NOTICE OF ACTION IN EMINENT DOMAIN AND NOTICE OF HEARING

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. 2023-CA-1298
Division: A
Parcels: 201 and 800
CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA a political subdivision of the State of Florida,
Petitioner,
v
PRISCILLA C. NORWOOD a/k/a PRISCILLA NORWOOD HARRIS, a/k/a PRISCILLA HARRIS, a married woman, STEWART HARRIS, a married man, FIRSTBANK, a Tennessee corporation, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and DIANE HUTCHINGS, Clay County Tax Collector,
Respondents.
STATE OF FLORIDA TO:
To the above named Respondents and all said Respondent who are living, and if any or all Respondent are deceased, the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under or against any such deceased Respondent or Respondents, if alive, and if dead, their unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under or against any such deceased Respondent or Respondents, and all other parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in and to the Property described in the Petition in Eminent Domain, to-wit:
Bond Program Project No. 2
Parcels 201 and 800
CR 209 from CR 315B to Highway 17
PARCEL 201A
A PORTION OF PARCEL ID: 29-05-26-014448-000-00, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014446-001-02, AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 2858, PAGE 750 LOCATED ALONG THE WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL ROAD (A VARIABLE WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY MAP, SECTION NO. 7153-150); THENCE DEPARTING THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 SOUTH 89°36’12” WEST ALONG THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 A DISTANCE OF 318.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 34°18’33” EAST A DISTANCE OF 304.83 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 25°12”45” WEST A DISTANCE OF 65.56 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°59”42” WEST A DISTANCE OF 520.58 FEET; THENCE NORTH 26°15’43” WEST A DISTANCE OF 275.41 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01°13’34” WEST A DISTANCE OF 60.62 FEET TO THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00; THENCE ALONG THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 NORTH 89°36’12” EAST A DISTANCE OF 499.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PARCEL CONTAINING 3.91 ACRES, MORE OR LESS
TOGETHER WITH PARCEL 201B
A PORTION OF PARCEL ID: 29-05-26-014448-000-00, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014446-001-02, AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 2858, PAGE 750 LOCATED ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL ROAD (A VARIABLE WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY MAP, SECTION NO. 7153-150); THENCE ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 SOUTH 42°25’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 86.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE ON THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 SOUTH 42°25’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 361.20 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 AND THE NORTH EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 315B (A 80.00 FOOT WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY MAP, SECTION NO. 71507-2601) AND TO A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF 321.62 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE AID NORTHERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 315B AND THE ARC OF SAID CURVE, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 06°16’35”, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 35.23 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING A DISTANCE SOUTH 44°30’21” WEST, 35.21 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE SAID NORTHERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF CR 315B NORTH 05°32’08” WEST A DISTANCE OF 41.91 FEET; THENCE PARALLEL TO SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 NORTH 42°25’47” WEST A DISTANCE OF 338.70 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90°00’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 13.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PARCEL CONTAINING 0.09 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
TOGETHER WITH A PERPETUAL EASEMENT – PARCEL 800A
A PORTION OF PARCEL ID: 29-05-26-014448-000-00, CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014446-001-02, AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 2858, PARCEL 750 LOCATED ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL ROAD (A VARIABLE WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY MAP, SECTION 7153-150); THENCE ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 SOUTH 42°25’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 86.38 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 NORTH 90°00’00” WEST A DISTANCE OF 334.47 FEET; THENCE NORTH 34°18’33” WEST A DISTANCE OF 74.52 FEET TO THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00; THENCE ALONG THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 NORTH 89°36’12” EAST A DISTANCE OF 318.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PARCEL CONTAINING 0.47 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
TOGETHER WITH A PERPETUAL EASEMENT – PARCEL 800B
A PORTION OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014446-001-02, AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 2858 PAGE 750 LOCATED ALONG THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 ALSO KNOWN AS RUSSELL ROAD (A VARIABLE WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY MAP, SECTION NO. 7153-150); THENCE DEPARTING THE SAID WESTERLY EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 209 SOUTH 89°36’12” WEST ALONG THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 A DISTANCE OF 818.06 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE DEPARTING THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 SOUTH 01°13’34” EAST A DISTANCE OF 60.62 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°29’53” WEST A DISTANCE OF 287.11 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°03’01” WEST A DISTANCE OF 56.12 FEET TO THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00; THENCE ALONG THE SAID NORTH LINE OF PARCEL ID 29-05-26-014448-000-00 NORTH 89°36’12” EAST A DISTANCE OF 285.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PARCEL CONTAINING 0.38 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
A Petition in Eminent Domain has been filed to acquire certain Property interests in Clay County, Florida.
Each Respondent is required to serve written defenses to the Petition on Petitioner’s attorneys, whose names and address are shown below, on or before September 22, 2023, and to file the original of the defenses with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Petitioner’s attorneys or immediately thereafter, showing what right, title, interest or lien Respondent has in or to the property described in the Petition and to show cause why that Property should not be taken for the uses and purposes set forth in the Petition. If any Respondent fails to do so, a default will be entered against that Respondent for the relief demanded in the Petition.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a declaration of taking has been filed in this cause and that Petitioner will apply for an order of taking and any other order the Court deems proper before the Honorable Steven B. Whittington, one of the Judges of this Court, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (thirty (30) minutes reserved) in Hearing Room 4-097 at the Judge William A. Wilkes Judicial Complex, 825 North Orange Avenue, Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043. All Respondents to this suit may request a hearing at the time and place designated and be heard. Any Respondent failing to file a request for hearing shall waive any right to object to the Order of Taking.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of this Court on the 31st day of August, 2023.
TERESA S. GREEN
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Leigh Lucroy
Deputy Clerk
Legal 82836 Published 9/7/2023 and 9/14/2023 in Clay County's Clay Today newspaper