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Sarasota News Leader May 31, 2013 Page 18 "Depends on the dedication," he responded. DCA Fidu Inc. Trust Estate, represented by Michael J. Silvers, who sold it to the trust in "We're giving up a public right today," RobinMarch 2009 after purchasing it in June 1995, son told him. according to county tax records. "What we're giving up is right of way for pubKennedy's memo says Silvers was notified of lic road," Barbetta said. the Baumanns' petition "and has not raised an THE REQUEST objection." Diane Kennedy, a title agent in the Real Property Division of the county's Public Works Department, explained to the board that the Baumanns filed the street vacation petition in 2012. "According to the petitioners and to the best of anyone's knowledge, this right-of-way has never been maintained by Sarasota County and this is the primary reason for filing the petition," says a May 21 memo from Kennedy to the County Commission. He did tell the County Commission during the May 21 public hearing that he uses the right of way as a driveway; that use has been in effect since the house was built, he added. (A Sarasota News Leader search of county property tax records could not determine when the house was constructed on the parcel.) Referring to the Calle de Costa Rica right of way, Kennedy said a county staff inspection County records show the Baumanns bought showed someone appeared to be using it to their 7,110-square-foot parcel in November access the canal, as mangroves have been 2011. To the west, the property is owned by trimmed in one area on the bank. A PowerPoint slide shows the work that has to be done regarding utility easements on the Calle de Costa Rica right of way. Image courtesy Sarasota County