SUBJECT
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Adopt Resolution 2024-11 to Confirm PRWC’s Intentions to Use State Lands for the Southeast Wellfield Project (Action)
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DESCRIPTION
As part of the ongoing effort to acquire easements for the Southeast Wellfield Transmission Main (SETM), staff and consultants are working with state agencies to gain access to state lands that will be impacted by the transmission main. In order to secure permanent and temporary construction easements for the parcels in question, PRWC must submit an Application for the Use of State-Owned Uplands. The application package must be accompanied by two documents: a written statement from the managing agency approving the proposed action and a formal resolution adopted by the Board requesting the proposed easement.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has provided staff with a letter of consent for the proposed use, meeting the first requirement for the application. This agenda item presents the second requirement: a resolution that will meet the requirements of the application. If approved, the application will be submitted and staff will engage with appropriate state departments to negotiate the terms of the easement agreement, will determine easement costs, and will present a final action for acquisition of the easement(s) to this Board for final approval.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution 2024-11 finding it necessary, practical and in the best interest of the PRWC to acquire such easements that are necessary for construction, operation, and maintenance of the transmission line.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact. A future board action will involve the approval of an easement agreement and associated costs.
CONTACT INFORMATION
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Eric DeHaven