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09/25/1991 SpecialWW 064. A Special Meeting County Commissioners conve at the Monroe County Publi and answering to roll call Commissioner Douglas Jones Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Commissioner John Stormont Kolhage, Clerk; Randy Luda County Administrator; Coun Radio; and the general pub Special Meeting Board of County Commissioners September 25, 1991 Key Largo of the Monroe -County Board of ed at 9:00 a.m. on the above date Library in Key Largo. Present were Commissioner Earl Cheal, Commissioner Jack London, and bsent from the meeting was Also present were Danny er, County Attorney; Tom Brown, y Staff; members of the Press and ic. All stood for thelIiInvocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. S Mayor Harvey announced that this was a joint meeting between the Board and the Planning Commission, with the following Planning.Comrission members being present: Monica Haskell, Grace Mannllo, Ed Kloski and Milt Mravic. DIVISION OF�GROWTH MANAGEMENT Mr. Fernsler of Wallace -Roberts -Todd addressed the. Board concerning Comprehensive Plan issues relating to hurricane evacuation. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner London to change the County's goal for hurricane evacuation to sixteen hours in keeping with the least acceptable limits established by the National Weather Service to afford resi- dents and visitors of Monroe County maximum protection and the best chance for survival. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Chea Commissioner Jone Commissioner Lond Mayor Harvey Motion failed. The follow Dagny Johnson of the Upper Harrison of the Florida Ke of the ' Flor ida Keys Board Florida Keys Contractors A was made by Commissioner L Jones to approve Option 3A dum with deletion of the f said Option 3A is to now r "OPTION 3A Maint Time WITH Yes No No No ng persons addressed the Board: Keys Citizens Association, Debbie s Wilderness Society, Mike Fagan f Realtors, Bill Smith of the sociation, and Joe Kite. Motion ndon and seconded by Commissioner of WRT's September 18th memoran- nal sentence thereof, so that ad as follows: in Present Clearance tandard (30 hours) 0 WIDENING OF US 1 Under this option'!present clearance time would increase from 27.5 to 30 hours and the 2.5 hour difference could translate into about 2,212 additional units." 1 1 1 WW 065 Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal No Commissioner Jones Yes Commissioner London Yes Mayor Harvey Yes Motion carried. Mr. Fernsler then discussed Comprehensive Plan issues relating to Big Pine Key and ACCC's. Debbie Harrison of the Wilderness Society addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Commissioner Cheal directing the Consultants to come up with a compromise plan that will attempt to address the problems. Motion was made by Mayor Harvey to amend to include consideration of the survival of the people as well as the Key Deer and to consider the Scenario No. 49A as proposed by the Planning Commission. This amendment was accepted by the maker and seconder and became part of the original motion. Milt Mravic addressed the Board. Roll call vote on the motion was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Yes Commissioner Jones No Commissioner London Yes Mayor Harvey Yes Motion carried. DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS Mr. Fernsler addressed the Board concerning Comprehensive Plan issues relating to a Sanitary Sewer Master Plan. William Keith also addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to change the name of the proposed Master Plan to "The Monroe County Sanitary Wastewater Disposal Master Plan." During discussion, Chris Schraeder, Mike Fagan and Joyce Newman addressed the Board. Roll call vote was unanimous. present. The Board recessed for lunch. The Board reconvened with all Commissioners not COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Robert Yohe of Hansen -Lind -Meyer addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Mayor Harvey to approve a Change Order/Supplemental Authorization to the HLM/Gonzalez Agreement for the New Monroe County Detention Facility to delete one inmate housing wing from base bid construction documents and pro- vide revised documents to finish out the three shelled dor- mitories, etc. in the amount of $88,531.00 with no separate reimburseables, and also to approve a Change Order/ Supplemental Authorization to the HLM/Gonzalez Agreement for WW 066 the New Monroe County Detention Facility to study potential cost and scope reduction options to provide construction costs savings, etc. in the amount of $157,650.00 with no separate reimburseables. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Yes Commissioner Jones No Commissioner London Yes Mayor Harvey Yes Motion carried. During discussion, motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Mayor Harvey to direct that documentation for proposed change orders be presented at the beginning of the process rather than at the end. Roll call vote was unanimous. County Administrator Tom Brown discussed the South Florida Water Management District's policies concerning and recommendations regarding development and implementation of the Potable Water element of the Comprehensive Plan. Jim Smith of the South Florida Water Management District addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to direct the Staff to prepare a Resolution to the South Florida Water Management District and the Governor and Cabinet expressing Monroe County's concern about being short-changed on usage per capita as related to water consumption. Roll call vote was unanimous. DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT The Board returned to consideration of Agenda Items B-4 and D-1 pertaining to the issues relating to the pro- posed Monroe County Sanitary Wastewater Disposal Master Plan. Dagny Johnson addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to approve the Recommendation from Page 2 of the WRT memorandum dated September 18, 1991, amended so as to now read as follows: "That the BOCC initiate discussion with the FKAA regarding the preparation of a sanitary sewer master plan, and that the scope of this master plan and the systems to be evaluated be determined by the BOCC. We would also request that the BOCC provide a time -certain for when these discussions would begin in order to address concerns contained in the ORC with respect to the timing of the sanitary wastewater master plan study." and directing the Consultants to examine options to the use of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority. Fred Tittle addressed the Board. Roll call vote was unanimous. Growth Management Division Director Bob Herman discussed the receipt of the proposed Settlement Agreement. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner London to call a Special Meeting for 10:30 a.m. on October 1st at the Lions Club in Key West for the purpose of discussing the proposed Settlement Agreement with DCA. Roll call vote was unanimous. During discussion, motion was made by Mayor Harvey and seconded by Commissioner London to WW 067 establish as an alternative, if time permits and if Commissioner Stormont will be present, to re -advertise the meeting to be held at Key Colony Beach instead of Key West. During discussion, the motion was withdrawn. COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS Commissioner Cheal discussed consideration of retaining an expert witness regarding on -site sewage dispo- sal systems vs. regional sewers during the intervention hearings. Staff was directed to contact and negotiate with Dr. Rodney M. Fujita to retain him as an expert witness for negotiations with the intervenors. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner London to request the County Attorney's Office to ask DCA to postpone the Administrative Hearing scheduled for October 7th. Motion carried unanimously. DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT Division Director Bob Herman discussed possible revisions to Section 9.5-111 through 116, Monroe County Code, concerning permitting and establishment of internal procedures of permitting. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner London acknowledging that the Board agrees that concurrency requirements have been met when a development starts when legally permitted. Roll call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to approve the proposed revisions to the permitting system as set out in memorandum dated September 17, 1991 from Herbert Rabin, Building Official/Director to Bob Herman. Roll call vote was unani- mous. Motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Mayor Harvey to approve the proposed Text changes. Bill Smith addressed the Board. After discussion, the motion was withdrawn. After further discussion, motion was made by Commissioner London and seconded by Commissioner Jones to reconsider the Board's previous action concerning approval of the proposed revisions to the permitting system as set out in Mr. Rabin's memorandum dated September 17, 1991. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was then made by Commissioner London and seconded by Commissioner Jones to rescind the Board's previous action approving the proposed. revisions to the permitting system as set out in memorandum dated September 17, 1991 from Herbert Rabin, Building Official/Director, to Bob Herman. Motion carried unani- mously. Debbie Harrison of the Wilderness Society addressed the Board concerning the meeting called to discuss the Settlement Agreement and requested that that meeting be postponed until October 7th in Key Colony Beach. The Board took no action. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner London to approve submission of the Local Government Infrastructure Surtax Bill to Representative Saunders for legislative consideration. Roll call vote was unanimous. WW 068 Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to approve submission of the following legislative action item: Indigent Care Surtax: Redraft the first sentence of Sec. 212.055(3)(a) so as to now read "The governing body in each County may levy, pursuant to approval by a majority vote of the electors of the County voting in a referendum, a discretionary sales surtax at a rate that may not exceed 0.5 percent." and to note that any other reference in the statutes to imposing this tax by ordinance only should be also stricken. Roll call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commisisoner London to approve submission of the follow- ing legislative action item: Recovery of Administrative Costs in Code Enforcement Cases: Add the following language to Florida Statute 162: "162.09(2)(d) An enforcement board may also impose administrative costs equal to but not to exceed the actual incurred costs of investigation, prosecution and adjudication of the case." Roll call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Mayor Harvey to approve the proposed legislation con- cerning Emergency Medical Care Personnel as Special Risk members of the Florida Retirement System. Motion carried unanimously. The County Administrator discussed the Board's direction concerning School Funding legislation and indi- cated that Representative Saunders did not believe that it was necessary nor would it be useful to submit proposed legislation at this time. Mr. Brown advised the Board of a Solid Waste Workshop to be held in Fort Lauderdale on October 18th. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to approve travel for any Board member. Motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.