Resolution 450-2009
Resolution No. 450
- 2009
A RESOLUTION OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE BEARING TO
PROPOSE THAT THE SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION SCORING
METHODOLOGY BE UPDATED TO PROVIDE
APPROPRIATE EMPHASIS ON ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT
WITH WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
MANDATED IN CHAPTER 99-395 LAWS OF FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, Momoe County is mandated by Chapter 99-395 Laws of Florida to eliminate
discharges of nutrients to surface waters and significantly reduce nutrient discharges to
groundwater; and
WHEREAS, compliance with 99-395 Laws of Florida requires elimination of septic tanks
and un-permitted onsite storage treatment and disposal systems; and
WHEREAS, the Momoe County Sanitary Wastewater Master Plan (2000) recommended
the installation of central wastewater treatment systems which meet the most stringent standards in
areas identified as hot spots; and
WHEREAS, in unincorporated Momoe County, construction of the central wastewater
system in the Big Coppitt Service Area and portions of the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment
District have been completed, and the City of Marathon reports that it is close to conclusion of its
construction of several systems; and
WHEREAS, connection to the centralized systems is estimated to cost between $9,000 and
$18,000; and
WHEREAS, the Momoe County Needs Assessment prepared by the University of North
Carolina reported that 13% of households required to connect have an annual income of less than
$15,000 and another 20% have an annual income of less than $35,000; and
WHEREAS, the Needs Assessment reported that these percentages represent
approximately 7,000 households in Momoe County; and
WHEREAS, these households qualify for assistance based on single member family HUD
standards; and
WHEREAS, funding assistance to complete connections to the newly constructed
centralized system is documented to be necessary for preservation of the existing community; and
WHEREAS, construction of the centralized system was subsidized to reduce system
development fees to the fee considered affordable by the Environmental Protection Agency's
affordability standards; and
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WHEREAS, the construction of lateral connections to a newly constructed centralized
system receives 60 points while installation of septic tanks, which is a prohibited activity in the
Florida Keys, receives 75 points; and
WHEREAS, additional central wastewater system construction throughout Monroe County
is underway to achieve compliance with Ch. 99-395 Laws of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the need for connection assistance funding is anticipated to be a multi-year
effort; and
WHEREAS, the estimated need for connection assistance funding assistance is at least
$63,000,000 to $128,000,000 (7,000 households times $9,000 to $18,000 per home); and
WHEREAS, as an Area of Critical State Concern, Monroe County's environmental
restoration and community preservation are intended to receive priority;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR MONROE COUNTY that:
1. The BOCC supports an administrative hearing to request the application scoring
methodology be updated to provide goal points and grant history score points, consistent with the
required activities and financial need, necessary to achieve for compliance with 99-395 Laws of
Florida.
2. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
3. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this resolution to Secretary Thomas G. Pelham,
Florida Department of Community Affairs, and Janice Browning, Director, Division of Housing
and Community Development, both at 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100.
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 18th day of November
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Byq
Deputy Clerk
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Mayor Pro Tern Heather Carruthers
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