Resolution 519-2022 RESOLUTION NO. 519-2022
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS EXPRESSING THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT
TO ENTER INTO A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OFF-SITE ON
CRAWL KEY AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL APRON AND
MITIGATION PROJECT TO SATISFY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, the Key West International Airport's current parking positions do
not meet the required FAA standard separations for ADG HI, the airport's Aircraft
Design Group; and
WHEREAS,the Key West International Airport received approval from the FAA
to extend the commercial apron east to allow FAA standard separations to be met, relieve
congestion adjacent to the aircraft parking positions, while also enhancing safety for
aircraft operators and passengers; and
WHEREAS, Key West International Airport is bordered by environmentally
sensitive wetlands; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved $17,042,706.00
dollars in grant funding for constructing the commercial apron and mitigation of
disturbed wetlands associated with the project; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Commercial Apron and Mitigation Project
Monroe County has applied for a permit with the South Florida Water Management
District; and
WHEREAS, as the County is proposing an off-site mitigation project on Crawl
Key as a condition of the South Florida Water Management District permit which
requires the County to enter into a conservation easement or other equivalent document
pursuant to Florida Statute section 704.06 and maintain the site,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that at such time as the
terms, dimensions and legal description can be finalized, reviewed and approved by the
County Attorneys Office for the conservation easement areas required by the South
Florida Water Management District permit for the Commercial Apron and Mitigation
Project at Crawl Key, the County will execute said conservation easements as a condition
of the permit.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 7 h day of December, 2022.
Mayor Craig Cates Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Holly Merrill Raschein Yes
Commissioner Michelle Lincoln Yes
Commissioner James K. Scholl Yes
ommissioner David Rice Yes
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