02/12/2019 Special MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Marathon, Florida
A special meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
10:00 a.m. at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Michelle Coldiron, Commissioner Danny
Kolhage, Commissioner David Rice and Mayor Sylvia Murphy. Also present at the meeting
were Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Kevin Madok,
Clerk of Court; Pamela Hancock, Deputy Clerk; county staff, members of the press and radio;
and the general public.
PUBLIC HEARING
Al A Public Hearing was held to consider approval of an Ordinance by the Monroe County
Board of County Commissioners amending the 2030 Comprehensive Plan to create Goal 109,
Objective 109.1, Policies 109.1.1, 109.1.2, 109.1.3, 109.1.4, 109.1.5, 109.1.6 to establish a
Hurricane Irma Recovery Process to provide for the development of workforce housing for a
period of 2 years, defining the term workforce housing, establishing workforce housing shall be a
permitted use in certain land use districts,providing for density bonuses for workforce housing,
amending the development review procedures and amendment procedures to facilitate workforce
housing, as recommended by the BOCC (File 2018-010). Emily Schemper, Sr. Director
Planning & Environmental Resources, made a Power Point Presentation. Christine Hurley,
Assistant County Administrator; and, Bob Shillinger, County Attorney, addressed the Board.
The following individuals addressed the Board: Bill Hunter, representing Lower Keys Alliance;
Matthew Conrad, representing Lower Keys Medical Center; Vivian Beck, representing Key Deer
Protection Alliance; Ann Olsen, representing Friends of the Lower Keys; Stuart Schaffer,
representing Sugarloaf Shores Property Owner's Association; Beth Fennell, Robert Mikes, David
Tuttle, representing Florida Keys Contractor's Association; Joyce Newman, representing Last
Stand; Pete Knaup, Thomas O'Neill, John Giambalvo, Dottie Moses, representing Island of Key
Largo Federation of Homeowner's Associations; Jan Edelstein, representing Cudjoe Gardens
Property Owner's Association; Bart Smith, representing Wrecker's Cay, Suncrest; Susan
Hadden, Neal Nathanson, Bill Lay, representing On Pointe Restaurant Group; Greg Sullivan,
representing Waste Management; Mike Morawski, representing 907 Whitehead Street Corp.;
Fred Newman, Captain Ed Davidson, representing Florida Keys Citizen's Coalition, Inc.;
Virginia Panico, representing Key West Chamber of Commerce; Sean Thompson, Lesley
Thompson, and Matt Odachowski. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
Coldiron and seconded by Mayor Murphy to deny Goal 109 in its entirety. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers No
Commissioner Coldiron Yes
Commissioner Kolhage Yes
Commissioner Rice Yes
Mayor Murphy Yes
Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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