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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 21 December 2005
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes X No
Department:
Marine Resources
Staff Contact:
George Garrett
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
A resolution directing staff to work with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) and request
rulemaking to prohibit anchoring of masted vessels in the vicinity of the power lines in Pine Channel.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Keys Energy Services staff met with staff on 3 October 2005 to request assistance from Monroe County
Department of Marine Resources in addressing the life/safety issue of sailboats dragging into the high voltage
power transmission lines crossing Pine Channel. Marine Resources staff met with FWC legal staff on 30
November 2005 and mutually detennined that rulemaking by FWC to regulate anchoring is the appropriate
course of action.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
N/A
ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS;
Approval
TOTAL COST: N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY: N! A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No x
Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty X
To Follow
Growth Manage
I I
Not ~equired X-
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION: Included
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM NO.:
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RESOLUTION NO. -2005
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING
RULEMAKING BY THE FLORIDA FISH AND
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO
PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN
PINE CHAN"NEL.
WHEREAS, the Utility Board of the City of Key West, Florida provides electricity to
the people of the Florida Keys through Keys Energy Services; and
WHEREAS, the main source of power for the Lower Keys flows through the high
voltage power transmission hnes along US 1 Highway; and
WHEREAS, the high voltage power transmission line along Pine Channel, and the
distribution built below the transmission line, have been hit by sailboat masts; and
WHEREAS, at least seven incidents since 1998 have disrupted power flow to the Lower
Keys community; and
'WHEREAS, a disruption in power flow creates public safety concerns for more than
28,000 customers that Keys Energy Services provides power to; and
WHEREAS, the striking of a high voltage power transmission line by a vessel IS
substantially likely to cause death or serious injury to any person on board the vesseL
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
The Board of County Commissioners directs staff to work with the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission to prohibit the anchoring of sailboats and other masted vessels in Pine
Channel in the vicinity of the high voltage power transmission lines.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
at a regular meeting held on the day of ,2005.
Mayor Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Mayor Pro Tem Murray Nelson
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner David Rice
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY
Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK.
DEPUTY CLERK.
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