT. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement, or this Third Amendment to the contrary, DISTRICT and COUNTY hereby agree to the following specific special terms, conditions, and provisions applicable to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way, portions of the Golden Gate Main Canal Right of Way and portions of the Miller Canal Right of Way: a. C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way. A strip of land in Sections 11 and 12, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida, generally depicted on Schedule "1" attached hereto and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as follows: All that drainage easement, 60 feet in width, commonly referred to as "C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way", lying along the South lines of Golden Gate Estates Unit No. 48, Plat Book 5, Page 78 and Golden Gate Estates, Unit No. 51, Plat Book 5, Page 84. All plats recorded in Collier County, Florida, Public Records. (Hereinafter referred to as the "C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way "). Packet Page -1592- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. (1) DISTRICT hereby transfers all of its right, title, interest and Aw control in the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way to COUNTY. (2) The DISTRICT will "Un- adopt" the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way as a "Work of the District ", upon which the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Chapter 40E -6 of the Florida Administrative Code, and the DISTRICT shall no longer have jurisdictional authority over permitting and authorizing uses of the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way. (3) Upon passing a resolution, "Un- adopting" the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way as a "Work of the' District", DISTRICT Right of Way Permit No. 10267 in favor of the School District of Collier County concerning a culvert bridge crossing across the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way shall be void and have no further force or effect. In addition, the culvert bridge crossings across the C-1 Connector Canal Right of Way located at the southern terminus of 10th, 18th, 20th, and 22nd Streets Southeast shall be considered pre - existing non- conforming structures and shall be allowed to remain in their current location and condition until such time that, (a) the affected property owners desire to upgrade the crossing(s), or (b) the condition of'-the crossing(s) deteriorates to an. unacceptable level as determined by the COUNTY ° and requires replacement.. Upon the occurrence' of 'either° condition `(a) or' condition (b) referenced in the. preceding sentence, the modification; ='repiacenaent and /or reconstruction shall- conform to the COUNTY's Right of Way permitting criteria applicable at the time of such modification, replacement and/&_- oconstruction, and shall accommodate a flowage capacity of at least 250 cfs. (4) COUNTY shall have full authority, control and jurisdiction with respect to authorizing uses with respect to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way, including but not limited to authorizing vehicular crossings and authorizing vehicular use of the overbank areas. COUNTY agrees that it will not authorize any new uses with respect to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way which do not accommodate a flowage capacity of at least 250 cfs. COUNTY agrees to notify the DISTRICT of all uses authorized by the COUNTY with respect to the C- 1 Connector Canal Right of Way. (5) With respect to the C -1 Connector Canal, the DISTRICT agrees to continue to provide: (i) aquatic plant control, (ii) maintenance shoal removal, and (iii) canal side bank maintenance (if operation of the system is impaired), to the extent the performance of such maintenance is reasonably practical and does not conflict with uses authorized by the COUNTY. The COUNTY shall be responsible for removing flow obstructions not authorized by the COUNTY. (6) The DISTRICT agrees to notify the COUNTY of any uses or flow obstructions with respect to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way which Packet Page -1593- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. impede the DISTRICT'S ability to perform the maintenance referenced in the first sentence of subparagraph (5) above or which is inconsistent with the flowage capacity criteria specified in subparagraphs (3) and (4) above. (7) In order to perform the maintenance activities referenced in subparagraph (5) above, the DISTRICT shall have the right of access, ingress and egress with respect to the C -1 Connector Canal Right of Way. b. Portion of Golden Gate Main Canal Right of Way. A strip of ]and in Sections 10 and 11, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida, generally depicted on Schedule "1" attached hereto and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as follows: All that part of a drainage easement, 140 feet in width, commonly referred to as "Golden Gate Main Canal Right of Way ", lying North of the South line of Golden Gate Estates, Unit 13, Plat Book 7, Page 72, Collier County, Florida, Public Records and South of the South top of bank of said Golden Gate Main Canal. (Hereinafter referred to as the "Golden Gate Main South Overbank"). '(1) . DISTRICT hereby transfers all of its right, title, .interest and control in the: Golden Gate Main South -Overbank to COUNTY. (2) The .DISTRICT will "Un- adopt" the Golden Gate Main South Overbank as a "Work of the District" upon which the Golden Gate Main South Overbank shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Chapter 40E -6 of the Florida Administrative Code, and the DISTRICT shall no longer have jurisdictional authority over permitting and authorizing uses of the Golden Gate Main South Overbank. (3) COUNTY shall have full authority, control and jurisdiction with respect to authorizing uses with respect to the Golden Gate Main South Overbank, including but not limited to authorizing vehicular use of the Golden Gate Main South Overbank. (4) DISTRICT shall have no maintenance obligations with respect to the Golden Gate Main South Overbank. (5) DISTRICT shall have the right of access, ingress and egress with respect to the Golden Gate Main South Overbank. c. Portion of Miller Canal Right of Way. A strip of land in Section 12, Township 49 South, Range 27 East and Sections 7, 18, 19 and 30 Township 49 South, Range 28 East, Collier County, Florida, generally depicted on Schedule Packet Page -1594- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. "1" attached hereto and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as follows: All that part of a drainage easement 95 feet in width, commonly referred to as "Miller Canal Right of Way ", lying North of the South lines of Golden Gate Estates, Unit 51, Plat Book 5, Page 84 and Golden Gate Estates, Unit 82, Plat Book.5, Page 21 and South of the South top of bank of said Miller Canal. Together-With; All that part of said drainage easement lying East of the West lines of said Golden Gate Estates, Unit No.82, Golden Gates Estates, Unit No. 87, Plat Book 5, Page 26, and Golden Gate Estates, Unit No. 88,�Plat Book 5, Page,27and West of the West top of bank of said Miller Canal and North of the South line of &' Avenue SE. All plats. recorded in Collier County, Florida, Public Records. (Hereinafter referred to as the "Miller Canal South/West OverbanW). (1) DISTRICT hereby transfers all of its right, title, interest and control in the.:Miller Canal SoutWest Overbank to COUNTY. (2) The DISTRICT will "Un- adopt" the Miller Canal South/West Overbank as .a "Vllork- of the District'; -upon which the Miller Canal South/West Overbank .shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Chapter 40E -6 of. the Florida Administrative Code, and the DISTRICT shall no longer have jurisdictional authority over permitting and authorizing uses of the Miller Canal South!West Overbank. (3) COUNTY shall have full authority, control and jurisdiction with respect to authorizing uses with respect to the Miller Canal SouthMest Overbank, including but not limited to authorizing vehicular use of the Miller Canal South/West Overbank. (4) DISTRICT shall have no maintenance obligations with respect to the Miller Canal South/West Overbank. (5) DISTRICT shall have the right of access, ingress and egress with respect to the Miller Canal South/West Overbank. 4. The following provision is hereby added as paragraph 29, to the Agreement: 29. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, either party to this Agreement shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason Packet Page -1595- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. and upon such termina #ion, all right, title; interest, control; operation and maintenance of the watercourses/canal rights of way, together with all structures., as set forth in Exh bi# "A".. to this Agreement, and as modified by any I supplement thereto and Structures "), shall be relinquished and .transferred to the County The party exercising the termination option - shall .give to the other party..-- notice that the Mori<s and Structures are to be- transferred to the County.: In order to. coincide with Ahe budget year; unless otherwise agreed .to: final transfer and `termination of this Agreement shall be effective Ahe. second` October 1st. following receipt of the notice of termination, . (n the event of such #erminatlon, both parties . shall-be.-relieved of any and all future olligations under this Agreemen# as of Ahe effective date of the termination; iiticluding buff not limited: to, lost .revenues and consequential.damages 0 `SQ�i7H FLORIDA WATER iNIANAGEtUIEl11T D[STRICT, BY 1TS GOVER.,ING 'BiOARD s Executed by DI5TRICTon COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA By: �- App r v a to form and legal sufficiency: 7effre. A Latzkow Coun. A toI Packet Page -1596- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. GA' fflMN -N, -V OP ie UP, NM 70 M 5M. Packet Page -1598- WAS GA' fflMN -N, -V OP ie UP, NM 70 M 5M. Packet Page -1598- �_,�.. ?pda �' '. Wm,NNOWOM kom 9 asm �IMlI[:iLa 1� - s � w 4 pt ^ t 1 ��~ t Y yXC W - d. AM - lz� t a� ' 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. 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Packet Page -1605- �v f._. ol 3 � k/3 fi �F 1 f`3 r s e!i5 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. lVHV:)x�tlztyv AOW ccs f. o � r cv n r w' w. SikF Packet Page -1607- NWM,,lW* - J. u :..._j cn d C.V t/9 t- a 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Packet Page -1608- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. s r, 0 U- AW F Lu u.t Co Packet Page -1609- J ^ Y' i ....rte.., .�. W Q C. 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Packet Page -1610- 4 LO tz. LU t 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. MM uvno —m �cvttt� x��rHt - a LLI. rQr' V Of C F- Q. Packet Page -1611- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR COLLIER COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION WILLIAM G. LHOTA and KAREN L. LHOTA, husband and wife Plaintiffs, V. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA; CLOTILDE PEREZ and ZENAIDA PEREZ, husband and wife; TIMOTHY T. LAINHART a/k/a TODD LAINHART and ANTHONY I. LAINHART a/k/a TONY LAINHART; and BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Defendants. BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, V. CLOTILDE PEREZ and ZENAIDA PEREZ, et al. Defendants. CASE NO. 08-8359-CA CONSOLIDATED WITH CASE NO. 10- 05560 -CA ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONFIRMING LEGAL RIGHT OF ACCESS This action came before the Court on the Settlement Agreement and Joint Motion for Order Approving same of Plaintiffs, William and Karen Lhota ( "Lhota "), Plaintiff, Branch Banking and Trust Company ( "BB &T"), Defendant, Collier County, Florida ( "Collier ") and Defendants, Clotilda Perez and Zenaida Perez ( "Perez "), the Court having reviewed the Settlement Agreement and being otherwise duly advised, it is hereby FOUND, ORDERED and ADJUDGED: EXHIBIT a � B 14371252 Packet Page -1612- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. 1. Lhota owns the following parcel of property: The East 1/2 of the Northeast' /4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. 2. BB &T owns the following parcel of property: The West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest '/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. 3. Perez owns the following parcel of property: The East %Z of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, township 49 South, Range 27 East, Collier County, Florida. 4. The northern boundary line of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels is the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East in Collier County, [a•r� M 5. The Golden Gate Estates Unit No. 51 Subdivision, recorded at Plat Book 5, Pages 84 and 85 of the Public Records of Collier County Florida, is located immediately north of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels and the southern boundary line of the subdivision is the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East. 6. in the Plat dedication for the Golden Gate Estates Unit No. 51 Subdivision, an easement was created for drainage purposes to the perpetual use of the public in the southern 60 feet of the subdivision which intersects with a 60 foot easement for ingress and egress dedicated to the perpetual use of the public along 22nd Street S.E. 14371252 Packet Page -1613- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. from Golden Gate Blvd. to the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East. 7. The C -1 Connector Canal is located within the drainage easement area in the southern 60 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision, a dirt road named Frangipani Avenue which runs east and west is located immediately south of the C -1 Connector Canal and in the area immediately north of the Lhota, BB &T and Perez parcels, Frangipani Avenue is located within the southernmost 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision. Gulf American Land Corporation, a dissolved Florida corporation, retained title to the drainage easement area and has been defaulted in this action. The rights, title and interest of Gulf American Land Corporation in and to the drainage easement area in the southern 60 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision is subject and inferior to the drainage easement created in the plat and the rights of Perez, Lhota and BB &T to use Frangipani Avenue in the southern 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision. 8. South Florida Water Management District ( "SFWMD ") and Collier County have entered into a Third Amendment to Cooperative Agreement (C- 11759), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, by which SFWMD has transferred all of its right, title, interest and control of the C -1 Connector Canal to Collier, and by which it is confirmed that the C -1 Connector Canal is not a "work of the district" or a "work of the basin" and SFWMD no longer has jurisdictional authority over permitting or authorizing uses of the C -1 Connector Canal. 9. 22 °d Street S.E. extends from Golden Gate Blvd. to the northern section line of Section 13, Township 49 South, Range 27 East which is open for the use and 14371252 Packet Page -1614- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. benefit of the public. At the intersection of 22nd Street S.E. and the C -1 Connector Canal there is a privately maintained culvert bridge which is part of the public road open for the use and benefit of the public. 10. Perez, Lhota and BB &T have a legal right of pedestrian and vehicular access and are entitled to ingress and egress to their parcels by driving north and south over, across and upon 22nd Street S.E., including across the bridge over the C -1 Connector Canal, and then by driving east and west over, across and upon Frangipani Avenue within the southern 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision. In addition, Perez, Lhota and BB &T have a right to utilities along Frangipani Avenue. 11. If for any reason in the future the southern 20 feet of the Golden Gate Estates Unit 51 subdivision is needed by Collier County for drainage purposes and Collier County provides written notice to the parties that it will no longer permit the use of Frangipani Avenue for access to 22nd Street, or if for any other reason it should become impossible to use Frangipani Avenue in its current location, then (i) the Lhota parcel shall have a non - exclusive, perpetual easement for utilities and pedestrian and vehicular access over and across the northern 15 feet of the BB &T parcel and the northern 15 feet of the Perez parcel, subject to the easement rights of FPL in the northern 10 feet, commencing on the western boundary of the Lhota parcel and continuing to the western boundary of 22nd Street S.E. extended and (ii) the BB &T parcel shall have a non- exclusive, perpetual easement for utilities and pedestrian and vehicular access over and across the northern 15 feet of the Perez parcel, subject to the easement rights of FPL in the northern 10 feet, commencing on the western boundary of the BB &T parcel and continuing to the western boundary of 22nd Street S.E extended. In the event FPL objects 14371252 Packet Page -1615- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. to Lhota and/or BB &T's use of the access easement in the northern 15 feet of the Perez and BB &T parcels, then the easement shall extend an additional 10 feet south, so that the easement is comprised of the northern 25 feet of the Perez and BB &T parcels. The easement and rights of way established and confirmed by this Order shall be appurtenant to the parcels owned by Perez, Lhota and BB &T, the benefits and burdens shall run with the land and apply to Perez, Lhota and BB &T and their heirs, successors in title and assigns. The owners of the subject easements (i.e. the dominant tenements) shall be responsible for any maintenance and/or improvements reasonably required for their use of the easements in a safe manner on the BB &T and Perez parcels. 12. The Settlement Agreement by and between Lhota, BB &T, Perez, and Collier has been approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County and is hereby approved and made an Order of this Court. 13. All claims in BB &T's Amended Complaint and all claims in Lhota's Second Amended Complaint are dismissed with prejudice as to Perez and Collier and Lhota, BB &T, Collier and Perez shall each bear their own attorney's fees and costs as between each other. This Order shall be recorded in the Public Records of Collier County, Florida. DONE and ORDERED in Collier County, Florida on this _ day of , 2012. cc: to all parties on the attached service list 14371252 Honorable Elizabeth Krier Circuit Court Judge Packet Page -1616- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. SERVICE LIST Steven J. Chase, Esquire Steven Williams, Esquire Ronald L. Collier, Esquire Collier County Attorney's Office Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP 3301 Tamiami Trail East, a Floor 240 South Pineapple Avenue, Floor 9 Naples, Florida 34112 Sarasota, Florida 34236 Counsel for Collier County Co- Counsel for Branch Banking & Trust Company Robert G. Menzies, Esquire Edward Artau, Esquire Christopher D. Donovan, Esquire South Florida Water Management District Roetzel & Andress Office of Counsel 850 Park Shore Drive 3301 Gun Club Road, MSC 1410 Trianon Centre, Third Floor West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 Naples, Florida 34103 Counsel for SFWMD Counsel or School District of Collier County Robert J. Elder III, Esquire Carlo F. Zampogna, Esquire Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. Beres, Elder & Williamson, Chartered 3200 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 200 759 Southwest Federal Highway, Suite 106 Naples, Florida 34103 Post Office Drawer 24 Counsel for James A. Brown Jr., Stuart, Florida 34995 -0024 Successor Trustee Counsel or 623 Partners Mark H. Shore, Esquire Jacob E. Colgrove, Esquire Law Offices of Glantz & Glantz, P.A. Jacob E. Colgrove, P.A. 7951 Southwest Sixth Street, Suite 200 700 Eleventh Street South, Suite 101 Plantation, Florida 33324 Naples, Florida 34102 Counsel or Joel Fleischer & Etta Fleischer Counsel or Mary Freeman Floyd S. Yarnell, Esquire Raymond L. Bass Jr., Esquire Parrish, Lawhon & Yarnell, P.A. Bass Law Office 3431 Pine Ridge Road, Suite 101 2335 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 409 Naples, Florida 34109 -3834 Naples, Florida 34103 Counsel or Andrew J. Freitas Counsel or William & Karen Lhota Martin F. Klingenberg, Esquire Adam J. Lamb, Esquire 1455 Blue Point Ave Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A. Naples, Florida. 34102 -0560 2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH One Counsel forMPBP I Enterprises, LL Miami, Florida 33133 Counsel for Defendants Clotilde Perez & Zenaida Perez 14371252 Packet Page -1617- 3/13/2012 Item 16.K.2. Mark A. Slack, Esquire Harold N. Hume Jr., Esquire Magen E. Kellam, Esquire Suzanne Boy, Esquire Paulich, Slack & Wolff, P.A. Henderson., Franklin, et al. 5147 Castello Drive Post Office Box 280 Naples, Florida 34103 Fort Myers, Florida 33902 Counsel for Joseph Felix Trutwin Co- Counsel for Plaintiffs, & Rose Ann Trutwin William Lhota & Karen Lhota Santosh Jacob, Shobba Jacob David Boyette, Esquire Accamma Jacob, and Chacko Jacob Adams and Reese, LLP 9801 Southwest 58'b Court 1515 Ringling Blvd., Suite 700 Cooper City, Florida 33328 -5734 Sarasota, Florida 34236 Attorney for Plaintiffs Daniel McMahon Khali Persad and Sintra Persad 2311 Woodland Estates Road 6912 William Wallace Way Naples, Florida 34117 -6807 Austin, Texas 78754 Michael Paul Christensen 2170 Woodland Grace Road Naples, Florida 34117 -8818 14371252 Packet Page -1618-