Resolution 024-2010
RESOLUTION NO. ~-2010
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COMBINING ACTING
PROVISIONS OF THE FOUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS INTO
ONE RESOLUTION, ADDING CLIMATE CHANGE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DUTIES OF THE TASK FORCE,
ALLOWING EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO NOMINATE
ONE MEMBER AT LARGE; ADDING THE U.S. NAVY AS A NON-
VOTING MEMBER AND REPEALING THE FORMER
RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 177-2008, NO. 345-2008, NO. 121-2009
AND 466- 2009.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners approved an advisory board called the
Green Building Code Task Force (GITF) at its April 16, 2008 meeting; and
WHEREAS, On June 18, 2008, Resolution No. 177-2008 directed the task force to
recommend local technical amendments to the Florida Building Code, established the
membership, terms of office, and staffing for the task Force; and
WHERAS, On October 15, 2008, Resolution No.345-2008 amended Resolution No.
177-2008 to set the date of commencement for tenns of office for members and changed
the sunset date for the task force to October 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, On April 15, 2009, Resolution No. 121-2009 further amended Resolution
No. 177 -2008 to change the name of the Task Force to "Green Initiative Task Force", and
to change the scope of the task force to provide "recommendations of environmentally
sound practices and techniques to protect the environment"; and
WHEREAS, On November 18, 2009, Resolution No. 466-2009 amended the prior
resolutions to reallocate staffby placing the Task Force under the Extension Services in
the office of the County Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the number of resolutions applicable to the Task Force have become
unwieldy and to improve the efficiency of the Task Force, the acting provisions of the
various resolutions need to be combined into a single resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners should have the discretion to nominate
one member from their own district and one member from the County at large; and
WHERAS, the Board of County Commissioners have requested the Task Force to look
at and make recommendations to the board regarding climate change.
WHERAS, the Board of County Commissioners has extended invitation to the U. S.
Navy to become a member of the GITF, and the Navy has accepted the invitation to
become a non-voting member of the task force.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORDA:
Section 1. Name of Task Force. There shall be a task force known as the "Green
Initiative Task Force".
Section 2. Puroose. The purpose of the Green Initiative Task Force shall be to
make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on environmentally
sound practices and techniques to protect the environment and on climate change.
Section 3.
Membership. The task force shall be composed as follows:
a. Two members shall be appointed by each commissioner; one shall be
from the commissioner's own district and one may be from the county at large.
Appointments by the Commissioners shall be ratified by the Board of County
Commissioners as a whole, and shall be voting members.
b. Municipalities throughout the keys shall appoint a representative interested
in green initiatives or climate change; the municipalities shall include
Village of Islam orad a, City of Layton, City of Key Colony Beach, City of
Marathon and City of Key West. Municipal representatives shall be voting
members.
c. The following utilities throughout the keys shall appoint a representative
involved in green initiatives or climate change: Florida Keys Aqueduct
Authority, Florida Keys Electric Cooperative, and Keys Energy. Members from
the utilities shall sit with the task force and provide input and comments, but
shall not vote.
d. The U. S. Navy is hereby appointed to serve on the task force and shall appoint
a representative to attend the meetings and provide input and comments, but
shall not vote.
e. The current members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners shall
continue to serve their current terms of office through September 29, 2010. The
members are:
District 1 Les Faust and Christopher Fogarty
District 2 David Tuttle and Chuck Sherman
District 3 Jedde Regante and Donna Windle
District 4 Steven Grasley and Jeffrey Pinkus
District 5 Joel Reed and John Hammerstrom
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Section 4. Terms of Office. Each voting member shall serve a term of one year which
term may be renewed for one additional year. Any vacancies shall be filled for the
duration of the term. The terms of office for advisory board members currently appointed
by the Board of County Commissioners shall be deemed to have commenced on
September 29, 2008, or on September 29, 2009, or to fill a vacancy as is applicable to the
individual member. Terms of office may be renewed based on the term(s) already served
by the individual member. Each non-voting member shall serve at the discretion of the
appointing entity.
Section 5. Stao-mll Assistance. The Director of Extension Services shall attend the
task force meetings report to the County Administrator, and place task force items on the
BOCC Agenda. The County Administrator shall appoint staff to take minutes and
provide coordination.
Section 6. Meetin2S. The task force shall meet at least quarterly during business
hours. A quorum shall not be necessary to hold a meeting; however, no action may be
taken except by a majority of a quorum at any meeting.
Section 7. Recommendations. The recommendations of this task force shall be made
to the Board of County Commissioners.
Section 8. Sunset for Task Force. The Green Initiative Task Force shall sunset on
October 1, 2010, unless it has accomplished its purpose earlier, in which case it shall be
terminated.
Section 9. ReDeal of Previous Resolutions. This resolution shall become the binding
resolution for the task force and all previous resolutions are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioner of Monroe
County Florida, at tbe regular meeting of said Board held on the 20thday
January ,2010.
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RESOLUTION NO. 177-2008
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ESTABLISHING A
GREEN BUILDING CODE TASK FORCE TO RECOMMEND
GREEN STANDARDS FOR NEW BUILDING CODES
WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 16. 2008, the Board of County Commissioners
(Board) approved the creation of an advisory board to recommend green standards for
building to be adopted as local technical amendments into the Florida Building Code;
and
WHEREASt this approval included terms of office and determination of the appointment
process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners for
Monroe County, Florida:
Section 1. There shall be a Green Building Code Task Force composed as follows:
a. Two members shall be appointed by each commissioner from his or her district.
shall be ratified by the Boardt and shall be voting members.
b. The following utilities and municipalities throughout the keys shall appoint a
representative dir.ectly Involved and familiar with the operation of the utility, the
municipality, or the building code to serve on the Green Building Code Task Force
as follows:
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative
Keys Energy
Village of Islamorada
City of Layton
City of Key Colony Beach
City of Marathon
City of Key West
c. Representatives from the municipalities shall be voting members of the task
force. Other utility representatives shall sit with the task force and provide input and
comments, but shall not vote.
Section 2. Each member shall serve a term of one year which term may be renewed
for one additional year. Any vacancies shall be filled for the duration of the term.
Section 3. The purpose of the Green Building Code Task Force shall be to make
recommendations to the Building Department to pursue a local amendment to the
Florida Building Code to Include environmentally sound "greenll building practices. When
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such recornmendations are finalized and made to the Building Official. he shall present
them to the Board to determine whether a cost/benefit analysis should be done in order
to mandate Local Technical Amendments to the Florida Building Code.
Section 4. The task force shall meet at least quarterly during business hours. A
quorum shall not be necessary to hold a meeting; however, no action may be taken
except by a majority of a quorum at any meeting. Growth Management shall provide
staff to take minutes and coordination.
Section 5. The Building Official and another member of the Growth Management
Division designated by the Division Director shall attend each meeting.
Section 6. The Green Building Code Task Force shall sunset August 1,2010, unless
it has accomplished its purpose earlier. in which case it shall be terminated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Flo,rida at
a regular "1eeting held on the 18th day of June . 2008.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tem Charles "Sonny' McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner pixie Spehar
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RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 177-2008 TO CHANGE THE TERMS
AND SUNSET DATE OF THE GREEN BUILDING
CODE TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the Green Building Code Task Force was approved in concept at the
meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on April 16, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 177-2008 dated June 18, 2008, established the membership
and tenns of office for the Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force is not meeting until September 29) 2008;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Boara of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida:
Section 1. The terms of office of the advisory board members appointed by the members
of the Board of County Commissioners shall commence September 29,2008..
Section 2. The sunset date of the Task Force in Resolution No. 177-2008 shall be
changed from August 1, 2010 until October 1,2010.
Section 3. In all other respects Resolution No. 177-2008 shall remain unchanged.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of October, 2008.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
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RESOLUTION NO....!!L-1OO9
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY RENAMING THE GREEN BUILDING CODE TASK
FORCE TO TIlE GREEN INITIATIVE TASK FORCE; CHANGING
THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE MADE TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, RATHER THAN THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT, AND 11IAT THE TASK FORCE PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ON LOCAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
BUT ON GREEN STANDARDS FOR IMPLEMNTATION IN MONROE
COUNTY TO IMPROVE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND CREATE A
MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2008 the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved
the creation of an advisory board by means of Resolution No. 177-2008 to recommend green
standards for building to be adopted as local technical amendments into the Florida Building
Code; and
WHEREAS, the Green Building Task Force bas had ~~ first four (4) meetings to meet
and discuss the goals and objectives as outlined by Resolution No. 177-2008; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 177-2008 directs the Task Force to recommend local technical
amendments to the Florida Building Code in order to enact (environmentally sound) building
techniques and practices to protect the environment; and
WHEREAS, after four (4) meetings, the Task Force has discovered that there have never
been any local techni~ amendments ever adopted as "green building regulations"; and
WHEREAS, it is not feasible to make local technical amendments to the Florida
Building Code to promote environmentally sound building techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, green building programs are incentive based rather than regulatory based;
and
WHEREAS, government should and needs to lead by example; and
WHEREAS, there are many organizations such as the ICe, USGBC and others that are
working to have the Florida Building Code updated to adopt environmentally sound building
techniques and practices; and
WHEREAS, implementation should be a fiDaI step in adopting green building practices
and therefore the task force must first collect and analyze data prior to making recommendations
on implementation; and
WHEREAS, 83% of Florida's carbon footprint is created by building; and
WHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes $3.1
billion for energy assistance grants for states tbat adopt and administer the national model
building energy codes; and
WHEREAS? after further research and discussion it was concluded tbat there are other
methods to meeting the goal of green building rather than through local technical amendments;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
1. The name of the "Green Building Task Force'~ shall be changed to the fO'Green
Initiative Task Force"
2.. The scope of authority shall be changed from '~recommendations of changes to
local technical amendments to the Florida Building Code~' to
"recommendations of environmentally sound practices and techniques to
protect the euvironment"
3. The recommendations of this task force shall be made to the Board of County
Commissioners rather than to the Building Department.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Conunissioners of Monroe County~ Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the lSthday of April 'I 2009.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tem Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro
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MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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