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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO. Commissioners' Items BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 5/19/10-Kev Lanw Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes x No Department: DISTRICT FIVE Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: Donna Hanson - 305-453-8787 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Mayor Murphy's reappointment of JackIyn R. Harder to the South Florida Workforce Investment Board; two-year term to expire on 5/19/2012. ITEM BACKGROUND: Ms. Harder's two-year appointment expires on 5/20/2010. See appointment sheet attached. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTA TION: Included x Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 11/06 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: South Florida Workforce Investment Board (Private Sector) Commissioner Appointing Member: Mayor Sylvia J. Murphy. District Five Name of Member: Jacklvn R. Harder Address: 16 N. Marlin Ave. Key Larqo. FL 33037 Mailing Address: (if different from above) Phone Numbers: Home: Work: Fax: Email: 305-451-9295 305- 451-1414 305- 451-4726 president(a)keylargocha mber .org Date of Appointment: 5/19/2010 Rea ppoi ntment: Yes Date Term Expires: May 19. 2012 Name of Person Being Replaced: ~----- Fulfilling Term of: n/a OTHER INFO: Ms, Harder was originally appointed on 11/15/2006 and reappointed on 5/20/2008, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: Mav 19. 2010IKev Lanw Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes ~ No Department: DISTRICT FIVE Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: Donna Hanson - 305-852-7175 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Reappointment of Bill Gordon to the Florida Keys Council for People with Disabilities for a term of three years ending on May 1, 2013. ITEM BACKGROUND: Bill's first appointment was May 2007 through May 2010. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTA TION: Included x Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 11/06 MONROE COUNTY BOARDS & COMMITTEES BOARD OR COMMITTEE: FLORIDA KEYS COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES COMMISSIONER APPOINTING MEMBER: Sylvia Murphy District Five DATE OF APPOINTMENT: May 19,2010 TERM OF APPOINTMENT: Three years, ending May L 2013 APPOINTEE'S NAME: Bill Gordon MAILING ADDRESS: 1 Harbor Shore Road Kev Lan!:o. FL 33037 PHONE: Phone 451-0787 COMMENTS: Bill was first appointed on May 16,2007. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: Mav 19. 2010IKev Lanw Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes ~ No Department: DISTRICT FIVE Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: Donna Hanson - 305-852-7175 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Reappointment of Mimi Stafford to the Marine & Port Advisory Committee for a term of three years ending May 19, 2013. ITEM BACKGROUND: Mimi Stafford fulfilled the term of Bill Moore-this appointment ends on May 16,2010. See attached appointment sheet. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTA TION: Included x Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 11/06 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: MARINE & PORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Commissioner Appointing Member: Sylvia J. MUrDhy, District Five Name of Member: MIMI STAFFORD Address: 352 Boca Chica Road Key West, FL 33040 Mailing Address: (if different from above) Phone Numbers: Home: Work: Fax: Email: 305-296-5947 Date of Appointment: May 19, 2010 Rea ppoi ntment: yes Date Term Expires: May 19, 2013 Name of Person Being Replaced: Bill Moore Fulfilling Term of: Bill Moore (resigned) MONROE COUNTY BOARDS & COMMITTEES BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 5/19/10-Kev Lanzo Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes x No Department: DISTRICT FIVE Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Donna Hanson - 305-453-8787 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Mayor Murphy's appointment of RaiEtte A vael to the South Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc.; two-year term to expire on 5/19/2012. ITEM BACKGROUND: The South Florida Behavioral Health Network is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The purposes for which SFBHN is formed, and consequently its Board of Directors, are to serve the general need for mental health, substance abuse and/or behavioral health research, education, intervention, prevention and treatment services in all areas served by the Network. See other information attached. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOT AL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_ DOCUMENTATION: Included x Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 11/06 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: South Florida Workforce Behavioral Health Network Board Commissioner Appointing Member: Mayor Sylvia J. Murphy, District Five Name of Member: RaiEtte Avael Address: 1720 Johnson Street Key West. FL 33040 Mailing Address: (if different from above) Phone Numbers: Home: Work: Cell: Email: 305- 292-6787 305- 345-6577 RaiEtte.Avael@djj.state.fl.us Date of Appointment: 5/19/2010 Reappointment: Date Term Expires: May 19, 2012 Name of Person Being Replaced: n/a Fulfilling Term of: n/a OTHER INFO: RAIETTE W. AVAEL, CPM 1720 Johnson Street Key West, Florida 33040 E-Mail: raiette50@ao/.com EDUCATION: Certified Public Manager - Florida State University (2005-2007) Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude - Carson Newman College (1971-73) Major: Sociology - Minors: Psychology and English Juvenile Justice Advanced Management Institute, University of Nevada at Reno (August 1994) Certified Instructor: Process Management and Quality Improvement Techniques (Competitive Technologies, January 1999) Certified Instructor: Motivational Techniques (Paul E. Clayton and Associates, March 1999) Leadership Monroe (2001-2002) City of Key West Ambassador Program (2003) EXPERIENCE: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CIRCUIT MANAGER I CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER/SUPERINTENDENT MONROE REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 16 - MONROE COUNTY October 14, 2002 to Present Manage all Juvenile Probation and Community Intervention in the 16th Judicial Circuit comprised of Monroe County, a population of 85,000. Also managed all Monroe County Circuit 16 Juvenile Detention Services, including a 15-bed juvenile detention facility for female and male youth from July 2004-August 2007. Extensive work required in resource development and with contracted providers, law enforcement agencies, school district, judiciary and various community agencies and Boards. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR I OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT MANAGER DISTRICT 11 ADMINISTRATION - MONROE COUNTY October 1999 to October 2002 Manage program operations in Monroe County relative to Family Safety, including Child Protective Investigations, Protective Supervision, Foster Care, Foster Care recruitment and licensing, and Adoptions. Operations in Monroe County comprise a population of approximately 85,000. Staff of 42 members. In addition, serve as the program supervisor for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program in Monroe County, including program planning, implementation, development and evaluation with all contracted and licensed agencies. Family Safety, Mental Health and Substance Abuse contract budget in excess of $5 million. Extensive work in resource development and with contracted providers, law enforcement agencies, school district, judiciary and various community social services agencies. OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT DISTRICT 11 ADMINISTRATION - MONROE COUNTY December 1997 to October 1999 Responsible for all Substance Abuse and Mental Health programs in Monroe County, including a budget in excess of $3 million. Duties include supervision and management of an 18 member (disaster relief) staff and program planning, implementation and evaluation for all substance abuse and mental health programs. Also responsible for obtaining and administering FEMA grants (totaling approximately $750,000) to provide crisis counseling services and on going services to residents of Monroe County following Hurricanes Georges and Mitch. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR (OPERATIONS) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES March 1993 to September 1994 Managed and supervised 160 professional staff in a four county area comprised of a population in excess of 500,000, and a programmatic budget of $9 million. Programs included a 28-bed juvenile commitment facility (halfway house); a 60-bed holding facility (detention center) for delinquent juveniles; seven juvenile justice case management units responsible for the investigation of 500 monthly juvenile criminal acts; presentation of cases in court and supervision of 650 ongoing delinquent youths. Insured compliance with departmental pre-service and in-service training for all staff members. Extensive work with contracted providers, law enforcement agencies, judiciary and school districts. OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT DISTRICT 8 ADMINISTRATION ~ LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY, GLADES, SARASOTA CHARLOTTE AND DESOTO COUNTIES December 1991 to March 1993 Performed administrative and staff consultative work involving identification and resolution of operational and management problems for the district comprised of seven counties in Southwest Florida. Population consisted of one million; total number of clients served by the district was over 20,000, Total number of staff involved in the service delivery was over 4,000. Compiled, reviewed and analyzed complex health and human services information and data including but not limited to child deaths, EEO/ADAlpersonnel complaints, client complaints, risk prevention and programmatic and management reviews of the public health units, AFDC, Food Stamps, Mental Health and Developmental Services, Prepared district operating procedures, policies and publications. Provided supervisory and management training and technical assistance to field operations in the areas of EEO/ANADA. Coordinated the district-wide Human Rights Mental Health Advocacy Committee and organized the Citizens' Nominee Qualifications Review Committee which screened candidates nominated for the District-wide Health and Human Services Board. Also, responsible for representing the district as liaison with community organizations, law enforcement, the judicial system, school districts, the state attorney's offices, mental health officials and other social services agencies within the district. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR (OPERATIONS) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES August 1986 to December 1991 Managed field operations in Lee County relative to Children, Youth and Families, including Child Protective Investigations, Voluntary Family Services, Protective Supervision, Foster Care, Foster Care recruitment and licensing, Adoptions and Related Services and Delinquency Case Management. Additionally, responsible for Aging and Adult Investigations and Services units in a four county area. Operations in Lee County comprised a population of 336,000; the four county area population was approximately 500,000. Staff of 132 members. In addition, functionally supervised Child Welfare legal staff comprIsed of three attorneys and three paralegal. Client caseloads were over 1,4000. Extensive work with contracted providers, law enforcement agencies, school districts, judiciary and various community social services agencIes. PROGRAM SUPERVISOR III (PROGRAM OFFICE) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY, GLADES, SARASOTA CHARLOTTE AND DESOTO COUNTIES June 1985 to August 1986 Managed and supervised all district programs relating to Children, Youth and Families licensing activities, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services, Children's Mental Health servIces, Child Day Care, and Expungement Services in the distrICt. Also, provided technical and management traIning to district staff. Managed, supervised and executed all program-related contracts with private vendors. Managed a budget in excess of $16 million and prepared all legIslative budgets for the distrICt. Prepared all requests for proposals for the distrIct, developed and negotiated numerous contracts and conducted programmatic and administrative monitoring of same. PROGRAM ANALYST (PROGRAM OFFICE) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY, GLADES, SARASOTA CHARLOTTE AND DESOTO COUNTIES August 1981 to June 1985 Managed all Child Day Care Services, Children Protective Services, Adoption and Related Services, Intensive CrIsIs Counseling Services, and contracts exceeding $2 million. Supervised licensing staff; developed requests for proposals; provided training for department supervisors, Children and Families staff and day care personnel (private and Public). Served as the District consultant to the County Public Health Unit regarding childcare services, Acting Placement Coordinator for placement of committed delinquent youth. YOUTH CARE CONSULTANT (PROGRAM OFFICE) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, HENDRY, GLADES, SARASOTA CHARLOTTE, POLK, HIGHLANDS, HARDEE AND DESOTO COUNTIES May 1979 to August 1981 Managed and supervised the district's Crisis Home/Emergency Shelter and Family Group Home program in a ten-county area, This was a new position and required development in all areas (operations, management and administrative). Coordinated all public relations for the district; responsible for media and circuit court judges program coordination. Acting Placement Coordinator for placement of committed delinquent youth. YOUTH COUNSELOR II (OPERATIONS) DISTRICT 8 - LEE, COLLIER, CHARLOTTE, HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES February 1977 to May 1979 Family Group Home Counselor responSible for recruitment and contracting of homes in a five county area to serve committed delinquent youth, Provided counseling to the residents and families of the homes. Developed and supervised contracts. YOUTH COUNSELOR II/ YOUTH COUNSELOR I (OPERATIONS) DISTRICT 11 - MONROE COUNTY November 1973 to June 1975 Counseled, supervIsed and investigated juvenile delinquent and status offenses; provided intake services, detention screening and presented cases in court. Acting DIstrict Supervisor. OTHER EXPERIENCE: 2008- Pres ent 2007- Present 2007-2009 2006-Present 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-Present 2003~Present 2003-2006 2002-Present 20 OO~Prese nt 1998-2002, 2006- 2007 1998-Present 1999 1998-2001 1996 1 994-1 995 1994-1995 1993-1994 1991-1993 1991-1992 Member, Monroe County Criminal Justice Mental Health & Substance Abuse Diversion Committee Board of Directors, Monroe Co. Coalition for a Safe and Drug Free Community; Secretary 2009, 2010 Member and Officer, Keys Children Task Force Member, Florida Keys Certified Public Managers Association Board of Directors Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition Board of Directors, Leadership Monroe County Circuit 16 Juvenile Justice Board Chair, Board of Directors, Monroe County Community Alliance Board of Directors, Miami-Dade Community Alliance Chair, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Planning Committee, Monroe County Monroe County Substance Abuse Policy Advisory Board, Chair 2007-Present Board of Directors, Rural Health Network of Monroe County Board of Directors, Southernmost Homeless Assistance League (Vice-Chair, 2003) (Chair, 2009 - Present) Motivational Trainer for Arkansas Department of Human Services League of Women Voters, Monroe County Officer, Republican Women's Club, Douglas County, Nevada Member, Douglas County Rightsizing Committee Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency; Hendry County Juvenile Justice Council Board of Directors; Collier County Juvenile Justice Council; Lee County Task Force on Student Attendance, Lee County Juvenile Justice Council, Glades County Juvenile Justice Council District 8 Juvenile Justice Board State of Florida EEOAC Board Member District 8 EEO/ADA Coordinator, District 8 Child Death Review Coordinator, District 8 Disaster Coordinator, and District 8 Full Service School Coordinator 1991 Lee County Prevention and Early Intervention Forum; Lee County Children's Services Council Needs Assessment Subcommittee; State of Florida Child Welfare Service Workgroup; Lee County Rape Task Force 1990-1994 Lee County Board of Commissioners appointee to the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee 1988 Florida Protective Services Trainer; Guardian ad Litem Board Member; Vice President for the Network of Children and Youth in Lee County; Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency 1983/1986 SEDNET Task Force; Homeless Task Force; Primary Health Care Task Force; Troubled Youth Task Force; District 8 Child Abuse and Neglect Task Force AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: 2008 Recognition of Excellence ~ Monroe County School District; 2004 Woman of Integrity for Work with Children and Families; Florida Protective Services System Implementation Achievement Award; Crisis Home Innovator; Protective Services Leader; Achievements for District Committees Involvement; Training Presenter Award for the Florida Protective Services System; Special Recognition for Disaster Relief Efforts following Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Georges and Hurricane Mitch 2 q 'E Ii '~ ::E ., W ~ :;< <( ::2 . 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Marble 4512 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval by the Monroe County Board of eommissioners for the appointment of Richard Tanner to the Marine & Port Advisory Committee. ITEM BACKGROUND: Replacing Doug Gregory PREVIOUS RELEVANT DOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: eounty Atty _ OMBlPurchasing _ Risk Management_ DOCUMENTATION: Included -----2L- Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 7/09 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: Marine & Port Advisory Committee Commissioner Appointing Member: George R. Neugent, District n Name of Member: Address: Richard Tanner 1215 9rh St. Ocean Marathon, Florida 33070 Email: tannerr@ci.marathon.fl.us Numbers: Office: 289-7788 Home: 481-4772 Date of Appointment: Date Term Expires: May 19, 2010 May 18, 2013 Name of Person Being Replaced: Doug Gregory Fulfilling the Term of: NA Other Information: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: May 19, 201 0 Key Largo Division: District 1 Bulk Item: Yes 1L- No Department: Commissioner Kim Wigington Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Wilma Corbin 292-3440 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of appointment of Robert Padron to the Key West International Airport Ad-Hoc Committee on Noise. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval TOTAL COST: o INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_ DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 7/09 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: KWIA Ad-Hoc Committee on Noise Commissioner Appointing Member: Kim Wigington Robert Padron Noise Taker Alternate Name of Member: Mailing Address: 2601 S. Roosevelt Blvd Unit B 401 Key West. FL 33040 Home: 305-296-3792 Phone Numbers: Email: padronr@hotmail.com Date of Appointment: May 19, 2010 Reappointment: Date Term Expires: Duration of Committee Name of Person Being Replaced: Marci Peterson Fulfilling Term of: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: May 19. 2010 Key Largo Division: District 1 Bulk Item: Yes X- No Department: Commissioner Kim Wigington Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Wilma Corbin 292-3440 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to reappoint Robert C. Mongelli to the Marine & Port Advisory Committee. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval TOTAL COST: o INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No X AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasmg _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 7/09 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: Marine & Port Advisory Committee Commissioner Appointing Member: Kim Wigington Name of Member: Robert C. Mongelli Mailing Address: 1025 Sandys Way Key West FL 33040 Phone Numbers: Home: 305-294-3207 Cell: 305-923-6000 Email: michelleam1@bellsouth.net Date of Appointment: August 20, 2008 Reappointment: May 19, 2010 Date Term Expires: May 15, 2013 Name of Person Being Replaced: Fulfilling Term of: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: Wed. May 19.2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No --.X Department: Commissioner Di Gennaro Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Tamara Lundstrom 305 289-6000 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to reappoint MerJynn Boback to the Duck Key Security District Advisory Board. ITEM BACKGROUND: Merlynn Boback has been a resident of Duck Key since 1998. She is a retired elementary and Junior High Schoo] teacher. This will be her first full term three-year appointment to the Security District Advisory Board of Duck Key. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Ms. Boback was appointed to the DKSDAB July 15, 2009 to fulfill the term of Mary Balazs through June 1,2010. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing ~ Risk Management_ DOCUMENT ATION: Included XX Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 1/09 Monroe County Boards and Committees Appointment Information Board or Committee: Duck Key Security District Advisory Board Commissioner Appointing Member: Mario Di Gennaro, (HaCC District 4) Name of Member: Merylynn Boback Address: 180 Indies Dr. South Duck Key Marathon, FL 33050 Mailing Address: Same Phone Numbers: Work: N/A Home: 305 743-4978 Cell: N/A Fax: N/A E-mail: mboback@comcast.net Date of Appointment: May 19.2010 Reappointment: Yes Date Term Expires: June 1,2013 Name of Person Being Replaced: N/A Fulfilling Term of: N/A Misc. Info: Ms. Boback was initiallv appointed in July 2009 to fulfill the term of Mary Balazs. This will be her first full 3-y!. telID appointment. Page 1 of2 Lundstrom-Tamara From: robin nevi lie (nevi1688@bellsouth,net} Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:51 AM To: Lundstrom- Tamara Cc: mboback@comcast.net Subject: Re: District 4 Appt Expiration Notice To Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro, This is to notify you that Merlynn Boback wishes to remain a Board member of the Duck Key Security Advisory Board. Thanks you, Tom Neville, Chairman DKSAB _om Original Message ----- From: LundstIPm-Iamarg To: nevi1688@Qilllsouth.net Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:08 PM Subject: FW: District 4 Appt Expiration Notice Tom and Robin, Hello, hope all is well with you both. Please see below. We will need to put Merlynn's reappointment or replacement member on the May 19th agenda, the agenda filing deadline is May 4,2010, Please notify our office asap as to whether Merlynn would be interested in continuing, or who you have found for a replacement at your earliest possible opportunity. Thank you! y;;;,JU1#a fl'uJ/UiMJ'MIl/ Tamara Lundstrom Executive Assistant Commissioner Mario Oi Gennaro Monroe County Commissioner - District 4 9400 Overseas Highway, Ste. 210 Marathon, FL 33050 Ph: 305289-6000 Fx: 305289-4610 HELP US HELP YOU! c t Satisfaction Survey: , Please take a moment to complete oU:s/~~~~:~oFL WebD_Qcs/css Your feedback is important to us. http://monroecofl.vlrtualtownbClll.neVpag ,,- .' _ . unications to or from the County regarding County business . F\ 'da has a vePj broad public records law. Most ~n~:~~::i1 communication may be subject to public disclosure. Please nole. on '1 bl to the public and media upon reques . are public record, aval a e from: Campo-Abra Page 2 of2 Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 10:47 AM To: Lundstrom-Tamara Subject: District 4 Appt Expiration Notice QJ1C~ ~~SecuriJyJ2istrictP.dvisory Board Merlynn Boback 180 Indies Dr. South Duck Key, FL 33050 Phone) 743-4978 Appointed: 7/15/09 Term Expires: 6/01/2010 Abra Campo Sr. Administrative Assistant Office of County Administrator The Historic Gato Cigar Factory 1100 Simonton Street, Suite 2-205 Key West, FL 33040 Office 305-292-4441 Fax 305-292-4544 ~afllPo-abra@ mODr9.ecounty- f1 ,go" ~ Peii5e cOINuer tne envlronm,-'r:t r;,~rore printing thi~ enl"r1 Please take a moment to complete our Customer Satisfaction Survey: http://monrQ.ecofl.vjrtualto'{l'nhall.nlliEQg~s/MonroeCoFL_WebDocsIcss Your feedback is important to usl Please note: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from the County regarding County bUSiness are public record available to the public and media upon request. Your emal! may be subject to public disclosure. 4/27/2010 ('it; n u 'I;: ';5' / J vli'\ 15' 2cJ{)Cl ('J() - '7 u I 147 Board granted approval of Commissioner DiGennaro's appointment of Merlynn Boback to the Duck Key Security District Advisory Board, fulfilling remaining term of Mary Balazs, with a term expiring June 1,2010. Board granted approval of Commissioner Murphy's appointment of Mimi Stafford to the Marine & Port Advisory Committee to fulfill the term of Bill Moore who recently resigned, with a term expiring May 16,2010. Board adopted the following Resolution renaming Ocean Bay Drive, Key Largo (MM99 Ocean), as Nick Pham Drive in honor of the fallen deputy in the line of duty. RESOLUTION NO. 203-2009 Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference. COUNTY CLERK Board granted official approval of the BOCC minutes from the Special Meeting of June 2, 2009 (previously distributed). Board granted approval of the following Warrants (104528-104626 & 541063-541931): Fine & Forfeiture Fund (101), in the amount of$I,359,397.70; Road and Bridge Fund (102), in the amount of$1O,372.59; TDC District Two Penny (115), in the amount of$3,157,865.61; TDC Admin. & Promo 2 Cent (116), in the amount of $195,551.22; TDC District 1,3 Cent (117), in the amount of $290,692.02; TDC District 2,3 Cent (118), in the amount of $649,973.90; TDC District 3,3 Cent (119), in the amount of$283,131.93; TDC District 4,3 Cent (120), in the amount 0[$13,245.51; TDC District 5,3 Cent (121), in the amount of $54,111.45; Gov. Fund Type Grants (125), in the amount of $28,054.81; Impact Fees Roadways (130), in the amount of$38,732.85; Impact Fees Parks & Rec (131), in the amount of$I72,649.19; Uninc Svc Dist Parks & Rec (147), in the amount of$91,431.51; Plan, Build, Zoning (148), in the amount of$478.97; Municipal Policing (149), in the amount of $40,376.49; 911 Enhancement Fee (150), in the amount of$27,888.77; Duck Key Security (152), in the amount of $463,027.26; Local Housing Assistance (153), in the amount of $1,974.88; Boating Improvement Fund (157), in the amount of $3,968.00; Misc. Special Revenue Fund (158), in the amount of$180,727.90; Environmental Restoration (160), in the amount of$58,285.96; Law Enforcement Trust (162), in the amount of$47,293.52; Court Facilities Fees-602 (163), in the amount of $4,655.32; Drug Abuse Trust (164), in the amount of$1 0, 185.63; Stock Island Wastewater (171), in the amount of $409.29; Long Key, Layton MSTU (175), in the amount of$409.29; 2003 Revenue Bonds (207), in the amount of$409.30; 1 Cent Infra Surtax (304), in the amount of $13,536.07; 2003 Revenue Bonds (307), in the amount of$95,972.52; Big Coppitt Wastewater Pr (310), in the amount of$791,745.67; Duck Key Wastewater (311), in the amount of$I,133,277.62; Card Sound Bridge (401), in the amount of$679,914.79; Key West Inti. Airport (404), in the amount of$7,626.59; KW AlP Series 2006 Bonds (405), in the amount of$292,582.98; MSD Solid Waste (414), in the amount of $682,354.64; Worker's Compensation (501), in the amount of $111 ,598.19; Group Insurance Fund (502), in the amount of$I,107,651.89; Risk Management Fund (503), in the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: May 19,2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes X No Department: DIST 3 Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: C.Schreck x 3430 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, supporting the Keep America Beautiful organization in the Florida Keys and encouraging the creation of a Keep the Florida Keys Beautiful affiliate committee. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: o INDIRECT COST: o BUDGETED: Yes _No COST TO COUNTY: o SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year No APPROVED BY: County Atty ...K...- OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTA TION: Included X Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 1/09 Mayor Pro Tern Carruthers RESOLUTION NO - 2010 A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ENCOURAGING THE CREATION OF A "KEEP THE FLORIDA KEYS BEAUTIFUL" AFFILIATE COMMITTEE WHEREAS, Keep America Beautiful, Inc. is a national non-profit community improvement organization with the focus areas of litter prevention, beautification, and waste reduction and recycling; and WHEREAS, Keep America Beautifu~ Inc. is the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization with a network of nearly 1,000 affiliate and participating organizations; and WHEREAS, Keep America Beautiful believes that each individual holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment and through everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world; and WHEREAS, Keep America Beautiful forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their communityrs environment; and WHEREAS, Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste and beautifying communities; and WHEREAS, there are more than 580 cities, towns, counties, states, and even international communities that are implementing the Keep America Beautiful System as certified affiliates of Keep America Beautiful; and WHEREAS, a Keep Florida Keys Beautiful Affiliate program, developed by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. will assist greatly in educating our community about littering behavior, waste handling, and beautification, and thereby enhance community appearance; and WHEREAS, the Keep America Beautiful and Keep Florida Beautiful organizations assist affiliates with grants, products and in kind services; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County desires to improve the physical quality of community life; and WHEREAS, a clean environment contributes to the emotional, physical and economic well-being of our citizens; and Page I of2 Mayor Pro Tern Carruthers WHEREAS, US I, The Overseas Highway, in the Florida Keys was recently recognized by the Department of the Interior as an AU-American Road; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners that the governing body hereby supports the formation and participation of an affiliate Keep the Florida Keys Beautiful organization. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board ofCounfl Connnissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 19 day of May A.D. 2010. Mayor Sylvia Murphy Mayor Pro Tem Heather Carruthers Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Kim Wigington (SEAL) Attest: Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: By Clerk Mayor ':.. . Page 2 of2 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: May 19,2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes --L- No Department: DIST 3 Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: C.Schreck x 3430 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, reconfirming our commitment to protecting Florida from offshore drilling and exploration. ITEM BACKGROUND: During the recent 2009 legislative session, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill to allow Florida to consider opening its waters to off shore energy exploration. The bill will allow the Governor and Cabinet to receive, review, and then accept or reject in the Cabinet's sole discretion, proposals for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Florida's state water. It is possible that a bill allowing drilling near Florida's coast will be introduced next year. In light of the explosion and spill at Deepwater Horizon, the Keys' interest in protecting our marine environment should be reconfirmed. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Resolutions # 223-2008 and #139-2006 supporting efforts to protect Florida from offshore drilling & exploration Resolutions # 178-1988 and 203-1987 expressing opposition to any offshore drilling in and about the Florida Keys CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: o INDIRECT COST: o BUDGETED: Yes _No COST TO COUNTY: o SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No APPROVED BY: County AttyW AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 1/09 RESOLUTION NO. -2010 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PROTECT FLORIDA FROM OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION; AND DIRECTING THE CLERK TO FORWARD SAID RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR, SENATE PRESIDENT, HOUSE SPEAKER, AND THE MONROE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. WHEREAS, Florida's coral reefs, mangroves, sea grasses, beaches, fisheries, endangered species, tourism and quality of life depend upon clean ocean waters; the impacts of drilling muds and spills caused by offshore oil development can be carried by great distances by the Gulf Loop Current onto Florida's coasts; routine drilling mud releases thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment, harm fish, corals and marine mammals, and place Florida at risk of a large or catastrophic spill; and WHEREAS, it has become very clear that oil spills and environmental and economic disasters do occur as evidenced by the disastrous spill from the April 20, 2010 burning, collapse and sinking ofthe Deepwater Horizon oil rig as well as the leak from a rig off the coast of Australia in November 2009 and the tanker leak on the Great Barrier Reef on April 5, 2010; and WHEREAS, there currently is no effective method of preventing or arresting a deepwater leak; and WHEREAS, since 2001, and according to the Federal Minerals Management Service, there have been 69 offshore deaths, 1,349 injuries and 858 fires and explosions in the Gulf of Mexico alone; and WHEREAS, historically considered and managed as isolated environments, recent discoveries have documented important biological linkages between these underwater communities that are maintained by the clockwise motion of the Yucatan Loop and Florida currents; individual reef and banks, some of which are connected by bathymetric ridges and scarps, provide a nearly-continuous corridor from Belize and Mexico, then into the Gulf itself; even though separated by large expanses of ocean water, the fishes, corals, and invertebrates common to these reefs and banks demonstrate that the health and vitality of resources downstream are linked closely to those located upstream, and they are dependent on one another for the continued biological recruitment and replenishment of the biota; and WHEREAS, Floridians and especially residents of the Florida Keys have been unified in their opposition to offshore oil drilling and exploration for many years; and WHEREAS, the area south of26 degrees North Latitude, approximately where Marco Island, Florida, lies, and all waters outside of Lease Sale 181, are under a Congressional moratorium for oil and natural gas exploration and development, thanks to years of past efforts; and WHEREAS, the effort to open Florida up to oil drilling began with the Interior Department removing Florida's jurisdiction and giving Louisiana authority over Lease Sale 181, via publication ofa revised "Seaward Boundary Lines Extension" in the Federal Register in January of2006, that occurred without public review or comment; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Interior Department's Five Year Plan for Oil and Gas Development and Exploration undermines current protections for Florida's coral reefs; and WHEREAS, the Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline and the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time; and WHEREAS, Florida Senators Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Nelson (D) worked diligently to make permanent the drilling moratorium in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including most of Lease Sale 181, to keep drilling as far as 260 miles off Florida's west coast and 150 miles off the Panhandle and the east coast; and WHEREAS, the eastern Gulf is a military training zone and in which drilling should be banned as well as a buffer alongside it for at least five years; and WHEREAS, as more threats to bring oil drilling closer to Florida's shores emerge in Washington; and WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners previously passed Resolutions #223-2008 and #139-2006 supporting efforts to protect Florida from offshore drilling and exploration and Resolutions #178-1988 and #203-1987 expressing opposition to any offshore drilling in and about the Florida Keys; and WHEREAS, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill during the 2009 legislative session which would have allowed the Governor and Cabinet, in their sole discretion sitting as the Trustees ofthe Internal Improvement Trust Fund, to receive, review and accept or reject proposals for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Florida's state waters; and WHEREAS, it is a matter of grave concern that the efforts to allow drilling off Florida's coasts may be raised once again at the State legislature during the 2011 legislative session; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: 1. We support the strongest possible protection for Florida and other fragile marine environments from the impacts of offshore oil and gas exploration and development, including additional efforts to expand exclusionary zones, extension of Presidential and Congressional moratoria, and defeat of legislation to open up our coast to offshore oil 2. We encourage the Interior Department Minerals Management Service, our Florida Delegation, and Florida Governor Charlie Crist to work in support of these goals. 2 3. We oppose oil drilling near Florida; we oppose any new offshore oil and gas leasing, exploration, drilling activity and seismic inventories affecting Florida's coast and support new Congressional moratoria against offshore oil drilling near Florida and other fragile coastal areas; and we encourage extension of the Presidential Executive Order that bans leasing off Florida's east and west coasts from 2012 to 2020. 4. We support a permanent cancellation of the 90+ existing and active leases, some as close as 11 miles from our coast, compensating the holders ofthose leases through rents due and royalty forgiveness for other current drilling activity, and canceling any activity in Lease Sale 181 and establishment ofa 150 mile buffer zone against drilling on Florida's east coast. 5. The Clerk shall send a copy of this resolution to: a. Renee Orr, 5- Year Program Manager, Minerals Management Service (MS-40 I 0), Room 3120, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170 b. Honorable Senator Bill Nelson, 716 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 c. Honorable Senator George LeMieux, United States Senate, 356 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 d. Honorable Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 2160 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 e. Governor Charlie Crist, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 f. Florida Senate President-Designate Mike Haridopolos, Capitol Office, 420 Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399 g. FL Representative Dean Cannon, 422 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 h. FL Representative Ron Saunders,) 402 The Capitol, 402 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 .i- FL Senator Larcenia Bullard, 218 Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the _ day of , 2010. Mayor Sylvia Murphy Mayor Pro Tern Heather Carruthers Commissioner Mario DiGennaro Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Kim Wigington (SEAL) Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By By Deputy Clerk 3 Australia Rushes to Contain Barrier Reef Oil Spill: Discovery News Page I of2 ~:>lscoveryNews. Australia Rushes to Contain Barrier Reef Oil Spill About 2 tons of oil have already spilled out into this fragile ecosystem. Mon Apr 5,2010 12:39 PM ET I content provided by Rob Griffith, Associated Press THE GIST: · A Chinese-registered coal ship ran aground on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. · Workers are rushing to stabilize the ship to prevent it from breaking apart. · About 1,000 tons of fuel were on board the vessel at the time of the crash. Workers rushed to contain an oil spill Monday from a coal-carrying ship grounded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, sending two tugboats to stabilize the vessel so that it would not break apart and further damage the fragile coral beneath. The Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 rammed into Douglas Shoals late Saturday, an area that has shipping restrictions in order to protect what is the world's largest coral reef and one that is listed as a World Heritage site because of its gleaming waters and environmental value as home to thousands of marine species. About 2 tons (metric tons) of oil have already spilled from the 1,000 tons (950 metric tons) of fuel on board, creating a 1 DO-yard (meter) slick that stretches 2 miles (3 kilometers), Marine Safety Queensland said in a statement. Queensland State Premier Anna Bligh said a boom will be put around the ship by Tuesday to contain oil leaking from the hull. Aircraft sprayed chemical dispersants in an effort to break up the slick Sunday. Related Links: · Officials Fear Ship Breaking Apart on Barrier Reef · HowStuffWorks.com: How to clean up oil spills. . Irish River Wired to Detect Pollution . Oil Spill in Texas Waterway Contained, "Our No. 1 priority is keeping this oil off the Barrier Reef and keeping it contained," she told reporters in Brisbane. Bligh said a salvage team had reached the ship Monday and were attempting to stabilize it. "It's in such a delicate part of the reef and the ship is in such a badly damaged state, managing this process will require all the specialist expertise we can bring to bear," she told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. She said it could take weeks to dislodge the ship. ." WATCH VIDEO: Discovery News' Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why the Alaska is so abtlndant in oil reserves. http://news.discovery.com/earthlbarrier-reef-oil-spill. html ?print=true 5/10/2010 Australia Rushes to Contain Barrier Reef Oil Spill: Discovery News Page 2 of2 The ship's owner, Shenzhen Energy, a subsidiary of the Cosco Group that is China's largest shipping operator, could be fined up to 1 million Australian dollars ($920,000) for straying from a shipping lane used by 6,000 cargo vessels each year, Bligh said. "This is a very delicate part of one of the most precious marine environments on earth and there are safe authorized shipping channels -- and that's where this ship should have been," Bligh said. Authorities fear the ship will break apart during the salvage operation and wreck more coral, or spill more of its heavy fuel oil into the sun-soaked sea. However, Bligh said the risk of the ship breaking apart appeared to have lessened since the first of two tug boats arrived and reduced its movement. Two tugs arrived Monday to stabilize the ship, Marine Safety Queensland said. "One of the most worrying aspects is that the ship is still moving on the reef to the action of the seas, which is doing further damage" to the coral and hull, according to the agency's general manager, Patrick Quirk. Initial damage reports showed flooding in the main engine room and damage to the main engine and the rudder. A police boat was standing by to evacuate the 23 crew members if the ship breaks apart. The bulk carrier was taking about 72,000 tons (65,000 metric tons) of coal to China from the Queensland port of Gladstone when it slammed into the shoals off Queensland's coast in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Numerous conservation groups have expressed outrage that bulk carriers can travel through the reef without a specialized marine pilot. Shipping lanes in Australian waters typically require a seasoned captain to go aboard an incoming ship to help navigate around hazards. Until now, the government has said there is no need for a marine pilots around the protected area because large ships are banned there. Maritime law specialist Michael White of the University of Queensland said oil is the major environmental threat posed by the grounding. While coal could do "considerable localized damage," it would be quick to dissipate. Marine geologist Greg Webb from the Queensland University of Technology said the effects of an oil and coal spill could have unknown consequences. "In the past we always just thought a reef could put up with anything," he told ABC radio. "And I guess over the last decade or so, we're beginning to understand that maybe they can't." http://news.discovery .com/earth/barrier-reef-oil-spill.html ?print=true 5/10/2010 Montara (West Atlas) Blowout and Oil Spill, Western Australia, Augus... file:IIIC:/Docwnents%20and%20Settings/schreck-caroIlDesktop/Mont... f lick r Home Sign Up Explore The Tour :;ikYJILJtil > CollectlollS > Natural Ga5pan_dQiI Dnllmg ~ You aren't signed in Slg', In Help Search SkyTruth's photostream Search Slides how Montara (West Atlas) Blowout and Oil Spill, Western Australia, Aug ust 2009 Thumbnails DetaJi Comments Satellite and aerial images and maps showing the rllElss!vegJI spill III tile Timor Q"'EluQff\l\/e~t",J/lAjJ~trClIJil that rgsulteQfrQIll a_weILhlovvoutJ~JIInfLdnIIHlgop_eratIQrls. On August 21,2009, a well on the Montara offshore oil platform blew out as a new well was being drilled on the platform by the West Atlas mobile drilling rig. The rig and platform were immediately evacuated as oil, natural gas, and natural gas condensate spewed into the ocean from the uncontrolled well. This spill is expected to continue for at least 7 to 8 weeks, the time it will take to bring another rig into the area and drill a "relief well" that intercepts the damaged well several thousand feet below the seafloor. The Montara platfgrnl,bjJllt and InstaHedlfl 200(l, and the West Atlas (jrilling ng blJlltm 2007, are modern, state-of-the-art offshore oil facilities. Satellite images show that, by August 30, oil slicks and sheen had spread across over 1,800 square miles of ocean, in an area characterized by The Wilderness Society as a "mElnlli".llf~sjJP~rt:lIilllVolj3J'" a migration corridor for whales and turtles, dotted by coral reefs and marine biodiversity hotspots. Read more at thec;kyIrLJthJlloS]. 14 photos I 567 views items are from belv>een 28 Aug 2009 & 03 Sep 2009 ..~..~ ...rw.. .. F.8<,!d - Subscribe to the set "Montara (West A~as) BIO'MJut and Oil Spill, Western Australia, August 2009" You Sign In I Create YOUI Flet' Account Booklrmk on DeliCIOUS Explore Places I Last 7 Days I Hils Monti) I Popular Tags I Hle Commons I CleatllR Commons I Searer) Help Community GUldelllles I Tile Help Forum I FAO I Sltemap I Get Help Fllckr Blog I About Fllckr I Terms 01 Use I YOUl Privacy I CopyngllUlf-' POliCY I Repon Abuse from lof2 9/8/2009 10:05 AM (;~l~~ 1:,~:U'~oJj \1 ~ '::~:,{t:r~,~, ,;.; ':~ .1 " h \. . ,..,-'- ..; \\,::~1~;/ Representative Dean Cannon Florida House of Representatives, District 35 1992 Mizell Avenue, Suite 200 Winter Park, FL 32792-4117 (407) 623-5740 - (407) 623-5"142 fax 422 The Capitol 402 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399 (850) 488-2742 August 27, 2009 John Wayne Smith, Legislative Director Florida Association of Counties 100 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 Dear Mr. Smith: As you may be aware, during the last legislative session the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill to allow Florida to consider opening its waters to off shore energy exploration. In short, the bill would have allowed the Governor and Cabinet (sitting as the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund) to receive, review, and then accept or reject in the Cabinet's sole discretion, proposals for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Florida's state waters. The discussion of this issue is ongoing and legislation on this issue will again be proposed at the next Session. I am writing to you and your organization because I know you may have opinions about this idea, and I would appreciate your constructive input on how it may be improved. Some of your opinions for modifying the proposal may be specific (e.g., requiring certain distances from shore for specific activities, specifying types of equipment to be used, establishing environmental protection methodologies or protocols, etc.), while others may be more general. I also would like your suggestions regarding where potential revenues from energy production in Florida should be directed. It is our intention for this to be an inclusive process and to examine all options and gather input from any individuals or groups interested in participating in the debate. While I have been clear in my support for lifting the ban on exploration, I am also very interested to know your ideas, thoughts, questions and concerns about this very important issue. I would appreciate your reply and input as soon as possible and preferably by the first week in September. Please feel free to contact me or my staff director if you have any questions regarding this letter and its purpose. We than!<: 'j0'_' fC'r ~,,:,._'r ':'~~:-;~:---.,-- :-._:1'_ b" L:.. .0' ': J: -. J Sincerely. ./) .-:;;;>/ , .- /'>,.... >.J ""."''+.l, ,-, ~ . . Dean Cannon ro' .:~: ,..,:presentative !-\UG 3 1 2009 "'-S . _~__ /i"':"', t ""'''_;;r')f1(f Ecoflolnic Planning ,::-.r.'" ,vl/:; ;lolicy Council ! \. "".t",l OF CO"" q""q.. ~\~..-\/ -4,<"11 ~ ~: \. \, 1) t;~ ".0 -....~/ +'" J't"T[S Of po UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE Office 01 National Marine Sanctuaries 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 JUl 1 7 2009 ~anctuary Advisury Council llorida Kcys i\atiunal Marine Sanctuary _, ~ East Ouav IZd. , . KI?Y West. Florida .1.1040 Lkar l'lorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Members: Themk you all for your motion reaffirming your position to oppose oil drilling in the Eastern (iulf of\1cxico clue tu the threat to rlorida's offshore coral reef This \vas fol\mv-up advice to your June 19.2007, resolution in which you supported efforts to protect Flurida [i-om offshore oil drilling and exploration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries continues to share your concel11 about impacts to sanctuary resources and sensitive marine environments, but has not taken any official position on offshore oil drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. As with the council's 2007 resolution. the motion has been provided to \IOA/\' s Onice of Legislative Affairs for routing to Administration and Congressional ofticials. as appropriate. Further, we will consider this advice as the need arises to develop a Il1l"l11al agency response to the subject activities. You have incredible knowledge and enthusiasm, and we continue to value the advice you provide to the Acting Superintendent Sean Morton. We look forward to your eontinucd in!i.;rcst regarding the issues you lind of greatest concern in management of the Florida Keys National t\larinc Sanctuary. Sincerely, tV ~' al1lcl .r. Basta Director @ Pnnled "11 Recycled P3per '~""'''''''''''' ,~"'I""-: , . "": ,.,' ;~ .." ..,: ;U .. ,'" County Commissioner Puto RESOLUTION NO. 203 -1987 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING MONROE COUNTY COM- MISSION'S OPPOSITION TO ANY OFFSHORE DRILLING IN AND ABOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS. WHEREAS, it has been reported that the Department of Interi- or is considering the granting of offshore drilling rights along the coast of Florida; and WHEREAS, a hearing is to be held on May 21, 1987, by the Department of Interior concerning these proposed drillings; and WHEREAS, the County Commission of Monroe County is opposed to any proposed drilling and do express such opposition in this resolution, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNTY COMMISSION OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. That any and all offshore drilling on the coasts of Florida, particularly the Florida Keys is hereby unalterably opposed. Section 2. That this opposition expressed by this resolution be spread on the record of any public hearing concern- ing the Department of Interior's intention to grant such drilling rights and that copies of this resolution be sent to the Florida delegation in the United States Congress, Senators Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham, U.S. Representative Dante Fascell, Representative Ron Saunders and Senator Larry Plunnner in Tallahassee, and the Governor of the State of Florida, Bob Martinez and all members of the Florida Cabinet and the department heads or Secretaries of the Department of Connnunity Affairs, the Department of Environmental Regulation, and the Department of Natural Resources. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the "tA day of May, A.D., 1987. (SEAL) At t e s t:PANNY 1.. KOLHAGE, Clerk -.air. .?f' A - ~t.c ~ erk' BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. BY~ w__..~ A ~ ayo hairman // 2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LfjAL SU~FICIE;~w;,/) 8'1 ~ (l~ Attorney's Office - ( t Commissioner John Stormont RESOLUTION NO. 178-1988 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE MONROE COUNTY COMMISSION'S OPPOSITION TO ANY OFFSHORE DRILLING IN AND ABOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS. WHEREAS, it has been reported that the Department of Interi- or is considering the granting of offshore drilling rights along the coast of Florida; and WHEREAS, lease sale 116 located twenty-five (25) miles North of Key West, Florida, is scheduled for development this year; and WHEREAS, the County Commission of Monroe County is opposed to any proposed drilling in that the lease sale area is the specific breeding ground for spiny lobster, pink shrimp, stonecrabs and reef fish and because the area is so close to the Everglades and the delicate coral reefs in the Florida Keys; and WHEREAS, the County Commission hereby expresses its opposition in this resolution, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNTY COMMISSION OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: Section 1. That any and all offshore drilling on the coasts of Florida, particularly the Florida Keys, is hereby unalterably opposed. Section 2. That the opposition expressed by this resolution be spread on the records of the State and Federal officials considering this lease sale to grant such drilling rights and that copies of this resolution be sent to the Florida delegation in the United States Congress, Senators Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham, U.S. Representative Dante Fascell, Representative Ron Saunders and Senator Larry Plummer in Tallahassee, and the Governor of the State of Florida, Bob Martinez and all members of the Florida Cabinet and the Directors of the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Environmental Regulation, and the Department of Natural Resources. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 19th day of April, A.D., 1988. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. U ?/J ~~~- r1 By V~~:~;ri:~~::~ b/ (SEAL) Attest DANNY 1... KOLHAGE, Clerk ~~<~ "'~t"'lC" 7'-., ..'.6.....:......~.;........, ,.. /" .'. '. '-- L ------ .' "-c.';' 2 RESOLUTION NO. 139 - 2006 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNlY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNlY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PROTECT FLORIDA FROM OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION WHEREAS, Florida's coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, beaches, fisheries, endangered species, tourism and quality oflife depend upon clean ocean waters; the impacts of drilling muds and spills caused by offshore oil development can be carried by great distances by the Gulf Loop Current onto Florida's coasts; routine drilling muds release thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment, harm fish, corals and marine mammals, and place Florida at risk of a large or catastrophic spill; and WHEREAS, Floridians and especially residents of the Florida Keys have been unified in their opposition to offshore oil drilling and exploration for many years; and WHEREAS, the area south of 26 degrees North Latitude, approximately where Marco Island, Florida, lies, and all waters outside of Lease Sale 181, are under a Congressional moratorium for oil and natural gas exploration and development, thanks to years of past efforts; and WHEREAS, the Congressional and a Presidential moratoria on offshore oil are now up for review, at a time when our coral reefs are endangered and need more, not less, protection to survive. The White House agreement with the state of Florida that currently protects most of Lease Sale 181, a hotly contested area in the Gulf, expires next year; and WHEREAS, the effort to open Florida up to oil drilling began with the Interior Department removing Florida's jurisdiction and giving Louisiana authority over Lease Sale 181, via publication of a revised "Seaward Boundary Lines Extension" in the Federal Register in January of 2006, that occurred without public review or comment; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Interior Department released a new Five Year Plan for Oil and Gas Development and Exploration that undermines current protections for Florida's coral reefs; the current program runs through June 30, 2007, and the next Five Year Plan would put a 4 million + acre area on the auction block and proposes to rapidly make the west coast of Florida the most intensively-leased region of all currently-protected Outer Continental Shelf waters nationwide, also opening up the coast of Virginia and Alaska's fishery-rich Bristol Bay; and WHEREAS, public comments on the proposed Five Year Plan can be submitted to the Minerals Management Service until April, 2006; and WHEREAS, efforts are underway in Congress to fast track removal of its moratoria and the president could rescind his father's executive withdrawals that currently protect Florida from offshore oil; the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee filed a bill that would authorize oil drilling in an area 100 miles south of the Florida Panhandle; Chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) says he has the votes to open the Lease Sale 181 area in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling; the first hearing is set for February 16th; the bill requires the Interior Department to begin offering leases in the "bulge" portion of the Lease Sale 181 area off the Florida coast within one year; and WHEREAS, Florida Senators Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Nelson (D) have filed a bill which makes permanent the drilling moratorium in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including most of Lease Sale 181; the Permanent Protection for Florida Act, numbered Senate Bill #2239, would keep drilling as far as 260 miles off Florida's west coast and 150 miles off the Panhandle and the east coast; the eastern Gulf is a military training zone and helps protect that zone by banning drilling within it and setting up a buffer alongside it for at least five years, but the measure would not prevent development on roughly 700,000 acres in the area's southwest portion; and WHEREAS, as more threats to bring oil drilling closer to Florida's shores emerge in Washington, Florida Govenor Jeb Bush's role is becoming increasingly pivotal; he can help craft a remedy acceptable to Florida's delegation and Congress as a whole; after years of being unified against drilling, Florida's congressional members seem more divided and indecisive on the issue than ever; the Governor supports the Nelson Martinez bill; NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: 1. We support the strongest possible protection for Florida and other fragile marine environments from the impacts of offshore oil and gas exploration and development, including additional efforts to expand exclusionary zones, extension of Presidential and Congressional moratoria, and defeat of legislation to open up our coast to offshore oil. We encourage the Interior Department Minerals Management Service, our Florida Congressmen and Florida Governor Jeb Bush to work in support of these goals. We support the Permanent Protection for Florida Act, numbered Senate Bill #2239 filed by Florida Senators Martinez and Nelson. 2. We oppose the Department of the Interior's new 5 Year Plan and the legislation filed by Senator Pete Domenici to allow oil drilling near Florida. We oppose any new offshore oil and gas leasing, exploration, drilling activity and seismic inventories affecting Florida's coast and support new Congressional moratoria against offshore oil drilling near Florida and other fragile coastal areas. We encourage extension of the Presidential Executive Order that bans leasing off America's east and west coasts and parts of Alaska from 2012 to 2020. 3. We support a permanent cancellation of the 90+ existing and active leases, some as close as 11 miles from our coast. Compensate the holders of those leases through rents due and royalty forgiveness for other current drilling activity. We support canceling any activity in Lease Sale 181 and establishment of a 150 mile buffer zone against drilling on Florida's east coast. 4. A copy ofthis resolution shall be sent to: a. Renee 0", 5- Y ear Program Manager, Minerals Management Service (MS-40 1 0), Room 3120,381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170 b. Honorable SelUltor BUI Nelson, 716 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 c. Honorable Senator Mel Martinez. 317 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 d. Honorable Representative Reana Ros-Lehtinen, 2160 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 e. Governor Jeb Bu.sh, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of March, 2006. Mayor McCoy Mayor Pro Tern Nelson Commissioner Neugent : :"...Qonunissioner Rice '. ~:' f~8Sioner Spehar '. . :,' ;,~ .". ,~, . . . "'..j '\."\,..';::" I,., ' :J: 0 ~ > :;;Onz 0,.....2 r-1~-< n'r- an' e:::;::::: :z: ~ c:, :;! n ~-,- .. '" :--t i: ....., C) ,..... fT1 :Po Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (SEAt) Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk ~~ Dep ty Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE CO , FLORIDA By ANNE A. HUTTON AN)?l/fJORNEY / ~ C3 c:::a 0" :II: ):100 ~ N .&- -0 ::J: .s:- .. ~ r- rt"1 o ." o ;;0 ;0 rr1 n C) ;0 CJ Coo) C) Commissioner Neugent RESOLUTION NO. 223 -2008 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PROTECT FLORIDA FROM OFFSHORE DRll..LING AND EXPLORATION WKEREAS, Florida's coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, beaches, fisheries, endangered species, tourism and quality of life depend upon clean ocean waters; the impacts of drilling muds and spills caused by offshore oil development can be carried by great distances by the Gulf Loop Current onto Florida' s coasts~ routine drilling muds release thousands of pounds of toxic cht:micals into the environment, harm fish, corals and marine mammals, and place Florida at risk of a large or catastrophic spill; and WHEREAS, historically considered and managed as isolated environments, recent discoveries have documented important biological linkages between these underwater communities that are maintained by the clockwise motion of the Yucatan Loop and Florida currents; individual reef and banks, some of which are connected by bathymetric ridges and scarps, provide a nearly-continuous corridor from Belize and Mexico, then into the Gulf itself; even though separated by large expanses of ocean water, the fishes, corals, and invertebrates common to these reefs and banks demonstrate that the health and vitality of resources downstream are linked closely to those located upstream, and they are dependent on one another for the continued biological recruitment and replenishment of the biota; and WHEREAS, Floridians and especially residents of the Florida Keys have been unified in their opposition to offshore oil drilling and exploration for many years~ and WHEREAS, the area south of 26 degrees North Latitude, approximately where Marco Island, FI01ida, lies, and all waters outside of Lease Sale 181, are under a Congressional moratorium for oil and natural gas exploration and development, thanks to years of past efforts; and WHEREAS, the effort to open Florida up to oil drilling began with the Interior Department removing Florida's jurisdiction and giving Louisiana authority over Lease Sale 181, via publication of a revised "Seaward Boundary Lines Extension" in the Federal Register in January of 2006, that occurred without public review or comment; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Interior Department's Five Year Plan for Oil and Gas Development and Exploration undermines current protections for Florida's coral reefs~ and WHEREAS, the President recently rescinded his father's executive withdrawals that currently protect Florida from offshore oil at a time when our coral reefs are endangered and need more, not less, protection to survive; and Oil Drilling Opposition Res 2008 1 Commissioner Neugent WHEREAS, Florida Senators Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Nelson (D) have worked diligently to make permanent the drilling moratorium in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including most of Lease Sale 181, to keep drilling as far as 260 miles off Florida's west coast and 150 miles off the: Panhandle and the east coast; and WHEREAS, the eastern Gulf is a military training zone and in which drilling should be banned as well as a buffer alongside it for at least five years; and WH'EREAS, as more threats to bring oil drilling closer to Florida's shores emerge in Washington; NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: I, We support the strongest possible protection for Florida and other fragile marine environments from the impacts of offshore oil and gas exploration and development, including additional efforts to expand exclusionary zones, extension of Presidential and Congressional moratoria, and defeat of legislation to open up our coast to offshore oil. 2. We encourage the Interior Department Minerals Management Service, our Florida Congressmen and Florida Governor Charlie Crist to work in support of these goals. 3. We oppose oil drilling near Florida; we oppose any new offshore oil and gas leasing, exploration, drilling activity and seismic inventories affecting Florida's coast and support new Congressional moratoria against offshore oil drilling near Florida and other fragile coastal areas; and we encourage extension of the Presidential Executive Order that bans leasing off America's east and west coasts and parts of Alaska from 2012 to 2020. 4. We support a pennanent cancellation of the 90+ existing and active leases, some as close as 11 miles from our coast, compensating the holders of those leases through rents due and royalty forgiveness for other current drilling activity, and canceling any activity in Lease Sale 181 and establishment of a 150 mile buffer zone against drilling on Florida's east coast. 5. The Clerk shall send a copy of this resolution to: a. Renee 0"., 5- Year Program Manager, Minerals Management Service (MS-4010), Room 3120, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170 b. Honorable Senator Bill Nelson., 716 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 c. Hon.orable Sellator Mel M01'tinez; 317 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 d. Honorable Representative ReaM Ros-Lehtinen, 2160 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 e. Governor Charlie Crist, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. Oil Drilling Opposition Res 2008 2 Commissioner Neugent PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 28th day of July, 2008. Mayor Mario Di Gennaro Mayor Pro Tern Charles "Sonny" McCoy Commissioner Sylvia Murphy ,~/;~::0~issioner George Neugent A;~/UrAc~ssioner Dixie M. Spehar (~'(r,/ /_~ \:'-iA, r", ,--- ,/ C '0"\,;\' { , I ,~(,>' ~~~ (~l.',:" , A#tjt,:VANNY L. KOLBAGE, Clerk '<~~~L-O-Q.. ~~~ Deputy Clerk ~ Yes Yes Yes ~ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FWRIDA By ~g~ ' Mayor Mario Di Gennaro r" ..:r N ,- ... i , : " .. _.J , - -- :::ll: ~,-.: >: I, 0- W j'- t, :':...1::: .- ...." c 0 U CJ , , M ._-; '-' ,,- C. .1' -..J ~~: :J ~ => '-..-: -, :I:u~ ClO .e:f. -.. "'- L_ c::::o .::l 0 <:::) J: co..I Oil Drilling Opposition Res 2008 3 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: Wed. May 19,2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No XX Department: Comm. Di Gennaro Staff Contact /Phone #: Tamara Lundstrom. X6000 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approve Resolution supporting a Constitutional Amendment banning oil drilling off the Florida coast and supporting the required voter referendum to be placed on the November 2010 ballot to protect the State of Florida from offshore drilling and exploration. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOT AL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management DOCUMENTATION: Included XX Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 7/09 Commissioner Di Gennaro RESOLUTION NO. -2010 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING On, DRILLING OFF THE FLORIDA COAST AND SUPPORTING THE REQUIRED VOTER REFERENDUM BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER 2010 BALLOT TO PROTECT THE STATE OF FLORIDA FROM OFFSHORE DRlLLING AND EXPLORATION. WHEREAS, Florida's coral reefs, mangroves, sea grasses, beaches, fIsheries, endangered species, tourism and quality of life depend upon clean ocean waters; the impacts of drilling muds and spills caused by offshore oil development can be carried by great distances by the Gulf Loop Current onto Florida's coasts; routine drilling mud releases thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment, harm fish, corals and marine mammals, and place Florida at risk of a large or catastrophic spill; and WHEREAS, historically considered and managed as isolated environments, recent discoveries have documented important biological linkages between these underwater communities that are maintained by the clockwise motion of the Yucatan Loop and Florida currents; individual reef and banks, some of which are connected by bathymetric ridges and scarps, provide a nearly~continuous corridor from Belize and Mexico, then into the Gulf itself; even though separated by large expanses of ocean water, the fishes, corals, and invertebrates common to these reefs and banks demonstrate that the health and vitality of resources downstream are linked closely to those located upstream, and they are dependent on one ~ . another for the continued biological recruitment and replenishment of the biota; and WHEREAS, Floridians and especially residents of the Florida Keys have been unified in their opposition to offshore oil drilling and exploration for many years; and WHEREAS, the area south of 26 degrees North Latitude, approximately where Marco Island, Florida, lies, and all waters outside of Lease Sale 181, are under a Congressional moratorium for oil and natural gas exploration and development, thanks to years of past efforts; and WHEREAS, the effort to open Florida up to oil drilling began with the Interior Department removing Florida's jurisdiction and giving Louisiana authority over Lease Sale 181, via publication of a revised "Seaward Boundary Lines Extension" in the Federal Register in January of2006, that occurred without public review or comment; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Interior Department's Five Year Plan for Oil and Gas Development and Exploration undermines current protections for Florida's coral reefs; and Res Const Amend Ban Oil Drilling FL BOCC 5/19/10 (KP) Commissioner Di Gennaro WHEREAS, Florida Senators Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Nelson CD) worked diligently to make permanent the drilling moratorium in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including most of Lease Sale 181, to keep drilling as far as 260 miles off Florida's west coast and 150 miles off the Panhandle and the east coast; and WHEREAS, the eastern Gulf is a military training zone and in which drilling should be banned as well as a buffer alongside it for at least five years; and WHEREAS, the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana has resulted in more than 210,000 gallons of oil being pumped into the northern Gulf of Mexico and oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily with no end in sight as attempts to camp the oil leak have, to date, been unsuccessful; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida is seeing impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which is 100 miles away, evidence of just how catastrophic the impacts of an oiL spill would be if an oil leak occurred within three miles off the coast of Florida as has been suggested; and WHEREAS, the crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may become caught in the Loop Current sending it down into the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas and turning tbe possible catastrophic threat to the pristine environment, the livelihood of our conunercial and charter fisherman, and the tourism industry into a reality, with irreversible and devastating impacts for generations to come; and WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners previously passed Resolutions #223-2008 and #139-2006 supporting efforts to protect Florida from offshore drilling & exploration and Resolutions # 178-1988 and #203-1987 expressing opposition to any offshore drilling in and about the Florida Keys; and WHEREAS, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill during the 2009 legislative session which would have allowed the Governor and Cabinet, in their sole discretion sitting as the Trustees ofthe Internal Improvement Trust Fund, to receive, review and accept or reject proposals for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Florida's state waters; and WHEREAS, Governor Charlie Crist is now considering reconvening a special session of the Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot banning oil drilling off the Florida Coast; and WHEREAS, Representative Ron Saunders, representing the Florida Keys, who continues to fight efforts to expand oil drilling closer to Florida's coast, has expressed rus support of the proposed constitutional, amendment banning oil drilling off the coast of Florida; and WHEREAS, allowing the citizens of Florida to vote their opinion on oil and gas drilling off the coast of Florida may end much of the influence the oil and gas industry 10bbyists have had in recent years and provide an extra layer of protection in preventing oil drilling of the coast of Florida; Res Canst Amend Ban OU Drilling FL BOee 5/l9/10 (KP) 2 Commissioner Di Gennaro NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA: 1. We support the placement of a constitutional amendment banning oil and gas drilling off the coast of Florida on the November ballot. 2. We support the strongest possible protection for Florida and other fragile marine environments from the impacts of offshore oil and gas exploration and development, including additional efforts to expand exclusionary zones, extension of Presidential and Congressional moratoria, and defeat of legislation to open up our coast to offshore oiL 2. We encourage the Interior Department Minerals Management Service, our Florida Congress and Florida Governor Charlie Crist to work in support of these goals. 3. We oppose oil drilling near Florida; we oppose any new offshore oil and gas leasing, exploration, drilling activity and seismic inventories affecting Florida's coast and support new Congressional moratoria against offshore oil drilling near Florida and other fragile coastal areas; and we encourage extension of the Presidential Executive Order that bans leasing off America's east and west coasts and parts of Alaska from 2012 to 2020. 4. We support a permanent cancellation of the 90+ existing and active leases, some as close as 11 miLes from our coast, compensating the holders of those leases through rents due and royalty forgiveness for other current drilling activity, and canceling any activity in Lease Sale 181 and establishment of a 150 mile buffer zone against drilling on Florida's east coast. 5. The Clerk shall send a copy ofthis resolution to: a. Governor Charlie Crist, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. b. FL Representative Ron Saunders, 1402 The Capitol, 402 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 c. FL Senator Larcenia Bullard, 218 Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-] 100 d. FL Representative Dean Cannon, 422 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 e. FL Representative Dean Cannon, 422 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 f. Honorable Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 2160 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 g. Honorable Senator Bill Nelson, 716 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington,DC20510 h. Honorable Senator George LeMieux, 317 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 1 Renee Orr, 5- Year Program Manager, Minerals Management Service (MS-40 10), Room 3120, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170 Res Const Amend Ban Oil Drilling FL BOCC 5/I9/10 (KP) 3 , . Commissioner Di Gennaro PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 19 Ih day of May, 2010. Mayor Sylvia Murphy Mayor Pro Tern Heather Carruthers Commissioner George Neugent Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro Commissioner Kim Wigington (SEAL) Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA By By Clerk Mayor/Chairperson ~kJNAOt COUNTY ATTORNE"Y AP ROVED AS TO F '; i. UZANNE A. HU. I N ~. .._,..--~~I!~~Y. .' Res Canst Amend Ban Oil Drilling FL BOCC 5/19/10 (KP) 4 St. Petersburg Times: Gov. Crist will call special session on oil drilling Page 1 of2 ~t.tltttrsbu-rg mtntS May11.2010 Gov. Crist vvill call special session on oil drilling By Steve Bousquet and Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist's announcement Tuesday that he would call a special legislative session this month to ask voters to ban oil drilling off Florida's coast and revive renewable energy legislation immediately sparked an angry clash between the independent Crist and his former Republican colleagues. Crist said that because of the Gulf oil disaster, "it's appropriate for the people of Florida" to have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling in Florida waters - between the beach and 10.6 miles offshore. He also wants to use the session to revive incentives for renewable energy legislation. "I want to talk about wind, nuclear, solar, natural gas and other alternative means to provide energy to our people," Crist said, adding that he wasn't sure if he or legislative leaders would formally call the session. But the governor's suggestion of bringing lawmakers back to Tallahassee the week of May 24 without a consensus on the energy issues sparked harsh rebukes from House and Senate leaders. House Speaker Larry Cretul, an Ocala Republican, blasted Crist's call for a special session as "a political ploy to promote the future of politicians." In a statement from his office, Cretul said state leaders and resources should focus on "solving the real problem at hand, not fighting political campaigns at taxpayers' expense." Rep. Dean Cannon, a Winter Park Republican and incoming House speaker who had been the Legislature's strongest advocate for opening Florida waters to oil drilling, agreed that a special session was unnecessary because of a federal ban that now bans oil drilling 125 miles off state beaches. "State and federal law already prohibits oil drilling off of Florida's shores and lifting the ban will be off the table while I am speaker, so a special session to address it is unwarranted," Cannon said in a statement. Senate President Jeff Atwater, who single-handedly blocked Cannon's pro-drilling bill from being taken up in the Senate in the just-ended regular session, raised questions about the renewable energy legislation, saying it could result in higher utility costs. He called on Crist to offer a renewable energy bill that would have "minimal impact on Florida's rate-paying citizens." "Before we enter a special session," Atwater said, "we must find common ground" with the governor and House. Legislative leaders had pushed for a renewable energy bill backed by Crist that would have allowed Florida's largest electric companies to raise the average customer bills $1 a month to pay for the construction of new solar-powered electric plants. But the measure died in the Senate on the last day of the session amid concerns that it allowed the utility companies to charge higher rates without proving they were using the lowest costs for the new technology. http://license.icopyright.net/user/view FreeU se. act?fuid=ODMzN zAON g%3 D%3 D 5/12/20 I 0 St. Petersburg Times: Gov. Crist will call special session on oil drilling Page 2 of2 Clean energy advocates say the Gulf oil disaster has increased the need for the state to promote alternatives to fossil fuels and challenge the critics who claim it will cost more money than traditional fuels. "It is critical we take an honest look at the power of energy generation in Florida," said Susan Glickman of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. "In many cases, clean renewable energy is comparable in cost to traditional fossil fuels but, if you added the costs of the oil spill, respiratory diseases caused by pollution, the cost of greenhouse gas emissions and the sea level rise, the real costs are countless." She said that if legislators were honest about the debate, they would set fuel standards that require all automobile fuel in Florida to use some low-carbon fuels and require power companies to use renewable energy sources. Whether Crist can build consensus on any of these issues amid the new political dynamics in Florida's capital is still unknown. Since he first angered lawmakers by vetoing a teacher merit pay bill supported by most GOP lawmakers, and then severed ties with the Republican Party and announced he would seek election to the U.S. Senate without party affiliation, the relationship between the governor and Republican legislative leaders has become bitter and divisive. Crist can issue a proclamation calling the Legislature into special session but, once convened, they don't have to pass anything. They could even call themselves back into session and send Crist more Republican- backed legislation that he would oppose as he attempts to appeal to the state's moderate and independent voters. The politics of offshore drilling were on full display Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting. The two Cabinet members who hope to succeed Crist in the governor's office echoed Crist's call for a special session to consider a ban on offshore drilling. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, a Democrat, thanked him "for wanting to let the voters of Florida have their say." McCollum, a Republican, noted he has been "opposed to it (drilling) all along" but said the proposed amendment needed to be "very carefully-worded" so it did not restrict "new scientific options that may come along." Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson, a term-limited Republican, was the lone voice opposing a referendum to ban drilling off Florida's coast, citing 40 years of accident-free drilling in the Gulf. "I think we ought to know all of the facts before we overreact," Bronson said. "I see this as one incident." II; A. 201(! Sf c'dcr:),u:; l"ir)>8Ci I-'Hrnissior! grcll1led forclP lo 'J cnpif~', /\11 r:(Jhts r8'ic!\'cd .~ You !)Iay tOI'//arcl tr11S "lrlrc!e 01' <jf:l acld"lolla' I'crrl'IS,CIIII; by typing , II'lu ClII'j ',vell IJrOW:08r 31.. Pptwshl1l'g T,:1WS elml St. Pet8r',IJUry Times 1Jche",;hlJ!(1 ri'w'!' -I"" 'Copyri'll)! loqrJ iS:J rcqlst8rt:rJ IrCJdcrmll'k of ICopymJI1t. 1:1C ure '-8~J stprRd tr;ld(~rL-: r'k,(; nf 2t. http://Jicense.icopyright.net/user/vi ew FreeU se. act?fuid=ODMzN zAON g%3 D%3 D 5/12/2010 Drill ban lobbying heats up Page I of2 Published on Keysl\lews.com (http://keysnews.com) Drill ban lobbying heats up Friday, May 7, 2010 Governor considers special session to mull constitutional amendment BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff tohara@keysnews.com A group of elected officials on Thursday asked Gov. Charlie Crist to reconvene a special session of the Legislature to vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban oil drilling in state waters. Crist said he is open to the idea and considering his options, according to a Palm Beach Post blog. "I have seen the BP oil spill up close, spreading for miles," Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, among the lobbying contingent, said in a prepared statement. "This evidence proves that near-beach drilling in Florida is a disastrous idea -- we must never let oil companies drill just three miles off our beaches." Sink said oil companies last year spent millions on lobbyists and "a PR spin machine" that quickly got near-beach drilling passed through the Florida House. It died in the Senate, and talk of reviving the bill next year was hushed after the Louisiana oil spill. "The people of Florida must send legislators a message that we will not allow Florida's economy to be put at risk or forget the painful lessons of this historic spill," Sink said. Florida Keys Rep. Ron Saunders is not in the contingent, but has been fighting recent efforts to expand drilling closer to Florida's coast. He said he had not seen the proposal, but was familiar with it and supports it. "In light of recent events, maybe a constitutional amendment is needed," he said. "We are clearly seeing the impacts to Florida from an oil rig that was 1 00 miles away. Can you imagine the impacts within three miles?" A constitutional amendment would require a voter referendum, which could be held in November. "Maybe an extra layer of protection, in the form of a voter referendum, is necessary," Saunders said, adding that some legislators are still lobbying for drilling. Supporters claim the technology is safe and drilling would bring jobs and money to Florida. The defunct House bill would have required gas companies to pay a $1 million nonrefundable deposit to request state approval, which would come from the governor http://keysnews.comlprint/23 081 5/7/2010 Drill ban lobbying heats up Page 2 of2 and Cabinet. Opponents contend the money generated would pale in comparison to tourism revenue that would be lost in a disaster. Florida beaches, coral reefs and coastal waters generate $562 billion a year, according to the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council. "This way it will not be about who has the best lobbyist or who is donating the most money," Saunders said of the referendum. "The public can decide whether they support this or not." Key West-based Reef Reliefs program director, Millard McCleary, called the referendum "a step in the right direction to protect and preserve Florida's pristine beaches and coastal ecosystems." "Allowing the citizens of Florida to vote their opinion on oil and gas drilling will help to end much of the influence the oil and gas industry lobby has had in recent years," McCleary said. "Reef Relief encourages Gov. Crist to call this session and advocate for the amendment's passage. If and when it does, it will be very important we precisely educate the public of the danger and harms of drilling near our coast." The proposal comes as 210,000 gallons of oil are being pumped daily into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientists disagree, but some say the crude could get caught in the Loop Current, which could send it to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. The legislative contingent that lobbied Crist included Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, and Reps. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, and Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg. tohara@keysnews.com Share your thoughts and opinions related to this posting. Home I About us I Subscrib_e I Advertise I Visitor InfQrmation I Contact Us I Employment Qmmrtuntlies I Site Plan Source URL: htlp://keysnews.com/node/23081 http://keysnews.com/print/23081 5/712010 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: Wed. Mav 19,2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No XX Department: Comm. Di Gennaro Staff Contact /Phone #: Tamara Lundstrom, X6000 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion and direction to staff regarding correction of impediment to access for disabled persons to Higgs Beach Dog Park. ITEM BACKGROUND: It has been reported that there is an impediment to wheelchair and disabled persons access present at the fenced dog park facility. There is a pronounced step into the fenced area that needs to be remodeled to correct this problem. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: The County is engaged in making numerous ADA- required remodeling to County facilities to provide full access to disabled persons, as required by Federal Law. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year No APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required XX DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 7/09 Page 1 of 1 Lundstrom-Tamara From: Donna Windle [donnawindle1@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:07 PM To: BOCCDIS4 Subject: f0N Dog Park Dear Commissioner DeGenarro, I am writing this note for my friend, Ray Prieto. Ray was born with a congenital ailment that now allows him to motivate by electric wheel chair only. Ray is a dog lover and his dog's name is Chobee. Chobee is a sweet little cocker who would love to be able to enjoy our wonderful dog park with Ray. Unfortunately when the park was built it was with one step that is about 8" high at the entrance and his wheel chair cannot get up that one step. Could you please see that the dog park is made wheel chair accessible so that Ray and all the other handicapped dog lovers of Key West can enjoy the park too?? Thank you, in advance for your help. I will be sending you photos of Ray & Chobee at this step later today or tomorrow morning and Ray asks me to let you know that he and Chobee are looking forward to meeting you so they can thank you in person. Donna Windle, GRI, GREP, AHWD,SFR Southernmost Realty 825-3 Duval Street Key West, FL 33040 Cell (305) 304-1863 Fax (305) 296-1885 donnawindle1@gmail.com 511112010 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: May 19,2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No X- Department: DIST 3 Staff Contact PersonlPhone #: C.Schreck x 3430 AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Update from Marilyn E. Stephens, Census Bureau Partnership Specialist for South Florida. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year No APPROVED BY: County Arty _ OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTA TION: Included Not Required_ DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # Revised 1/09 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY \'. ~D * ADD -ON* Meeting Date: Wed. May 190t 2010 Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No Department: Comm. Di Gennaro Staff Contact IPhone #: Tamara Lundstromot X6000 AGENDA ITEM WORQING: Discussion of possible emergency conditions in Florida Keys resulting from Deepwater Horizon Oil SpilR'asking the governor to include Monroe County in declaration of State of Emergency Executive Orders governing responses to the Oil Spill, including potential actions such as contracting with providers for protective measures. ITEM BACKGROUND: Governor Crist issued Executive Orders 10-99 and amending #10-100, declaring a State of Emergency due to the threat of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for several counties along the West Coast of Florida. PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes _No DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _ DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required XX DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM # 0 .15 Revised 7/09