Item B1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date
May 12, 2003
Division
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING
Public hearing for the approval of emergency ordinances to correct scrivener's
errors in the boundary descriptions of several of the municipal service taxing
units the BOCC established for the purposes of funding the FKAA's planning
and engineering work for central wastewater treatment services within the
units. The ordinances need to be corrected immediately due to the Property
Appraiser's deadline in certifying the value of property within the MSTU's to the
BOCC.
ITEM BACKGROUND
BOCC passed the MSTU ordinances at the Board's December 2002 meeting.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION
See above.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENTCHANGES
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Approval.
TOTAL COST
COST TO COUNTY
BUDGETED Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS
APPROVED BY:
County Attorney _ OMB/Purchasing 0 Risk Management 0
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL~W~
J. R. OL S
DOCUMENTATION:
Included 0
To Follow 0
Not Required 0
AGENDA ITEM #
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ORDINANCE NO.
- 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY
EXISTS AND WAIVING NOTICE BY A FOUR-FIFTH'S VOTE; AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 038 - 2002 IN ORDER TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S
ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
BIG COPPITT MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT AND CORRECTING
THE MILLAGE RATE FROM 0.78 TO 0.70; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2002, the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners (Board), at the request of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA),
created the Big Coppitt Municipal Service Taxing Unit for the purposes of levying an
ad valorem tax not to exceed 0.70 mils to fund the FKAA's planning and
administrative costs incurred in preparing for the construction of central wastewater
collection and treatment services within the Taxing Unit;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser in preparing to certify to the Board the
assessed value of taxable real and tangible property located within the Taxing Unit
noted a scrivener's error in the legal description of the Taxing Units' boundaries;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser cannot proceed with the assessed value
certification and, hence, the Board cannot levy an ad valorem tax within the Taxing
Unit in fiscal year 2003-2004, unless the error is corrected before May 15, 2003;
WHEREAS, there was a scrivener's error in the millage which should be 0.70
mills not 0.78 mills; and
WHEREAS, time is now of the essence in correcting the scrivener's error; now,
therefor.e
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. An emergency is hereby declared and notice waived by a four-fifths
vote.
Section 2. The scrivener's error in the legal description of the boundaries of
the Taxing Unit is hereby corrected as follows:
The area generally bounded on the west by Boca Chica Channel, on the east by
Shark Channel, on the north by Florida Bay, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean
(between Mile Markers 7 and 11) except for the area known as Shark Key, Monroe
County, Florida.
Section 3. Correction of Scrivener's error regarding authorized ad valorem millage
rate within the Big Coppitt MSTU. Section 4(A) of Monroe County Ordinance No. 038-2002
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. AUTHORIZATION OF AD VALOREM TAXES.
(A) The Board is hereby authorized, in the manner and under the authority
provided by section 125.01(1)(q) and (r) Florida Statutes, to levy and collect
additional ad valorem taxes at a millage rate not to exc~ed 0.70 mil upon real and
person property within the Big Coppitt Municipal Service Taxing Unit commencing
with County fiscal year 2003-2004.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect when a certified copy of this ordinance
has been accepted by the postal authorities of the united states for special delivery by
registered mail to the Secretary of State of the State of Florida in accordance with the
provisions of Florida Statute 125.66(3).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of May, 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Cqmmissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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ORDINANCE NO.
- 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY
EXISTS AND WAIVING NOTICE BY A FOUR-FIFTH'S VOTE; AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 035- 2002 IN ORDER TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S
ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
CITY OF MARATHON MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2002, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
(Board), at the request of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA), created the City of Marathon
Municipal Service Taxing Unit for the purposes of levying an ad valorem tax not to exceed 0.77 mils
to fund the FKAA's planning and administrative costs incurred in preparing for the construction of
central wastewater collection and treatment services within the Taxing Unit;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser in preparing to certify to the Board the assessed value of
taxable real and tangible property located within the Taxing Unit noted a scrivener's error in the
legal description of the Taxing Units' boundaries;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser cannot proceed with the assessed value certification and,
hence, the Board cannot levy an ad valorem tax within the Taxing Unit in fiscal year 2003-2004,
unless the error is corrected before May 15, 2003;
WHEREAS, time is now of the essence in correcting the scrivener's error; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. An emergency is hereby declared and notice waived by a four-fifths
vote.
Section 2. The scrivener's error in the legal description of the boundaries of
the Taxing Unit is hereby corrected as follows:
All of the incorporated municipal limits of the City of Marathon, Florida. Extending from the
east end of the 7-Mile Bridge through Grassy Key and generally bounded on the west by
Knight Key Channel, on the east by Tom's Harbor Channel, on the north by Florida Bay,
and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean (approximate Mile Marker 47 to Mile Marker 60);
LESS AND EXCEPT, Little Venice Wastewater District Service Area which includes the area
described in Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Resolution No. 02-22 and described therein as
bounded by US Highway 1 on the northwest and by the Atlantic Ocean on the southeast
from Vaca Cut to 95th Street along the western side of the Marathon Airport (for purposes
of clarification, the Little Venice Wastewater District Service Area includes the areas as
described bounded by US Highway 1 on the northwest and by the Atlantic Ocean on the
southeast from Vaca Cut to the western boundary of Buttonwood Acres Subdivision
according to Plat Book 04, at Page 160, Public Records Monroe County, Florida, and
includes all parcels abutting 95th Street); and also
LESS AND EXCEPT, beginning at the point of intersection of the north right-of-way line of
US Highway One with the southeast corner of the Marathon Airport, then commencing
northerly along the easterly border of the Marathon Airport to the intersection of the south
right-of-way line of 6th Avenue (Airport Boulevard), then commencing northerly to the
intersection of the north right-of-way line of 6th Avenue (Airport Boulevard) and the
southwest corner of the plat of Stirrup Key Bight (as recorded in Plat Book 3, at Page 168
of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida), then continuing northerly along the west
line of the plat of Stirrup Key Bight to the shoreline of Florida Bay, then easterly following
the shoreline of Florida Bay to the intersection of the east right-of-way line of 113th Street
(Margaret Avenue) to the intersection of 1st Street (Chester Street), then westerly along
1st Street (Chester Street) to the intersection of Key Colony Drive, then southerly along
Key Colony Drive to the intersection of the north right-of-way line of US Highway One, then
westerly along the north right-of-way line of US Highway One to the intersection of the
west right-of-way line of 107th Street (Industrial Avenue), then continuing westerly along
the north right-of-way lien of US Highway One a distance of approximately 60 feet to the
point of beginning herein described (sometimes referred to as the "Little Venice Expanded
Service Area").
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is
held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code
of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect when a certified copy of this ordinance has
been accepted by the postal authorities of the united states for special delivery by registered mail to
the Secretary of State of the State of Florida in accordance with the provisions of Florida Statute
125.66(3).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at
a regular meeting of said Board held on the 12th day of May, 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNlY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNlY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy Clerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date
May 12, 2003
DI\,1510n
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING
Public hearing for the approval of emergency ordinances to correct scrivener's
errors in the boundary descriptions of several of the municipal service taxing
units the BOCC established for the purposes of funding the Ff(AA's planning
and engineering work for central wastewater treatment services within the
units. The ordinances need to be corrected immediately due to the Property
Appraiser's deadline in certifying the value of property within the MSrU's to the
BOCC.
rrEM BACKGROUND
BOCC passed the MSTIJ ordinances at the Board's December 2002 meeting.
PREVIOUS R!LEVANT BOCC ACTION
See above.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENTCHANGES
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Approval.
TOTAL COST
COST TO COUNTY
APP~OVED BY:
BUDGETED Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS
County Attorney - OMB/Purchaslng 0 Risk Management 0
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL~~~
. J. R. OL S
DOCUMENTAnON:
IncJuded 0
TO Follow 0
Not Required 0
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ORDINANCE NO.
- 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY
EXISTS AND WAIVING NonCE BY A FOUR..FIFTH'S VOTE; AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 038 - 2002 IN ORDER TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S
ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPnON OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
BIG COPPITT MUNIOPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT AND CORRECTING
THE MILLAGE RATE FROM 0.78 TO 0.70; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2002, the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners (Board), at the request of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) ,
created the Big Coppitt Municipal Service Taxing Unit for the purposes of levying an
ad valorem tax not to exceed 0.70 mils to fund the FKAA's planning and
administrative costs incurred in preparing for the construction of central wastewater
collection and treatment services within the Taxing Unit;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser in preparing to certify to the Board the
assessed value of taxable real and tangible property located within the Taxing Unit
noted a scrivener's error in the legal description of the Taxing Units' boundaries;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser cannot proceed with the assessed value
certification and, hence, the Board cannot levy an ad valorem tax within the Taxing
Unit in fiscal year 2003-2004, unless the error is correctet1 before May 15, 2003;
WHEREAS, there was a scrivener's error in the millage which should be 0.70
mills not 0.78 mills; and
WHEREAS, time is now of the essence in correcting the scrivener's error; now,
therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. An emergency is hereby declared and notice waived by a four-fifths
vote.
Sectior:L~~ The scrivener's error in the legal description of the boundaries of
the Taxing Unit is hereby corrected as follows:
The area generally bounded on the west by Boca Chica Channel, on the east by
Shark Channel, on the north by Florida Bay, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean
except for the area known as Shark Key, Monroe County, Florida.
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Section 3. Correction of Scrivener's error regarding authorized ad valorem millage
rate within the Big Coppitt MSTU. Section 4(A) of Monroe County Ordinance No. 038-2002
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. AUTHORIZATION OF AD VALOREM TAXES.
(A) The Board is hereby authorized, in the manner and under the authority
provided by section 125.01(1)(q) and (r) Florida Statutes, to levy and collect
additional ad valorem taxes at a millage rate not to exceed 0.70 mil upon real and
personal property within the Big Coppitt Municipal Service Taxing Unit commencing
with County fiscal year 2003-2004.
Section~. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
S..mLQ!l_~ All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect when a certified copy of this ordinance
has been accepted by the postal authorities of the united states for special delivery by
registered mail to the secretary of state of the State of Florida in accordance with the
provisions of Florida Statute 125.66(3).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of May I 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tem Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk
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. APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY~O~~~CY
O -, ATTORNEY'S OfFICE
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ORDINANCE NO.
- 2003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY
EXISTS AND WAIVING NOTICE BY A FOUR"'F1FTH'S VOTE; AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 035- 2002 IN ORDER TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S
ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
CITY OF MARATHON MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABIUTYi PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING fOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE Of
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2002, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
(Board), at the request of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA), created the City of Marathon
MunIcipal Service Taxing Unit for the purposes of levying an ad valorem tax not to exceed 0.77 mils
to fund the FKAA's planning and administrative costs incurred in preparing for the construction of
central wastewater collection and treatment services within the Taxing Unit;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser in preparing to certify to the Board the assessed value of
taxable real and tangible property located within the Taxing Unit noted a scrivener's error in the
legal description of the Taxing Units' boundaries;
WHEREAS, the Property Appraiser cannot proceed with the assessed value certification and,
hence, the Board cannot levy an ad valorem tax within the Taxing Unit in fiscal year 2003-2004,
unless the error is corrected before May 15, 2003;
WHEREAS, time is now of the essence in correcting the scrivener's errori now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY' COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. An emergency is hereby declared and notice waived by a four-fifths
vote.
Section 2. The scrivener's error in the legal description of the boundaries of
the Taxing Unit is hereby corrected as follows:
All of the incorporated municipal limits of the City of Marathon, Florida. Extending from the
east end of the 7-Mile Bridge through Grassy Key and generally bounded on the west by
Knight Key Channel, on the east by Tom's Harbor Channel, on the north by Florida Bay,
and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean (approximate Mile Marker 47 to Mile Marker 60);
LESS AND EXCEPT, Little Venice Wastewater District Service Area which includes the area
described in Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Resolution No. 02-22 and described therein as
bounded by US Highway 1 on the northwest and by the Atlantic Ocean on the southeast
from Vaca Cut to 95th Street along the western side of the Marathon Airport (for purposes
of clarification, the Little Venice Wastewater District Service Area includes the areas as
described bounded by US Highway 1 on the northwest and by the Atlantic Ocean on the
southeast from Vaca Cut to the western boundary of Buttonwood Acres Subdivision
according to Plat Book 04, at Page 160, Public Records Monroe County, Aorida, and
includes all parcels abutting 95th Street); and also
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LESS AND EXCEPT, beginning at the point of intersection of the north right-of~way line of
US Highway One with the southeast corner of the Marathon Airport, then commencing
northerly along the easterly border of the Marathon Airport to the intersection of the south
right-of-way line of 6th Avenue (Airport Boulevard), then commencing northerly to the
intersection of the north right-of-way line of 6th Avenue (Airport Boulevard) and the
southwest corner of the plat of Stirrup Key Bight (as recorded in Plat Book 3, at Page 168
of the Public Records of Monroe County, Florida), then continuing northerly along the west
line of the plat of Stirrup Key Bight to the shoreline of Florida Bay, then easterly following
the shoreline of Florida Bay to the intersection of the east right-of-way line of 113th Street
(Margaret Avenue) to the intersection of 1st Street (Chester Street), then westerly along
1st Street (Chester Street) to the intersection of Key Colony Drive, then southerly along
Key Colony Drive to the intersection of the north right-of-way line of US Highway One, then
continuing westerly along the north right-of-way line of US Highway One to the intersection
of the west right-of-way line of l07th Street (Industrial Avenue), then continuing westerly
along the north right-of-way fine of US Highway One a distance of approximately 60 feet to
the point of beginning herein described (sometimes referred to as the "Little Venice
Expanded Service Area").
Section ~. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is
held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
~e.d:ion S. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code
of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 9- This ordinance shall take effect when a certified copy of this ordinance has
been accepted by the postal authorities of the united states for special delivery by registered mail to
the Secretary of State of the State of Florida in accordance with the provisions of Florida Statute
125.66(3).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at
a regular meeting of said Board held on the 12th day of May, 2003.
Mayor Spehar
Mayor Pro Tem Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Rice
(SEAL)
Attest; DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy Clerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson
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RESOLUTION NO. _-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 RESULTS IN DETERMINATION
THAT FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDUCT AUTHORITY SHALL
BE THE WASTEWATER/SEWERAGE PROVIDER FOR THE
DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, ~ 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
COWlty designated Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) to be the governmentally owned
sewerage or wastewater system in unincoIporatetl. 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 detennine 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, TRA T:
1. Monroe County shall levy non-ad valorem assessments for the Big Coppitt Municpal
Taxing Unit only upon the receipt of the results of a feasibility study showing that
FKAA can provide the sewerage system that is the most beneficial to the Big Coppitt
District.
2.
That this Resolution shall become effective upon the date of its adoption herein.
ATTEST:
CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:
MAYOR
Deputy Clerk