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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, April ao, 1998 ~
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 9:00 a.m., on the above date, at the
Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call
were Commissioner Keith Douglass, Commissioner Shirley Freeman,
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Mary Kay Reich and
Mayor Jack London. Also present were Danny L. KOlhage, Clerk;
Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; James T. Hendrick, County
Attorney; James ROberts, County Administrator; County staff,
members of the Press and Radio; and the general public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Motion was made by Commissioner Douglass and seconded
by Commissioner Harvey to approve additions, corrections and
deletions. Motion carried unanimously.
County Attorney, James T. Hendrick addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by
Commissioner Douglass granting approval and authorizing execution
of a Settlement Agreement between Monroe County, The City of Key
West and Hewett-Kier Construction, Inc., concerning the dispute
over certain trees at The Harvey Government Center at Historic
Truman School. Motion carried unanimously.
Growth Management Director, Bob Herman discussed with
the Board a Resolution repealing Resolution No. 088-1998;
Providing a procedure for coordination between the Monroe County
Health Department and the County Code Enforcement Department in
actions brought to enforce Chapter 15.5, Monroe County Code,
before the Code Enforcement Special Master. The Board accepted
pUblic input with the following individuals addressing the Board:
Linda Yorde, Debra S. Harrison representing the World Wildlife
Fund; and Scott Chamber, representing Shoreline Construction and
Engineering and Monroe County Health Department Environmental
Administrator, Jack Teague. After Board discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by Commissioner
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Douglass to adopt the following Resolution. Roll call vote was
unanimous.
RESOLUTION NO. 164-1998
See Res. Book No. 138 which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Board discussed a Flood Variance Application for
Dodge Lake Enterprises, Inc., for a detached 1456 square foot
garage below base flood elevation, for parking only, on property
located on acreage in North Marathon Shores. Growth Management
Director, Bob Herman; Community Services Director, Peter Horton,
and County Attorney, James T. Hendrick addressed the Board. The
Board then accepted pUblic input with the following individuals
addressing the Board: Attorney Nick Mulik, representing the
Applicant; George Neugent, Robert Carter, William H. Brady, Jr.,
representing the North Marathon Shores Neighborhood Association;
Vern Fanke, Ben Roche, Kirby Scheimann, and Attorney Franklin D.
Greenman, representing the North Marathon Shores Neighborhood
Association.
After Board discussion, motion was made by Mayor London
and seconded by Commissioner Freeman directing the Growth
Management Director to research regulations concerning "trophy
homes". Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Douglass and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to defer action of the request for a
flood variance application until a complete review of the project
including the owners intentions and any needed inspections are
completed. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Douglass and seconded
by Commissioner Harvey granting approval for the Board of County
Commissioners to forward a check in the amount of $355.94 to
Harry F. Knight, Tax Collector for outstanding 1997 taxes on
parcels that were deeded to Monroe County. Motion carried
unanimously.
There being no further business to come before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of Circuit Court and
ex officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk