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-152
Parcels 105 & 805
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION,
Petitioner,
vs.
JANET T. HILL, a married woman; AMANDA ENGLISH; 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
Parcels 105 & 805
CR 220 – Clay County
Section No. 71580 County Road No. 220 Clay County
F.P. No. 4307192
Parcel No. 105 Part "B"
Fee Simple
A Part Of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida, Being More Particularly Described As Follows:
Commence At The South 1/4 Corner Of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida; Thence North 00°15'24" West, Along The West Line Of The Southeast 1/4 Of Said Section 33, A Distance Of 617.42 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 North 34°46'39" East, Along Said Baseline Of Survey Of County Road No. 220, A Distance Of 1,292.37 Feet; Thence South 89°47'18" West, A Distance Of 61.03 Feet To The Intersection Of The Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line Of Said County Road No. 220, And The Southerly Existing Right Of Way Line Of Joe Johns Road (A 40.00 Foot Right Of Way As Recorded In Official Records Book 2013, Page 1704 Of The Public Records Of Clay County, Florida), And To The Point Of Beginning; Thence South 34°46'39" West, Along Said Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line Of County Road No. 220 , A Distance Of 25.00 Feet; Thence North 27°43'01" West, A Distance Of 23.09 Feet To Said Southerly Existing Right Of Way Line Of Joe Johns Road; Thence North 89°47'18" East, Along Said Southerly Existing Right Of Way Line, A Distance Of 25.00 Feet To The Point Of Beginning.
Containing: 256 Square Feet, More Or Less.
Being a Part of Tax Parcel No. 330425-008145-000-00
and
Section No. 71580 County Road No. 220 Clay County
F.P. No. 4307192
Parcel No. 805 Perpetual Easement
A perpetual easement for the purpose of constructing removal/reinstallation of fence, tying in, conforming, harmonizing, and/or reconnecting existing grade, slope, pavement, drainage, utility, driveway, walkway, turnout, and/or other features, in, over, under, upon and through the following described land in Clay County, Florida, to wit:
A Part Of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida, Being More Particularly Described As Follows:
Commence At The South 1/4 Corner Of Section 33, Township 4 South, Range 25 East, Clay County, Florida; Thence North 00°15'24" West, Along The West Line Of The Southeast 1/4 Of Said Section 33, A Distance Of 617.42 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 North 34°46'39" East, Along Said Baseline Of Survey Of County Road No. 220, A Distance Of 1,232.37 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 South 34°46'39" West, Along Said Northwesterly Existing Right Of Way Line Of County Road No. 220 , A Distance Of 71.86 Feet; Thence North 55°13'21" West, A Distance Of 5.00 Feet; Thence North 34°46'39" East, A Distance Of 50.00 Feet; Thence North 27°43'01" West, A Distance Of 34.42 Feet; Thence South 89°47'18" West, A Distance Of 130.19 Feet; Thence North 00°12'42" West, A Distance Of 5.00 Feet To The Southerly Existing Right Of Way Line Of Joe Johns Road (A 40.00 Foot Right Of Way As Recorded In Official Records Book 2013, Page 1704 Of The Public Records Of Clay County, Florida); Thence North 89°47'18" East, Along Said Southerly Existing Right Of Way Line, A Distance Of 152.06 Feet; Thence South 27°43'01" East, A Distance Of 23.09 Feet To The Point Of Beginning.
Containing: 1,634 Square Feet, More Or Less.
Being a Part of Tax Parcel No. 330425-008145-000-00
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 May 22, 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 Steven B. Whittington, one of the Judges of this Court, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., (45 minutes are reserved) in Hearing Room
4-097 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 30th day of March, 2023.
TARA S. GREEN
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT CLAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
By Gracie Moore
Deputy Clerk
Legal 64341 Published 4/13/2023 and 4/20/2023 in Clay County's Clay Today newspaper