01/30/2019 Special
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SpecialMeeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Marathon, Florida
Aspecialmeeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
10:00 a.m. at the MarathonGovernment Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Michelle Coldiron, Commissioner Danny
Kolhage, Commissioner David Riceand Mayor Sylvia Murphy. Also present at the meeting
were Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Kevin Madok,
Clerk of Court; Pamela Hancock, Deputy Clerk; county staff, members of the press andradio;
and the general public.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
A1There were no Additions, Corrections orDeletions to the agenda.
PUBLIC HEARING
C1A Public Hearing was held to consider a Resolution to transmit to the State Land
Planning Agency an Ordinance by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
amending the Monroe County Future Land Use Map from Mixed Use/Commercial (MC),
Recreation (R) and Conservation (C) to Commercial (COMM), for a portion of property located
at 100 Anchor Drive, Key Largo, Ocean Reef Club; as proposed by Ocean Reef Club, Inc.
(2018-075). There was no public input. Motion was made by Commissioner Kolhage and
seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to adopt the following Resolution. Motion carried
unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 035-2019
Said Resolution is incorporated herein by reference.
PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL, BUILDING & CODE
COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTS
Bob Shillinger, County Attorney, addressed the Board. After discussion, motion was
made by Commissioner Carruthers and seconded by Commissioner Rice to allow public input at
the beginning of each of these three items (B1, B2 & B3) and then proceed with discussion and
direction. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers Yes
Commissioner ColdironYes
Commissiner KolhageYes
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Commissioner RiceYes
Mayor MurphyNo
Motion carried.
B1Christine Hurley, Assistant County Administrator,made a Power Point Presentation, on
the discussionanddirectiononRateofGrowthOrdinance(ROGO)allocationdistribution
throughtheyear2023(currentallocationperiod)vs.extendingtheROGOallocationperiod
beyondtheyear2023asoutlinedin ComprehensivePlanPolicy101.3.2.Emily Schemper, Sr.
Director Planning & Environmental Resources; and Mr. Shillinger addressed the Board. The
following individuals addressed the Board: Joyce Newman, representing Last Stand; Alicia
Putney, Beth Fennell, Bill Hunter, and Guillermo Alvarez.Board took no official action.
B2Ms. Schemper, Ms. Hurley and Mr. Shillinger addressed the Board concerning direction
regarding theinitiativebytheStateofFlorida AdministrativeCommissiontobeadministered
throughtheDepartmentofEconomicOpportunityfortheKeysWorkforceHousingInitiative
toallowupto1300additionalaffordablehousingallocations(upto300forunincorporated
MonroeCounty)inRateofGrowthOrdinanceAllocations(ROGO)forrentalworkforce
housing,withaconditionthatdevelopmentsthatreceivetheseROGOallocationshavearental
managementagreementinplacethatrequiresrentaloccupantstoevacuateintheearlyphase(48
hoursinadvanceoftropicalstormwindsreachingtheshoreoftheFloridaKeys)ofa
hurricaneevacuation.Currentlytransientunits(hotels)andmobilehomeoccupantsare
requiredtoevacuateintheearlyphaseofevacuation.The following individuals addressed the
Board: Joyce Newman, representing Last Stand; Alicia Putney, Captain Ed Davidson,
representing Florida Keys Citizens Coalition; and Ann Olsen, representing Friends of the Lower
Keys.Board took no official action.
B3The following staff addressed the Board concerning directionregardingexistingand
potentialactions,policiesandprogramstoaddressexhaustionofROGOallocationsandbuild
outoftheFloridaKeysasof2023withasubstantialnumberofplatted lotsremaining: Ms.
Schemper, Mr. Shillinger, Ms. Hurley, Derek Howard, Assistant County Attorney; Mike
Roberts, Sr. Administrator, Environmental Resources;Peter Morris, Assistant County Attorney;
and Cynthia Guerra, Sr. BiologistThe following individuals addressed the Board: Alicia Putney,
Stuart Schaffer, representing Sugarloaf Shores and Cudjoe Gardens Homeowner’s Association;
and Bill Hunter.Board took no official action.
There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk
andex-officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
Pamela G. Hancock, D.C.
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