Resolution 1996-396
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RESOLUTION NO. 96- ,Q~
RESOLlTfION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF ROAD RIGHT.OF-WAY,
SIDEWALK, lTfILITY, DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE AND TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND/OR FEE SIMPLE TITLE BY GIFT OR
PURCHASE WInCH ACQUlSITIONS ARE REQUlRED FOR THE FOUR-LANING
IMPROVEMENTS FOR GOLDEN GATE BOULEVARD BETWEEN C.R. 951 AND
WILSON BOULEVARD, CIE NO. 62.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (Board), on September 27, 1994 adopted
Ordinance No. 94-54 therein establishing the 1994 (Sixth Annual) Capital Improvement Element of the
Growth Management Plan in order to establish priorities for the design, acquisition and construction of
the various capital improvement projects which comprise the Transportation Element of the County's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the four-Ianing roadway improvements to Golden Gate Boulevard between C.R:
951 and Wilson Boulevard are component parts of the Transportation Element of the County's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, alternate locations, environmental factors, long range planning, cost variables,
concurrence, safety and welfare considerations have been reviewed as they relate to the implementation
of said transportation improvements; and it has been recommended by County Staff that it is necessary
and in the best interest of Collier County, Florida, to maintain flexibility over the acquisition of property
rights required for the construction of the four-Ianing roadway improvements for Golden Gate
Boulevard between C.R. 951 and Wilson Boulevard, hereinafter referred to as 'Project' as identified on
Exhibit' A' attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the design and construction of said transportation improvements and related
facilities have been detennined by the Board to be necessary and in the best interest of Collier County;
and
WHEREAS, the construction of the transportation improvements and related facilities
contemplated by the Project are necessary in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of Collier County, and will assist Collier County in meeting certain concurrency requirements of
the Growth Management Plan for Collier County.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
I. The Board has considered the environmental factors, safety factors and fiscal considerations
relating to the final adopted location of the transportation improvements and related facilities.
2. The road right-of-way, sidewalk, utility, drainage, maintenance and temporary construction
easements and/or the fee simple title acquisitions identified on Exhibit' A' are the most feasible
locations, both necessary and consistent with the project requirements, in order to permit the construe-
tion and maintenance of the transportation improvements and related facilities for the Golden Gate
Boulevard between C.R. 951 and Wilson Boulevard, CIE No. 62.
3. The Board has determined that the construction and maintenance of the four-Ianing transpor-
lation improvements and related facilities are necessary for a public purpose and is in the best interest of
Collier County.
4. The construction and maintenance of the transportation improvements and related facilities are
compatible with the long range planning goals and objectives of the Growth Management Plan for
Collier County.
5. It is necessary and in the best interest of Collier County for the Board to acquire the road
right-of-way, sidewalk, utility, drainage, maintenance and temporary construction easements and/or the
fee simple title identified in Exhibit 'A'; and County Staff is hereby authorized and directed to acquire
by gift or purchase the perpetual, non-exclusive, road right-of-way, sidewalk, utility, dr"i..3ge,
maintenance and temporary construction easements and/or fee simple title on the properties identified in
Exhibit 'A'.
6. The Chairman of the Board is hereby authorized to execute Appraisal Agreements with the
appraisal firm(s) selected from the list of firms pre-qualified by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Board further directs staff to use appraisal reports or internal compensation estimates as staff
determines is necessary to best serve the needs of the Project in a timely and cost-effective manner.
7. The Board, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 125.355, Florida Statutes, hereby
formally waives the requirement for a formal, independent appraisal report for the purchase of a
property where the purchase price of the parcel (the compensation due to the property owner) is less
than One Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($100,000.00). In lieu of the independent appraisal
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report, staffis hereby authorized to make purchase offers for the properties, the dollar amounts of
which shall be predicated on 'staff compensation estimates' based upon independent appraisals (and the
data therefrom) obtained on similar properties and upon consideration and application of appropriate
market value and cost data pertinent to the subject parcels.
8. Upon the approval by the County Attorney's Office of all documents necessary for the subject
property acquisition, Real Property Management Department staff is hereby directed to offer immediate
delivery to the respective property owners of the full compensation (as established by the appraisal or
staff compensation estimates in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 125.355, Florida Statutes), in
return for the immediate and proper execution of the respective easements, and such other legal
documents and/or affidavits as the County Attorney's Office deems appropriate in order to protect the
interests of the County; and the Board hereby authorizes its present Chairman and any subsequent
Chairman, for the life of the Project, to execute any instruments which have been approved by the
Office of the County Attorney, to remove the lien of any encumbrance and for any such other purpose
as may be required for the acquired road right-of-way, sidewalk, utility, drainage, maintenance and
temporary construction easements and/or fee simple title.
9. In those instances where negotiated settlements may be obtained via the 'Seller's Affidavit',
'Purchase Agreement' or 'Easement Agreement' mechanism, the Director of the Office of Capital
Projects Management, or his designee, is charged with the responsibility for completion of various
capital improvement projects, and is hereby delegated the authority to approve the purchase ofland
interests above the staff compensation estimate or appraised value and pay normally related costs when
it is in the best interest of the Project, within the pro-rata share of the land rights acquisition budget
for the parcel being acquired, only when the difference between the purchase price and compensation
estimate or appraised value is less than Fifteen Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($15,000.00) or the
current purchasing limits established by the Collier County Purchasing Department; provided, Project
funding is available.
10. That the settlement approval authority is delegated by the Board to the extent that such
approvals do not conflict with the provisions of Section 125.355, Florida Statutes.
I I. The Chairman of the Board is hereby authorized to execute Easement Agreements and Purchase
Agreements where the land owner has agreed to sell the required land rights to the County at its
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appraised value or at that amount considered the' Administrative Settlement Amount' as such term is
internally used by the administrative agencies of Collier County.
12. Where the property owner agrees, by sworn affidavit or agreement ("Seller's Affidavit',
'Purchase Agreement' or 'Easement Agreement'), to convey a necessary interest in real property to the
County, and upon the proper execution by the property owner of those easements or fee simple title,
and such other legal documents as the Office of the County Attorney may require, the Board hereby
authorizes the Finance Department to issue warrants, payable to the property owner(s) of record, in
those amounts as shall be specified on a closing statement and which shall be based upon the appraisal
or staff compensation estimate in accordance with this Resolution and the provisions of Section
125.355, Florida Statutes.
13. All title to properties or interests in properties which have been obtained in the manner describtd
above shall be deemed 'accepted' by the Board of County Commissioners, as the governing body of
Collier County, Florida, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and as such, staff is hereby
authorized to record in the Public Records of Collier County, Florida, said easements or fee simple title
and such other instruments as may be required to remove the lien of any encumbrance from the acquired
properties.
~S ,RESOLUTION ADOPTED on this ..3.... day of / fa:. L,...-: 1996, after motion, second and
maJonty vote.
-ATTEST: '. '.
..DWIGHT E. BROC~ CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:~~-/
2.0 C. NORRIS, Chairman
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.' Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency:
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Heidi F. Ashton
Assistant County Attorney