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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, August 27, 1996
Marathon Key, 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 Commissioners Keith Douglass, Wilhelmina Harvey, Jack
London, Mary Kay Reich and Mayor Shirley Freeman. Also present
were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; James 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.
County Administrator, James Roberts, gave a summary and
review of the Navy Excess Property Process. Mr. Roberts
discussed the County's expression of their intent to the Local
Redevelopment Agency consisting of the City commissioners of the
City of Key West to acquire the Commissary Property for use by
the County for Administrative Offices and Monroe County Health
Clinic.
Commissioner Harvey discussed her representation of the
County on the Local Redevelopment Agency as a non-voting member
and the history of the County's intention to acquire the
Commissary Property. She also discussed the possibility of the
County acquiring the Mole excessed property to be used as a
source of revenue to purchase other land in the City of Key West
for the relocation of County Administrative Offices and Health
Clinic activities. After Board discussion, motion was made by
Commissioner Harvey and seconded by Commissioner London to adopt
the following Resolution authorizing the County Administrator on
behalf of the Board of County Commissioners to provide a Notice
of Intent to the Local Redevelopment Agency for acquisition of
the Mole property for Monroe County.
City Manager for the City of Key West, Julio Avael and
City Attorney, Diane Covan, addressed the Board. Chris Lehman,
representing Commonwealth Consulting Corporation, addressed the
item via telephone. Roll call vote was unanimous.
RESOLUTION NO. 330-1996
See Res. Book No. 131 which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Board then discussed the membership of the Local
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Redevelopment Agency. Motion was made by Commissioner Reich and
seconded by Commissioner Harvey to adopt the following Resolution
requesting the Local Redevelopment Agency to consider
recomposition of the Agency to appoint three (3) Board of County
Commissioners as members with full voting rights replacing three
(3) City Commission members. Roll call vote was unanimous.
RESOLUTION NO. 331-1996
See Res. Book No. 131 which is incorporated herein by reference.
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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Deputy Clerk