NOTICE OF ACTION IN EMINENT DOMAIN AND NOTICE OF HEARING OF CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. 2023-CA-145
Parcel 717
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION,
Petitioner,
vs.
GLENDORA MEDICAL INVESTMENT
CO., LLC, a California limited liability company; 220 VINEYARD, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; DOLGENCORP, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company; HCN BANK f/k/a THE HEMET BANK, a California corporation; and DIANE HUTCHINGS, Clay County Tax Collector,
Defendants.
STATE OF FLORIDA TO:
To the above named Defendants and all said Defendants who are living, and if any or all Defendants are deceased, the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under or against any such deceased Defendant or Defendants, 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 Defendant or Defendants, and all other parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in and to the property described in the Petition, to-wit:
Item # 4307192
Parcel 717
CR 220 – Clay County
Section No. 71580 County Road No. 220 Clay County
F.P. No. 4307192
Parcel No. 717 Temporary Construction Easement
A temporary construction easement for the purpose of construction of new paved business entrance and tie-in existing asphalt with curb and gutter, and modifications to existing concrete sidewalk, tying in, conforming, harmonizing, and/or reconnecting existing grade, slope, pavement, drainage, utility, driveway, walkway, turnout, and/or other features located on or within the real property described below, with the construction undertaken by the Department on adjacent County Road No. 220, as part of the above-referenced financial project (collectively the "Reconnection Work"), together with related incidental purposes necessary to complete the Reconnection Work.
A Part Of Section 4, Township 5 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida, Being More Particularly Described As Follows:
Commence At The North 1/4 Corner Of Section 4, Township 5 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida; Thence South 89°22'59" West, Along The North Line Of Said Section 4, A Distance Of 434.80 Feet To The Baseline Of Survey Of County Road No. 220 (As Per Florida Department Of Transportation Right Of Way Map Section 71580, F.P. No. 4307192, Having A Variable Width Right Of Way); Thence South 34°46'39" West, Along Said Baseline Of Survey Of County Road No. 220, A Distance Of 701.39 Feet; Thence North 55°13'21" West, A Distance Of 50.00 Feet To The Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line Of Said County Road No. 220, And To The Point Of Beginning; Thence North 55°12'15" West, A Distance Of 25.00 Feet; Thence North 34°46'39" East, A Distance Of 76.02 Feet; Thence South 55°13'21" East, A Distance Of 25.00 Feet To Said Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line Of County Road No. 220; Thence South 34°46'39" West, Along Said Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line, A Distance Of 76.03 Feet To The Point Of Beginning.
Containing: 1,901 Square Feet, More Or Less.
THIS EASEMENT shall be for a period of sixty-five (65) months commencing on the date the State of Florida Department of Transportation becomes the owner of this easement.
Being a Part of Tax Parcel No. 040525-008993-002-00
A petition in eminent domain has been filed to acquire certain property interests in Clay County, Florida.
Each Defendant is required to serve written defenses to the petition on Petitioner’s attorney, whose name and address are shown below, on or before June 26, 2023 and to file the original of the defenses with the clerk of this court either before service on
Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter, showing what right, title, interest or lien Defendant 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 Defendant fails to do so, a default will be entered against that Defendant 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 Don Lester, one of the Judges of this Court, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., (one hour is reserved) in Hearing Room 4-077 at the Clay County Courthouse, 825 North Orange Avenue, Green Cove Springs, Florida. All Defendants to this suit may request a hearing at the time and place designated and be heard at the time and place designated and be heard. Any Defendant 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 28th day of February, 2023.
TARA S. GREEN
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
By Rebecca Crews
Deputy Clerk
Legal 60127 Published 3/9/2023 and 3/16/2023 in Clay County's Clay Today newspaper