03/21/2014 AgendaAGENDA
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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representing an organization has five minutes to address the Board (except that individuals
wishing to speak during public hearings pertaining to land use issues will have five minutes)..
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other speakers on behalf of that organization have three minutes to address the Board. Once an
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follow -up comments, unless the issue involved is quasi judicial in nature. In that case, the
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Please note that all time approximate items are listed in bold.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Marathon Government Center
2798 Overseas Highway, MM 47.5 (Gulf)
Marathon, Florida
TIME APPROXIMATE SPECIAL MEETING
10:00 A.M. CALL TO ORDER
SALUTE TO FLAG
VA. ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
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B. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
1. A special public meeting to review, discuss and direct proposed
amendments to the_ Monroe County Year 2010,Comprehensive
Plan, which were drafted based upon the results of the Technical
Document Update (data and analysis — June 2011), Evaluation and
Appraisal Report (EAR — May 2012) and extensive public
comment which includes additional policy issues not included in
the EAR, in order to finalize the draft, proposed Monroe County
2030 Comprehensive Plan.
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BOCC Special Meeting
Friday, March 21, 2014
A special public meeting to review, discuss and direct proposed amendments to the Monroe County
Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan, which were drafted based upon the results of the Technical
Document Update (data and analysis - June 2011), Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR - May
2012) and extensive public comment which includes additional policy issues not included in the
EAR, in order to finalize the draft, proposed Monroe County 2030 Comprehensive Plan
The B / OCC will be reviewing the following:
V1. Introduction and Background (pg. 1 -12)
42. Mass Transit Element (pg. 1-4)
A Traffic Circulation Element (pg.1-11)
44. Capital Improvements Element (pg. 1- 35)kO0(' Jf>m/lj )
J 5. Conservation and Coastal Management Element (pg. 1 -141):
Goal 201 (pg. 1 -2) air quality 0 K C P �t- b ti C, S PCO- f!t. -V' Goal 202 (pg. 3 -25) nearshore waters and Marine Resources FDV-�r- Plt OL-iCl SP-
, ,/Goal 203 (pg. 26 -38) mangroves, seagrass, coral, fisheries -1 pU-�O. S PC {&V'
, /Goal 204 (pg. 39 -47) wetlands I Pu.Io LJC� SPCLI'L pt-ri
f Goal 205 (pg. 48 -62) native upland vegetation 3 P U- 1.i G s prrc
J G oal 206 (pg. 63 -82) wildlife and wildlife habitats 3 pv S pcCLt/-C-i
% Goal 207 (pg. 83 -88)
"/Goal 208 (pg. 89)
`Goal 209 (pg. 90 -92)
JGoal 210 (pg. 93 -95)
JGoal 211 (pg. 96)
J Go al 212 (pg. 97 -115)
soil and mineral resources
CBRS /mainland /offshore islands 3 PU. 1 1-12 L r L
maintain and restore wetlands, beach berm, uplands V Pw �.
beach berm
potable water -
criteria for shoreline development —
J Goal 213 (pg. 116 -123) public access to shore-
4 Goal 214 (pg. 124 -126) services and infrastructure in coastal zone —
J Goal 215 (pg. 127 -133) hurricane evacuation, shelters and refuges —
J 1tGoal 216 (pg. 134 -139) hazard mitigation and post disaster redevelopment
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J Goal 217 (pg. 140 -141) protect working waterfront and resources - 1 P WLAis,
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BOCC Special Meeting 2014-3-21
Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Update
Changes agreed upon by the BOCC:
3.2 Conservation and Coastal Management
11. Policy 202.2.2:Staff will rework this policy to include establishing standards for County-owned facilities,
and to encourage public behavior through educational programs.
J2. Policy 202.2.3:Delete policy.
J3. Policy 202.4.3:Staff will work on a definition for"previously dredged canal"that does not require
evidence of ongoing maintenance dredging.Staff will also consider a provision that allows impact to
areas vegetated with seagrass beds or characterized by hardbottom communities at the entrance of a
canal,if that canal was prevkously dredged,and if those resources are mitigated.
4. Policy 203.1.2:Eliminate mangrove trimming policy and rely on applicable State laws.
5. Policy 203.1.3:Staff will consider adding the definition of"development"to the Glossary,and will
provide the BOCC with a comparison of the definition contained in the land development regulations,
and that within Chapter 380,F.S.
6. Policy 203.2.1:Staff will add public benefit requirement Staff will also look at permitting requirements •
for monitoring of seagrass or hardbottom communities under public mooring fields and add language
regarding monitoring and restoration.Staff will also provide information about the success of mitigation
projects for seagrass restoration.
7. Objective 203.3:Add protection of hardbottom communities to objective language.
8. Policy 203.3.3:Add provisions to protect hardbottom communites to this policy,but do not change the
quoted Florida Reef Resilience Program Climate Change Action Plan text.
9. Policy 203.4.2:Keep options b)and c).Staff will look into legal ability to impose an additional licensing
fee for nonresidents for the Spiny Lobster Sport Season.Staff will also reach out to the Tourist
Development Council and the Chamber of Commerce for their comments regarding economic impacts.
10. Policy 203.4.3:Add"...shall periodically meet with the Florida Marine Fisheries Commission,state and
federal agencies,and research organizations to assess..."
11. Policy 203.5.3:Add FWC,FKNM,state and federal agencies,and research organizations.
12. Policy 205.2.6:Staff will add in the referenced provisions for clearing for Big Pine Key and No Name
Key from the HCP,ITP,and LCP.
13. Policy 206.1.2:Change"prohibiting,"in the last sentence only,to"discouraging."
14. Policy 206.1.4:Staff will add an additional policy regarding the newly designated endangered species.
15. Objective 207.3(old numbering):Keep Objective 207.3(old numbering;located after newly numbered
Objective 206.2),and the first sentence of Policy 207.3. (old numbering).
16. Objective 206.4;206.5;206.7;206.8;206.9;206.10:Add:"...the destruction of and work toward the
restoration of,..."
17. Policy 206.4.5:Add language from the ITP regarding speed limits,traffic calming,and other measures.
Add Sugarloaf Key to this policy.
18. Policy 208.1.2:Staff will rework language to discourage new private,development on previously
undeveloped land within CBRS units.
19. Policy 212.3.2:Delete paragraphs 1 and 2.
20. Policy 212.4.4:Put variance provision back in,but rename as a special exception rather than a variance.
21. Policy 212.4.5:Revise consistent with Policy 203.2.1.
22. Policy 212.4.7:Add:5.Current need for moorings and projected use.
23. Policy 213.1.1:Change timeframe to 3 years.
24. Goal 214:Add"County"before"public expenditures."
25. Objective 214.1: Add"County"before"public expenditures."
26. Policy 215.1.10:Delete policy.
27. Objective 216.4: Add"County"before"public expenditures."
28. Policy 216.4.2:Add`public"before"facilities."Add an exception for wastewater.
29. Policy 217.1.1:Number 5.Per legal,delete this paragrap1,or change to say"to the greatest extent
practicable."
1.0 and 2.0 Introduction and Background
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1. Change US Highway 1 length to 112 miles(check for accuracy).
2. Add a statement about unique environmental challenges,susceptibility to storm and rising waters.
3.4 Mass Transit
1. Policy 401.3.1:Add language about coordination with Miami/Dade and Homestead.
2. Add language regarding bicycle parking.
3.3 Traffic Circulation
1. Policy 301.2.4:Add"from gas taxes,and-impact fees,an any other legally available sources..."
3.14 Capital Improvements
1. Objective 1401.2:Add"county"before"public expenditures"throughout Objective.
2. Policy 1401.2.1:Add"public"before"facilities."Add an exception for wastewater.
Glossary
1. Add definition of"development"(See note for Policy 203 1.3 above).
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