03/13/2000 Special
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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners!
Tourist Development Council
Monday, March 13,2000
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting between the Monroe County Board of County Commissioner's and the
Tourist Development Council convened at 10:00 A.M., on the above date at the Marathon
Government Center. Present were Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner George
Neugent, Commissioner Mary Kay Reich, Commissioner Nora Williams, and Mayor Shirley
Freeman. TDC Board Members: Capt. Bill Wickers, Chairman; Michael Ingram, Robert Padron,
Vice Chairman; Christina Sharpe, Treasurer; Amy Slate, Russell Teall, Alexa Wheeler. Absent
was Commissioner Carmen Turner. 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.
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ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
There were no Additions, Corrections, or Deletions to the Agenda.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/
TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Lynda Stuart, Office Manager of the Tourist Development Council read the Mission
Statement of the TDC.
Marlene Conaway, Planning Director was the facilitator for the discussion on the final
results of the Monroe County's Registered Voters' Views on Tourism and Related Issues. Ann
Murphy, Planner/Comprehensive Plan gave an overview of the report results.
IDC EXPENDITURES/LOCAL PROJECTSfPUBLIC PARTICIPATION/OTHER
The Board and Council discussed the availability of funds for local projects and policy
changes. After discussion, public input was accepted with the following individuals addressing
the Board: Rita Irwin, representing DAC III; Billy Causey, representing the Florida Keys
- National Marine Sanctuary; Van Cadenhead, Eugene Shinkevich, representing the Florida Keys
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Citizens Coalition; John Dolan Heidinger and Virginia Panico, representing the Key West
Chamber of Commerce; and Rick Berard, representing the Key West Hotel/Motel Association.
There being no further business to come before the Board and Council, the meeting was
adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis ./
Deputy Clerk
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