Consent to Assignment 03/15/2006
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATE:
March 20, 2006
TO:
Reggie Paros, Director
Public Safety Division
Florida Keys Marathon Airport
ATTN:
FROM:
Stacy DeVane, Executive Assistant
Public Safety Division
Pamela G. Han~
Deputy Clerk 0
At the March 15, 2006, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted
approval and authorized execution of a Consent to Assignment of the Paradise Aviation, Inc.,
FBO Lease at the Florida Keys Marathon Airport to Cristal Clear FBO, LLC.
Enclosed is a duplicate original of the above-mentioned for your handling. Should you
have any questions please do not hesitate to contact this office.
cc: County Attorney
Finance
File/
CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT
This Consent to Assignment is entered into this 15th day of March 2006, by and
between Monroe County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida (hereinafter
referred to as ''the County"), Paradise Aviation, Inc., Assignor, and Cristal Clear FBO,
LLC, Assignee, the parties agreeing as follows:
1. The County leased to Assignor approximately 373,679.56 s.f. of space utilized
as a FBO facility located at 9850 Overseas Highway, Marathon, Florida at the
Marathon Airport, under a Marathon FBO Agreement dated April 6, 1998
(hereinafter referred to as the "Original Agreement"), and amended by Lease
Amendment thereto on December 19, 2001. The Original Agreement and
Lease Amendment are attached and incorporated into this Consent to
Assignment.
2. Subject to approval by the County Commission, a change of operational
control of the FBO facility was agreed to between the Assignor and Assignee
effective December 19, 2005, wherein the Assignor assigned to Assignee all
the Assignor's rights, title and interest in the Original Agreement and Lease
Amendment.
3. Monthly rent payments shall be made payable to Monroe County Airport
Business Office and sent to 3491 S Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, Florida 33040.
4.
In consideration for Monroe County's consent, the Assignee agrees to be
pppnd by all the terms and conditions of the Original Agreement and Lease
, ". ,.~AIm:;I).dment.
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. Ill' AND fOR MONRo:r;: COtJNTy, FLOllIDA
PARAomE A VlAnON, INC.
a Florida Corporation,
Plaintitfs,
vs.
CAsE NO. 2005-CA-74_M
CAROL J. COL~INS and SUM AlR SERVICItS, INC.
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Defendanb.
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Ml;DlA. TED SETI1.:E.M:ENT AGREJll~
~ to tile tenus oflhe COIIIt', Order setting lDed/ation;" tbU _, 8IId after being
notitied1 the partitt agree to settle tbis,matter as follo\v9:
I. CtisIaI Clear FaO u.c _'. to tho Cowt'. Order IlOlling mediatiOllIlld
..bIlllIS to tbo Court', iuriadiction fOf JlUIp.... of ~ ofthit scttI.......1
agr.eeme:nt.
2. No 1aI.r Iban 22 Dooea.1x:r 2005, Criatal CI.... 1'80 Ltc will doliver $200,000.00
into """"... wi1h MieIlol.. W, Molidc P A to ...... CrUtaJ Clear FDa UC'.
obligations under this settlement ~t
J. On 19 Oocembet 2005, P/aiati1r will lQign lhe Maratho., Fhred Ilue ClJ>entot
A&rcemem dated 6 April 1998 by and betwoen CounIy of MDnroe, . POlitical
subdrrision olthe 8laIe ofFlorlda, and PWn1itr("fBO I..att"J to CrUtal Cbr
FBo Ltc by ...;-~ pteporcd by Nicbo1.a W, MtIliok, &~"
4, The $200.000.00 ;" - will be reI_llpon the eoUllty OfMOIllOe, Slate of
Florida' allDal "l'JllVVaI and _to PlaintiJr, lIIIiSQment of tho PDo Lcose to
Crista! Clear FIla Ltc _10 FBo Leoa. P8r1graph 23, as....u os the
COlUlty of Monroe, State offlorida', "l'prcn.ol of the teDas oflbis seuletocnt
agreement. Nicholas W. Mulick, P A will deliver the $200,000.00 Crisfa1 Clear
F80 Ltc plated in -... to Ronald L. ser..... :Eaq., PAm. Plaio.lifr. "'=fit,
5, PJaiDtU:f-.."" that aU """ ~ the !1ija r.e... is pald ~ 30 $eprembor
2ooS. .
6. CrillaJ Cj.... FDO Ltc is '''"POD>ibl. m. oil """ -.ing llnder the 1'80 Loas.
frotn 1 October 200$.
7. Mutual. aoaonl roJ..... will be 0l<eCuted ..d =hanged by the followi.. ponies
no later than. 15 1 anuary 2QOS (releasing all other partieB providing releases.
ex~ as provided in this St:ttIemawu 4Stftrnem):
a. Defendant Carol Collins;
b. De!i::ndaut Sum Air Services. Inc. dba Pank'fise let Support;
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c. Plaintiff;
d. Cristal Clear FDa u.c;
e. South Florida. Fighter Jet AssociaUoIl, Inc. dba Tropical Fighters of
Florida, Tropioal Fighters~ Inc.;
f. Christy Steigerwald (aka Cb:isty Suegcrwald); _
g. Amy Steiprwald (aka Amy Stiegcrwald) (by her parent the Sm;.gerwa1d);
h. Nicole Steigerwald (aka Nicole StiegeIWald) (by her parent Ute
Stoigerwald);
1. Ute Stci.gerwaJd (eka Ute StiegetW8ld)j
J. John E. Stei~d, m (Ilea Ed Stiegonvald); and .
It. Any other party or entity :reuonably necesaa:y to effectuate absolute
finality to all claim~ direct oX' indirect, between the pet80ns and er1tities
listed above.
8. Defendlmt Carol Collins and Florida Fighter Jet ANcx:iatioD, Inc. dba Tropical
Fighters of Florida hereby term1n~ and mutually release eacl1 other from. that
certain lease agreement between theJQ dated 1 March 2003, but may remain in
possession accotdW.g to the strict ~ oftJiis settlement agreeement.
9. No later than 22 December 200'1 Plaintiff will take possession of the Jet Tmck
with the vehicle registration number lHT AAI6S2DHA32617.
10. Cristal Clear FBO u.c 'Will pay Florida Pighm Jet Association) Inc, dba Tropical
Fighters of Florida an incentive pa.yJ;gent of:
l. $40,000.00 if Florida Fighter Jet Association, lnc. dba Tropical Fighters of
Florida. a!W1dOI:l$ the FBO Lease pren:t.ises and delive.ts possession to
Cri!tal Clear FDO U.C by J 1 January 2006;
m. $20,000.00 ifFlorlda Fighter Jet Associati~ Inc, dba Tropical rIghters of
Florida abandons the FBO Lease premises and delivers possession to
Crista1 aear FBO LLC by 28 Febnwy 2006;
n. $10,000.00 if Florida Fighter Jet .Association, Inc. dba Tropical Fiahtets of
Florida abandons the FBO Lease premises and delivers possession to
Crbta1 Clear FDO Ltc by 31 MarcI12006; 01'
~. $5.000.00 ifP'lorida Fighter Jet Association, Inc. dba Tropical Fighters of
Florida' abandons the FBO Lease premises and delivers possession 10
Crlstal Clear FaO LtC by 30 April 2006.
11. Notwithmanding the foregoing, Florida Figb.tt: let Associati~ Inc. dba Tropical
Fightets of Florida is not required tn pay rent flIrough 30 1une 2006 and will
abandon th~ FHa Lease premises and delivers possession to Cri8tal Cleat FDO
LLC by 30 JUDe 2006, thereupon Florida Fighter Jet Association, Inc. dba
TropiCll Fighters of Florida will teli.nquish all rights to the FaO Lease premesis.
12. Plaintiff and Defcmdmt.s authorize the Clerk oftbe Court to immediately disburse
all f\mds associated wi~ this suit and held in the registry pursuant to Section
83.232, FtorCda Statutes as foDows: .
p. $lS~OOO.OO to Crlstal Clear FBO LLC; and
q. The remainder to PlaJ.ntitI _
. 13. All parti.ea will execute, or obtain ~ecutiOIl of, aU ~ instxuments, agreed
ordCIS, releases and other documents neceswy to accomplish the intent of this
settlement agreement.
14. All parties will actively act in good faith to further the intent of this settJement
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agn:ement.
15. The parties asree to distniss, with prejudiceJ ~ pendins litigation between them,
mcluding any counterclainJ.s and third-party claims or their entities.
16. Each party bears hiss ber or its own attorneys" foes and costs.
17. By entering into this settlement ap~ DO party or third..party beneficiary
a.cknowledgee any fault or liability. but enten this !ettlC01Cnt agreement to
amicably resolve all diSpUtes between parti,s and third-parties listed in this
settlement agreement
18. The parties will submit this settlement agreement to the Court to ratify and retain
jumdiotion for purposes of enforcing this settlem.ent agreement.
19. The prevailing party in any action required to entbrce this settlement: agreement is
entitled to attorneys' fees and costs.
Agreed upon and ~igned this Uda day of Decem~er %On!.
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Nicholas W. Mulie,k. Esq.
as Attorney for Defendan~ Cristal Clear FBD LLC
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Sum.A.ir Services dba P8t'8.dise Jet Support
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n E. . ierWald, ill, Plaintiff
Paradise Aviation, Inc.
Received Time Dec.28. 5:11PM
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL aRCUlT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PARADISE AVIATION, INC.,
a florida corporation,
CML DMSION
CASE NO. 200S-CA -74-M
Plaintiff,
VS
CAROL]. COLUNS and
SUM AIR SERVICES, INC., a
Delaware corporation d/b/a
PARADISE JET SUPPORT,
Defendants.
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AGREED O~DI!R ON PLAlNnFF'S AGRI!ED
MOUPN FOR DISBURS~MEra.gF ALL OF TlJE FUNDS HELD IN
THI! COURT REGISTRY
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard before the Court upon the Plaintiff's Agreed
Motion for Disbursement of All of the Funds Held in The Court Registry and the Court,
having reviewed the pleadings of record and being advised that, pursuant to the
Mediated Settlement Agreement (paragraph 12 thereof), Plaintiff and Defendants
agreed to an order of court to authorize the Clerk of the Court to immediately disburse
all funds associated With this suit and held in the Registry pursuant to Section 83.232,
Florida Statutes as.follows: $15,000.00 to Crista I Clear FBO LLC; c/o Nicholas W.
Mulic:k, Esq. Trust Account and the remainder in the amount of $60,899.54 to
Plaintiff, Paradise Aviation, Inc., c/o Ronald I. strauss, Esquire, P.A Trost
Account, and the Clerk has acknowledged that it has on deposit In the Registry, the
sum of $75,899.54 as of this date. Therefore it is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Plaintiff's Ag~ M,ouon. fpr Disbutsement of All of the Funds Held in The
Court Registry be, and the same is, hereby granted.
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Case No. 2005-CA-74-M
2. The Clerk of this Court is ordered to immediately disburse the funds from
the Court Registry as follow: $60,899.54 to payable to RONALD I. STRAUSS,
ESQUIRE, PA TnISI: Acxount. 5196 OVerseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050 in
trust for Plaintiff, Paradise Aviation, Inc., and $15,000.00 to be paid to NICHOLAS
w. MUUCK, ESQ. TRUST ACCOUNT, 91645 OVerseas Highway Tavernier, FL
33070, in trust for Cristal Clear FBO LLC.
.)- DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Marathon, Monroe County, Florida this
~ datbOO6. !-'\IClWlIl G. PA""
HONORABLE RICHARD PAYNE
Caples furnished to:
RONALD I. STRAUSS, ESQ.
JAMES J. OORL, ESQ.
NIOiOLAS W. MUUCK, ESQ.
OiARlES PT PHOENIX, ESQ.
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