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MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Special Meeting/Public Workshop
Board of County Commissioners
Monday, March 8, 1993
Marathon
A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners convened at 9: 00 a.m. on the above date at the
Buccaneer Resort Hotel in Marathon. Present and answering to
roll call were Commissioner Earl Cheal, Commissioner Shirley
Freeman, Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner Mary Kay
Reich, and Mayor Jack London. Also present were Danny Kolhage,
Clerk; Randy Ludacer, County Attorney; Jim Hendrick, Special
Litigation Counsel; Tom Brown, County Administrator; County
Growth Management Staff; Charles Pattison, Maria Abadal, and Ken
Metcalf of the Department of Community Affairs; members of the
Press and Radio; and the general public.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator, Tom Brown, addressed the Board
concerning the WWFD-TV Channel 8 proposed contract for services
with Monroe County. John C. Bailey, President & General Manager
of WWFD-TV Channel 8, addressed the Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Mayor London to postpone any
further action concerning the proposed Channel 8 Contract. Roll
call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
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DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Herb Pontin, David Ornstein, Roberta Skerrett, Bob
Skerrett, representing W&R, and as Agent for S.J.McKay, and Bela
Zeky addressed the Board. Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey
and seconded by Commissioner Reich to allow Mr. Skerret to speak
for each of the individuals that he represents. Roll call vote
was unanimous.
Board discussed the public's participation. Motion was
made by Commissioner Reich and seconded by Commissioner Harvey
to close public input at this time. During discussion, the
motion was withdrawn.
Charles Pattison of the Department of Community Affairs
discussed the intervenor's participation in the process.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to approve Staff recommendation concerning
map changes as reflected on the map shown at Page 13 of the
document entitled Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive
Plan Pre-Adoption Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County
Growth Management Division, February 12, 1993 , which is
( incorporated herein by reference. During discussion, the motion
was withdrawn. Motion was made by Commissioner Reich and
seconded by Commissioner Cheal to approve the correction of a
scrivener's error by changing the map designation for Spoonbill
Sound from C to RL. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey to approve Staff recommendations on those
Future Land Use Map Change Requests, as indicated on Page 15 of
the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12, 1993, which is incorporated herein by
reference. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey to approve Staff recommendations on those
Future Land Use Map Change Requests as indicated on Page 17 of
the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12, 1993 , which is incorporated herein by
reference. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by
Commissioner Cheal to approve Staff recommendations on those
Future Land Use Map Change Requests as indicated on Page 18 of
the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12, 1993, which is incorporated herein by
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reference. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to approve the following Staff
recommendations as shown on that certain document entitled Growth
Management Staff Recommendations on DCA and Division Directors'
Comprehensive Plan Comments for County Commissioner Review March
8, 1993, under 5b, for all items indicated as "Approve" :
Staff
Report
Issue Policy/
Objective Recommendation Comment
5b 101. 11.2 Approve
102 .8.2 Approve
102 .8.4 Approve
207.7. 11 Approve
217.2 . 3 Approve
501.4.2 Approve
1001. 1. 1 Approve
301. 6.4 Approve
501. 3 .4 Approve
1301. 1. 6 Approve.
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal No
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator Tom Brown discussed a requested
add on by the Sheriff concerning Law Enforcement Trust Fund
expenditures. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded
by Commissioner Harvey to add the Item to the Agenda. Motion
carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman authorizing a Law Enforcement
Trust Fund Expenditure in the amount of $3 , 000. 00, in order to
partially defray the expenses of travel and lodging for the
Marathon High School varsity basketball team to compete in
Tallahassee for the state championship. Roll call vote was
unanimous.
DIVISION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT
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Engineering Director, David Koppel, addressed the Board
concerning Policy 103 . 1. 10. Motion was made by Commissioner
Cheal and seconded by Mayor London to approve Policy 103 . 1. 10 per
Staff recommendation, as shown on Page 8 of the Growth Management
Staff Recommendations on DCA and Division Directors'
Comprehensive Plan Comments for County Commission Review March 8,
1993, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Roll call
vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey No
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey to approve Policy 215.2 . 3 per Staff
Recommendation, as shown on Page 9 of the Growth Management Staff
Recommendations on DCA and Division Directors' Comprehensive Plan
Comments for County Commission Review March 8, 1993, which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. Roll call vote was
unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Mayor London to approve Policy 217.4 .2 and Policy 1401.2.2 per
Staff Recommendations, as shown on Page 9 of the Growth
Management Staff Recommendations on DCA and Division Directors'
Comprehensive Plan Comments for County Commission Review March 8,
1993, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Roll call
vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Reich and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey to approve Policy 217.4 and Policy 1401.2 per
Staff Recommendation, as shown on Page 25 and Page 26 of the
Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12, 1993 . During discussion, motion was made
by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner Reich to
postpone. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by
Commissioner Cheal to approve the following Staff
Recommendations, as shown on Page 1 of the Growth Management
Staff Recommendations on DCA and Division Directors'
Comprehensive Plan Comments for County Commission Review, March
8, 1993 :
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Staff
Report
Issue Policy/
# Objective Recommendation Comment
5b
(Public 101.12 .4 Modify See attached
Works) 101. 12 . 5 Reject
103 . 2 .4 Modify See attached
1001. 2 . 1 Modify See attached
218 Reject
5c Tech Doc Chg Approve Additional
(Envir revisions
Mgmnt) See attached
5e 203 .5. 6 Approve
(Coop Tech Doc Chg Approve
Ext. )
Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
1 Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Mayor London to amend Policy 1301. 1. 6 (n) as shown on Page 25 of
the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12 , 1993, which is incorporated herein by
reference, by adding the words "and recovery" after the words
"Hurricane Evacuation" and also amending the frequency of
meetings of the Monroe County Technical Coordination Committee to
"at least twice a year" as shown on Page 24. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
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Board then considered Coral Reef Protection. Motion
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was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to approve Page 28 of the Board of County Commissioners
Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption Meeting County Staff Report,
Monroe County Growth Management Division, February 12, 1993,
which is incorporated herein by reference. During discussion,
motion was made by Commissioner Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to amend Section (c) thereof, by adding the
words "state and federal" between the words "explore" and
"funding" in the first line of the section. Roll call vote on
the amendment was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal No
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried. Roll call vote on the motion as amended was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey Yes
Commissioner Reich No
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Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
Board then considered the Coastal Barrier Resource
System, Page 29, Hurricane Evacuation Model, Page 30, and the
Wastewater and Stormwater Master Plans, Page 35 of the Board of
County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption Meeting
County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management Division,
February 12, 1993, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and seconded by
Commissioner Cheal to approve Pages 35 through 37 of the Board of
County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption Meeting
County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management Division,
February 12, 1993 . Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Commissioner Cheal Yes
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Harvey No
Commissioner Reich No
Mayor London Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Mayor London to approve revisions to the Solid Waster Technical
document as shown on Page 1 of the Appendix of the Board of
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County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption Meeting
County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management Division,
February 12, 1993, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman to approve the following policies of the
Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Pre-Adoption
Meeting County Staff Report, Monroe County Growth Management
Division, February 12, 1993 , which is incorporated herein by
reference, with the following amendments:
Objective 217.4, Page 25.
Add the letter "s" to the word "exception", in the
first line of the Objective.
Objective 217.4, Page 25 and
Objective 1401.2, Page 26
Add section (b) to both Objectives, public expenditures
within the CHHA may be permitted for improvements and
expansions to existing public facilities, which
improvements or expansions are designed to minimize
risk of damage from flooding
Roll call vote was unanimous.
Board then proceeded into a discussion of The Florida
Department of Community Affairs Recommended Revisions to the
Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County Growth
Management Division, February 10, 1993 , which is incorporated
herein by reference, and the Staff recommendations as contained
in the document entitled Growth Management Staff Recommendations
DCA and Division Directors ' Comprehensive Plan Comments for
County Commission Review March 8, 1993, which is attached hereto
and made a part hereof. Motion was made by Commissioner Reich
and seconded by Commissioner Cheal to amend Policy 103 .1. 15, Page
19, by adding the words "county owned" after the word "on" in the
second line of the policy. Roll call vote was unanimous, with
Commissioner Harvey being absent.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Freeman directing Staff to develop a definition of
existing infrastructure based upon the effective date of the ROGO
Ordinance. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Mayor London and seconded by
Commissioner Cheal directing Staff to prepare and bring back to
the Board language regarding setback provisions for turtle
nesting areas. Roll call vote was unanimous.
1 Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Mayor London to approve Policy 216. 1. 19, Page 36 and 37 as
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amended, to add the words "US #1 and" after the word "of" on the
first line of page 37 of The Florida Department of Community
Affairs Recommended Revisions to the Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County Growth Management Division,
February 10, 1993, which is incorporated herein by reference.
During discussion, Mayor London withdrew his second and the
motion died for lack of a second.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Reich directing Staff to propose language amending
Policy 101.8. 10, Page 39, of The Florida Department of Community
Affairs Recommended Revisions to the Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County Growth Management Division,
February 10, 1993, which is incorporated herein by reference, to
the effect that the dwelling unit could be rebuilt within the
existing footprint. During discussion, the motion was withdrawn.
Motion was made by Commissioner Cheal and seconded by
Commissioner Harvey to adjourn the meeting to 9: 00 a.m. on March
9, 1993, at the same location.
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.
Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County
C Acw\tAje)
Deputy Clerk