Item F4LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: June 20, 2012 Division: Land Authority
Bulk Item: Yes No X Contact / Phone #: Mark Rosch / 295-5180
Agenda Item Wording: Approval of a resolution concerning the receipt of unanticipated funds.
Item Background: The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the Land Authority a grant in the
amount of $67,397.83 to reimburse the Land Authority's cost of purchasing Block 16, Lots 5-12, Palma
Sola subdivision in Tavernier for conservation.
Advisory Committee Action: N/A
Previous Governing Board Action: N/A
Contract/Agreement Changes: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Total Cost: $ N/A Indirect Cost: $ Budgeted: Yes _ No
Cost to Land Authority: $ N/A Source of Funds:
Approved By: Attorney X County Land Steward
Documentation: Included: X To Follow: Not Required:
Disposition: Agenda Item
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY CONCERNING
THE RECEIPT OF UNANTICIPATED FUNDS.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to increase items in the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land
Authority budget for fiscal year 2012 to account for unanticipated funds; and
WHEREAS, the unanticipated funds are a grant from the US Army Corps of Engineers for the
purchase of conservation lands and should therefore be appropriated for the acquisition of said
properties; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
that the Fiscal Year 2012 budget be and the same is hereby increased by the amount
hereinafter set forth:
Revenue:
518 Miscellaneous $67,398
Total Revenue $67,398
Appropriation:
602 Property in FL Keys ACSC $67,398
Total Appropriation $67,398
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that the Executive Director, upon receipt of the
above, is hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary changes of said items as set
forth above.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority at a
regular meeting on this day of June, 2012.
Chairman Kim Wigington
Vice Chairman Heather Carruthers
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
Mayor David Rice
(Seal)
ATTEST:
Mark J. Rosch, Executive Director
Approved for Legal Sufficiency
Larry R. Erskine
MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
Kim Wigington, Chairman
� RECEIVED MAY 211012
C) F IF L O K I D A Keys Environmental
Mr. Mark Rosch, Executive Director
Monroe County Land Authority
1200 Truman Ave., Suite 207
Key West, FL 33040
May 16, 2012
Restoration Fund
11399 Overseas Highway,
Suite q E
Marathon, FL 33050
Tel: 305-289-9988
www.audubon.org
www.audubonofflorida.org
REF: ACOE Land Acquisition Funding for Block 16, Lots 5-12, Palma Sola, Key Largo
Dear Mark,
Per the approval on March 26 of your application, I'm pleased to enclose a check for
full reimbursement of the Land Authority's costs incurred ($67,397.83) in the
purchase of the above -referenced lots. As you have previously supplied all necessary
documentation to KERF, the disbursement of the enclosed check concludes this award
process.
It was a pleasure to work with you and with Beth Bergh on this application, and I'm
pleased to have played a small part in the acquisition of such quality habitat for
conservation.
Respectfully,
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Jeanette F. Hobbs
Manager
cc: Eric Reusch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Megan Clouser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maria Bezanilla, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Beth Bergh, Monroe County Land Steward
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