Item M01
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Mav 19. 2004
Division:
BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No~
Department: DISTRICT 5
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to direct staff to provide a 10' wide strip of
additional pavement on Cuda Lane in Key Largo and provide a turn around at the end of the
street.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Cuda Lane is a to' wide dead end road with no shoulder. Monroe County
has gained title to 10' of property on the south side of the road from Key Largo Ocean Resort. Paving
this 10' strip and providing a turn around will provide access for fire, police, postal and other required
servIces.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
DIVlSIONDlRECTORAPPROVAL: ~~
MAYOR Y E. NELSON
DOCUMENTATION: Included X ToFollow_ NotRequired_
AGENDA ITEM #J11L
DISPOSITION:
Mayor Pro Tem Murray Nelson
Board of Commissioners
Monroe County
January 31, 2004
Dear Mayor Nelson and County Commissioners,
This is to follow up on om previous conversations requesting your assistance in securing the
widening of Cuda Lane to the same standard street width provided by the County to other tax
paying citizens.
As you recall, on January 16, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 for a
resolution "providing for the acquisition of certain real property in Monroe County for the
enhancement of emergency vehicle access to developed lots abutting Cuda Lane...". In that
resolution, the Board "determined that the acquisition of a ten foot wide strip of real estate
abutting, and southerly ot; Cuda Lane, is necessary for the public purpose of providing better
emergency vehicle access to the developed lots along said road.. .". According to the resolution,
the legal description of the real estate to be taken by eminent domain includes a 20' by 30' tmn-
around at the end of the street.
This resolution was adopted in recognition of the health and safety risks to which residents as well
as emergency response personnel are exposed due to the narrowness ofCuda Lane and the huge
liability to the County should any person be denied timely and adequate :fire or medical help.
In his letter of October 11,2001, Fire Marshall Joe London listed the following concerns:
1. Unsafe access to US 1 from Cuda Lane.
2. Fire rescue and ambulance service is compromised preventing an adequate level of
service to the residences on Cuda Lane.
3. Two vehicles cannot pass each other on Cuda Lane.
Additionally, mail service bas been denied on numerous occasions due to the narrowness of the
street and the presence of normal deliveries and services vehicles.
Thank you for your attention to this critical issue.
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ADDITION TO ITEM - M.1. - CUDA LANE
Debbie/Lisa, We just got this background information from Niko Reisinger, the County Biologist. Mayor Nelson would
like to have this email added to his agenda item. Please make copies and attach to M.1. Thank you.
Donna Hanson
Executive Assistant to Mayor Nelson
PH (305) 852-7175
FAX (305) 852-7162
Email' boccdis5@monroecounty-fl.gov
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Wednesday, May 12,20046:55 PM
Nelson-Murray; Medallion-Joe
Conaway-Marlene; Gouldy-Ralph; McGarry-Tim; Dacquisto-David
Rae's Cuda Canal Pave another 10 feet
Joe Medallion (Monroe County roads and bridges) has contacted me about a proposal to pave the additional 10 feet
purchased from Key Largo Ocean Resorts adjacent to (roughly south of) Cuda Lane in Rae's Cuda Canal Subdivision in
Key Largo. (Approx MM 95, oceanside.) This proposal is to allow a full 20 foot access for Fire Department. The majority
of the owners here have fenced their front yards at the property line. The road was platted at only 10 feet wide. possibly
assuming that the adjacent tract to the south would also be platted and contribute another 10 feet to the roadway.
There are several problems with the proposal from an environmental standpoint:
1. The first 250-300 feet from US1 are tropical hardwood hammock. We are now talking moratorium on hammock
development.
2. the next 400 feet are saltmarsh and buttonwood and/or scrub mangroves, both undisturbed wetlands. County Code
does not allow filling in undisturbed wetlands.
3. the next 150 feet is fringing mangroves, another un-fillable wetlands.
4. The remaining 3 houses in the far eastern/ocean-ward section of this road are built on filled lands, opposite them
across Cuda Lane is either unfilled submerged land in the Atlantic Ocean, or unfilled mangroves.
In the event that the roadway is to be filled and/or paved, the areas of wetlands are under jurisdiction of the State of
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection and US Army Corps of Engineers, and permits from both these agencies would
be required for the work. Permit application is made on a "Joint Application" form, obtained form the DEP in the
Marathon office. (305) 289-2310. The process for the average homeowner to obtain a simple dock on a canal can take a
year currently, due to ACOE backlog of permits for a recent legal challenge on behalf of the Manatees. I do not know if
expedited permitting is provided for municipalities----
Niko
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