07/18/2013 RegularMINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Regular Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, July 18, 2013
Key West, Florida
A Regular Meeting of the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners convened at
9:00 A.M., at the Harvey Government Center. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Heather Carruthers, Commissioner Danny Kolhage, Commissioner Sylvia
Murphy, Commissioner David P. Rice and Mayor George Neugent. Also present at the meeting
were Roman Gastesi, County Administrator; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Amy Heavilin,
County Clerk; Vitia Fernandez, Deputy Clerk; County Staff, members of the press and radio; and
the general public.
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
There were no Additions, Corrections and Deletions to the Agenda.
Bob Shillinger, County Attorney and Derek Howard, Assistant County Attorney updated the
Board concerning the Koonz and Collin's decisions.
CLOSED SESSION
Item B 1 Bob Shillinger, County Attorney announced an Attorney - Client Closed Session in
the matter of Kenneth J. Neuman vs. Monroe County, 04 -CA -663 K. The persons attending the
meeting will be the County Commissioners, County Administrator Roman Gastesi; Bob
Shillinger, County Attorney; Assistant County Attorneys Derek Howard and Susan Grimsley;
Special Litigation Counsel Mike Burke; and a certified court reporter.
The open session of the meeting was adjourned for the Closed Session. The Closed Session was
adjourned and returned to the open session
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Item C1 Discussion and direction on the status of the implementation of the Incidental
Take Permit and associated Habitat Conservation Plan for the Florida Key Deer and other
protected species on Big Pine Key and No Name Key. The following individuals addressed the
Board: Christine Hurley, Growth Management Director; Mike Roberts, Senior Administrator -
Marine Resources; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Derek Howard, Assistant County Attorney
and Mayte Santamaria, Assistant Director. Deb Curley, representing Last Stand and Chris
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Bergh, representing The Nature Conservancy. After discussion, a motion was made by
Commissioner Kolhage and seconded by Commissioner Carruthers to direct staff to rely on U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to update the biological opinion and the Species Assessment Guides
were they would rap in the requirements from the HCP /ITP into that biological opinion,
simultaneously the County staff would process an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and
the Code to address the Tier I in Marsh Rabbit habitat issue and the end result would be
elimination of the HCP /ITP. Roll call vote was taken with the following results:
Commissioner Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner Kolhage
Yes
Commissioner Murphy
No
Commissioner Rice
Yes
Mayor Neugent
Yes
Motion carried.
Item C2 Discussion and direction on policy and funding strategies to address the potential
future build -out challenges facing the Florida Keys. The following individuals addressed the
Board: Mayte Santamaria, Assistant Director, Christine Hurley, Growth Management Director;
Derek Howard, Assistant County Attorney; Bob Shillinger, County Attorney; Mark Rosch,
Executive Director -Land Authority and Roman Gastesi, County Administrator. Chris Bergh,
representing The Nature Conservancy and Ed Swift, representing the Florida Keys Assisted Care
Coalition. After discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Carruthers and seconded by
Commissioner Murphy to direct staff to engage a non - governmental agency such as Trust for
Public Lands to help investigate alternative strategies for dealing with land acquisition issues and
the funding of them. Motion carried unanimously.
Item C3 Discussion and direction on amendments to the Land Acquisition policies within
the Monroe County 2010 Comprehensive Plan to address evolving and new issues. The
following individuals addressed the Board: Mayte Santamaria, Assistant Director; Christine
Hurley; Growth Management Director; Derek Howard, Assistant County Attorney and Mark
Rosch, Executive Director -Land Authority. After discussion, Christine Hurley, Growth
Management Director recommended to the Board to eliminate priorities 1, 2, 3 and 4 and go
through the Public Hearing process to see where we're at when we come back for transmittal.
Item C4 Discussion regarding coordination with Coastal Resources Group (CRG) to assist
in the development of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Keys Restoration Fund
In -Lieu Fee Program (KRF -ILF) to meet State mitigation requirements for the operation of a
Regional Offsite Mitigation Area (ROMA). The following individual addressed the Board: Mike
Roberts, Senior Administrator - Marine Resources. After discussion, Mike Roberts, Senior
Administrator - Marine Resources recommended to the Board to bring back the item to the next
Board of County Commissioners' meeting in Key Largo.
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There being no further business, the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was
adjourned.
Amy Heavilin, CPA, Clerk
and ex- officio Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida
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