03/31/2000 Special
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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2000/101
Special Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Friday, March 31,2000
Key Largo, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
10:00 a.m., on the above date at the Key Largo Library. Present were Commissioner Wilhelmina
Harvey, Commissioner George Neugent, Commissioner Mary Kay Reich, Commissioner Nora
Williams, and Mayor Shirley Freeman. 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.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
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Mayor Freeman offered an addition to the agenda to consider a Resolution asking for
permission to effect a voter referendum to create the Village of the Lower Keys to include
Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, Ramrod Key, SugarloafKey, Saddlebunch Key and the Torch
Keys.
The County Administrator advised the Board that based upon the decision of the City of
Marathon to provide their own permitting and code enforcement services, he was withdrawing
Item C from the agenda.
Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by Commissioner Williams
granting the approval of Additions, Corrections, and Deletions to the Agenda as amended. Roll
call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Commissioner Williams Yes
Mayor Freeman Yes
Motion carried.
Pursuant to the Board's administrative rules, the failure of the above motion to approve
-- the agenda as amended to receive a unanimous vote, resulted in the addition to the agenda not
being approved.
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Mayor Freeman called for a Special Meeting, April 5, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. to consider a
Resolution asking for permission to effect a voter referendum to create the Village of the Lower
Keys to include Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, Ramrod Key, SugarloafKey, Saddlebunch Key
and the Torch Keys.
The County Administrator was directed to see if the SugarloafVolunteer Fire Station was
available for the location of that meeting. Mr. Charles Brooks addressed the Board.
Commissioner Williams introduced members of the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP).
Fred McManus, TEP Coordinator, US Environmental Protection Agency; Richard smith, Bureau
of Water Facilities Funding, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Kerry Shelby,
Assistant Director of Administration, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority; Bob Freeman, US
Environmental Protection Agency; James C. Reynolds, Deputy Executive Director, Florida Keys
Aqueduct Authority; Timothy J. McGarry, AICP, Monroe County Growth Management; Paul
Booher, Water and Onsite Sewage Program, Florida Department of Health. Mr. McManus made
a presentation and briefed the Board on behalf of the TEP. Frank Greenman addressed the
Board.
Mayor Freeman advised that the SugarloafVolunteer Fire Station was not available;
therefore, the Special Meeting would be held April 5, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. at the Harvey
Government Center at Historic Truman School, Key West.
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The following individuals addressed the Board concerning the Key Largo Wastewater
Treatment System: Charles Brooks; Gail Feddern; Henry Feddern; Herman Gossweiler,
representing Dove Creek Estates; Charles Causey and Richard Grosso, representing the Florida
Keys Environmental Fund; Jimmie Williams, representing the Sexton Cove Property Owners
Association; Frank Greenman, representing City of Marathon; Richard M. Fleisher; John Loftis;
Marby Causey; Doris Kendall; Michael Hopman; Adam Koslofsky; Barry Patterson. The Board
took no official action.
Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by Commissioner Williams
granting approval for the Building Department to solicit a Request for Qualifications from
qualified professional engineers and licensed architects to provide certain building inspection
services for commercial development projects within Ocean Reef Key Largo. Roll call vote was
unarumous.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
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Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
M9-Qfoe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis,
Deputy Clerk