02/06/2001 Special/Joint
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Special Meeting/Joint Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, February 6,2001
Marathon Government Center
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A Special Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
2:30 P.M., on the above date at the Marathon Government Center. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy, Commissioner Murray Nelson, Commissioner
Dixie Spehar, Commissioner Nora Williams, and Mayor George Neugent. Present for Islamorada,
Village of Islands were Councilman George Geisler, Councilman Mark Gregg, Councilman Ron
Levy, Vice Mayor Frank Kulisky, and Mayor James Mooney. Also present were Danny L.
Kolhage, Clerk; Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk; James Roberts, County Administrator; James
T. Hendrick, County Attorney; County Staff, members of the press and radio; and the general
public.
All stood for the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
ADDmONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
Motion was made by Commissioner Williams and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to
add to the Agenda conceptual approval of a Traffic Control plan for Hurricane Evacuation for
Year 2001 and update on Hurricane Evacuation Report developments. After discussion, the
motion was withdrawn.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Williams to
add Item E to the Agenda concerning: (a) an agreement to set up a special grant funding for
unknown system grants for homeowners with household incomes that qualify them for affordable
housing, (b) addition ofa single clause to our contracts with DCA and DEP, (c) agreement to
send letter at County expense to the homeowners who received DOH packages last month
informing them of this new program (expected cost $36) - with direction to approve either
Growth Management or DOH to qualify candidates, depending upon agreement between those
two entities, (d) agreement to changes in Memorandum of Understanding. Roll call vote was
unammous.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION MEETING
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS /
ISLAMORADA, VILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA
County Administrator James Roberts updated the Boards concerning progress of the
Conflict Resolution Meetings. Both Boards discussed the Administrator's memorandum dated
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January 31,2001, to the Board of County Commissioners, concerning the Islamorada Conflict
Resolution Meeting held on January 11, 2001.
Mark Rosch, Executive Director of the Monroe County Land Authority discussed his
memo dated February 5,2001 to the Land Authority Governing Board concerning the Fund
Balance Request by Village of Islamorada.
The Boards discussed services provided in the Trauma District. Karie McDonald, Trauma
Director; Mr. Roberts, Attorney Nina Boniske, representing the Village, and County Attorney
James T. Hendrick addressed the Boards. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
Williams and seconded by Commissioner Spehar directing Staff to work with the Village of
Islamorada to bring back to the Boards for approval an Interlocal Agreement(s) incorporating the
provisions discussed today in the County Administrator's Memorandum dated January 31, 2001,
to the Board of County Commissioners, concerning the Islamorada Conflict Resolution Meeting,
with a modification in Paragraph 5, as follows:
5. Strike the words "returned to" and replace with the words "expended within or for the
benefit of' in the fifth sentence of the paragraph.
Roll call vote was unanimous.
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Attorney Ed Scales, representing the Old Town Key West Development, Ltd. addressed
the Board. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Spehar and seconded by
Commissioner Nelson granting approval of Consent to Resolution amending Declaration of
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions Jackson Walker Investment Corporation, Inc. and
authority for Mayor to execute Consent document. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS
Motion was made by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to
reopen the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Williams
and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to add Item D to the Agenda concerning conceptual
approval of a Traffic Control plan for Hurricane Evacuation for Year 2001 and update on
Hurricane Evacuation Report developments. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner McCoy No
Commissioner Nelson Yes
Commissioner Spehar Yes
Commissioner Williams Yes
Mayor Neugent Yes
Pursuant to the Monroe County Board of County Commissioner Administrative Procedures,
Section 1.02 - Meetings (b), the motion to add the item failed.
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COUNTY ATTORNEY
Mr. Hendrick and Mr. Roberts discussed with the Board direction on appeal of LaTorre v.
Monroe County. The following individuals addressed the Board: Attorney Norval Rhodes,
representing Louis LaTorre; Attorney Lloyd A. Good, Jr., Attorney Richard Bennett, representing
KODE, Simon Klein, Michele Hardin, Ed Swift, David Paul Horan, representing the Key West
Chamber and individually, Jose' Gonzalez, representing the Greater Key West Chamber of
Commerce; Bettye Chaplin, and Bicycle Joanie. After discussion, motion was made by
Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Spehar to not appeal the ruling of Circuit
Court Judge Richard Payne and move forward with the County's negotiations with FEMA, also,
send a letter to FEMA stating that the County will fully implement all of the rules ofFEMA as
limited by the Statutes of the State of Florida and enacted by the Florida Legislature. Roll call
vote was unanimous.
COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS
Commissioner Williams discussed her item concerning (a) an agreement to set up a special
grant funding for unknown system grants for homeowners with household incomes that qualify
them for affordable housing. (b) addition ofa single clause to our contracts with DCA and DEP.
( c) agreement to send the attached letter at County expense to the homeowners who received
DOH packages last month informing then of this new program (expected cost $36) - with
direction to approve either Growth Management or DOH to qualify candidates, depending upon
agreement between those two entities. (d) agreement to changes in Memorandum of
Understanding. The following individuals addressed the Board: Gregory Hammond, Jeanne
Somma and Jim Somma. After discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Williams and
seconded by Commissioner Nelson granting approval of the items. Roll call vote was unanimous.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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Isabel C. DeSantis, Deputy Clerk