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LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Julv 15. 2009 Division: Land Authoritv
Bulk Item: Yes - No X Staff Contact / Phone #: Mark Rosch /295-5180
Agenda Item Wording: Approval of the minutes for the June 17,2009 meeting.
Item Background: N/A
Advisory Committee Action: N/A
Previous Governing Board Action: N/A
Contract/Agreement Changes: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Total Cost: $ Indirect Cost: $ Budgeted: Yes_ No -
Cost to Land Authority: $ Source of Funds:
Approved By: Attorney _ County Land Steward _'
Documentation: Included: ~ To Follow: - Not Required: _
Disposition: Agenda Item _
MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
GOVERNING BOARD
June 17, 2009 Meeting Minutes
The Governing Board of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority held a regular
meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at the Marathon Government Center located at 2798
Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida. Chairman Kim Wigington called the meeting to order at
9:26 AM. Present and answering roll call, in addition to Chairman Wigington, were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro, Mayor George Neugent,
and Commissioner Sylvia Murphy. Also in attendance were Executive Director Mark Rosch,
Office Manager Kimberly Nystrom, Counsel Larry Erskine, and members of the press and
public.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes for the May 20, 2009 meeting. A
motion was made by Commissioner Carruthers and seconded by Commissioner Di Gennaro to
approve the minutes as submitted. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
The next item was approval to accept the donation of Block 5, Lot 3, Harris Ocean Park Estates
on Key Largo for conservation. A motion was made by Commissioner Di Gennaro and
seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to approve the item. There being no objections, the
motion carried (5/0).
The next item was approval to purchase the following properties for conservation:
a) Block 8, Lot 18, Ocean Park Village on Key Largo at a total cost of $30,807.50;
b) Block 26, Lot 8, Eden Pines Colony Third Addition on Big Pine Key at a total cost of
$25,778.75;
c) Block 6, Lots 3 and 21, Ramrod Shores on Ramrod Key at a total cost of $41 ,500.00; and
d) Block 8, Lots 19 and 20, Indian Mound Estates on Sugarloaf Key at a total cost of
$41,415.00.
A motion was made by Commissioner Murphy and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to
approve items A through D. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
The next item was approval to purchase Block 54, Lots 16 and 17, Maloney subdivision (5530
Third Avenue) on Stock Island as an affordable housing site in partnership with Habitat for
Humanity of Key West and Lower Florida Keys, Inc. The total cost of the acquisition was
$836,695.50. Mr. Rosch addressed the Board. A motion was made by Commissioner Murphy
and seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to approve the item. During Board discussion
Commissioner Murphy stated she would like this item to be the last affordable housing
acquisition by the Land Authority for quite a while and the Land Authority should focus on
acquiring environmentally sensitive lands, particularly those that result in takings cases. Roll
call on the motion was as follows: Commissioner Carruthers, yes; Commissioner Di Gennaro,
yes; Mayor Neugent, yes; Commissioner Murphy, yes; Chairman Wigington, yes. The motion
carried (5/0).
The next item was approval of a resolution authorizing the conveyance of Block 54, Lots 16 and
17, Maloney subdivision (5530 Third Avenue) on Stock Island to the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners as an affordable housing site. A motion was made by Mayor Neugent
and seconded by Commissioner Di Gennaro to approve the resolution. There being no
objections, the motion carried (5/0). [Resolution 03-2009]
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Commissioner Murphy requested staff to work closely with the County Attorney's Office to
determine which lands are the most necessary to purchase. Chairman Wigington clarified that
the emphasis on acquiring environmentally sensitive lands did not apply to funds reserved for
acquisitions within the City of Key West.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:32 AM.
Minutes prepared by:
Mark J. Rosch
Executive Director
Approved by the Board on:
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