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10/25/1991 Special WW 111 Special Meeting Board of County Commissioners Friday, October 25, 1991 Key Colony Beach A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at 1:30 p.m. on the above date at the City Hall in Key Colony Beach. Present and answering to roll call were Commissioner Earl Cheal, Commissioner Douglas Jones, Commissioner Jack London, Commissioner John Stormont, and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey. Also present were Danny Kolhage, Clerk: Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Tom Brown, County Administrator: County Staff; members of the Press and Radio: and the general public. All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Attorney Fred Tittle addressed the Board concerning notice for the calling of this meeting. Tom Brown, County Administrator, indicated that the meeting was properly called and advertised. TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Mayor "Mickey" Feiner addressed the Board regarding a proposed lease for administrative office facilities. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to approve and authorize execution of a Business Lease with the First State Bank of the Florida Keys for administrative office facilities for the Tourist Development Council at 3406 North Roosevelt Boulevard in .Key West. Roll call vote was unanimous. The Board then addressed the request to purchase up to $9,500.00 in office equipment. Mayor Feiner, Chairman of the TDC, advised the Board that he would be personally reviewing and authorizing these expenditures prior to their taking place. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to authorize an appropriation not to exceed $9,500.00 for the purchase of office equipment for the new facilities. Roll call vote was unanimous. DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to accept Staff's recommendation to approve the proposal from Atlantic Builders for roof repairs to the Courthouse Annex in Key West in the amount of $28,000.00 and also to approve and authorize execution of a contract for same. Roll call vote was unanimous. COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS The Board entered into a discussion concerning Florida State Law Chapter 163 requirements for economic impact in the Comprehensive Plan. The following individuals addressed the Board: David Ornstein, Fred Tittle, Bill Cullen, Stan Becker, Ervin Higgs, Sandra Barrett, Debbie Harrison. No action was taken. ww l112 Commissioner Cheal and the Board discussed the pro- cedure and reasons which resulted in the change of the meeting date. No action was taken. DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT County Administrator Tom Brown addressed the Board and indicated that due to the lateness of the hour, the Agenda item concerning LDR's should be continued to the next Comprehensive Plan Meeting. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to continue the discussion of the preparation of the revised Land Development Regulations to the next Comprehensive Plan Meeting. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing was held to consider approval of a proposed Joint Stipulated Settlement Agreement between Monroe County and the Department of Community Affairs of the State of Florida and various intervenors. Proof of publica- tion was entered into the record. Growth Management Division Director Bob Herman addressed the Board. State Senator Larry Plummer was recognized by the Mayor and the Board. The Board discussed the procedures to be observed during the Public Hearing. The Clerk advised he had received requests to take some speakers out of order. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to hear the speakers in the order in which they signed up. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey Yes No Yes Yes No Motion carried. Motion seconded by Mayor Harvey time to other speakers. following results: was made by Commissioner Jones and to allow speakers to pass their Roll call vote was taken with the Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey No Yes No No Yes Motion failed. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to extend the three-minute time limit to five minutes for this Public Hearing. Roll call vote was unanimous. The following individuals addressed the Board: Jane Reynolds, John Bartus, Linda Jensen, Ann Young, Senator Larry Plummer, Stanley Becker, Sandy Barrett, Bill Wilkinson (Marathon and Lower Keys Association of Realtors), Bill Cullen, Bob Smith, Peter Ryan (Monroe County C.A.R.E.S.), Bill Smith (Florida Keys Contractors Association), Lynn Ives, Joan Tucker, Al Griffin, Barbara Silcox, Bill Lemmon, Mike Coppola, Vince Drost, Jim Young, Dick Rudell, H. T. Pontin, Richard Tilton, Joan Tilton, Betty Vail,'Eugene Dwyer, Karen Farley, Bettye Chaplin, Fred Tittle, George Kundtz (Florida Keys Citizens Coalition), Anne Filer, Richard Grosso (1000 Friends of I ww 11 3 .--. Florida), Bob Ernst, Shirley Mart Benson (Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce), Helen Divoll, Joyce Newman. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to accept any items for the record offered between now and the end of the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk advised he was in receipt of a communication from the Upper Keys Citizens Association which they had requested be entered into the record. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to approve the correction to Issue *13 on Page 23 by inserting the following after the words "transferable development rights program" in the fourth line of the first paragraph on Page 23: ", as developed in Issue *23," Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey Yes No Yes Yes No Motion carried. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Stormont to amend the first full paragraph on Page 13 by inserting the following after the words "use of waterwells" in the third line thereof: "in areas of natural freshwater lens" Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey Yes No Yes Yes Yes Motion carried. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Jones to accept the letter dated October 24, 1991 from William E. Sadowski, Secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs, to Commissioner Jack London as part of the Joint Stipulated Settlement Agreement. Roll call vote was unanimous. Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to accept the DCA amendment to Policy *20 constituting a new Page 32 to the proposed Joint Settlement Agreement, said amendment now reading as follows: . "Include in the remedial plan of the Future Land Use Element the required focal point plans or specific goals, objectives, and policies to adequately address the special needs of the critical areas, to include the purposes and planning components described in Section 9.5-478, MCC, for the Ohio Key ACCC; Section 9.5-479, MCC, for the Big Pine Key ACCC; and Section 9.5-480, MCC, for the Holiday Isle ACCC. The County shall develop specific goals, ww :114 objectives, and policies that emphasize the need for land acquisition in the North Key Largo ACCC based upon the need to protect endangered species and adjacent coral reefs. The County shall reject Scenario 3A of the Big Pine Key Focal Point Plan in the development of the remedial plan." Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey Yes No Yes Yes No Motion carried. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Mayor Harvey to postpone consideration of the proposed Joint Stipulated Settlement Agreement for two months. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: . Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey No Yes No No Yes Motion failed. Motion was then made by Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to accept and authorize execution of the Joint Stipulated Settlement Agreement as presented and as amended. Roll call vote was taken with the following results: Commissioner Cheal Commissioner Jones Commissioner London Commissioner Stormont Mayor Harvey Yes No Yes Yes No Motion carried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. * * * * *