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Item K09 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: March 21, 200 I Division: BOCC Bulk Item: Yes No XX Department: Comm. Nora Williams .;".." " AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion of how we are doing on our 2001 Goals and some suggestions. ITEM BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS REVELANT BOCC ACTION: In January, the Board of County Commissioners unanimously supported a list of goals for 2001. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: BUDGETED: Yes No XX COST TO COUNTY: REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management _ DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: n (vu{ / Cf) Ii lJ.,~ ':Yr~~ (TYPE NAME HERE) DOCUMENTATION: Included XX To Follow_ Not Required _ AGENDAITEM#J~~'i DISPOSITION: Revised 2/27/01 List of200l Goals for the Board of Monroe County Commissioners: A) Restructure County Government for a leaner, more efficient operation, reducing top-heavy management positions and saving tax payer dollars, and finalizing restructuring of the current Public Safety Division. Using good business practices, create a county goverpment that is both efficient AND responsive. Meeting to tackle these issues announced at last BOCC meeting. B) Hold "town meetings" throughout the Keys communities with minimal staff present at locations requested by constituents. These meetings may be evenings or Saturday mornings for greatest accessibility. We're doing it. Next location: Long Key? C) Make community and highway beautification a priority, starting in Big Pine Key, and create a Commission position responsible for progress on this issue, and consider setting redevelopment standards that reflect local community character We appointed Sonny McCoy our beautification czar. D) Wrap up CommuniKeys/HCP project in Big Pine and begin CommuniKeys programs elsewhere. Follow community directions provided in the Communi Keys program for creation of community greenspace, conservation areas and recreation needs. We have a discussion of the BPK/No Name Livable CommuniKeys Alternative at this meeting. The next public meeting, which will involve complete presentation of the alternatives and their impacts, will be presented to the public on March 27. Tavernier CommuniKeys started March 1 at a forum at the Elks Club, to largely very positive reviews from the folk I've talked to. Warning: because of staff depletion, timetables for commencing CommuniKeys efforts elsewhere in the Keys have been moved back, and members of the Planning Commission and DCA are being asked to help facilitate the meetings that will be upcoming. E) Set up a budget workshop in March for us to get together and discuss our goals for the year. Traditionally, we have met individually with the County Administrator in the spring, at the start of the budget season, to discuss our issues. With the budget being such a concern for so many of us, it seems wiser for us to get together. Budget Workshop was announced at last month's BOCC meeting. F) Work to streamline the building permit process without spitting on the Comp Plan: offer more consistent, faster and more reliable service. Set up a means for measurement of progress. Set up an extensive post card system that will provide homeowners and contractors with a reasonable way to complete small projects in an efficient manner. On this month's agenda is a citizen committee to work its way through the Growth Management Code sections to make recommendation to us as a Board. I'd love to see a mixture of folk, contractors, commercial interests, environmental activists. This committee will also start our work on "Q" below. G) Find ways to make ROGO points more accessible to the less wealthy so that new construction is more possible for the working people of the county: I have asked Lynn Map~s, the Chairman of the Planning Commission, to take on this task this year. The Planning Commission will report back to us after their March meeting. They share our commitment on this issue. H) Continue making progress on wastewater treatment and other Comp Plan Work Plan issues, putting a grant program in place to keep wastewater projects from driving out any of our citizens. Use all of the power of the County Commission, State and Federal Representatives, Senators, and the President of the United States to find matching funds for our wastewater projects. We will be hosting a workshop next month for all the municipal governments in the Keys. This will be one of our agenda items. I) Relocate the provision of municipal services into areas actually served, with particular emphasis on Public Works and Growth Management. Provide a central service area for Key Largo. Decisions upon how extensively to implement this goal should be influenced by cost/benefit analysis. To the extent possible, County-wide government function should be centrally located in the Keys. Clearly, we are not looking just to add more facilities to Monroe County's list. So what can we prioritize for getting rid of as we begin to add facilities where they actually serve the population? This one is an item we should spend a few minutes discussing. Is Growth Management looking at options in Key Largo? Are we considering providing services as we look at Lower Keys sites? J) Move the offices of County Commissioners into the district served (with approval of the impacted County Commissioner) DONE. K) Continue our work to address the affordable housing crisis, including consideration of tieing affordable housing to future commercial development, avoiding gentrification of the existing affordable housing stock, redeveloping existing properties for affordable housing, etc. Make sure we break ground on our Key Largo affordable housing project this year. Use mechanisms such as land trusts, private investment, the Monroe County Land Authority and Habitat for Humanity to provide housing for our teachers, police, firefighters, tourist industry workers, and our children graduating from high school who are entering the work force. On this month's agenda, we'll be discussing the beginnings of what could turn into a twenty-year plan for effective affordable housing (as well as Iongterm Land Use and Acquisition issues). We will also be hosting a workshop on this and other issues (like the federal water quality improvements grant) with all the municipal governments of the Keys. L) Address the issue of the commercial moratorium to provide some support and relief to our existing businesses, including expansion to meet code requirements and handicap access. Coming up. We may see a new ordinance in April. " .' M) Renew our commitment to the expenditure of Infrastructure Sales Tax funds to benefit unincorporated Monroe County. We should look at upcoming capital expenditure as in our budget calendar, prioritize and rearrange it as necessary to accommodate our priorities, and discuss the future of this expenditure. This should take place as part of our budget cycle this year. N) Create a County Commission liaison with our State Representative to maximize grants and state actions. Done. 0) Board of County Commissioners to initiate discussion with FEMA for the purpose of reviewing the FEMA inspection program and to postpone the implementation of the program for 90 days. Commissioner Nelson is in the process. P) Promote the Florida Keys Marathon Airport and expand its services. The Key West Hotel/Motel Association is directing its attention to this effort too and will be inviting us to a presentation concerning increasing its charter traffic. George Neugent is our representative on this issue and may have an update. Q) Update and simplify, to the extent possible, County Codes. See "F" above. R) Work to submit agenda items and back-up materials as computer documents, in hopes of eventually presenting such materials on the web in a timely fashion prior to meetings. Information Services is talking with two vendors who are currently providing this service to other counties/municipalities. S) Make water reuse a priority, even if only for limited park and median use, where cost-effective or where costs are not excessively burdensome for local citizens. Need discussion. T) Get BOCC meeting minutes posted online immediately after their approval at the following BOCC meeting. (Catch up on Year 2000 immediately!) We're already doing better. Information Services is working with the office of the County Clerk to post minutes right after approval when our HOCC meetings are here or in Marathon, and within a day or two when the meeting is in Key Largo. U) Determine from local residents what they desire the future goal of Monroe County to be: preserving what we have or continued growth? On this month's agenda, we'll be looking at a suggestion for the beginning of a twenty-year plan that includes this item. .,' "