Item C34BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: April 16, 2008 - KW Division Airports
Bulk Item: Yes X No
Staff Contact Person: Peter Horton
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval of a resolution expressing the County's commitment to enter into a conservation easement as
part of the Runway Safety Area Construction Project at the Key West International Airport to satisfy the
permit requirements of the South Florida Water Management District and enable the permit to move
forward at the May 151h meeting of the SFWMD.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
A permit is required from the South Florida Water Management District to construct the Runway
Safety Area at the Key West International Airport. A conservation easement is required as part of the
SFWMD permit requirements. A SFWMD Board Meeting is scheduled for May 15, 2008 and the
County's commitment to enter into the conservation easement is required for the County's permit to be
considered by the SFWMD at that time.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval.
TOTAL COST:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No X AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty x OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X
DISPOSITION:
Not Required
AGENDA ITEM #
RESOLUTION NO. - 2008
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS EXPRESSING THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO
ENTER INTO -A CONSERVATION EASEMENT AT THE KEY WEST
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS PART OF THE RUNWAY SAFETY
AREA CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO SATISFY SOUTH FLORIDA
WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, the Key West International Airport lacks an appropriate Runway Safety
Area at both ends of the airports runway; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is committed to upgrading and building appropriate
Runway Safety Areas; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has applied for and the Federal Aviation Administration
has approved over 12 million dollars in grant funding for purposes of upgrading and constructing
the Runway Safety Areas; and
WHEREAS, Key West International Airport is bordered by environmentally sensitive
wetlands; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Runway Safety Area construction project Monroe
County has applied for a permit with the South Florida Water Management District; and
WHEREAS, as the County is proposing an on -site mitigation plan as a condition of the
South Florida Water Management District permit which requires the County to enter into a
conservation easement or other equivalent document pursuant to Florida Statute section 704.06,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that at such time as the
dimensions and legal description can be ascertained for the conservation easement area required
by the South Florida Water Management District permit for the Runway Safety Area
construction project, the County will execute said conservation easement as a condition of the
permit.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 16a' day of April, 2008.
Mayor Charles "Sonny" McCoy
PJV
CO Y TTORN E Mayor Pro Tem Mario DiGennaro
V FORM: Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
M RCADO / fCommissioner Sylvia Murphy
ASSIST T eEe Y ATTORNE is O
ate `"` ' ; F L. KOLHAGE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK OF THE COURT OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
Deputy Clerk Mayor Charles "Sonny" McCoy