Item J18
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
4-18-01
Division: Commissioner McCoy
Department: BOCC-3
Bulk Item: Yes
No X
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Discussion concerning committees and delegations constituted without the knowledge of the entire
commission and what are the limitations upon it.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No AMOUNT PER MONTH YEAR
Commissione
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APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing_ Ris
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENT A TION: Included:
To Follow:_Not Required:
AGENDA ITEM # /-.:17;1
DISPOSITION:
Revised 2/27/01
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I wcnt to Tallahassee after hearhg rcports that there was a Monroc County Committe~
meeting in Tallahassee and FDOT 6th District in Miami tOl' the purpose of structuring and
designing the 18 mile strctch of US 1.
At thc capital I was informed dnt this wa.'i truc and given the list of names in this group
and h~ld assumed they were thcre with minc and the Commission's knowledge. I had not
been infonned and was not sure ifthc other commi~sioner's were participants in their
selection or if this was a phantom ~lgency, i.e. non-elected or without the knowledge of
the citizens.
At the Ineeting, FDOT, DCA, our State Representative and others were aware that
Miami-Dade had vetoed the pn:vious scenario put forth by this grollp that called for two
lanes that allowed the use;:: of one shouldcr for escape in case of hurricane. This
conliguration was declared unacceptable to Miami-Dade that has two-thirds of this
stretch in their county. Mic,illli.n,lde then yoted to adopt the Miller plan that was
commissioned by the Govemor a year ago that called for onc lane south and two lanes
leaving the Keys. This is the plan acceptable to the Cities of Key West and Marathon.
The people on this list arc not representatives of this county nor have they been
authorized by the citizcns oft1:is county. Therefore, I would move that the names on this
list be replaced by all the people ofthe;::se Keys by calling for a survey of un the registcred
voters of Monroe County, per10rrned by our Supervisor of Elections, that alh.>ws all the
citizcns to have a voice in the structuring of this small strctch of US I that has causcd so
many accidents and deaths.
So I move and ask for a second so that the wishes of all the citizens may be heard.
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Joaquin Vargas N[iller Consulting 954-979-4799
David Rivera VHB 305-821-8424
(Vanesse-Hangen-Brustlin Civil Engineers)
rv[C Sheritl"s Otlice 305~289-241 0
N[C Sheriffs Office 305-289-2430
County Commissioner 305-289-6000
F ,. Keys Cit. Coalition 305-743-6054
~I[iles Moss & Assoc. 305-386-1212
(Traffic safety reports)
Joseph Roles & Assoc. 954-581-1945
(Engineer & Consultants)
Hal Heim KL Resident 305-852-9984
Heather Krosky Environmental Law & Land 954-262-6252
Use Law Center
Richard Grosso Environmental Law & [,and 954-262-6140
Use Law Center
KL Resident
KL Resident
NAME
Glenn Test
Larry Kelley
Nora Williams
Capt. Ed Davidson
Robed Wyman
Joe Roles
Charles Causey
JOM Hammerstien
AGENCY
PHONE #
305-664-9779
305-852-8722
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