TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: November 1, 2022
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RESOLUTION NO. 59-22: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF INTEREST IN A FIFTY FIVE FOOT WIDE PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF DAVIS ROAD, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SQUARE FEET (11,730 SQ. FT.), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Resolution No. 59-22, abandoning the interest in a 55-ft. wide portion of right-of-way.
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Background:
Davis Road is an 80-foot-wide City right-of-way that spans from the Lake Worth Drainage District’s (LWDD) L-30 Canal, past the Rainberry Lake and Rainberry Bay Subdivisions to Lake Ida Road, which includes Delray Shores. The portion of Davis Road requested for right-of-way abandonment is currently unimproved and was created by two right-of-way deeds, originally dedicated to Palm Beach County in 1959 as recorded in the Official Records Book (ORB) 370, pages 591 through 594 of Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court. ORB 370, pages 591-592 indicate the eastern half of the 80-foot-wide by 213.24-foot-long right-of-way was dedicated by right-of-way deed, with the remaining western half recorded through a right-of-way deed dedicated on pages 593-594. The eastern 40 feet of the subject right-of-way was annexed into Delray Beach on October 24, 1972, through Ordinance No. 35-72. The western portion of the right-of-way was annexed into Delray Beach on July 26, 1988, through Ordinance No. 73-88. Both annexations included large areas incorporated into the city.
Currently, residents of the area utilize the unimproved right-of-way for public access the LWDD L-30 canal for passive recreational activities (fishing, walking, bicyclin...
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