Resolution 304-2002
RESOLUTION NO. 304-2002
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
REQUESTING CONVEYANCE OF CONCH KEY PROPERTY
FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR USE AS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE.
WHEREAS, the marine ecosystem of the Florida Keys is dependent on clear water with low
levels of nutrients; and
WHEREAS, ongoing research has determined that nutrients from wastewater are one of the
major contributors to the decline of the water quality in the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan mandates reducing nutrient
loading in the Florida Keys marine ecosystem through, among other measures, the provision of
wastewater treatment plants; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Sanitary Wastewater Master Plan identifies the community of
Conch Key as a priority area in need of upgraded wastewater treatment facilities; and
WHEREAS, most of Conch Key is developed land and there are no suitable vacant sites for a
wastewater treatment plant available via willing seller acquisition from private owners; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation owns excess right-of-way on the bayside
of Conch Key that would provide a suitable site for a wastewater treatment plant; and
WHEREAS, said right-of-way is not proposed for use in the Overseas Heritage Trail; now,
therefore '
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1, The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is hereby requested to convey to
the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) for no consideration a 1 DO-foot wide parcel of land
running along the outermost limits of the FDOT right-of-way on the bayside of Conch Key for
the length of Conch Key for the public purpose of providing a wastewater treatment plant site.
Section 2. The BOCC finds that use of said property is consistent with the policy articulated in
BOCC Resolution 565-1999, in that the use will not interfere with the proposed Overseas
Heritage Trail and will provide benefits to the quality of nearshore water similar to those
provided by stormwater facilities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at
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a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of July, 2002.
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