School Board of Palm Beach County

RULE TITLE: Granting Easements and Licenses.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 7.172.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To provide standards and procedures for granting easements and licenses on School Board property.

SUMMARY: Revises the Policy (which currently relates only to procedures and standards for granting drainage easements) to include general easements and licenses. The revision standardizes procedures for evaluating requests for an easement or license on School Board property; establishes procedures for valuation via an appraisal; mandates certain provisions in the agreement; and requires easements to be recorded as a written instrument.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.42(22); 1001.43(4), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1001.42(9); 1001.43(4); 1001.51(4), (10); 376.301, Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Barry Present, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Barry Present.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: June 28, 2004.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: June 14, 2004, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on August 2, 2004, anticipated to begin at 2:15 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by July 26 on the District’s Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in these meetings is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This meeting is open to the public.