Item E4LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: December 11, 2013
Division: Land Authority
Bulk Item: Yes No X Staff Contact / Phone #: Mark Rosch / 295 -5180
Agenda Item Wording: Approval of the minutes for the November 20, 2013 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
November 20, 2013 Meeting Minutes
The Governing Board of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority held a regular
meeting on Tuesday, November 20, 2013 at the Murray E. Nelson Government Center located
at 102050 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, Florida. Chairman Heather Carruthers called the
meeting to order at 10:32 am. Present and answering roll call, in addition to Chairman
Carruthers, were Commissioner Danny Kolhage, Mayor Sylvia Murphy, Commissioner George
Neugent, and Commissioner David Rice. Also in attendance were Executive Director Mark
Rosch, Office Manager Kimberly Nystrom, Counsel Ginny Stones, and members of the public.
Chairman Carruthers welcomed Ginny Stones as the Land Authority's new legal counsel.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes for the October 16, 2013 meeting. A
motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Mayor Murphy to approve the
minutes as submitted. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
The next item was approval of contracts to purchase the following properties for conservation:
a) Lot 22, Amended Plat of Dolphin Harbour, No Name Key at a total cost of $33,062.25;
b) Block 12, Lot 1, Port Pine Heights 1 St Addition, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $33,458.25;
c) Block 7, Lot 8, Eden Pines Colony, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $28,906.50;
d) Block 18, Lot 3, Eden Pines Colony, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $25,912.25;
e) Block 19, Lot 8, Eden Pines Colony, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $25,912.25;
f) Block 3, Lot 4, Eden Pines Colony 1 St Addition, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $26,418.00;
g) Block 40, Lot 3, Pine Crest, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $16,868.50; and
h) Block 40, Lot 14, Sands, Big Pine Key at a total cost of $18,372.00.
A motion was made by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Mayor Murphy to approve the
contracts to purchase each of the above properties. Mr. Rosch addressed the Board regarding
the fact that some of the properties border a canal and may therefore require periodic trimming
of vegetation to maintain navigation along the canal. Following Board discussion, there were
no objections and the motion carried (5/0).
The next item was approval to accept Lot 13, Re- subdivision of Government Lot 1, Sugarloaf
Key as a donation. A motion was made by Mayor Murphy and seconded by Commissioner
Kolhage to approve the item. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
The next item was Chairman Carruthers' item to appoint Bryan Green to the Land Authority
Advisory Committee. A motion was made by Mayor Murphy and seconded by Commissioner
Neugent to approve the item. There being no objections, the motion carried (5/0).
Mr. Rosch then addressed the Board regarding the trip he and County staff members made to
Tallahassee looking for opportunities to renew the State's acquisition of conservation land in the
Keys.
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:38 am.
Minutes prepared by:
Mark J. Rosch
Executive Director
Approved by the Board on:
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