CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: May 8, 2024
Agenda Date: May 14, 2024
Prepared By: Anthony Garganese, City Attorney
Through: John A. Walsh, P.E., Utilities Director
Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Approve Annexation Agreement with the City of Orlando related to Well Sites and water transmission line easements and facilities owned or granted to the City of Cocoa which are located within the proposed and future jurisdictional limits of the City of Orlando.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Orlando is currently seeking to annex property where the City maintains potable water wells and related transmission line easements and facilities. On April 9, 2024, the City Council approved a Petition for Annexation and related consent forms for voluntary annexation into the City of Orlando for ten parcels of land owned by the City of Cocoa in Orange County that are located within the proposed annexation area. The annexation area is generally located south of State Road 528 at the Sunbridge Parkway exchange. Council reserved the right to rescind the Petition and consent if an acceptable annexation agreement with the City of Orlando was not reached before the City of Orlando took final action on the annexation ordinance at second reading.
The City Attorney, Utilities Director and City Manager negotiated the proposed Agreement with City of Orlando Staff. The Agreement has been accepted by Orlando staff and is being presented to the Orlando City Council for final approval at second reading on May 13, 2024. The Agreement provides substantial protections to the City's well sites and water transmission easements not only within the annexation area, but any future City of Orlando annexation areas where Cocoa's well sites and transmission lines are located. Generally, the Agreement provides:
1. No fees imposed on Cocoa related to annexation.
2. Cocoa well site protections including 1,000 foot radius from center point of well head. First,...
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