Resolution 352-2020 RESOLUTION NO. 352 -2020
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN SUPPORT OF A
THREE MILE EXTENSION TO THE MONROE-DADE
EXPRESS BUS ROUTE RELOCATING THE SOUTHERN
TERMINUS OF THE BUS ROUTE TO KNIGHTS KEY
BOULEVARD AT APPROXIMATELY THE 47 MILE
MARKER OF U.SA
WHEREAS, the Monroe-Dade Express Bus provides a reliable and economical
mass transit connection for residents, visitors and others wishing to travel from Miami-
Dade to Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has numerous restaurants, hotels, resorts and
attractions which support Monroe county's tourism industry; and
WHEREAS, Monroe county's tourism industry attracts employees from Miami-
Dade County that utilize the Monroe-Dade Express Bus as their primary form of
transportation to and from work; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe-Dade Express Bus southern terminus is in the City of
Marathon at the K-mart shopping plaza at approximately the 50 mile marker of U.S. l;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Marathon has three large resorts between Mile marker
50 and Mile Marker 47 at the foot of the seven mile bridge; and
WHEREAS, the employees of these resorts have to walk or seek other forms of
transportation to bridge the, as much as 3 mile, gap from the current southern temilnus of
the Monroe-Dade Express Bus and their place of employment; and
WHEREAS, all 3 resorts support extending the Monroe-Dade Express Bus route
and the southern most of these three resorts, Isla Bella, has agreed to provide the use of
the Isla Bella frontage property as a bus turnaround;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA,that:
1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners strongly supports
extending the southern terminus of the Monroe-Dade Express Bus route from
its current terminus located in the City of Marathon at the K-mart shopping
plaza at approximately the 50 mile marker of U.S. I an additional three miles
to the Isla Bella frontage property located in the City of Marathon on Knights
Key Boulevard at approximately the 47 mile marker of U.S. 1.
2. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this resolution to:
a. Alice Bravo
Director, Miami-Dade Transportation
710 NW I'Court
Miami, Fl. 33136
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 21st day of October, 2020.
Mayor Heather Carruthers Yes
Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Coldiron Yes
Commissioner Craig Cates Yes
Commissioner David Rice Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE CO TY LORIDA
BY:
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;e "w ;@, Kevin Madok, CPA
a; Clerk of the Circuit Court&Comptroller—Monroe County, Florida
October 30, 2020
Alice Bravo, Director
Miami-Dade Transportation
710 NW Is`Court
Miami FL 33136
Dear Ms. Bravo,
Attached is a copy of Resolution No. 352-2020 in support of a three-mile extension to die
Monroe-Dade Express Bus Route relocating the southern terminus of die bus route to Knights
Key Boulevard at approximately the 47 mile marker of U.S.I.
This Resolution was adopted by die Monroe County Board of County Commissioners at a
regular meeting,held in formal session,on October 21, 2020. Should you have any questions,
please feel free to contact me at (305) 292-3550.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kevin Madok, CPA, Clerk of the
Circuit Court and exoflicio to the
Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners
By: Pamela G. Hancock, U.C.:
cc: File
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