Resolution 156-2003
RESOLUTION NO. 156 -2003
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
POSTPONING LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
BIG COPPITT MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT UNTIL
FEASIBILITY STUDY RESUL TS IN DETERMINATION
THAT FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT AUTHORITY SHALL
BE THE WASTEWATER/SEWERAGE PROVIDER FOR THE
DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, S 15.5-21, M.C.C., requires owners of onsite sewage treatment and disposal
systems to connect to a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system within thirty days of it
becoming available; and
WHEREAS, By ordinance No. 017-2002, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County designated Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) to be the governmentally owned
sewerage or wastewater system in unincorporated areas of Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have established several municipal
service benefit units, including Big Coppitt Municipal Service Taxing Unit in order to levy non-ad
valorem assessments to fund acquisition and construction of central sewage infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, there has been debate as to the ability of FKAA to provide service to the Big
Coppitt District as economically as Key West Resorts Utility, an investor-owned sewerage system
which may have capacity and ability to incorporate the Big Coppitt District into its system; and
WHEREAS, no feasibility study has been conducted to determine the most efficient and
economical source of providing central sewerage to the Big Coppitt District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, THAT:
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1. Monroe County shall levy non-ad valorem assessments for the Big CoPiltt ~un~al r-
Taxing Unit only upon the receipt of the results of a feasibility study s~'Piifg that ~
,'.....____ FKAA can provide the sewerage system that is the most beneficial to t~:rJ~ Coppitt ."
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
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MA YOR APPROVED AS TO FORM
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