01/28/1998 Special
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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, January 28, 1998
Key West, Florida
A special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 10:00 a.m., on the above date, at the
Harvey Government Center at Historic Truman School. Present and
answering to roll call were Commissioner Shirley Freeman,
Commissioner wilhelmina Harvey and Mayor Jack London.
Commissioner Keith Douglass arrived later and due to a prior
engagement was unable to stay until adjournment. Absent was
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich. Also present were 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
There were no Additions, Corrections or Deletions to
the Agenda.
TRANSIT GREENWAY PROPOSAL FOR MONROE COUNTY
Thomas F. Gustafson of the law firm of Gustafson,
Tilton, Henning & Metzger, P.A. gave a presentation on the
Transit Greenway Proposal for Monroe County as generally
described in the Financial Scenario Report presented to the Board
of County Commissioners on January 14, 1998. Mr. Gustafson
discussed the following action to be taken: 1) Joint
Participation Agreement with the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT); 2) Commitment by FDOT for matching funds
associated with the planning effort through March 25, 1998; 3)
Agreement as to scope of work to be undertaken and schedule for
completion of the initial proposal documents; 4) Availability of
other matching funds; and, 5) Formation of a transportation
management association. Rene R. Rodriguez, P.E. representing the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) addressed the Board.
commissioner Douglass entered the Meeting, addressed
the Board and excused himself from the meeting in order to attend
a prior engagement.
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The Board discussed with Mr. Gustafson and Mr.
Rodriguez the Transit Greenway Proposal for Monroe County.
PUBLIC INPUT
The following individuals addressed the Board: Alicia
Putney, Mick Putney, Robert Schneider, representing the Big pine
Key civic Association; Brenda Schneider, Alexis Colicchio, Eugene
Shinkevich, representing the Florida Keys citizens Coalition;
Marie Shinkevich, Jay Marzella, Dagny Johnson, representing the
Upper Keys Citizen's Association; and Scott Munn. The Clerk read
into the record a letter from Joan R. Mowery, CPA.
After Board discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
Harvey and seconded by Mayor London to adopt the following
Resolution approving a Joint Participation Agreement with the
Florida Department of Transportation, authorizing the Firm of
Gustafson, Tilton, Henning & Metzger, P.A. to expend the $70,000
in funds provided by the FDOT under the Joint Participation
Agreement and authorizing Gustafson, Tilton, Henning & Metzger,
P.A. to coordinate with the FDOT Consultant, URS Consultants,
Inc. in preparation of the Federal Transit Administration
request. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
commissioner Freeman No
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 019-1998
See Res. Book No. 137 which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Board instructed Mr. Gustafson to include the Lower
Keys in the Public Workshops for the Transit Greenways Funding
Request Proposal.
There being no further business, 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