11/15/2005 Special/ Workshop
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Special MeetingIW orkshop
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Key Largo, Florida
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
3 :00 P.M., at the Key Largo Library. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner
Charles "Sonny" McCoy, Commissioner Murray E. Nelson, Commissioner George R. Neugent,
Commissioner David P. Rice, and Mayor Dixie M. Spehar. Also present were Isabel C. DeSantis,
Deputy Clerk; Richard Collins, County Attorney; Thomas Willi, 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
Motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner McCoy granting
approval of Additions, Corrections, and Deletions to the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner McCoy discussed a Lease Contract with Lazy Days RV Center, Inc., for
the lease of 40 travel trailers to make available to County employees affected by Hurricane
Wilma. County Administrator, Tom Willi addressed the Board. After discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Rice granting approval of the
item. Motion carried unanimously.
The Board reviewed the Proposed Boundary Delineation Criteria and Special Protection
Area Maps. Growth Management Director, Tim McGarry and Andrew Trivette, County
Biologist briefed the Board on Staffs process for identifying qualifYing individual one-acre
hammock patches as a Special Protection Area (SPA), criteria for designation of specific SPA
boundaries, and proposed SPA Maps. The Board also spoke telephonically with Rebecca Jetton,
Florida Keys Field Office Manager - Florida Department of Community Affairs. During the
discussion with Ms. Jetton, the Board requested that a bus tour take place on Friday, December 2,
2005 with DCA Secretary Thadeus Cohen, Ms. Jetton, Commissioner Nelson, Mr. McGarry, Mr.
Trivette, and a certified court reporter to review the Special Protection Areas.
The following public speaker addressed the Board: Andy Tobin.
Assistant County Attorney, Bob Shillinger discussed the County's Suggested Edits to
Plaintiffs Proposal concerning Florida Key Deer, et aI., Plaintiffs, vs. Michael D. Brown, et aI.,
Defendants - Case No. 90-10037-CIV-MOORE.
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Commissioner Neugent inquired on the status of the Habitat Conservation Plan. Mr.
McGarry addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to
adopt the following Resolution establishing priority consideration for temporary RV housing to all
Monroe County BOCC employees including Constitutional Officers and their employees. Motion
carried unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 391-2005
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk