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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Thursday, October 7, 1999
Marathon, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 3:00 P.M., and a Joint Meeting with the
Tourist Development Council convened at 6:00 P.M. on the above
date, at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering
to roll call were Commissioner shirley Freeman, Commissioner
George Neugent, commissioner Mary Kay Reich, Commissioner Nora
Williams and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Also present were Danny L.
Kolhage, 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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All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Motion was made by Mayor Harvey
seconded by Commissioner Freeman granting
Corrections, and Deletions to the Agenda.
unanimously.
and seconded by and
approval of Additions,
Motion carried
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
The Board discussed the Presentation by the Florida
Keys Aqueduct Authority of preliminary findings, including
project costs and possible users rates, for the Little Venice
Area Wastewater Project and continued it to the regularly
scheduled Board meeting in December, 1999.
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Mark Rosch, Executive Director of the Monroe County
Land Authority, and George Garrett, Marine Resources Director,
addressed the Board concerning the selection of the wastewater
treatment plant site - Little venice Wastewater Treatment
Project. The Board accepted public input with the following
individuals addressing the Board: vicki Hart, Ed Fussell,
representing the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District; James C.
Reynolds, P.E. Deputy to the Executive Director of the Florida
Keys Aqueduct Authority; Betty Vail, Andy Tobin, representing
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Seawatch/Clinton; and Kerry Shelby of the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Authority. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Freeman to locate the site
on the Marathon Airport Property. Roll call vote was unanimous.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSI
TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Present and answering to roll call were the following
members of the Tourist Development Council: Robert Padron,
Christina Sharpe, Amy Slate, Russell Teall, Alexa Wheeler, and *
Chairman Pro Tem Michael Ingram. Absent was Chairman Bill
Wickers.
County Administrator James Roberts addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Reich to table Agenda item E-1
concerning the discussion of resolution from the Florida Keys
citizens Coalition and Voters Survey. Motion died for lack of a
second. Commissioner Freeman discussed the item. The Board took
no official action.
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commissioner williams discussed long term planning
goals to consider additional infrastructure funding mechanisms
through TDC avenues. The Board took no official action.
The joint Boards discussed issues concerning direction
and use of TDC funds.
The Boards discussed the following items from the
Memorandum dated September 22, 1999, from captain Bill Wickers,
Chairman:
3. Establishment of economic base and agreed upon
data and indexing criteria
4. Establishment of an independent entity to conduct
study of economic viability and quality of life
issues in Monroe County
Growth Management Director Tim McGarry discussed the
development of Livable CommuniKeys a local community planning
initiative of the Growth Management Department and how that
program could assist the County with this issue.
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Motion was made by commissioner Williams and seconded
by Commissioner Freeman to appoint a committee consisting of
Commissioner Williams, Commissioner Freeman, Chairman wickers,
Amy Slate, and Russell Teall to work with the Growth Management
Department to develop a vehicle to assess resident responses to
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TDC issues.
Roll call vote was unanimous.
Commissioner Freeman discussed a list of possible
"Quality of Life Indicators". The following individuals
addressed the Board: pino Moro and Bill Anderson, representing
the Monroe Council of Arts Corporation; Van Cadenhead, DAC III
representative, Rita Brown; Kirby Cay Scheimann, representing the
Marathon community council; DAC IV representative, Rick Dumiak;
and Martin Groffman.
Motion was made by Commissioner williams and seconded
by Commissioner Reich to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried
unanimously.
There being no further business to come before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County
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Isabel C. Desantis
Deputy Clerk
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