Item F1LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: June 10, 2015 Division: Land Authority
Bulk Item: Yes No X Staff Contact / Phone #: Mark Rosch / 295-5180
Agenda Item Wording: Approval of the minutes for the May 20, 2015 meeting.
Item Background: N/A
Advisory Committee Action: N/A
Previous Governing Board Action: N/A
Contract/Agreement Changes: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Total Cost: $ Indirect Cost: $ Budgeted: Yes _ No
Cost to Land Authority: $ Source of Funds:
Approved By: Attorney _ County Land Steward
Documentation: Included: X To Follow: Not Required:
Disposition: Agenda Item
MONROE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND AUTHORITY
GOVERNING BOARD
May 20, 2015 Meeting Minutes
The Governing Board of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority held a regular
meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Murray E. Nelson Government Center located at
102050 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, Florida. Chairman David Rice called the meeting to
order at 9:36 AM. Present and answering roll call, in addition to Chairman Rice, were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Mayor Danny Kolhage, and Commissioner George
Neugent. Commissioner Sylvia Murphy was present in the meeting room but was not seated at
the dais. Also in attendance were Executive Director Mark Rosch, Office Manager Kimberly
Nystrom, Counsel Ginny Stones, and members of the public.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes for the April 15, 2015 meeting. A
motion was made by Mayor Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve the
minutes as submitted. There being no objections, the motion carried (4/0). Commissioner
Murphy was not seated at the dais and did not vote on this motion.
The next item was approval of contracts to purchase the following properties for conservation:
a) Block 3, Lot 7, Silver Lake Park, Key Largo at a total cost of $24,981.25;
b) Block 12, Lot 22, Thompsons, Key Largo at a total cost of $20,883.50;
c) Lot 25, Long Beach Estates, Section A, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $91,286.00;
d) Lot 11, Long Beach Estates, Section C, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $101,293.50;
e) Block 54, Lot 6, Sands, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $20,883.50;
f) Block 2, Lot 6, Eden Pines Colony, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $25,912.25;
g) Block 12, Lot 7, Eden Pines Colony 2nd Addition, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $49,575.25;
and
h) Lots 9 and 10, Summerland Estates Re -subdivision No. 1, Summerland Key at a total cost
of $40, 998.50.
The Board discussed the probability of inundation as a result of sea level rise for the properties
and the degree to which this criterion should be used to prioritize conservation purchases.
Commissioner Murphy took her seat at the dais. Following Board discussion, a motion was
made by Mayor Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Neugent to approve the contracts to
purchase each of the above properties. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:42 AM.
Minutes prepared by:
Mark J. Rosch
Executive Director
Approved by the Board on: