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7 MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
8 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
9 RESOLUTION NO. 043 -2024
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11 A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
12 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
13 APPROVING PRIORITIZATION OF THE
14 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES APPLICATIONS
15 SUBMITTED FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
16 TRANSPORTATION - 2024 TRANSPORTATION
17 ALTERNATIVES GRANT PROGRAM.
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20 WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") opened the 2024
21 Transportation Alternatives grant program and announced the application cycle on November 6,
22 2023; and
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24 WHEREAS, the Transportation Alternatives ("TA") grant program provides federal
25 funding available for non-motorized transportation and is administered by the FDOT; and
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27 WHEREAS, the FDOT requires local priority rankings be approved by the Monroe
28 County Board of County Commissioners as part of the application process; and
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30 WHEREAS, five applications were submitted for consideration for funding by FDOT:
31 ADA and Safety Improvements for Public Parks and Paths, City of Key Colony Beach;
32 requesting $133,212; Enhancing Bus Bike Capacity, City of Key West, requesting $52,590.56;
33 Island Wide Comprehensive Wayfinding Plan, City of Key West, requesting $160,000;
34 Completion of Coco Plum Multi Use Path/Turn-Around with Lighting Addition, City of
35 Marathon, request: $ 1,000,000; Coco Plum Drive Lighting at Existing Multi-Use Path, City of
36 Marathon, request: $ 956,650; and
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38 WHEREAS, a committee consisting of representatives from Monroe County, evaluated
39 the application(s)based on the FDOT's required criteria; and
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41 WHEREAS, the score of the 2024 application is based on an overall 125-point scale,
42 The City of Marathon Completion of Coco Plum Multi Use Path/Turn-Around with Lighting
43 Addition received an overall average score of 86.8 and a final score of 111.8 with final
44 prioritization points; City of Key West Enhancing Bus Bike Capacity received an overall average
45 score of 78 and a final score of 102 with final prioritization points; City of Marathon Coco Plum
46 Drive Lighting at Existing Multi-Use Path received an overall average score of 71.5 and a final
47 score of 94.5 with final prioritization points; City of Key West Island Wide Comprehensive
48 Wayfinding Plan received an overall average score of 70 and a final score of 92 with final
49 prioritization points; and City of Key Colony Beach ADA and Safety Improvements for Public
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i Parks and Paths, Invasive Species removal received an overall average score of 65.3 and a final
2 score of 86.3 with final prioritization points; and
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4 WHEREAS, given the average scores, the committee recommended City of Marathon
5 Completion of Coco Plum Multi Use Path/Turn-Around with Lighting Addition receive a
6 ranking of 1; City of Key West Enhancing Bus Bike Capacity receive a ranking of 2; City of
7 Marathon Coco Plum Drive Lighting at Existing Multi-Use Path receive a ranking of 3; City of
8 Key West Island Wide Comprehensive Wayfinding Plan receive a ranking of 4; City of Key
9 Colony Beach ADA and Safety Improvements for Public Parks and Paths, Invasive Species
10 removal receive a ranking of 5; and
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12 WHEREAS,based on committee scoring the recommended rankings are as follows:
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14 1. City of Marathon Completion of Coco Plum Multi Use Path/Turn-Around with Lighting
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16 2. City of Key West Enhancing Bus Bike Capacity
17 3. City of Marathon Coco Plum Drive Lighting at Existing Multi-Use Path
18 4. City of Key West Island Wide Comprehensive Wayfinding Plan
19 5. City of Key Colony Beach ADA and Safety Improvements for Public Parks and Paths,
20 Invasive Species removal
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22 WHEREAS, at a regularly scheduled duly noticed public hearing, the Board considered
23 comments from citizens wishing to speak on the matter; and
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25 WHEREAS,the Board fully supports the funding of the application(s);
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27 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
28 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
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30 1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners ("Monroe County", the
31 "County", "Board", or "BOCC") hereby approves prioritization of the 2024 Transportation
32 Alternatives applications as follows:
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34 1. City of Marathon Completion of Coco Plum Multi Use Path/Turn-Around
35 with Lighting Addition—Requesting $ 1,000,000.
36 2. City of Key West Enhancing Bus Bike Capacity - Requesting $52,590.56
37 3. City of Marathon Coco Plum Drive Lighting at Existing Multi-Use Path -
38 requesting $956,650
39 4. City of Key West Island Wide Comprehensive Wayfinding Plan —
40 Requesting $160,000
41 5. City of Key Colony Beach ADA and Safety Improvements for Public Parks
42 and Paths, Invasive Species removal —Requesting $133,212
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44 2. Monroe County requests that the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT")
45 provide Transportation Alternative ("TA") funds to the subject projects in the fifth
46 year of the upcoming FDOT District Six Tentative Work Program (2030) for Monroe
477 County as requested by the applicants.
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49 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
50 Florida, at a regular public meeting of the Board held on the 3 1" day of January 2024.
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i Mayor Holly Merrill Raschein Yes
2 Mayor Pro Tem James K. Scholl Yes
3 Commissioner Craig Cates Yes
4 Commissioner Michelle Lincoln Yes
5 Commissioner David Rice Yes
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