Item M4BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:20 June 2012 Division: Administration
Bulk Item: Yes _ No X Department:
Staff Contact Person/Phone #:Wilson x 8797
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion of the basis for allocation of future Mayfield grant
distributions and direction from the BOCC for discussions with the municipalities and special districts
to determine what those allocations should be.
ITEM BACKGROUND: In 2008 the Florida legislature approved a modification to F.S. 215.619
authorizing $200 million of Everglades restoration bonds to support grants to implement projects in the
Florida Keys from the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund. In August 2008, discussions were held and
drafts ILAs were prepared to establish how the funds would be distributed. These ILAs were never
finalized, in part, because the legislature did not appropriate funds for distribution. In March 2012, the
legislature, appropriated and the Governor subsequently signed, appropriation of the first $50 million
segment with a stipulation that it be distributed specifically as 60% to the Cudjoe Regional project and
40% to Islamorada. The various municipalities supported that provision with the expectation that
subsequent appropriations would be distributed in such a way that they would receive a "fair share" of
the remaining appropriations.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff believes an open discussion leading to an agreed distribution
is essential to obtaining future legislative appropriations.
TOTAL COST:NONE
INDIRECT COST: N/A
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE: N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
COST TO COUNTY:NONE SOURCE OF FUNDS:N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included
DISPOSITION:
Revised 7/09
Not RequiredX
AGENDA ITEM #
No