The County has a project in design to make stormwater drainage improvements in the Linn Avenue and Water Spray Terrace area located south off Innerarity Point Road. Design indicated the need for drainage easements to facilitate the project. One of these, a 20-foot-wide drainage easement, lies along the south and east property line of the Barnes property located at 5900 Water Spray Terrace. The owners agreed to the donation of the easement and the Board, meeting in regular session on April 29, 2014, accepted the donation of the easement from David A. and Vicki L. Barnes. The drainage easement from David A. and Vicki Lynn Barnes is recorded in Official Record Book 7169 at Page 180 of the public records of Escambia County, Florida.
The property lying south of and abutting the Barnes property is owned by Michael and Michelle McNair, who are in the process of selling their property. Their title search revealed that due to a scrivener's error in the deed of record for the Barnes property there appears to be a problem with the south boundary line of the Barnes property and the north boundary line of the McNair property, which also affects the actual location of the County drainage easement donated by Mr. and Mrs. Barnes.
To clear up the issue of the location of the County's drainage easement, which may, depending on the interpretation of the intent in the deed of record to the Barnes, be on the McNairs property, the McNairs have asked the County to vacate any interest the County has in the drainage easement from David A. and Vicki Lynn Barnes as described and recorded in Official Record Book 7169 at Page 180 of the public records of Escambia County, Florida.
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