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Item B Mayor Neugent RESOLUTION NO. - 2001 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO JOIN MONROE COUNTY IN OPPOSITION TO FDOT'S PROPOSED EXPANSION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1 B!TW!EN KEY LARGO AND MAINLAND 'LORmA WHEREAS, this Board has repeatedly expressed its concern that the widening of US Highway 1 between Key largo and Mainland Florida to four lanes would adversely impact the fragile ecology of the Florida Keys, and would increase vehicular traffic into the Florida Keys, thereby creating secondary impacts on the Keys environment and Quality of life, placing additional demands on local law enforcement agencies, and accelerating residential development pressures exceeding available allocations; and WHEREAS, this Board, through its Resolutions 196-1995, 295-1995, 315-1995, and 01- 2001, urged the State of Florida DOT not to pursue the four-Ianing of US Highway 1 between Key Largo and Mainland Florida, but to develop other alternatives; and WHEREAS, this Board recently adopted Resolution No. 01-2001, expressing its opposition to the proposed construction of a four-lane bridge over Jewfish Creek and to FOOT's proposed expansion of US Highway 1 between Key Largo and Mainland Florida; and WHEREAS, most of the "IS-Mile Stretch" between Key Largo and Mainland Florida is located in Miami-Dade County, which shares Monroe County's concerns over environmental preservation, highway safety and wise use of publiC funds; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONRO! COUNTY, FLORIDA that The Board hereby requests Miami-Dade County to join Monroe County in opposition to FDOT's proposed expansion of US Highway 1 between Key Largo and Mainland Florida. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a special meeting of said Board held on the 23rd day of January, 2001. Mayor George Neugent Mayor Pro Tem Nora Williams Commissioner Murray Nelson Commissioner Dixie Spehar Commissioner Charles McCoy (SEAL) Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By By Deputy Clerk Mayor/Chairperson ldresGN 18 1/1 ~O""d 9tSC~6~S0c'al 3~lddO ^~~.... ^~NnO~ 30~NOW'WO~d 1~'tl to-C~-N""~ III en en III I- z: 0 - l- I! .... 1&1 :z: z 0 z .. .... III - ~ ::c . III t:>> "1Ii iii ~ a :z: ell III C .. z II ::>> en I- 0 - . a .- *' I -. 4 In In >- II a Ii Ill: .. ~ Ill: III Ill: 0 .. III . 0 .. = L In 0 Ii Ill: U Ill: j L & 0 a .!! ~ 4 Z 0 ~ 0 0 Ii Ill: .. Ill: .. ... Z Ill: In Z III & .. 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N CW') - ~ Benefits of the Communications Facility at Cudjoe Key Quarry INEXPENSIVE, SECURE DISPATCH RADIO Industrial Communications and Electronics (IC&E) currently holds eight FCC licenses for 80 channels of Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) frequencies in Monroe County. IC&E has paid the FCC millions of dollars for these frequencies, and is required by a provision the FCC licenses to provide service throughout the South Florida area, including the Keys. SMR' is an affordable, secure, dispatch radio system that is primarily used by service industries such as delivery services, taxi companies, nurserymen, etc. SMR is also used by governmental agencies like police, fire rescue, ambulance, etc. Our SMR services start at around $18.00 per month for a simple walkie-talkie style radio with unlimited air-time. TELEPHONE SERVICE UP TO 50-MILES OUT TO SEA SMR also offers the benefit of telephone interconnection. The interconnect service provides secure telephone service over our radio system. Because our facility is tall, and because height provides a much larger coverage area, our telephone interconnection will afford our customers telephone service outside of the normal cell phone radius in the Keys (approx. 5- 15 miles, maximum). Our propagation models show that our services will travel approximately 50 miles out to sea, which covers from the Marquesas to Islamorada, Village of Islands. This means that a boater fishing in the Gulf Stream can call home and discuss what's for dinner without taking up the UHF marine radio frequencies reserved for emergencies, or a charter boat captain can receive a call fi'om the office and discuss confidential business. Most importantly, it facilitates emergency communication by making it much easier to get through. Anyone who has used marine radio can attest to how difficult it can be to get a response to a hail, and how complicated it is to get a patch through to telephone service. This single feature could save lives by providing quick, easy communications in the Lower Keys. BUILT TO WITHSTAND A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE Monroe County's new tower ordinance requires that all new towers meet the ASCE 7-98 basic wind load of 150 mph at 33 feet. This provision requires the tower to be designed to withstand 150 mph winds 24 hours a day for the life of the fully loaded tower. ASCE also requires the fully loaded tower to withstand a peak wind load (gust) of a minimum of 180 mph. IC&E has exceeded the minimum wind loading requirements in two ways: · The company used a higher standard than ASCE 7-98. The Cudjoe Key facility is designed to the EIA/TIA 222-F standards, which are criteria that take into consideration the unique properties of steel structures and how these structures react in wind. Although these standards use the same basic wind loads at 33 feet, they increase the strength of the tower progressively toward the top. In fact, the tower is substantially stronger at the top than it is at the bottom. · The tower loading specifications provided by IC&E to the tower engineers for design of this facility consider substantially more attached antennas than will probably ever be installed, as a conservative measure to assure the facility will never be overloaded by future equipment. This added loading increases the sail area and the weight of the facility considerably, thus also substantially increasing its strength above and beyond the criteria required by the County. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COUNTYWIDE DURING AND AFTER A MAJOR STORM At the request of Norm Leggett, Monroe County's emergency communications director, IC&E has agreed to allow the County to install on this facility for emergency purposes three 800 Mhz radios, one UHF radio, and one VHF radio. Mr. Leggett's plan takes into consideration his years of experience and the emergency needs of the County. The Sheriff's Department is about to replace their radio system with a new digital 800 Mhz system. The new system is designed to relay traffic from a single dispatch location in Marathon over a network of towers. If any single tower fails the entire system will suffer. Mr. Leggett's plan is to build a redundant backup system that would maintain communications in a failure. Our Cudjoe facility is the most appropriate place for this emergency backup system because it offers the highest point in the Keys, and therefore the largest coverage area. This is the only tower in Monroe County designed to withstand wind loading of 150 mph. A study, produced by Mr. Leggett and the Planning Department for the Monroe County Commission in January 2000, states that 47 percent of Monroe County's emergency service towers do not meet current building codes and need to be replaced. Therefore, the County needs this redundant system to assure continued, safe communications. In addition, Billy Wagner, the County emergency management director, strongly supports the need for this facility for the provision of emergency communications to Keys residents during and after a major storm. We all know what a lifeline US I Radio was to people who remained in the Lower Keys during Hurricane Georges. It was virtually a miracle that their tower remained standing, and the attached letter from Bob Soos, General Manager of US 1, documents how lucky we were that they remained on the air. He also describes why he wants to relocate their broadcast equipment to this facility, which clearly explains why it makes sense for the County to have emergency communications equipment on this facility, as well. PROVIDE PLATFORM FOR FREE TV Currently, free television in the Florida Keys is limited to only the northernmost islands, which can receive transmission from Dade County-based facilities. The current tower infrastructure cannot support future broadcasters, let alone the new demands of digital broadcast television. Because of our height, and because we have designed our facility for broadcast TV, the Cudjoe facility will be an attractive location for broadcasters offering free television, and we have received a letter of interest from Channel 6 which is included in our minor conditional use application. The holders of licenses for broadcast television are required by their licenses to provide free transmission in their service area~ however, with the 2 decommissioning and dismantling of the County's translator system, this is not presently possible. IC&E has been in discussion with broadcasters in Miami to translate their broadcasts on our tower, and several additional broadcasters have been in contact with County staff in pursuit of the translator frequencies that Monroe County is about to auction. The fact is, without our facility, broadcasters will be discouraged from coming to the Keys, due to the lack of suitable infrastructure, and the constraints contained in the tower ordinance that greatly inhibit construction of adequate facilities. PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND LOCAL BROADCASTERS IC&E has been in contact with, and has commitments to relocate to our facility, several local radio stations including US 1 Radio. We also have discussed with officials about locating WLRN, National Public Radio, to our facility, This would greatly increase their signal strength in the Lower Keys and Key West, where it is notoriously poor at present. Our facility is desirable to broadcasters for several good reasons: . Our equipment structure is designed like a bunker. Its walls will be a foot thick, and the ground floor will be above flood plane. · The facility will be equipped with a 350 KW diesel generator with two weeks of fuel. · The tower will withstand major hurricane force winds. · The location of the facility, and the resulting propagation area, offers signal coverage to the major populations in the keys. THIS FACILITY DOES NOT CREATE A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE TOWERS This is the only area in the Florida Keys that can accommodate a tower taller than 500 feet. · The Visual Flight Rules (VFR) administered by the FAA, restricts the height of structures within 2 miles of US 1 to 500 feet AGL. . Monroe County restricts new towers to zoning districts that are in the most part within the 2-mile VFR route. · The Cudjoe location is exempt from the VFR 2-mile separation because of the 14,000- foot Restricted Air Space around the <<Fat Albert" military blimp site. · There is no other non-governmental parcel of land under the restricted airspace umbrella that is large enough for a tower over 500 feet, that isn't prohibited, by either zoning, or wetland impacts. · Within that area, this is the only parcel of land that is scarified and therefore not prohibited by environmental constraints that is also large enough to support a tall, guy wired tower. Therefore, this scarified, Industrial zoned, 62-acre parcel, is unique, and is the only location capable of supporting a tall tower that exists in the Keys. This site is the last chance for free countywide television and emergency communications, anywhere in Monroe County. 3 ELIMINATE FUTURE TOWERS It is cost prohibitive for most broadcasters to construct towers. This facility will reduce the need for nlture towers because it is designed to serve current and future needs of the telecommunications industry, and because it is <<hardened" for major hurricane conditions. In fact, we believe our facility will be very attractive to broadcasters to relocate, which could eventually reduce the number of towers in the County. ELIMINATE FUTURE ROCK MINING The property on which the Cudjoe communications facility will be built is currently a fully permitted functioning commercial rock mine. IC&E has committed to shutting down the rock mine once the facility is built. This will eliminate any future blasting, distress to the environment and wildlife, and the noise and disturbance of heavy equipment operations and truck traffic on Blimp Road and US Highway 1. CREATE HABITAT FOR BIRDS AND WILDLIFE IC&E has worked closely with staff of the Florida Fish and Game Conservation Commission and u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service to design a protected habitat that would shelter nesting plovers and terns while enhancing the habitat of the endangered Silver Rice Rat. INCREASE WATER FLOW THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY IC&E has already removed berms and fill areas, restoring to wetlands over five acres of land previously permitted for mining. Culverts have been installed to increase water flow throughout this property and with adjoining wetlands. ELIMINATE EXOTIC VEGETATION ONSITE IC&E has already removed all exotic plants on the property and has agreed to maintain the parcel exotic free in perpetuity. This removes a significant seed source for invasive exotic vegetation, which has the added benefit of reducing the spread of these plants on other property nearby. ALLOW SPACE FOR REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT During a meeting with residents of Cudjoe Gardens, there was some discussion as to the need for a regional wastewater treatment plant. IC&E has agreed in principle to set aside some acreage on our parcel to allow the construction of a plant if it is needed and feasible. DRAMATICALLY INCREASE AD VALOREM TAXES If this site is anything like our current facilities, the ad valorem taxes will increase by substantially from the existing tax amount. Presently, the ad valorem taxes for this property are about $300, and this should increase to well over $100,000 as a result of this project. In addition, our sales and services in the County will also create perpetual sales taxes and good- paying, non-tourism-related jobs, 4 PLANT HUNDREDS OF INDIGENOUS TREES AS A VISUAL BUFFER ON THE PROPERTY AND IN CUDJOE GARDENS The current ordinance requires installation of a class C buffer around the property, and a class D buffer around the development area, which we have designed and submitted in our minor conditional use application. IC&E has gone a step further and agreed to plant trees on the south side of US 1 in Cudjoe Gardens, to buffer both the view of the facility and the sound of traffic on US 1. 5 Prepared in close coordination with Monroe County Emergency Communications Director, Norm Leggett, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Roth, USl Radio General Manager, Bob Soos, and Mark Baker ofIndustrial Communications and Electronics, Inc. Introduction: Industrial Communications and Electronics Inc. (IC&E) has partnered with US 1 Radio and the Monroe County Emergency Services Department to develop an enhanced emergency communications system that will survive a Category 5 hurricane and supply real time emergency information throughout the Keys before and during a storm and during disaster recovery. After Hurricane George, the lack of quality communications was evident, Every broadcaster in the Keys failed to service their respective communities except US 1 Radio. In 1998 Monroe County adopted its Comprehensive Emergency Master Plan, which details the responsibilities of emergency personnel and the resources available to those personnel It states: "The County's communications infra- structure will be damaged and disaster communication responses will be difficult to coordinate due to a breakdown in public and private systems. The requirement for communications during the response phase may exceed the capacity of existing resources. " The County's own towers and infrastructure are old and were not designed to the wind loading standards required in the new County wireless communications ordinance. IC&E's proposed communications faCility on Cudjoe Key will meet those standards. In fact on January 31, 2000 the Monroe County Growth Management Director Timothy McGarry submitted a report to the Board of County Commissioners Entitled Towers Owned by Monroe County, In this comprehensive report Mr. McGarry states: "The condition of the towers owned by the County is somewhat evenly distributed between towers which are in good condition, and those which must be replaced. Forty- seven percent (470/0) of the towers owned by the County do not meet current building conditions and must be replaced. The remaining fifty-three percent (530/0) are in good condition, but the majority of these are too short to be viable for collocation on" Clearly the County needs an enhanced emergency broadcasting system: IC&E and US 1 Radio can supply those enhancements with little or no expense to the residents of Monroe County with a single tower facility located at Cudjoe Key. The Cudjoe facility will provide County-wide Emergency Information before, during, and after a catastrophic emergency. The proposed tower at Cudjoe Key will be integrated into Monroe County's Emergency Services Department in two separate and distinct ways, Plan one will benefit the County every day by supporting a backup system for the Sheriff's Department and Plan two offers a redundant broadcast system for the EOC with its partner, US 1 Radio. Plan two will effect the automatic broadcast of emergency information throughout a catastrophic event. Plan One Monroe County will install three 800 MHz radios to support the Sheriff's Department in its deployment of the new digital system. These radios will be used as a backup to the primary deployment and will be switched on in the event of system failure. Failures can occur under many situations, such as poor weather, power outages, signal interference, etc, With these radios in place any failure in the lower or middle Keys will be compensated for with minimum coverage degradation. This system offers additional benefits such as backup for dispatch services and Sheriff's Department communications, for many miles out to sea. The Monroe County Emergency Services Department will also install both VHF and UHF radios to support communications to the Marine Community and a secondary redundancy for communications to Emergency Services personnel. This plan will not only offer multiple levels of redundancy for Emergency Services during, and after a Hurricane, but will also offer the additional benefits of automatic or manual operation during normal service outages. Plan Two During an emergency, Monroe County has developed a system for communication through several existing local FM radio stations. This emergency broadcast system relies on the cooperating radio stations to continue broadcasting throughout the emergency, In the event that these stations fail to broadcast, any communications out of the Emergency Operations Center CEOC) will not reach the citizens in critical need of that information. Industrial Communications and Electronics, together with US 1 Radio and the Monroe County Emergency Services Department, have developed a plan that addresses the deficiencies of the existing system. US 1 Radio will place its broadcast equipment at the Cudjoe site and will mount the antenna at or around the 650-foot position. By increasing the height of their antenna, US 1 Radio will increase their coverage area to accommodate listeners from Key West to Key Largo. Included with the US 1 Radio transmitter equipment will be a receiver and remote system controller provided by and controlled by the Emergency Services Department. This transmitter will continue to operate, even if the US 1 studio goes off the air. How it works The EOC will broadcast, on its own frequency, to US 1 Radio. US 1 Radio will then rebroadcast this information over its system on the Cudjoe tower. Redundancy is achieved with the delivery of communications to the US 1 Radio studio from the EOC by both broadcast and telephone. If the US 1 studio fails or is abandoned, the remote controller at the Cudjoe facility can switch the broadcast from the EOC directly to the US 1 transmitter, Additional redundancy is achieved by telephone interconnect, and with the private SMR telephone interconnect provided by IC&E. This system can only function in a severe weather emergency if the facilities are designed to exceed normal tolerances within the constrai nts of that emergency. IC&E has done just that by developing a tower that is designed to survive Category 5 hurricanes, Not only is the tower designed to survive, but every antenna, connector, and attachment is installed to withstand hurricane-force winds. The ancillary support building is located on a filled pad above the flood plain. This hardened building will have 1-foot thick poured concrete walls, with reinforced steel doors and no windows. The facility will be equipped with a 350 KW diesel generator and fuel to last for two weeks, There is currently no facility in the Keys that is designed to these specifications. In fact, there is no facility and no location other than Cudjoe Key, that can provide a broadcaster with space at a height that can cover all of the Keys, This system will be further enhanced when the television broadcasters of Contact Constellation (the recent winners of the County's TV Broadcasters licenses) deploy their free broadcast system on the Cudjoe tower. What is needed to put this Countywide system in place? Why doesn't the County build these facilities? What about space on existing privately owned towers? What would it take for the County to provide emergency communications before, during, and after a storm like Hurricane George? Is there an alternative? Because there are no towers in the County designed to the new building code (ASCE 7-95), and because most of the towers in the Keys are either too short or in poor condition, the most efficient way to achieve Countywide communications would be for the County to replace many of its towers. In addition the sites would also need new, hardened bunker-like ancillary buildings, and these buildings will be required to be constructed above the flood plain. The County would also benefit from generators and redundant communications. The simple answer is the expense, It would cost at least $250,000- $750,000 to replace a short tower and its ancillary equipment building to meet the County's new building code. Although cost is a major constraint to the construction of new towers, a larger hurdle by far is the location of those towers. Many of the County towers are located in zoning districts that are prohibited from tower replacement, and there are other zoning districts that would allow the County to replace a tower, provided it does not rent space on that tower to any co-locators; present or future. Without rental revenue, the taxpayer will be required to pay the bill for theses new towers. The County already has a handshake arrangement with several radio stations to broadcast emergency information over their private FM radio stations. Unfortunately, during Hurricane George, that system fell apart. All the broadcasters went off the air except US 1 Radio, which very nearly went off the air due to flooding and wind damage. This could be done if the County could broadcast from the top of a tall tower that would cover all of the Keys. That tower would have to be centrally located, designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, with a bunker-like hardened building and generator that could run for weeks after a storm. Yes, Industrial Communications and Electronics has a proposal to construct a tower facility at the quany on Cudjoe Key. This tower facility is designed to withstand Category 5 hurricane-force winds. The facility includes a hardened bunker-like equipment building with a 350 KW generator and two weeks supply of fuel. This entire facility will be located on a fill pad above the 100-year flood plain, IC&E has already committed in writing to place County emergency services equipment at the facility. This equipment at this tower not only provides emergency broadcasting before, during, and after a storm, but also will provide backup Sheriff Department radios in the event a County-owned tower fails. Design &. Equipment ~ ~ffi 1'0"0 :e c: Gl :J ....-g 0:: ~, ~ - - L-.----- ~ = a:ti :!: Gl en ~ en 0 ru ~ oIJ Q) ~.E / ... .: ~ ~ "0 0 c:t: .$ a.. Q) ._ "'oaE .!:! ... ~ c: i 1: E I! c'o W.... a.. ~ U) C U C .. 0 5:.2 CD .c w.,.,., IftcaCl! .. .. CD ca CDCDU:e ~8" ~ o CD 1- ~ " ca CD O:c ~ii: enm ::;) 1- m / / // / / / / ///' / /.~ / .....~ / .. CD ~ I- CD o "- " :J U ~ii' 1'0 c: "0 1'0 c:"O o c: o :J Gl -g mo:: ... Q) 0 c: Q) o c: or; c: 0.0 Q) ~ - Q) Q) ... t- c: ]! .0. i5~ ~ .i :i:z:. o~i :6 8 III i >- ~n::lIJ .. Gl c: 15 E o o 1:: Gl >-lIJE OC:a. 5i.Q.s Cl~ tT liiGlw EO. 0 0.- W "0 IU 0:: Letters 2/15/00 - US 104.1 fM THE FLORIDA kEYS RADIO STAnON TO: Monroe County Commissioners FROM: Dob Soos General Manager, US~ 1 Radio/CONCH-FM RE: Proposed Cudjoe Tower After Hurricane Georges, we did a thorough Inspection of our'transmitter site on Ramrod Key, and our studio facility on Big Pine. Frankly, I was amazed we stayed on the air. The roof of our transmiUer building had almost blown off, and our microwave antenna,(whiCh receives the signal from the stUdio) had been twisted away from the signal path. Our studio location sustained damage to the roof. and we were operating in a studio with about three inches of water on the floor. If Georges would have increaSed in strength, there's no doubt we would have been forced off the air.....leaving the keys without a source for Information. We have since been searching for a way to strengthen our facilities, in the event of a storm worse than Georges. Aftar reviewing the plans for the proposed Cudjoe tower and support building, we feel it's the answer. Should the tower be approved, we plan on relocating LJS1 to the new tower. Our antenna will be higher than at our present site, allowing us to cover more of the keys, We also plan to move our other station 98.7 CONCH-FM to the facility as well. Since fhe support building will be far stronger than our Big Pine studios, we will build a small emergency studio there, so we can broadcast directly from the transmitler site, if necessary You've already seelllelters of support for this tower (rom county officials such as Billy Wagner and Rick Roth. The proposed location is the only place in the keys this kind of tower can be built. II will have minimal impact on fha environment, and will be far from any residential area. I hope you determine the tower's feasibility based on facts, and not emotional rhetoric. WWUs - '04.1 FM · 30336 OVERS[AS HIGHWAY. BIG PINe KEY. fL 33043 . MIDDLE I<EYS Yo I<:EY\VEST 13051 87l-9 I 00, I't Crilin (ommul1lCilllonS. Inc, ~1~lIon . . LOWER KEYS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1j!'t ., :~~, :.,,~~,~jr 1_":--' P.O. Box 430511 31020 Overseas Highway Mile Marker )1 Big Pine Key, FL 33043-0511 .. Phone: (305) 872-2411 or (800) 872-3722 Fax: (305) 872-0752 or Emall; Ikchamber@aol. .. September 19, 2000 To The Board of County Commissioners: County Mayor Shirley Freeman M:lyor Emerit1.1S Wilhelmina Ilarvcy Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Nora Williams Commissioner Mmy Kny Reich The I,Ol\'CI' Keys Chamher of Commerce lloard of Directors is plcm;l~d lo express SlIppOlt for the construction of a tower on Clldjoe Key by Industrial Communications. We believe it is vitnl that the lines of communication between the residenls of lhe Keys and the Sheriffs office and County officials remain open during and after an emergency. During Ollr last major hurricane, G(~orgcs, WWUS.) radio was the only station able to stay on the air, and only with generator power. The new to\""er is critical to insure the safety of our communities. We appreciate your attention in this regard and are hopeful you ,..ill approve this necessity. Sincerely, ~ 7L.::7//tU~-,., Louise Matthews, President LM:blb ~4 criff IUCIIARD D. n0111 · SHERIFF OF MONROE COUNTY .5.525 COLLEGE ROAD · KEY WEST, FLORIDA ])040 (30.5) 296-1424 · F A.X (305) 292-7070 . 1-800-273-COPS August II, 1999 T {) Whom It May Concem: I am pleased to lake this opportunity to express my support for the construction of a tower il\ Cudjoe Key by Industrial Conununications, Last year, the Florida Keys Was hit hy Hurricane Georges, a category 2 hun-ieane. While Hurricane Georges was only 8 minimal hunicane, the Keys sustained substantial damage and communications were at a bare mininllun. The only source of couummications and/or vital emergency information for the cilizens of Monroe County was a small radio station in the Middle Keys who operated by generator power. I have met wilh the Chief of the Key West Police Department and discussed with him the importance of haying the lines of communications functioning both during and after a hurricane. In order to meet this need, the County would ha"e to spend a large sum of money to constmct a tower on which to place hardened antennas which would be able to withstand strong hurricane force winds. However, by allowing Industrial Communications to constmct the tower we will save the taxpayers of .Monroe County thousands of dollars. InduSlrial Communications has proposed to build one of the largest and strongest towers in the Florida Keys. II will be buill in Cudjoe Key in close proximity to the blimp site where it will cause 110 interference will) FAA regulations, Also, to assist the Monroe Coullty Sheriffs Office and the County of Monroe, they have agreed to place their antennas on this tower. With lhe antermas, the Sheriffs Office and County should be able to broadcast countywide both during and after a hurricane. I hope that you will take all of these factors into consideration regarding the constmclion of the tower. p~ease feel to 7' me if YOIl wish to discuss this maller further. Smeerel)', t:!I ~ Ill. ~ Richard D, Roth Sheri FE of Monroe County RDRJnunp Fte"",_,, SlAllo" 209~O O. ~..".. JI"'t.. Cud;oe Key. Florida 33012 (30'" H~.318~ f.H (]05) 715376) lIt...".o" Stallo'1 3103 Oven ea. f1wy.. M.utho... f'lorld. 33050 (305) 289.2430 1",,"X (305) 289.2497 S.......wood 5,.lIon 88110 OVCfleUUwy.. The.ni... J:lorida ]3010 (305) aSJ.UlI }' A.X (305) 853.$205 UU/ LJ./ J. jjj J.v._u .jU~ _UJ bj.jC) u'It:.I"<(.:ib .'~ I l'IAllHlcltfv1tf II tl41c1L U1 Bus: (305) 289-6018 Fax: (305) 289-6333 (~.,------ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS .n ".,_ Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey, Dislrict 1 , Mayor Pro Tem Shirley Freeman, District 3 George Neugent. Districl2 Nora Williams. District 4 Mary Kay Reich. District 5 O"Y,~T,Y ~o~~~2E (303) 294-4641 490 63RO Street Ocean Suite 150 Marathon FL. 33050 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT August 11, 1999 Stephen M, Seibert, Secretary Florida Department of Community Affairs 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd-, M.S. 10 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 Dear Secretary Seibert, I know you are fully aware that communications during and after a major storm is of tremendous importance here, in the Florida Keys. t wish to recommend for your consideration the facility that Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc., plans to build on Cudjoe Key. It is designed to withstand sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, as provided in Monroe County's new wireless communications ordinance, and the height of the facility will allow transmission of emergency communications throughout the County. This private sector investment will provide a significant public benefit for the residents and visitors of Monroe County. As the Director for Monroe County Emergency Management, I feel that a radio tower of this size and location would be a great benefit to the public. A commercial FM radio or lV station would be able to transmit information to the people on a countywide basis. Monroe County currently does not have any such facility that would have the ability to broadcast to the entire county _ This was certainly observed during Hurricane Andrew, and our response to Hurricane Georges and Tropical Storm Mitch in 1998. The lack of having "local" commercial radios and 1V coverage throughout the Keys by at least one station greatly hampers the dissemination of vital protective action information and public information during our response and recovery. 'L-I'ILI. u_ Additionally, the above mention company has offered Monroe County and the Sheriff's Office free antenna space at this new site, This may be very beneficial in the future of communications matters for public safety. We are very hopeful that the company will be able to construct this facility in time to be available for the year 2000 hurricane season. Therefore, any assistance you and your agency can provide will be appreciated. Please feel free to call if you would like to discuss this further. Best wishes, .. I William A. Wag Senior Director Monroe County Emergency Management !i1nfjlSf1ial 6 Communications 7588 Doubleton Dr. Delray Beach. FL 33446 954-471-5726. 561-496-1022 Fax March 1,2000 Mr. Nonn Leggett Director Monroe County Emergency Communications Department 1 0600 Aviation Blvd. Marathon, FL 33050 Dear Nonn: This letter is a fonnal verification of our numerous discussions over the past year and a half. Industrial Communications and Electronics, Inc. will provide space on our proposed communications facility at Cudjoe Key for the emergency services equipment that is detailed below . . 3 each, 800 MHz radios, . Combiner, . 1 each VHF radio, . 1 each UHF radio, . Feed line, . Antennas, TBD. It is our understanding that at this time only the UHF radio will be hot and the remaining equipment will be switdted on only during testing, and when a failure occurs in any of the other Monroe County Emergency Service Radio systems. I personally believe that your plan is an excellent one. It offers Monroe County Emergency Services several redundant back up systems, and should propagate your signal from Cudjoe Key to Plantation Key. By the way, IC&E has committed to maintaining a two-week supply of diesel fuel for our 350 KW generator. This added fuel should keep all the radios and broadcasters on the air during and after any catastrophic storm, and of course we can ferry more fuel in by helicopter if its needed. If I can be of any future service to your department please contact me. Sincerely, In . '0115 & Electronics Inc. Mark aker Real Estate Acquisitions Manager CC. Richard Roth Billy Wagner January 22, 2001 TO: Monroe County Commissioners L/tf!~,~Nc c~ FROM: Mary Ann Hiatt 2424 Seidenberg Avenue Key West, Florida RE: Proposed Communications Tower Because I am well aware that people opposing a project are much more inclined to voice their opposition than are the project's supporters, I feel it is my duty to go on record as favoring the construction of the communications tower on Cudjoe Key. I believe being able to remain in contact with emergency personnel, other residents of the Keys, and the "outside world" after a major storm far outweighs objections based on its intrusiveness. I have not seen convincing data that the tower would be harmful to the environment. Following Hurricane Andrew, the Keys were completely cutoff from the rest of the world for several days while the national media were broadcasting that the Keys may have been totally wiped out. Remember the consternation and anxiety of friends and family on the mainland when that happened? During and after Hurricane Georges, many residents' only contact with the outside world, including emergency personnel, was through U.S. 1 radio. Removing the threat of a potentially disastrous breakdown in communication and emergency response seems to me to be ample justification for building the tower. Thank you for your consideration. FRO!'l : !'lUSSELf'1AH FAX ~IO. 305+ 745-4034 Jan. 21 2001 04:41PM Pi David E. Musselman 20935 2nd Avenue West Clldjoe Key, FL 33042 Sandra Walters VIA FAX Dear Sandra, I am sony I can't attend the meeting of January 23rd_ I would however like to take this opportunity to express my feelings regarding the proposed communications tower. I also feel that it is unfortunate tl1at so much misinfonnation has spread. I see the community that is against the tower using several arguments, but it is apparent to me that their only real objection is the visual impact; with the rest being just so much lip service. 1 agree that anything that affects the esthetics is a negative impact. However, we live in a society that must always balance what is desired with must happen to be practical and assure safety. TIle current power crisis in California is an example. Tile Public Utilities Commission (PUe) did everything in their power to prevent the utilities from recovering their investments by including costs in their rate base. The power generating people then simply stopped building power producing plants and sold their generating capacity to others. Instead they changed their business to that of distribution. The tower may be esthetically displeasing to some, but the good that it will bring far outweighs this. Safety in an emergency situation is not the same here in the Keys as it is elsewhere on the mainland_ The offer to donate the property under the tower (the excess footprint) to be used for a sanitary processing plant if and when that need arises should also be taken into consideration. There is currently a problem looking fOf tlus space in the Upper Keys. Finally, if bird kills were really a problem, there would be a public outcry allover the United States. Certainly this is not the only tall tower. 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Not heeallse Uwy arc smnller, hut because YOII J""k right I.hl'Ough the III , The sallie will he true of n taller Lower and we will gain sonw belleli ts, In !wr Idl.cr 1.0 I.he editor of March Ifi, MH, Ilclli?l: dailllH thaI. 11,,10111'01: . COllnl.y hns "bl!dl!d up" its COlllllllllli- cal.iorm Rysl.elll since Hurricane Andn!w, howevcr, I secm 10 nmll'Iuher WI' losl. COllllllllnicnl.iolls very cnrly on wilh 1IIII'I"icall(: CkorgeH. WI! wen: exl.n:llwlylllcky to have II,S, I radio hl'OadCllHl.ing thl'Oul:l1oul. that HtOrlll. But mthel' t1WII he "lucky" I wOllld rather hI) nRsllred or vital com III 1111 icnl.ions. 1"01' thoSl) or UR who ::;I'elld 1I111ch t.illw Oil I.IIe wnt.pr, :1 rdi:lble mllll"!'p of ()IIH:rgl'IH:Y collllllllnieal.ioll would he nil nddpd bon liS. This t.OWCI' iR not going to kill 011'0111' wildlife or dWlIge our way of lilt), Indped it. ::;Iwu Id only serve t.o aSRist the lives of I.hosc of liS who enjoy liv- ing ;11 tile more remote parts who wel- come the extra Heeuril.y or good COI1l- mUll ica I.iolls. Jane Gaston Gudjoe I<ey 4NThe Key West Citizen IT IJ~~ Thursday, March 16, 2000 ~ -~ The Citizerl Poll 4Nrhe Key West Citizen 1l'S_ Friday, March 17, 2000 ...4 - .. ~-. Call 294-5800 rr11e Citizen Poll Results Previous question: Then, from any Touch Tone phone, enter 7655, Are you happy about the decision to not build a tower on Cudjoe I<e;y? Are you happy about the decision to not build a tower on Cudjoe Key? Aesponce levels: 1:0.20/2:21-50/3:51-100+ Response level for this question: 3 Yes: 49 percent! No: 51 percent Press 1 for yes Press 2 for no Flesulls will be tabula led and pub- lished in The CItizen. FROt'l : ~lUSSEU1AN FA>: NO. 305+ 745-4034 Jan. 21 2001 04:41PM P1 David E. Musselman 20935 21\d Avenue West Cudjoe Key? FL 33042 Sandra Walters VIA FAX Dear Sandra, I am sony I can't attend the meeting of January 23td. I would however like to take this opportunity to express my feelings regarding the proposed communications tower. I also feel that it is unfortunate that so much misinfonnation has spread. I see the community that is against the tower using several arguments, but it is apparent to me that their only real objection is the visual impact; with the rest being just so much lip service. I agree that anything that affects the esthetics is a negative impact. However, we live in a society that must always balance what is desired with must happen to be practical and assure safety. The current power crisis in California is an example. The Public Utilities Commission (PUe) did everything in their power to prevent the utilities from recovering their investments by iucluding costs in their rate base. TIle power generating people then simply stopped building power producing plants and sold their generating capacity to others. Instead they changed their business to that of distribution. The tower may be esthetically displeasing to some, but the good that it will bring far outweighs this. Safety in an emergency situation is not the same here in the Keys as it is elsewhere on the mainland_ The offer to donate the property under the tower (the excess footprint) to be used for a sanitary processing plant if and when that need arises should also be taken into consideration. There is currently a problem looking for tins space in the Upper Keys. Finally, ifbird kills were really a problem, there would be a public outcry allover the United States. Certainly this is not the only tall tower. Birds should only fly VFR and then only after checking the applicable charts and NOT AMs. Sincerely Dave Musselman ~av<- January 22, 2001 TO: FROM: Mary Ann Hiatt 2424 Seidenberg Avenue Key West, Florida Monroe County Commissioners L;tecI'-1tSa~ffi ,J;( RE: Proposed Communications Tower Because I am well aware that people opposing a project are much more inclined to voice their opposition than are the project's supporters, I feel it is my duty to go on record as favoring the construction of the communications tower on Cudjoe Key, I believe being able to remain in contact with emergency personnel, other residents of the Keys, and the "outside world" after a major storm far outweighs objections based on its intrusiveness. I have not seen convincing data that the tower would be harmful to the environment. Following Hurricane Andrew, the Keys were completely cutoff from the rest of the world for several days while the national media were broadcasting that the Keys may have been totally wiped out. Remember the consternation and anxiety of friends and family on the mainland when that happened? During and after Hurricane Georges, many residents' only contact with the outside world, including emergency personnel, was through U.S. 1 radio. Removing the threat of a potentially disastrous breakdown in communication and emergency response seems to me to be ample justification for building the tower. Thank you for your consideration.