Item E1LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: August 21, 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 July 18, 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
July 18, 2013 Meeting Minutes
The Governing Board of the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Land Authority held a regular
meeting on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at the Harvey Government Center located at 1200 Truman
Avenue, Key West, Florida. Chairman Heather Carruthers called the meeting to order at 4:06
PM. Present and answering roll call, in addition to Chairman Carruthers, were Commissioner
Danny Kolhage, Commissioner Sylvia Murphy, Mayor George Neugent, and Commissioner
David Rice. Also in attendance were Executive Director Mark Rosch, Office Manager Kimberly
Nystrom, Counsel Larry Erskine, Land Steward Elizabeth Bergh, and members of the press and
public.
Commissioner Rice left the meeting after the roll call.
The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes for the June 19, 2013 meeting. A
motion was made by Mayor Neugent and seconded by Commissioner Kolhage to approve the
minutes as submitted. There being no objections, the motion carried (4/0).
The next item was approval of contracts to purchase the following properties for conservation:
a) Block 37, Lot 4, Pine Crest; Block 10, Lot 5, Kinercha; and Block 11, Lot 18, Palm Villa, Big
Pine Key at a total cost of $36,850.50;
b) Big Pine Key Acreage RE #00111040 - 001400 and 00111040 - 001500 at a total cost of
$32,827.50;
c) Sugarloaf Key Acreage RE #00117510- 000700 at a total cost of $32,827.50;
d) Sugarloaf Key Acreage RE #00117510- 000900 at a total cost of $16,743.50; and
e) Sugarloaf Key Acreage RE #00118090- 000200 at a total cost of $17,997.00.
A motion was made by Commissioner Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Murphy to
approve the contracts to purchase each of the above properties. There being no objections,
the motion carried (4/0).
The next item was a workshop on land acquisition. Mr. Rosch and Growth Management
Director Christine Hurley addressed the Board. The consensus of the Board was to postpone
the workshop until each commissioner had completed the list of land acquisition priorities
provided by Growth Management. A motion was made by Commissioner Murphy and
seconded by Commissioner Kolhage to postpone the workshop until either the first day or the
afternoon of the second day of the next regularly scheduled County Commission meeting.
There being no objections, the motion carried (4/0).
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:17 PM.
Minutes prepared by:
Mark J. Rosch
Executive Director
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